Idiom Definition Index M

 

machine
	downtime
	hardware
machine-printed
	letter-perfect
mad
	boiling mad
	choked
	crazy about
	drive me to the edge
	fit to be tied
	get your back up
	good and dead/mad/sick
	hot
	lose your temper
	make me sick/mad etc.
	nutty as a fruit cake
	pissed off [B]
	spitting nails
	take a joke
	to beat the band
	wild about
	worship the ground she walks on
made
	caribouboo
	how are you making out
	picture-perfect
	piss poor [B]
	red-faced
	rye
	when the chips are down
magic
	under a spell
magnify
	blow it up (photo)
	zoom in
magpie
	Saskatchewan pheasant
mail
	gofer
main
	a crash course
	beat around the bush
	bread and butter
	corner the market
	major
	motherlode
	off the beaten track
	out of the way
	play a big part
	steal your thunder
	stock in trade
	that's his bible
	the burning question
	the crux of the matter
	the knock against
mainframe
	log off
	log on
mainly
	by and large
mainstream
	on the fringe
maintain
	keep it up
maintained
	gone to the dogs
majesty
	His Royal Highness
major
	a major
	big deal
	grand slam
	one hell of a time
	upset the apple cart
majority
	mainstream
	the tail wagging the dog
make
	a barrel of laughs
	a new broom sweeps clean
	a shitload
	add insult to injury
	anchor you
	big hairy deal
	blow it out of proportion
	boggle your mind
	call the shots
	caribouboo
	carry it off
	come onto
	common sense
	cover for me
	crack me up
	crack the line-up
	crank out
	cross that bridge when I come to it
	cut him off [B]
	cut off your nose to spite your face
	cut you down to size
	dig yourself in
	do me
	do without
	doesn't add up
	doesn't wash
	drive it home
	fake it
	fall flat on my face
	feather your nest
	flesh out
	fuck up [B]
	fudge it
	get ahead
	get by/scrape by
	get it on
	get your shit together [B]
	go all the way (sex)
	go for the jugular
	go places
	go to any trouble
	go wrong
	got rocks in your head
	got you cornered
	hard on me
	have a say
	have nookie
	have sex
	have the final say
	hawk
	his own man
	hit paydirt
	hunker down
	hurry up
	hurt my feelings
	in order
	it figures
	it's beyond me
	jury-rig
	kick up a fuss
	klutz
	level the playing field
	make a big deal of it
	make a big to-do
	make a booboo
	make a bundle
	make a federal case of it
	make a killing
	make a living
	make a mistake
	make a mountain out of a mole hill
	make a point of
	make amends
	make believe
	make light of
	make of it
	make out
	make trouble
	make way
	make whoopee
	make your way
	miss the boat
	move over
	music to my ears
	neck
	pave the way
	pick you up
	play it up
	play on my heart strings
	poke fun at
	pull a face
	put you off your game
	rabble-rouser
	raise Cain
	raise hell [B]
	red herring
	rock the boat
	run off
	run you ragged
	screw [B]
	shake him
	sleep around [B]
	slip up
	spin a yarn
	string a line
	sweeten the pot
	take in
	take the chill off
	the spice of life
	there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip
	throw a tantrum
	throw on a dog for you
	time is of the essence
	to coin a phrase
	tone down
	too little too late
	touch up
	tough on me
	turn a profit
	turn your stomach
	up to something
	variety is the spice of life
	water down
	wax eloquent
	wear the pants
	winning streak
	you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
	you need money to make money
making
	a roll in the hay [B]
	between a rock and a hard place
	wheeler-dealer
malarkey
	horse feathers
male
	hunk
	the family jewels
man
	a blow job [B]
	a kept woman
	a lady-killer
	a man of few words
	a man's home is his castle
	a regular guy
	bad date
	beauty is in the eye of the beholder
	bottle man
	boy, oh boy
	cowpoke
	dapper Dan
	drag queen
	drugstore cowboy
	dude
	fag/faggot
	fair-haired boy
	geezer
	give head [B]
	go down on [B]
	greaser
	hail-fellow-well-met
	hatchet man
	his nibs
	his own man
	hunk
	Johnny-come-lately
	mind of his own
	my old man
	old coot
	old goat
