Idiom Definition Index E

 

each
	a wash
	absence makes the heart grow fonder
	an apple a day keeps the doctor away
	at loggerheads
	beauty is in the eye of the beholder
	bit by bit
	call it square
	chip in
	different strokes for different folks
	ducks in a row (ducks in order)
	duke it out
	even
	even up
	float your boat
	grow on you
	high five
	in cahoots
	little by little
	musical chairs
	not speaking
	on the same wavelength
	one man's garbage is another man's art
	one man's meat is another man's poison
	salt away
	shoot it out
	shoot-out (sports)
	spell out
	square off
	stretch the dollar
	there's no love lost
	trade insults
	variety is the spice of life
eager
	all fired up
	chomping at the bit
	on fire
ear
	a babe in arms
	cauliflower ear
	kiss curls (hair style)
	the tender age of
	tin ear
	up the wahoozey
	up to my ears
	wing it
earful
	a bawling out
earlier
	long gone
early
	jump the gun
	on the dot
earn
	crack the line-up
	eke out a living
	live off
	make a bundle
	make a go of it
	make a killing
	make a living
	make money
	put yourself through college
	raise money
	rake in the dough
	strike it rich
earned
	chalk one up for you
	new money
earning
	below the poverty line
earth
	down to earth
	get your head out of the clouds
	life is not all guns and roses
	this mortal coil
	vale of tears (valley of tears)
ease
	at ease
	break the ice
	go easy on
	let up
	pull punches
	slow down
easier
	a picture is worth a thousand words
	over the hump
	pave the way
	talk is cheap
easily
	a hothead
	an easy mark
	blow you away
	come naturally
	eat you for breakfast
	hands down
	hard put
	have you for breakfast
	high strung
	like shit through a goose
	no contest
	run circles around you
	set in her ways
east
	The Rock
easy
	a bed of roses
	a fool and his money are soon parted
	a piece of cake
	a piece of piss
	a sitting duck
	a soft touch
	a tough act to follow
	as plain as day
	as plain as the nose on your face
	at your fingertips
	blue sky
	clear as a bell
	duck soup
	ease up
	easy as pie
	easy pickings
	easy street
	easy time of it
	Fletcherize your food
	hard to believe
	in broad daylight
	in plain view
	it was a lark
	it's a snap
	it's as plain as the nose on your face
	like shit through a goose
	money doesn't grow on trees
	one born every minute
	open and shut
	plain as day
	plain as the nose on your face
	pull punches
	quick and dirty
	roll off the tongue
	shooting fish in a barrel
	smooth sailing
	sucker
	take it easy on
	teach you the tricks of the trade
	there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip
	there's nothing to it
	under my nose
	user friendly
eat
	a doggy bag
	a sweet tooth
	an apple a day keeps the doctor away
	buy that
	chow
	chow down
	clean up your plate
	dig in
	do lunch
	eat it up
	eat like a horse
	eat out
	eat up
	eat you out of house and home
	eat your fill
	fall for that
	fill your face
	finish off
	go hungry
	grab a bite to eat
	have a bite
	health nut
	help yourself
	inhale
	lose your appetite
	nosebag
	pig out
	polish off/polish it off
	put away
	shove down my throat
	swallow that
	sweet tooth
	wolf down
eaten
	fish and company stink after three days
	have your cake and eat it, too
	left over
	leftovers
eating
	clean up your plate
	eat it up
	on a full stomach
	wash it down
eccentric
	mad as a hatter
	over the rainbow
	spinny
economy
	trickle-down economics
	when the crunch comes
edge
	a bee in her bonnet
	hang ten (surfing)
	state of the art
edgy
	on edge
	touchy
edit
	doctor it/doctor it up
education
	put yourself through college
