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idcategoryidiomdescription
3401 Death Dead wrong If someone is dead wrong, they are absolutely in error, absolutely incorrect or of incorrect opinion.
3402 Death Death of a thousand cuts If something is suffering the death of a thousand cuts, or death by a thousand cuts, lots of small bad things are happening, none of which are fatal in themselves, but which add up to a slow and painful demise.
3403 Death Death warmed up (UK) If someone looks like death warmed up, they look very ill indeed. (death warmed over is the American form)
3404 Death Done to death If a joke or story has been done to death, it has been told so often that it has stopped being funny.
3405 Death Fall on your sword If someone falls on their sword, they resign or accept the consequences of some wrongdoing.
3406 Death Fate worse than death Describing something as a fate worse than death is a fairly common way of implying that it is unpleasant.
3407 Death Ghost of a chance If something or someone hasnt got a ghost of a chance, they have no hope whatsoever of succeeding.
3408 Death Ghostly presence You can feel or otherwise sense a ghostly presence, but you cannot do it clearly only vaguely.
3409 Death Give someone enough rope If you give someone enough rope, you give them the chance to get themselves into trouble or expose themselves. (The full form is give someone enough rope and theyll hang themselves)
3410 Death Give up the ghost People give up the ghost when they die.? Machines stop working when they give up the ghost.
3411 Death Grass widow A grass widow is a woman whose husband is often away on work, leaving her on her own.
3412 Death Graveyard shift If you have to work very late at night, it is the graveyard shift.
3413 Death It's your funeral The other person has made a decision that you think is bad. However, it is their choice; it is their funeral.
3414 Death Kiss of death The kiss of death is an action that means failure or ruin for someone, a scheme, a plan, etc.
3415 Death Knock 'em dead Knock em dead is used as a way of wishing someone luck before they give a performance or have to appear before people, as in an interview, etc. (em = them)
3416 Death Know where all the bodies are buried Someone who by virtue of holding a position of trust with an organization for a long period of time has come to know many of the secrets that others in more powerful positions would rather be kept secret knows where the bodies are buried. An implication is that the person knowing these secrets will use that knowledge to secure something of value for him- or herself.
3417 Death Life and limb When people risk life and limb, they could be killed or suffer serious injuries.
3418 Death Matter of life and death If something is a matter of life and death, it is extremely important.
3419 Death Meet your Maker If someone has gone to meet their Maker, they have died.
3420 Death Murder will out This idiom means that bad deeds cant be kept secret forever.
3421 Death Nail in the coffin A nail in someone or somethings coffin is a problem or event that is a clear step towards an inevitable failure.
3422 Death Never say die When someone says "Never Say Die", it means that you shouldnt give up hope.
3423 Death Over my dead body If you say that something will happen over your dead body, you will not let it happen.
3424 Death Pen is mightier than the sword The idiom the pen is mightier than the sword means that words and communication are more powerful than wars and fighting.
3425 Death Sick to death If you are sick to death of something, you have been exposed to so much of it that you cannot take any more.
3426 Death Skeleton in the closet If someone has a skeleton in the closet, they have a dark, shameful secret in their past that they want to remain secret.
3427 Death Sticky end (UK) If someone comes to a sticky end, they die in an unpleasant way. (Meet a sticky end is also used.)
3428 Death Stone dead This idiom is a way of emphasizing that there were absolutely no signs of life or movement.
3429 Death Those who live by the sword die by the sword This means that violent people will be treated violently themselves.
3430 Death Watery grave If someone has gone to a watery grave, they have drowned.
3431 Death Whistling past the graveyard (USA) If someone is whistling past the graveyard, they are trying to remain cheerful in difficult circumstances. (Whistling past the cemetery is also used.)
3432 Drinking and pubs Bar fly A bar fly is a person who spends a lot of time drinking in different bars and pubs.
3433 Drinking and pubs Beer and skittles (UK) People say that life is not all beer and skittles, meaning that it is not about self-indulgence and pleasure.
3434 Drinking and pubs Champagne taste on a beer budget Someone who lives above their means and likes things they cannot afford has champagne taste on a beer budget.
3435 Drinking and pubs Decorate the mahogany (USA) When someone buys a round a pub or bar, they decorate the mahogany; putting cash on the bar.
3436 Drinking and pubs Drown your sorrows If someone gets drunk or drinks a lot to try to stop feeling unhappy, they drown their sorrows.
3437 Drinking and pubs Drunk as a lord (UK) Someone who is very drunk is as drunk as a lord.
3438 Drinking and pubs One over the eight (UK) Someone who has had one over the eight is very drunk indeed. It refers to the standard eight pints that most people drink and feel is enough.
3439 Drinking and pubs Quart into a pint pot (UK) If you try to put or get a quart into a pint pot, you try to put too much in a small space. (1 quart = 2 pints)
3440 Drinking and pubs Small beer If something is small beer, its unimportant.
3441 Drinking and pubs Three sheets in the wind (UK) Someone who is three sheets in the wind is very drunk. (Three sheets to the wind is also used.? Seven sheets is an alternative number used.)
3442 Drinking and pubs Three sheets to the wind If someone is three sheets to the wind, they are drunk.
3443 Drinking and pubs Tired and emotional (UK) This idiom is a euphemism used to mean drunk, especially when talking about politicians.
3444 Drinking and pubs Turn water into wine If someone turns water into wine, they transform something bad into something excellent.
3445 Drinking and pubs Well-oiled If someone is well-oiled, they have drunk a lot.
3446 Drinking and pubs Wet your whistle If you are thirsty and have an alcoholic drink, you wet your whistle. "Whet your whistle" is also used.
3447 Drugs Cigarette paper If you cannot get or put a cigarette paper between people, they are so closely bonded that nothing will separate them or their positions on issues.