	pipsqueak
	play the heavy
	prick [B]
	Prince Charming
	rube
	stag
	stiff
	straight man
	the Man in the Moon
	the old man
	the strong, silent type
	the way to a man's heart is through his stomach
	to a man
	to each his own
manage
	a handful
	bring it off
	do without
	fall apart (at the seams)
	get along
	got your number
	head up
	hold the fort
	in control
	mind the store
	run the show
managed
	out of control
manager
	brown nose [B]
	brownie points
	chief cook and bottle washer
	go to bat for
	hand in
	head honcho
	laid off
	low on the totem pole
	shop-floor struggle
	take over
	too many cooks spoil the broth
	turn in
maneuver
	fancy footwork
	stickhandle
manger
	shit or get off the pot
manner
	hit on
	mind your P's and Q's
	on my best behavior
	pell-mell
	stand on ceremony
	watch your P's and Q's
manufacture
	crank out
manufactured
	a dildo [B]
manufacturer
	just-in-time
many
	a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
	a coon's age
	a dog's breakfast
	a hard row to hoe
	a little thick
	a month of Sundays
	a pack of lies
	a slow day
	as scarce as hen's teeth
	bar hop
	blue in the face
	coming out of our ears
	coming out of your yin yang
	crawling with
	cut a wide swath
	Donnybrook
	eighty-six it
	Fletcherize your food
	for long
	gang up on
	had it up to here
	how are you fixed for
	in a coon's age
	in the long run
	jack of all trades
	lemon
	loaded
	lose count
	lose track
	mind boggling
	more than you can shake a stick at
	one born every minute
	piss pot full [B]
	play the field
	pub crawl
	ring off the hook
	saw sawdust
	scads
	scarce as hen's teeth
	sell like hotcakes
	shellack
	sleep around [B]
	take you to the cleaners
	the last straw
	there's more than one way to skin a cat
	time and again
	too many chiefs and not enough Indians
	too many cooks spoil the broth
	traffic jam
	under fire
	up to my ears
	wipe you
margin
	by a country mile
marijuana
	pot
	reefer
	toke up
mark
	a black mark
	a soft touch
	as clean as a whistle
	cast your vote
	on the money
	top it up
marker
	buckstop (military)
market
	Black Friday
	buyer's market
	firm market
	got a corner on
	seller's market
	soft market
	up for sale
marketing
	bogof
marriage
	blood is thicker than water
	cheat on
	something borrowed, something blue
married
	DINKS
	shack up [B]
	stag
marry
	pop the question
masturbate
	jerk off [B]
	pull your wire [B]
match
	got a light
	see you/see your
	showdown
matched
	even-steven
mate
	made for each other
	play around
	Prince Charming
	soul mate
material
	cut corners
matter
	a bone to pick
	a horse of a different color
	big hairy deal
	come hell or high water
	do you mind
	even so
	in fact
	it don't make no nevermind
	it makes no difference
	no matter how you slice it
	put your mind to it
	small potatoes
	so what
	the bigger they are the harder they fall
	the nitty-gritty
	to be perfectly honest
	what the heck
	who cares
	winning isn't everything; it's the only thing
mature
	grow up
	late bloomer
	x-rated
maturity
	smelling yourself
max
	as all get-out
	to the max
	to the nth degree
maximum
	throw the book at
may
	a loose cannon
	a stitch in time saves nine
	chances are
	curiosity killed the cat
	even a blind pig can find an acorn
	familiarity breeds contempt
	feel free
	have a mind to
	he who hesitates is lost
	if a mussel doesn't open don't eat it
	on the bubble
	rest his soul (God rest his soul)
	stand to lose
mayday
	SOS
mccoy
	honest-to-goodness
mcgee
	a duke's mixture
mckay
	The Group of Five/The Regina Five
meal
	chow down
	grab a bite to eat
	leftovers
	on a full stomach
	square meal
mean
	a black mark
	by hook or by crook
	come hell or high water
	feel free
	take it back
	what it boils down to
meaning
	a play on words
	cheers
	chimo
	follow me
	get my drift
	get your wires crossed
	hit me
	read between the lines
	read into
	take on a new light
	there's no two ways about it
