| List of Idioms beginning with G
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| Get off the hook | free from all obligations |
| Giveup the ghost | to die |
| Got the slap on the wrist | got light punishment |
| Give someone a bird | make fun |
| Got the wind up | to be scared |
| Get a raw deal | not treated equally |
| Gift of the gab | talent of speaking, if someone has the gift of the gab, they speak in a persuasive and interesting way |
| Gives cold shoulder | to ignore |
| Get your wires crossed | If people get their wires cross, they misunderstand each other, especially when making arrangements.('Get your lines crossed' is also used.)
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| Give me five | If someone says this, they want to hit your open hand against theirs as aWay of congratulation or greeting
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| Give me a hand | If someone gives you a hand, they help you
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| Give someone a piece of your mind | If you give someone a piece of your mind, you criticize them strongly and angrily.
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| Go bananas | If you go bananas, you are wild with excitement, anxiety, or worry
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| Go tell it to birds | This is used when someone says something that is not credible or is a lie
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| Go under the hammer | If something goes under the hammer, it is sold in an auction
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| Graveyard shift | If you have to work very late at night, it is the graveyard shift
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| Grease monkey | A grease monkey is an idiomatic term for a mechanicTOP
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| List of Idioms beginning with H
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| Have ants in your pants | not be able to keep still because you are very excited or worried about something. |
| Having a whole of a time | to enjoy very much |
| Hold one's horse | be patient |
| Have a big mouth | one who gossips more or tells secret |
| Himalayan blunder | a serious mistake |
| Have a one track mind | think only of one thing |
| Have clean hands | be guiltless |
| Have an egg on the face | be embarrassed |
| Have eyes bigger than stomach | desiring more food than one can eat |
| Heart missed a beat | very excited |
| Heart in the right place | good natured |
| Hit the nail on the head | done the thing correctly |
| Hand to mouth | Someone who's living from hand to mouth, is very poor and needs the little money they have coming in to cover their expenses
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| Have no truck with | If you have no truck with something or someone, you refuse to get involved with it or them
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| Hit the bull'seye | If someone hits the bull'seye, they are exactly right about something or achieve the best result possible.
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| Hold water | When you say that something does or does not 'hold water', it means that the point of view or argument put forward is or is not sound, strong or logical. For e.g. 'Saying we should increase our interest rates because everyone else is doing so will not hold water'
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| Hornets' nest | A hornets' nest is a violent situation or one with a lot of dispute. (If you create the problem, you 'stir up a hornets' nest'.)TOP
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| List of Idioms beginning with I
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| In dribs and drabs | in small amounts at a time |
| In black and white | to give in writing |
| In the blues | low spirited |
| In cahoots with | in a partnership usually for a dishonest reason |
| If the shoe fits, wear it | This is used to suggest that something that has been said might apply to a person
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| In droves | When things happen in droves, a lot happen at the same time or very quickly
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| In the doghouse If | someone is in the doghouse, they are in disgrace and veryUnpopular at the moment.TOP
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