Dictionary of English Idioms & Idiomatic Expressions

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Tables are turned
Tackle an issue
Take a hike
Take a leaf out of someone's book
Take a nosedive
Take a punch
Take a raincheck
Take a straw poll
Take by the scruff of the neck
Take for a test drive
Take for granted
Take forty winks
Take it on the chin
Take no prisoners
Take someone down a peg
Take someone for a ride
Take someone to the woodshed
Take the biscuit
Take the bull by its horns
Take the chair
Take the fall
Take the fifth
Take the flak
Take the floor
Take the heat
Take the plunge
Take the rough with the smooth
Take to your heels
Take up the torch
Take your breath away
Take your eye off the ball
Take your hat off
Take your hat off to somebody
Taken as read
Tale of the tape
Talk a blue streak
Talk a glass eye to sleep
Talk is cheap
Talk nineteen to the dozen
Talk of the town
Talk out of the back of your head
Talk out of your hat
Talk shop
Talk the hind legs off a donkey
Talk turkey
Talking to a brick wall
Tall drink of water
Tall order
Tall story
Tally ho!
Tar baby
Tar with the same brush
Taste blood
Taste of your own medicine
Teach your grandmother to suck eggs
Teacher's pet
Tear your hair out
Tears before bedtime
Teeny-weeny
Teething problems
Tell them where the dog died
Tempest in a teapot
Ten a penny
Test the waters
That and 50 cents will buy you a cup of coffee
That dog won't hunt
That is the way the cookie crumbles
That makes two of us
That ship has sailed
That's all she wrote
The apple does not fall far from the tree
The ball's in your court
The be all and end all
The bigger they are, the harder they fall
The common weal
The grass is always greener
The line forms on the right
The more the merrier
The Mountie always gets his man
The penny dropped
The plot thickens
The rough and tumble
The sands of time
The short straw
The sun might rise in the west
The whole shooting match
The world and his wife
Their bark is worse than their bite
There are many ways to skin a cat
There's never a road without a turning
There's no such thing as a free lunch
There's the rub
Thick and fast
Thick as mince
Thick as thieves
Thick-skinned
Thin as a rake
Thin blue line
Thin end of the wedge
Thin line
Thin-skinned
Think outside the box
Think the world of
Third degree
Third rail
Third time's the charm
Thorn in your side
Those who live by the sword die by the sword
Three sheets in the wind
Three sheets to the wind
Thrilled to bits
Through the ceiling
Through the floor
Through thick and thin
Throw a curve
Throw a sickie
Throw caution to the wind
Throw down the gauntlet
Throw in the towel
Throw pearls to the pigs
Throw someone a bone
Throw someone a line
Throw someone in at the deep end
Throw someone to the wolves
Throw someone under the bus
Throw the baby out with the bath water
Throw the book at someone
Throw your hat in the ring
Throw your toys out of the pram
Throw your weight around
Thumb your nose at
Thumbs down & thumbs up
Tickle your fancy
Tickled pink
Tidy desk, tidy mind
Tie the knot
Tied to your mother's apron strings
Tight rein
Tight ship
Tighten your belt
Till the cows come home
Till the pips squeak
Till you're blue in the face
Tilt at windmills
Time and again
Time and tide wait for no man
Time does sail
Time flies
Time is on my side
Time of your life
Time-honoured practice
Tip of the iceberg
Tipping point
Tired and emotional
Tit for tat
To a fault
To a man
To a T
To all intents and purposes
To be dog cheap
To err is human, to forgive divine
To have the courage of your convictions
To little avail
To the end of time
Toe the line
Tomorrow's another day
Tongue in cheek
Too big for your boots
Too big for your britches
Too many chiefs and not enough Indians
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Too many irons in the fire
Toot you own horn
Top dog
Top notch
Touch and go
Touch base
Touch wood
Touch-and-go
Tough as old boots
Tough cookie
Tough luck
Tough nut to crack
Tough row to hoe
Trade barbs
Traffucked
Train of thought
Tread on someone's toes
Tread the boards
Tread water
Tried and tested
True blue
True colours
Trump card
Truth will out
Tug at the heartstrings
Turf war
Turn a blind eye
Turn a deaf ear
Turn a new leaf
Turn something on its head
Turn the corner
Turn the crack
Turn the other cheek
Turn the tables
Turn up like a bad penny
Turn up one's toes to the daisies
Turn water into wine
Turn your nose up
Turn-up for the books
Twenty-four seven
Twinkling of an eye
Twist someone's arm
Twisting in the wind
Two cents
Two heads are better than one
Two left feet
Two peas in a pod
Two sides of the same coin
Two-edged sword
Two-faced