	twist your words
	wack
meaningful
	hit home
meaningless
	blow it out your ear
meant
	take it to heart
meanwhile
	in the meantime
measure
	hold a candle
	make the grade
	take your pulse
	up to snuff
	weigh in at
measured
	hard skill
meat
	square meal
media
	cover-up
	leak
	the fifth column
mediate
	bridge the gap
medical
	a checkup
	checkup
meet
	bigger fish to fry
	bump into
	cross paths
	how do you do
	join you
	love at first sight
	make a good impression
	meet up with
	run into
	stand up
	work the room
meeting
	hidden agenda
	hold a meeting
	middle ground
	turn up
melee
	brouhaha
melt
	smooth talker
member
	card-carrying member
	dogan
	fifth business
	hand me down
	lose a family member
	make the team
	next of kin
	one of the boys
	skinhead
	try out
membership
	card-carrying member
memorable
	a red-letter day
memorized
	a pat answer
	by heart
	canned
	down pat
memory
	if my memory serves me correctly
	in the back of my mind
	in your mind's eye
memos
	a paper trail
men
	backroom boys
	big boys
	gotches
	Old Boys' Club
	tits and ass (T & A) [B]
mend
	on the road
	pick up the pieces
menstruate
	got the rags on [B]
	have your period [B]
menstruation
	pre-menstrual syndrome
mental
	bandwidth
	frame of mind
	lock you up
	loony bin
	nut house
	smarts
	state of mind
mentally
	one brick short of a full load
	three slices short (of a full loaf)
	without a full deck
mention
	no problem (no prob)
	not at all
	sell yourself short
	throw that in
	touch on
menwomen
	play the field
meow
	the bee's knees
merchant
	the middleman
mercy
	in cold blood
	slash and burn
merrier
	let the good times roll
mess
	mix it up
	mop up
message
	drive it home
	get the point
	get the word out
	music to my ears
	over and out
	preach to the choir/preach to the converted
	reach me
	read between the lines
	read me (CB radio)
	steal your thunder
	the handwriting is on the wall
	the moment of truth
met
	blind date
	don't know him from Adam
metal
	boot it
	flat out
	floor it
	full throttle
	goose it
	heavy foot
	in the Monford lane
	put the hammer down
	step on it
metaphors
	so to speak
method
	bag of tricks
	bogof
	by any means
	do it the hard way
	every trick in the book
	in a rut
	keep up with the times
	know inside out
	short cut
	the end justifies the means
	the hard way
	the long arm of the law
	there's more than one way to skin a cat
metres
	a stone's throw
microwave
	nuke
	zap
middle
	fence sitter
	get the finger [B] (get the bird)
	hump day
	in the throes
	sit the fence
	smack dab in the middle
	the eye of the storm
middling
	so-so
midsummer
	dog days of summer
miffed
	put off
mighty
	hoity-toity
mile
	above and beyond the call of duty
	bend over backwards
	push the boat out
	try your darndest
military
	draft dodger
milk
	square meal
mill
	off the shelf
	through the mill
million
	much obliged
millionaire
	from rags to riches
mince
	straight from the shoulder
mind
	a dressing down
	at heart
	back out
	best interests at heart
	bottle up
	caught flatfooted
	change your tune
	draw a blank
	ears are burning
	frame of mind
	get your mind around
	head is spinning
	in mind
	in the back of my mind
	in your mind's eye
	it don't make no nevermind
	it occurs to me
	knock you out
	lose your marbles
	lose your mind
	lose your tongue
	make your head spin
	middle ground
	mind over matter
	mind your P's and Q's
	mix you up
	out of my head
	out of your tree
	play games
	put your mind to it
	say what's on your mind
	something snapped
	speak out
	stark raving mad
	state of mind
	the bigger they are the harder they fall
	trifle with me
	watch your P's and Q's
	wrap your mind around
mine
	strike it rich
mini
	itsy-bitsy / itty-bitty
minister
	a man of the cloth
minor
	a touch of
	brush with the law
	fender bender
	play a bit-part
	rob the cradle
minority
	the tail wagging the dog
mint
	as new
	mint condition
minute
	down to the wire
	for long
	hold it