effect
	a fart in a windstorm
	catch 22
	fall-out
	pack a punch
	take effect
	wear off
	you reap whatsoever you sow
effective
	get it together
	the right stuff
effectively
	hit the ground running
	out to lunch
effort
	all-out
	fido
	get down to business
	half-hearted
	hunker down
	make your way
	on your side
	piggyback
	props
	self-made man
	spin your wheels
	the old college try
	too little too late
	whole hog
eg
	a full house (cards)
	blue-collar worker
egg
	a good head
	cackleberries
	feather your nest
	over easy
	pin your hopes on
	skunk
eighty-six
	smithwright it
either
	boom or bust
	feast or famine
	it makes no difference
	sit the fence
ejaculate
	blow your stones [B]
	come [B]
elbow
	tip a few
elders
	hand down
election
	cast your vote
	lickety-split
	run for office
electrical
	juice
electricity
	juice
eliminate
	take him out
eliminated
	knocked out
else
	bow out
	get off your high horse
	green with envy
	part with
	pirate
	step aside
	the buck stops here
embark
	set out for
embarrass
	a loose cannon
	cut you to ribbons
	fall flat on my face
embarrassed
	egg on my face
	red-faced
	sheesh
embarrassment
	put your foot in your mouth
	save face
embrace
	make love
emigration
	brain drain
emotion
	a poker face
	chill out
	cool off
	flatliner
	go bonkers
	lose your cool
	wear your heart on your sleeve
	work off
emotional
	burn out
	cost you
	get a grip on yourself
	get carried away
	play on my heart strings
	pre-menstrual syndrome
employ
	lay off
	take on
employed
	out of work
employee
	a go-getter
	a loose cannon
	a new broom sweeps clean
	cascade (business)
	girl Friday
	gofer
	grandfather clause
	headhunter
	on probation
	proby
	team player
employer
	cold call
	put in a good word for
employment
	fire
	pogey
empty
	fill the gap
	on a full stomach
encore
	bravo
encounter
	cross paths
	meet up with
encourage
	come on
	egg me on
	give you a boost
	heart is in the right place
	keep the ball rolling
	spur on
	stick up for
encouragement
	a shot in the arm
end
	a cliff-hanger
	all's well that ends well
	at my wits' end
	become of
	beside myself
	bits and pieces
	bum
	cash up/cash out
	come undone
	curtains
	down to the wire
	end up
	five o'clock shadow
	go overboard
	how it plays out
	keester
	kick
	land up
	loose ends
	make out
	odds and ends
	on his last legs
	pull it out
	put an end to
	shut-down
	suck the hind tit [B]
	that's all she wrote
	the bitter end
	the last of it
	till hell freezes over
	turn out
	under the wire
	win going away
	wind up
	wrap it up
	wrap up
ending
	all's well that ends well
	uptalk
	wind up
endurance
	put you through the mill
endure
	pay the penalty
	pay the price
	put up with
	stand it
	take it
	take your lumps
	the price you have to pay
endured
	had enough
enemies
	the man in the middle
enemy
	cut your own throat
	fight fire with fire
	run the gauntlet
	shoot yourself in the foot
	the underground
	turn on you
energetic
	feeling his oats
	on fire
energy
	a lift
	a pick-me-up
	a shot in the arm
	bandwidth
	burn out
	carry the day
	come on strong
	cost you
	don't get mad; get even
	feeling bum
	flat
	full of piss and vinegar [B]
	get-up-and-go
	keep you going
	second wind
	to beat the band
	up to it
	whole hog
enjoy
	dig/dig it
	feast your eyes on
	get a bang out of
	get a charge out of
	get off on
	get your kicks
	have a ball
	have a blast
	have a good time
	have fun
	haven't got the stomach for it
	let the good times roll
	make my day
	take time to smell the roses
enjoyable
	good time
enjoying
	into fitness/dancing etc.
