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List of Idioms beginning with M
Make castles in the air plans or hopes that have very little chances of happening.
Make a bee line for to go directly towards something.
Make ones bed and lie on it to be responsible for what you have done and accept the results
Meet ones waterloo meet ones final end
Monkey around to waste time here and there
My hands are full I am busy
Make a dry face show disappointment
Make a monkey of someone If you make a monkey of someone, you make them look foolish
Man of his word A man of his word is a person who does what he says and keeps his Promises
Many moons ago A very long time ago.TOP
List of Idioms beginning with N
Nobody's fool one who can take care of himself
not having a leg to stand for not having proof
Nevernever land ideal best place.
No love lost between dislike
Needle in a haystack If trying to find something is like looking for a needle in a haystack, it means that it is very difficult, if not impossible to find among everything around it
New brush sweeps clean 'A new brush sweeps clean' means that someone with a new perspective can make great changes. However, the full version is 'a new brush sweeps clean, but an old brush knows the corners', which warns that experience is also a valuable thing
No smoke without fire This idiom means that when people suspect something, there isNormally a good reason for the suspicion, even if there is no concrete evidence. ('Where's there's smoke, there's fire' is also used.)TOP
List of Idioms beginning with O
Once in a blue moon very rarely
On the bandwagon doing something because others are also doing it
Open Pandora's box to discover more problems
Over the moon being too happy
On its last legs in a bad condition and will not last long
Old flames die hard It's very difficult to forget old things
On pins and needles If you are on pins and needles, you are very worried about something
On the carpet When you are called to the bosses office (since supposedly, they are the only ones who have carpet) and its definitely not for a good reason, i.e., you are in trouble, something has not gone according to plan and either maybe you are responsible and/or have some explaining to do
On the hook If someone is on the hook, they are responsible for something.
Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches This means that it's hard to know how much someone else is suffering.TOP