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| Salt on the earth | fundamental good people |
| Sands of time | tiny amounts of time |
| Shake a leg | to go fast, hurry |
| Spill the beans | to expose a secret |
| Snake in the grass | a hidden army |
| Salt on the earth | fundamental good people |
| Sands of time | tiny amounts of time |
| Shake a leg | to go fast, hurry |
| Spill the beans | to expose a secret |
| Snake in the grass | a hidden army |
| Snake in the shoes | to be in a state of fear
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| Stood to his guns | maintained to his opinion
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| showing the door | asking someone to leave
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| Song and a dance | an excuse
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| Salad days | Your salad days are an especially happy period of your life
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| Sail under false colors Someone | who sails under false colors is hypocritical orPretends to be something they aren't in order to deceive peopleTOP
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| List of Idioms beginning with T
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| Threaded his way out | walked carefully through. |
| Take the cloth | to become a priest. |
| Talk turkey | to discuss a problem with a real intension to solve it. |
| Tit for tat | an action done to revenge against a person who has done some wrong to you |
| To crow over | to triumph over someone
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| to blow a fuse | to turn someone angry
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| though thick and thin | under all conditions
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| to bell the cat | to take great risks
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| To look through colored glasses | to look the things not as they are
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| Taking to a brick wall | taking with a no response |
| Turned a deaf ear | disregarded |
| Take a back seat | choose to decrease involvement |
| Tables are turned | When the tables are turned, the situation has changed giving the advantage to the party who had previously been at a disadvantage
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| Take someone under your wing | If you take someone under your wing, you look after them while they are learning something
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| Take your medicine If | you take your medicine, you accept the consequences of something you have done wrong
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| Talking to a brick wall | If you talk to someone and they do not listen to you, it is like talking to a brick wall
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| Taste of your own medicine | If you give someone a taste of their own medicine, you do something bad to someone that they have done to you to teach them a lesson
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| The apple does not fall far from the tree | Offspring grow up to be like their parents
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| Through thick and thin | If someone supports you through thick and thin, they support you during good times and badTOP
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| List of Idioms beginning with U
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| Upset the apple cart | to create difficulty |
| Under a cloud | If someone is suspected of having done something wrong, they are under a cloud |
| Under fire | If someone is being attacked and criticized heavily, they are under fire Under your nose If something happens right in front of you, especially if it is surprising or audacious, it happens under your nose |
| Up for grabs | If something is up for grabs, it is available and whoever is first or is successful will get it |
| Up to the neck | If someone's in something up to the neck, they are very involved in it, especially when it's something wrong |
| Up a river without a paddle | If you up a river without a paddle, you are in an unfortunate situation, unprepared and with none of the resources to remedy the matter |
| Uncharted waters | If you're in uncharted waters, you are in a situation that is unfamiliar to you, that you have no experience of and don't know what might happen |
| Under lock and key | If something is under lock and key, it is stored very securelyTOP
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