	out on the town
enjoyment
	for kicks
	get a kick out of
	get my kicks
enlarge
	blow it up (photo)
enlighten
	shed a little light on
enlist
	join up
	sign up
enough
	a chicken in every pot
	below the poverty line
	carry the day
	carry your weight
	come of age
	cut it a little fine
	don't borrow trouble
	eke out a living
	enough is enough
	fed up
	for good measure
	get by/scrape by
	get up a head of steam
	give him enough rope and he'll hang himself
	go hungry
	had it up to here
	half-hearted
	how are you fixed for
	if a mussel doesn't open don't eat it
	keep your head above water
	last me
	live off
	look out for number one
	love conquers all
	make a go of it
	make a living
	make ends meet
	measure up
	nip and tuck
	out loud
	out of range
	run out
	scrape by
	set for life
	shortchange
	stay alive
	take your time
	too little too late
	too many chiefs and not enough Indians
	turn up your nose at
	under my breath
	up to it
	up to par
	up to scratch
	within earshot
enrol
	join up
	sign up
enter
	age before beauty
	break and enter
	break into
	log on
	make an entrance
enterprise
	a going concern,
entertain
	bag of tricks
entertainment
	cup of tea
	drawing card
	out on the town
enthused
	all fired up
enthusiasm
	come on strong
	dampen your spirits
	perk up
	talk it up
enthusiastic
	fired up
	gung ho
	hale and hearty
entirely
	every cloud has a silver lining
envelope
	take risks
envious
	green with envy
envy
	claws are showing
	eat your heart out
	have designs on
equal
	a level playing field
	a tough act to follow
	an eye for an eye (a tooth for a tooth)
	even-steven
	even up
	hold your own
	it's a toss-up
	level the playing field
	no match for
	on even terms
	play fair
	six of one, half a dozen of the other
	there's not much to choose between them
	time is money
	tit for tat
equipment
	gear up
	the whole works
equitable
	meet you half way
era
	hip hop (generation)
erect
	a hard-on [B]
error
	a slip of the tongue
	ass on the line
	check over
	eagle eyes
	gloss over
	hit and miss
	make a booboo
	nitpick
	pick holes in
	put you off your game
	stand corrected
	step on his dick
	trial and error
	typo
erupt
	break out
escape
	back yourself into a corner
	break out
	bust out
	chickens come home to roost
	draw their fire
	let a fart [B]
escaping
	whew
especially
	Donnybrook
essay
	a picture is worth a thousand words
et
	and stuff
eternity
	forever and a day
ethic
	Generation X
	the devil makes work for idle hands
ethical
	something smells
european
	Cabbagetown
evaluate
	sit in judgement on
	size up
	test drive
even
	a dead heat
	call it square
	get revenge
	heart is in the right place
	it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
	out to get you
	saw-off
	take revenge
	where angels fear to tread
even-steven
	neck and neck
evening
	bar hop
	moonlighting
evenly
	even-steven
event
	a bitter pill
	a blackout (TV)
	a bummer
	a crying shame
	a downer (sadness)
	a fart in a windstorm
	a hell of a time
	a paper trail
	a yawner
	big deal
	blue moon
	chain reaction
	double whammy
	have fun
	in the driver's seat
	it ain't over till the fat lady sings
	last hurrah
	prepare like crazy
	string of good luck
	stroke of good luck
	there are two sides to every story
	there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so
ever
	if that doesn't beat all
every
	a chicken in every pot
	bat a thousand
	by heart
	day in, day out
	done it all
	drink like a fish
	every cloud has a silver lining
	every trick in the book
	every walk of life
	from hand to mouth
	full blown
	hang on every word
	kill off
	know like the back of your hand
	left, right and center
	letter-perfect
	the whole shebang
	the whole shooting match
	to a man
	watch me like a hawk
	whole hog
	work my buns off
everybody
	a hit
	all hell broke loose
	blab
	chip in
	dog eat dog
	for Pete's sake
	go with the flow
	King Shit on Turd Island
	pay the shot
	public property
	spread the word
	the laughing stock
	the talk of the town
everyone
	a hot number
	a household name
	a level playing field
	all things to all people
	buy a round
	clear up
	dubs
	Dutch treat
	for goodness sake
	for heaven's sake
	get off your high horse
	laid bare
	level the playing field
	on my best behavior
	play fair
	stand on ceremony
everything
	across the board
	all ears
	all in all
	all teed up
	at your beck and call
	bag and baggage
	big-sky thinking
	blabbermouth
	breathe down my neck
	business as usual
	check up on
	clean me out
	come clean
	everything but the kitchen sink
	Fibber McGee's closet
	have it made
	kit and caboodle
	let the chips fall where they may
	lock, stock and barrel
	make every effort
	promise the moon
	sell the farm
	shipshape
	spill your guts
	tell all
	the long and the short of it
	the whole shebang
	the whole shooting match
	the whole works
	throw the baby out with the bath water
	time stands still