	hold the phone
	hold your horses
	in a bit
	in a jiffy
	pop over
	take a break
	take five
	the turning point
	time out
misbehave
	act up
	step out of line
misery
	put down
misfortune
	sob story
misinformed
	on your ass [B]
misjudge
	miss the boat
mispronounce
	rented lips
miss
	let this chance go by
	skip classes
	trial and error
missed
	get caught up
missiles
	in the pipe five by five
missing
	half-assed [B]
	on shaky ground
	out of context
mistake
	a slip of the tongue
	blow it
	caribouboo
	check over
	dirty laundry
	fall flat on my face
	find fault
	fuck up [B]
	go wrong
	hold that over my head
	klutz
	make a booboo
	miss the boat
	mop up
	on my case
	on the carpet
	own up
	screw-up
	slip up
	stand corrected
	sweep under the carpet
	the school of hard knocks
	there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip
mistaken
	all wet
	dead wrong
	don't know your ass from a hole in the ground [B]
	drop dead
	get out of town
misunderstand
	don't get me wrong
	miss the boat
	take it the wrong way
mix
	mess with
mixed
	don't know which end is up
	don't know your ass from a hole in the ground [B]
	of two minds
mixture
	a dog's breakfast
	a duke's mixture
mo
	time stands still
mobile
	moppie
mockery
	a send-up
model
	pilot project
moderate
	middle of the road
moderately
	fair to middling
moguls
	big boys
mom
	motherhood and apple pie
	tied to your mother's apron strings
moment
	on short notice
money
	a chunk of change
	a fool and his money are soon parted
	a handout
	a little steep
	a paltry sum
	a pretty penny
	all the marbles
	ante up
	bang for your buck
	bankroll
	big bucks
	blood money
	blow a bundle
	blow your wad
	bread
	burn a hole in your pocket
	by the seat of your pants
	call tabs
	cash cow
	cash flow
	cheap
	chicken feed
	coin
	cold, hard cash
	cost a pretty penny
	cost an arm and a leg
	cost you
	count your chickens before they hatch
	cut it a little fine
	dig deep
	dirty money
	don't put all your eggs in one basket
	dough
	drop a bundle
	easy street
	feel the pinch
	filthy lucre
	flat broke
	for a song
	found money
	front me
	funny money
	get by/scrape by
	give you odds
	go without
	good for a loan
	grease my palm
	green stuff
	greenback
	have deep pockets
	hit me for a loan
	hit paydirt
	in clover
	in dire straits
	in hock
	in the hole
	in the poorhouse
	in the red
	keep you going
	laundered money
	lettuce
	live off
	lose your shirt
	make a bundle
	make a go of it
	make a living
	make an offer
	megabucks
	money doesn't grow on trees
	money is the root of all evil
	money talks
	money to burn
	moola
	more money than brains
	nest egg
	new money
	old money
	out of hock
	pad an expense account
	pay back
	peanuts
	pin money
	pony up
	pot of gold
	put yourself through college
	raise money
	rake in the dough
	rob Peter to pay Paul
	salt away
	save a bundle
	save for a rainy day
	scratch
	serious coin
	set for life
	shell out
	shoot your wad
	shortchange
	spending money
	square deal
	strapped
	strike it rich
	take you for all you've got
	the crunch
	the rest is gravy
	the take
	tide me over
	tighten our belts
	time is money
	turn a profit
	when the crunch comes
	win big
	winner take all
	you need money to make money
moneybags
	loaded
	more money than brains
monkey
	funny stuff
	monkeywrenching
monkeywrenching
	throw a monkey wrench into the works
monopoly
	corner the market
month
	in a long time
	salt away
montreal
	The Big O
monty
	strip
mood
	chip on his shoulder
	frame of mind
	in a funk
	in seventh heaven
	state of mind
moola
	dough
	green stuff
	lettuce
	scratch
moon
	the Man in the Moon
moonshine
	booze
	rot gut
	screech
morality
	there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so
morals
	lowlife
more
	above and beyond the call of duty
	absence makes the heart grow fonder
	actions speak louder than words
	add fuel to the fire
	and then some
	ask for the moon
	beef it up