3448 Drugs Close but no cigar (USA) If you are close but no cigar, you are close to success or the truth, but have not got there.
3449 Drugs Dry as snuff If something is as dry as snuff, it is very dry indeed.
3450 Drugs High as a kite If someones as high as a kite, it means they have had too much to drink or are under the influence of drugs.
3451 Drugs Pipe dream A pipe dream is an unrealistic, impractical idea or scheme.
3452 Drugs Put that in your pipe and smoke it This is used as an unsympathetic way of telling someone to accept what you have just said.
3453 Drugs Smoke like a chimney Someone who smokes very heavily smokes like a chimney.
3454 Drugs Smoke the peace pipe If people smoke the peace pipe, they stop arguing and fighting.
3455 Drugs Weasel words If somebody uses vaque and unspecific terms to try to avoid being clear about their position or opinion, they are using weasel words.
3456 Food A slice off a cut loaf is never missed Used colloquially to describe having sexual intercourse with someone who is not a virgin, especially when they are in a relationship. The analogy refers to a loaf of bread; it is not readily apparent, once the end has been removed, exactly how many slices have been taken.(You never miss a slice from a cut loaf is also used.)
3457 Food About as useful as a chocolate teapot Someone or something that is of no practical use is about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
3458 Food Above the salt This
3459 Food Alike as two peas If people or things are as alike as two peas, they are identical.
3460 Food All the tea in China If someone wont do something for all the tea in China, they wont do it no matter how much money they are offered.
3461 Food All your eggs in one basket If you put all your eggs in one basket, you risk everything at once, instead of trying to spread the risk. (This is often used as a negative imperative- Dont put all your eggs in one basket. Have your eggs in one basket is also used.)
3462 Food Apple of your eye Something or, more often, someone that is very special to you is the apple of your eye.
3463 Food Apple pie order Everything is in perfect order and tidy if it is in apple pie order.
3464 Food Apples and oranges Apples and oranges used when people compare or describe two totally different things. (Apples to oranges is also used.)
3465 Food Apples for apples An apples for apples comparison is a comparison between related or similar things. (Apples to apples is also used.)
3466 Food As cool as a cucumber If someone is as cool as a cucumber, they dont get worried by anything.
3467 Food As much use as a chocolate fire-guard A fire-guard is used in front of a fireplace for safety. A chocolate fire-guard is of no use. An alternative to As much use as a chocolate teapot.
3468 Food As much use as a chocolate teapot Something that is as much use as a chocolate teapot is not useful at all.
3469 Food Back to the salt mine If someone says they have to go back to the salt mine, they have to return to work.
3470 Food Bad Apple A person who is bad and makes other bad is a bad apple.
3471 Food Bad egg A person who cannot be trusted is a bad egg. Good egg is the opposite.
3472 Food Banana republic Banana republic is a term used for small countries that are dependent on a single crop or resource and governed badly by a corrupt elite.
3473 Food Banana skin (UK) A banana skin is something that is an embarrassment or causes problems.
3474 Food Bear fruit If something bears fruit, it produces positive results.
3475 Food Best thing since sliced bread If something is the best thing since sliced bread, it is excellent. (The greatest thing since sliced bread is also used.)
3476 Food Big Apple (USA) The Big Apple is New York.
3477 Food Big cheese The big cheese is the boss.
3478 Food Boardinghouse reach Boardinghouse reach is the ability to reach a long distance across a table to get food. Weve used it in our family for as long as I can remember, when you reach across someones plate, "Pardon my boardinghouse reach".
3479 Food Bread and butter Bread and butter issues are ones that affect people directly and in a very important way.
3480 Food Breadwinner Used to describe the person that earns the most money. For example - Shes the breadwinner in the family.
3481 Food Bring home the bacon A person who brings home the bacon earns the money that a family live on.
3482 Food Bun in the oven If a woman has a bun in the oven, she is pregnant.
3483 Food Butter wouldn't melt in their mouth If someone looks as if butter wouldnt melt in their mouth, they look very innocent.
3484 Food Cake's not worth the candle If someone says that the cakes not worth the candle, they mean that the result will not be worth the effort put in to achieve it.
3485 Food Can't do it for toffee If you cant so something for toffee, you are incapable of doing something properly or to any sort of standard.
3486 Food Carrot and stick If someone offers a carrot and stick, they offer an incentive to do something combined with the threat of punishment.
3487 Food Chalk and cheese Things, or people, that are like chalk and cheese are very different and have nothing in common.
3488 Food Cheap as chips (UK) If something is very inexpensive, it is as cheap as chips.
3489 Food Cherry pick If people cherry pick, they choose things that support their position, while ignoring things that contradict it.
3490 Food Chew the cud If you chew the cud, you think carefully about something.
3491 Food Chew the fat If you chew the fat with someone, you talk at leisure with them.
3492 Food Cook the books If people cook the books, they keep false accounts to make money illegally or avoid paying tax.
3493 Food Cooking with gas (USA) If youre cooking with gas, youre working very efficiently.
3494 Food Couch potato A couch potato is an extremely idle or lazy person who chooses to spend most of their leisure time horizontal in front of the TV and eats a diet that is mainly junk food.
3495 Food Crack a nut with a sledgehammer If you use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, you apply too much force to achieve a result. (Jackhammer is also used.)
3496 Food Cream of the crop The cream of the crop is the best there is.
3497 Food Cream rises to the top A good person or idea cannot go unnoticed for long, just as cream poured in coffee or tea eventually rises to the top.
3498 Food Crème de la crème The cr?me de la cr?me is the very best of something.
3499 Food Curate's egg (UK) If something is a bit of a curates egg, it is only good in parts.
3500 Food Curry favour If people try to curry favour, they try to get people to support them. (Curry favor is the American spelling.)

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