	wait on you hand and foot
	wear the pants
everywhere
	all over hell's half acre
	leave no stone unturned
	left, right and center
	look high and low
	yin yang
evidence
	armed to the teeth
	caught red-handed
	hot on the trail
	send him up
	smoking gun
evil
	a scandal is brewing
	a wolf in sheep's clothing
	dark side
	give him the evil eye
	if looks could kill
	low-down
	pride goeth before a fall
	scandal is brewing
	the devil makes work for idle hands
	wekabi
exact
	can't put my finger on it
	pinpoint
exactly
	bang on
	can't put my hands on it
	down to a T
	on the dot
	stop on a dime
	to be perfectly honest
	word for word
exaggerate
	blow it out of proportion
	make a mountain out of a mole hill
	talk big
exaggerated
	over the top
	tall tale
examination
	a checkup
	checkup
examine
	look over
example
	a case of
	case in point
	it's a case of
	there you go
excellent
	better than sex
	first class
	out of this world
	picture-perfect
	speak highly of
	super mint
	top drawer
	totally awesome
exceptions
	bar none
excite
	make your bum hum
	turn-on
excited
	all shook up
	bananas
	blood is up
	don't have a cow
	go ape
	go bananas
	go too far
	have a fit
	keep your cool
	play it cool
	psyched/psyched up
	pumped/pumped up
	steam up
	turn you on
	wired
	worked up
	wound up
excitement
	a tempest in a teapot
	have a bird
	liven up
exciting
	a barnburner
	a nail-biter
	a whale of a game
	cut to the chase
	holy cow
	holy Toledo
	super-duper
	the spice of life
	wicked
	wild
exclude
	leave out in the cold
excluded
	black-listed
	on the bubble
excrement
	doo-doo
	poop
excuse
	beg your pardon
	cop out
	cover for me
	give you an out
	tell me another one
excused
	beg off
execute
	carry out
executed
	death row
executioner
	The Grim Reaper
exempt
	grandfather
exercise
	get in shape
	health nut
	keep fit
	look up a dead horse's ass [B]
	natural high
	no pain, no gain
	warm up
	work off
	work out
	work up a sweat
exercising
	workout
exhausted
	all in
	blotto
	dog tired
	play out
	zonked
existence
	navel-gazing
exit
	log off
expand
	branch out
	stretch the envelope
expect
	anything goes
	bark up the wrong tree
	beggars can't be choosers
	catch you off guard
	don't count your chickens before they hatch
	get out of town
	knock your socks off
	prima donna
	stand on ceremony
	take for granted
expected
	above and beyond the call of duty
	come through
	go the extra mile
	let down
	not half bad
	out of the blue
	piss pot full [B]
expecting
	a bun in the oven
	high hopes
expense
	foot the bill
	in a big way
	live off
	make ends meet
	out of pocket
	pad an expense account
	pay your way
	write it off
expensive
	cheap like borsch
	cost an arm and a leg
	dirt cheap
	dress clothes
	high on the hog
	toney neighborhood
experience
	a bitter pill
	a must
	an old hand at
	bare your soul
	by gosh
	done it all
	double whammy
	expand your horizons
	good time
	it takes two to tango
	it's been a slice (of life)
	joyride
	know the ropes
	lose a family member
	suck eggs
	the in's and out's
	variety is the spice of life
	virtual reality
	wasn't born yesterday
experienced
	been around
	relate to that
	through the wringer
expired
	it ain't over till it's over
explain
	account for
	act out
	clear the air
	clear up
	how come
	how so
	no questions asked
	on the carpet
	rake you over the coals
	shed a little light on
	spell out
	take you to task
	throw some light on
	what the dickens
explanation
	just like that
explode
	blow to kingdom come
	blow up
exposed
	catch up with
	laid bare
	see the light of day
express
	eyes glaze over
	let off steam
	open up
	put it
	roll their eyes
	take it out on
expression
	a poker face
	buzzword
	chimo
	so to speak
	vote of thanks
	whew
extend
	stretch the envelope
extinct
	die off
	go the way of the dodo
	you don't miss the water till the well runs dry
extra
	above and beyond the call of duty
	all in a day's work
	all the bells and whistles
	bare bones
	bend over backwards
	brownie points
	buy time
	fifth business
	icing on the cake
	know which side your bread is buttered on
	loaded
	on the side
	pin money
	pinch-hitter (baseball)
	pull the goalie (hockey)
	push the boat out
	spending money
	take pains
	take the trouble
	try your darndest
	XL
extreme
	middle of the road
extremely
	doggone
	go ape
	worried sick
eye
	a blank look
	a faraway look
	bat her eyes
	black eye
	come-on
	cry her heart out
	double take
	eyes glaze over
	get a load of that
	get your attention
	give an arm and a leg
	give him a taste of his own medicine
	give my right arm
	in the back of my mind
	keep an eye out
	look daggers
	peek-a-boo
	pound of flesh
	roll their eyes
	take a gander
	the lights are on but nobody's home
	tit for tat
	watch out for
	watch over like a mother hawk
	without turning a hair
eyeball
	check this out
	peep this

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