	bigger fish to fry
	bite off more than you can chew
	booked/booked up
	bravo
	choose up sides
	come on strong
	conk out
	cut me some slack
	cut off
	cut the crap [B]
	dig a little deeper
	dig deep
	don't get smart with me
	don't push your luck
	drink you under the table
	drop it
	fill me in
	fish or cut bait
	for good measure
	full up
	get in deeper
	get your head out of the clouds
	give 110%
	give her
	give up
	give you odds
	go one better
	grow on you
	had a bellyful
	had a couple
	hedge your bets
	keep on
	kill an elephant
	knuckle down
	leave well enough alone
	let the good times roll
	liven up
	mind boggling
	mop the floor with us
	more power to you
	musical chairs
	nothing succeeds like success
	oodles
	out of
	out of patience
	out of the woods
	pad an expense account
	pay down
	piss pot full [B]
	plate is full
	pull the plug
	put to rest
	rest my case
	ride the wave
	save face
	seconds
	shit out of luck [B]
	sick of
	soften up
	sweeten the pot
	that's all she wrote
	the last of it
	the more the merrier
	think over
	throw good money after bad
	time ran out
	time's up
	two heads are better than one
	up the wahoozey
	wake up and smell the coffee
	you can't sell anybody if you don't love everybody
morning
	good day
	sleep in
	top of the morning
mortal
	vale of tears (valley of tears)
mortgage
	in hock
morton
	The Group of Five/The Regina Five
moses
	gadzooks
	holy Toledo
most
	all's well that ends well
	bear the brunt
	by and large
	first and foremost
	golden age
	got a corner on
	happy camper
	lose your shirt
	play it for all it's worth
	seize the opportunity
	state of the art
	steal the show
	stretch the dollar
	the day of the family farm
	the key to success
	the last word
	the living end
	you're only as good as your last shift
mostly
	by and large
mother
	go pound salt
	the best things in life are free
motion
	slo mo
	straw horse
motivate
	spur on
	start a fire under him
motivated
	fired up
	flat
motive
	see through
mount
	snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
	turn the tables on
mountain
	make a big deal of it
	make a federal case of it
	red herring
mounted
	Mounties
mouse
	below the poverty line
	in the poorhouse
mousetrap
	necessity is the mother of invention
mousy
	shabby
mouth
	bad breath
	bigmouth
	blabbermouth
	chops
	down in the dumps
	fill your face
	go on about
	hold your mouth the right way
	shoot from the hip
	slap my afro / slap my fro
	the way you hold your mouth
movable
	as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar
move
	a false move
	break away
	dig in their heels
	draw their fire
	elbow room
	fancy footwork
	finishing touch
	flip-flop
	get on your horse
	get out of the road
	get over
	get rolling
	get the lead out
	get up a head of steam
	got you by the balls [B]
	got you cornered
	it's your move
	it's your turn
	make room
	make tracks
	make way
	make your way
	move over
	move your ass
	on tenterhooks
	on the double
	one false move
	play musical chairs
	pluck at the heart strings
	pull up stakes
	rob Peter to pay Paul
	shake a leg
	shit or get off the pot
	sit tight
	stay put
	tearjerker
	watch me like a hawk
	work the room
	zig when you should zag
	zoom in
movement
	act out
	body language
	drop a log [B]
	in the road
	mark a watershed
	pinch off a loaf [B]
	slo mo
	take a shit [B]
movie
	a hit
	a nail-biter
	chick flick
	date
	life is not all guns and roses
	on the edge of your seat
	play a bit-part
moving
	a rolling stone gathers no moss
	ass into gear
	at rest
	brain traffic
	Denver boot
	fits and starts
	get going
	lickety-split
	like shit through a goose
	off to the races
	on the move
	piano tied to your ass [B]
	shuffle the chairs on the deck
	time stands still
	traffic jam
much
	a fine line
	a holy pile
	a little steep
	a little thick
	a nail-biter
	a quick study
	a raw deal
	a shadow of his former self
	above and beyond the call of duty
