"Idioms" are phrase where the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual word.
List of Idioms beginning with A, B, C
| List of Idioms beginning with A | |
| A big cheese | an important or a powerful person in a group or family |
| A bird's eye view | a view from a very high place which allows you to see a large area |
| A bone of contention | something that people argue for a long time |
| A cock and a bull story | a story or an explanation which is obviously not true. |
| At the crack of the dawn | very early in morning |
| A cuckoo in the nest | someone in a group of people but not liked by them. |
| A litmus test | a method which clearly proves something |
| As the crow flies | measuring distance between two places in a straight line. |
| A dead letter | an argument or law not followed by anyone. |
| At the drop of the hat | you do something easily and without any preparation |
| An early bird | someone who gets early in the morning |
| An educated guess | a guess which was likely to get corrected |
| At the eleventh hour | be too late. |
| A queer fish | a strange person |
| A wakeup call | an event done to warn someone |
| A worm's eye view | having very little knowledge about something |
| A witch hunt | an attempt to find and punish those who have options that are believed to be dangerous |
| At the heels of | to follow someone |
| A dish fit for Gods | something of very high quality |
| A game of two equal halves | a sudden change in circumstances |
| Afraid of one's own shadow | to become easily frightened |
| Against the clock | to be in a hurry to do something before a particular time |
| Air one's dirty laundry | to make public something embarrassing that should be kept secret. |
| All systems go | everything is ready. |
| An arm and a leg | a large amount of money |
| Appear out of now here | to appear suddenly without warning. |
| Apple of someone's eye | someone loved very much. |
| Ask for the moon | to ask for too much. |
| Asleep at the switch | not to be alert on opportunity |
| At sixes and sevens | to be lost and bewildered |
| At someone's beck and call | to be always ready to serve |
| At the bottom of the ladder | at the lowest level |
| A house of cards | a poor plan |
| At an arm's length | to keep at a distance |
| At sixes and sevens | in disorder |
| A boon in disguise | a benefit in loss |
| A bull in a China shop | an awkward person |
| A red letter day | an important day |
| A nine days wonder | pleasure for a short time |
| A bit under the weather | falling illTOP |
| List of Idioms beginning with B | |
| Bad blood | feelings of hate between two families |
| Be a weight off your shoulders | When something is a weight off your shoulders, you are happy that you do not have to worry about it or feel responsible for what it was anymore. |
| Bend your ears | to talk to someone for a very long time about something boring |
| Bite your tongue | to stop yourself from saying something because it would be better not to |
| Black and blue | full of bruises |
| Blue blood | belonging to high social class |
| Be above board | to be honest and legal |
| Be bouncing off the walls | excited and full of nervous energy |
| Bow and scrap | try too hard to please someone in a position of authority |
| Brass monkey weather | extremely cold weather |
| Be tailor made | to be completely suitable for someone. |
| Break the ice | to make more comfort or relaxed with a person whom you have not met earlier, to break the silence |
| Be as clear as mud | to be impossible to understand |
| Be on cloud nine | be very happy |
| Between the devil and deep blue sea | a type of situation where you must choose between two equally unpleasant situations |
| Be in the doldrums | not very successful or nothing new is taking place |
| Beat the drum | to speak eagerly about something you support |
| Be on the edge | to be nervous or worried about something |
| Be in seventh heaven | extremely happy |
| Be at each other's throat | two persons arguing angrily |
| Batten down the hatches | to prepare for trouble |
| Back the wrong horse | to support someone weak |
| Back to square one | to reach again to the starting point |
| Back to the salt mines | back to something that you don't want to do |
| Ball of fire | active and energetic |
| Beat one's head against the wall | to try to do something that is hopeless |
| Bark up the wrong tree | to make a wrong assumption |
| Batten down the hatches | prepare for difficult times |
| Beat one's brain out | to work hard |
| Begin to see the light | to begin to understand |
| Behind closed doors | done in secret |
| Bet on the wrong horse | to misread the future |
| Bent on doing | to be determined to do something |
| Bite off more than one can chew | to do more than one's ability |
| Bite the bullet | to face a difficult situation bravely |
| Bitter pill to swallow | an unpleasant fact that must be accepted |
| Black sheep of the family | worst member |
| Blessing in disguise | something that turns out to be good which earlier appeared to be wrong |
| Blind leading the blind | someone who does not understand something but tries to explain it to other |
| Blow one's own horn | to praise one |
| Blow someone's mind | excite someone |
| Bone of contention | subject matter of the fight |
| Bring home the bacon | to earn money to live |
| Blue in the face | exhausted and speechless |
| Break the back of | reduce the power of something |
| Burn a hole in one's pocket | to spend money quickly |
| Burn the midnight oil | to study till late of night |
| Bushman's holiday | a holiday where you spend doing same thing as you did at working days |
| Button's one lip | to keep quite |
| Break a leg | to wish good luckTOP |
| List of Idioms beginning with C | |
| Carrot and sticks | You use both awards as well as punishments to make someone do something. |
| Cloak and dragger | when people behave in a very secret manner |
| Cards are stacked against | luck is against you |
| Crack a book | to open book to study |
| Cross a bridge before one comes to it | worry about the future in advance |
| Carry coals to new castle | to take something to a place or a person that has a lot of that thing already |
| Cast in the same mould | to be very similar |
| Change horses in midstream | to change plans |
| Cap it all | to finish |
| Cried with eyes out | cried a lot |
| Carry the can | If you carry the can, you take the blame for something, even though you didn't do it or are only partly at fault. |
| Cast a long shadow | Something or someone that casts a long shadow has considerable influence on other people or events. |
| Cat and dog life | If people lead a cat and dog life, they are always arguing.TOP |