	and how
	as all get-out
	at least
	big time
	burn out
	cash cow
	circles around you
	coming out of our ears
	coming out of your yin yang
	cost you
	die for
	dilly-dally
	do your utmost
	don't know which side your bread is buttered on
	don't push your luck
	ease up
	easy time of it
	eat your fill
	feast or famine
	feel a draft
	full steam ahead
	fuss over
	go easy on
	go out on a limb
	go overboard
	got it bad
	had a bellyful
	had it
	hard done by
	hard sell
	hill of beans
	hold the purse strings
	in a big way
	in glowing terms
	in the worst way
	it never rains but it pours
	keep a low profile
	kill an elephant
	know the ropes
	let up
	like a ton of bricks
	like crazy/like mad
	liquored up
	long for
	mad about
	make a big to-do
	mind your P's and Q's
	nag
	offhand
	on short notice
	on the run
	out of sight (outa sight)
	over the top
	plate is full
	play a big part
	pour it on
	push me (to the limit)
	put yourself out
	see you/see your
	so much as
	speak volumes
	talk your ear off
	talk your head off
	thanks a bunch
	thanks a million
	the air was blue
	tighten our belts
	to a fault
	two-fisted attack
	under pressure
	want it so bad I can taste it
	wear off
	when it rains it pours
	work to rule
	worship the ground she walks on
muchmany
	tons
muckrake
	character assassination
mudsling
	trade insults
mugged
	bushwhack
	hold up
mum
	lips are sealed
murder
	hit man
	pop a cap [B]
murdered
	blood money
muscle
	charley horse
	no pain, no gain
	pull a muscle
music
	basta la musica
	cook
	disk jockey (DJ)
	do a gig
	ear candy
	grunge (fashion)
	grunge (music)
	jam
	musical chairs
	rock
	tin ear
musical
	musical chairs
	shuffle the chairs on the deck
musicians
	jam session
must
	cool under pressure
	duty calls
	gofer
	have my work cut out
	have to
	have to go some
	have to hand it to you
	I'll be a monkey's uncle
	it's a matter of life and death
	musical chairs
	no rest for the wicked
	sacred cow
	the heat is on
	the price you have to pay
	when the chips are down
	work ethic
	you've got to be kidding
mutual
	meeting of minds
my
	a dressing down
	a piece of my mind
	all in a day's work
	as far as I know
	at my wits' end
	be my undoing
	blow me [B]
	blow my cover
	browbeat
	brush with death
	bust my butt
	case in point
	collect my thoughts
	cover for me
	cry me a river
	damn the luck [B]
	darn my luck
	dig me
	double take
	duty calls
	eat your heart out
	fill in for me
	follow me
	get my drift
	get my kicks
	get off my back
	give an arm and a leg
	give my eye teeth
	give my right arm
	goodness gracious
	got it in for
	have my ears lowered
	hold that over my head
	honestly
	I smell where you're stepping
	in my care
	in my good books
	in the back of my mind
	is you is, or is you ain't my baby
	it occurs to me
	it seems to me
	it strikes me
	kick myself
	lose my train of thought
	mind your own business
	money talks
	my old man
	on my back
	on my case
	on my good side
	on my plate
	on my way
	out of my depth
	out of the corner of my eye
	pick on
	put my neck on the line
	rattle my chain
	read me (CB radio)
	read my lips
	rest my case
	say my piece
	scare the life out of me
	shit myself [B]
	shut my mouth
	slap my afro / slap my fro
	stand by me
	stand in
	stick my neck out
	take care of business
	take oath
	tear me apart
	the old man
	the pit of my stomach
	the way I see it
	think better of it
	think nothing of it
	trifle with me
	under my skin
	under my wing
	under oath
	watch me like a hawk
	with all my heart
	within earshot
	work your ass off [B]
	worship the ground she walks on
myself
	at the end of my rope/ at the end of my tether
	fall flat on my face
	have a bird
	kick myself
	under the weather
	yours truly
mysteriously
	spirit away
mystery
	for the life of me
	the way you hold your mouth
myth
	old wives' tale
	the Man in the Moon
	the rabbit died

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