Idiom Definition Index N

 

n
	Bigfoot
nada
	dick
	zilch
	zip/zippo
nags
	a bitch [B]
nail
	hammer and tongs
	two-fisted attack
naive
	a babe in the woods
	been around
naked
	birthday suit
	cheesecake
	didn't have a stitch of clothes on
	full Monty
	in the buff
	in the nude
	naked as a jay bird
	skinny dip
	stark naked
	the full Monty
	without a stitch of clothes on
name
	a black mark
	a household name
	a.k.a. (aka)
	do-dad
	do-funny
	go by the name of
	John Hancock
	John Henry
	name-dropper
	name is cleared
	name is mud
	puppy
	sign in
	sign out
	so and so
	take your turn
	the luck of the draw
	thing-a-ma-bob / thing-a-ma-jig
	what's-his-face
name-dropper
	drop a name / drop names
named
	ticketed
nameplate
	black out
narrow
	so small you could barely swing a cat
natural
	a way with words
	against the grain
	be yourself
	by its very nature
	catch a buzz
	come into your own
	come naturally
	cut out for
	go against the grain
	granola
	higher than a kite
	it goes with the territory
	let it all hang out
	let yourself go
	made for each other
	Mother Nature
	on a lark
	pick you up
	roll off the tongue
	second nature
	soul mate
	stoned
	straight man
	the grass is greener on the other side of the fence
	wasted
	without batting an eye
naturally
	green thumb
	let the chips fall where they may
	right as rain
	take its course
nature
	dark side
	found money
	Mother Nature
	the best things in life are free
nausea
	hangover
navel
	navel-gazing
navigate
	make your way
nay
	nope
nazi
	skinhead
near
	a ball-park figure
	at death's door
	down to the wire
	hang around
	in the ball park
	kicking around
	win going away
nearly
	about time
	bananas
	brush with death
	bumper to bumper
	down to the short strokes
	drive me to the edge
	fly low
	in the nick of time
	just about
	on my deathbed
	on our last legs
	on the verge
	on your deathbed
	pushing fifty
	six of one, half a dozen of the other
	strapped
	there's not much to choose between them
	through the mill
neat
	apple-pie order
	clean cut
	cool
	fancy footwork
	groovy
	peachy
	slick
	snazzy
	spinork/spinorky
	tiddly
necessary
	a must
	as useless as tits on a boar
	bare bones
	cross that bridge when I come to it
	go to great lengths/ go to any lengths
	kill an elephant
	won't see you stuck
necessities
	from hand to mouth
neck
	in these parts
	put my neck on the line
	stick my neck out
	these parts
need
	a sweet tooth
	a three-bagger
	ask for the moon
	back teeth are floating
	be there for me
	best interests at heart
	dog in the manger
	grow a tail
	have to go
	heaven help us
	it takes two to tango
	like a dirty shirt
	nature calls
	necessity is the mother of invention
	oodles
	run short
	save for a rainy day
	so help me
	sweet tooth
	take care of business
	the past is slipping by without a trace
	you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
needed
	as useless as a fifth wheel
	downtime
	got what it takes
	Johnny on the spot
	rise to the occasion
	too little too late
	up the wahoozey
needing
	in hot water
	tied to your mother's apron strings
needle
	a hit
	get a shot
	sweat it out
	the eye of a needle
needless
	it goes without saying
needy
	charity begins at home
	waste not, want not
negative
	a bitter pill
	add insult to injury
	an attitude
	bad blood
	change of heart
	don't knock it
	feeling bum
	get me down
	mixed feelings
	out of sorts
	owly
	sour grapes
	take a poke at
	the downside
neglected
	catch up on
	go by the boards
	gone to pot
negligible
	peanuts
negotiate
	drive a hard bargain
	stickhandle
	talk turkey
negotiations
	asking price
neighbor
	hoser
	keep up with the Joneses
	the grass is greener on the other side of the fence
neither
	fall between two stools
	so-so
nerd
	bozo
	dingbat/ding-dong
	ditz
	fink
	geek
	yoyo
nerves
	frazzled
	got guts
nervous
	a basket case
	a bundle of nerves
	all shook up
	at my wits' end
	buck fever
	choke
	edgy
	get the jitters
	high strung
	in a cold sweat
	on edge
	shake him
	sweat bullets
	uptight
nest
	feather your nest
net
	Netwar
	spike the ball
network
	electronic superhighway
	surf the Net
	World Wide Web (www)
neutral
	caught flatfooted
never
	a perfect stranger
	a total stranger
	do or die
	don't know him from Adam
	every cloud has a silver lining
	for love nor money
	go to great lengths/ go to any lengths
	in a rut
	it ain't over till it's over
	it don't make no nevermind
	Murphy's Law
	never say die
	not for all the tea in China
	not on your tintype
	skin virgin
	that'll be the day
	that'll be the frosty Friday
new
	a breath of fresh air
	a fresh start
	a pick-me-up
	as new
	better the devil you know...
	blow the lid off
	break a story
	break in
	buzzword
	down under
	expand your horizons
	grandfather
	hit the ground running
	how's tricks
	in leaf
	in mint condition
	keep up with the times
	keep you posted
	keep your ear to the ground
	leaf out
	mint condition
	music to my ears
	new blood
	new kid on the block
	new wave
	no news is good news
	no word
	open a window
	proby
	scoop
	scoop them
	sell the farm
	settle in
	steal your thunder
	take on a new light
	take over
	take possession
	The Big Apple
	The Rock
	the turn of the century
	think outside the box
	to coin a phrase
	turn over a new leaf
	turn you around
	upside
	water-cooler talk
	what's new
	what's the poop
	what's up
newfoundland
	Newfie
	The Rock
newspaper
	the fifth column
next
	door to door
	know which end is up
	move over
	on deck
nibs
	the be-all, end-all
nice
	a breath of fresh air
	a little thick
	butter up
	chimo
	cool beans
	doesn't mince words
	eye candy
	flattery will get you nowhere
	groaty to the max
	how do you do
	it works
	kiss ass [B]
	look sharp
	low-down
	pay a compliment
	phat
	pull punches
	ritzy
	smooth talker
	suck up to
	tubular
	wax eloquent
	way cool
nice-looking
	fine-feathered friend
nice-talking
	silver-tongued
nicer
	tone down
nicest
	selling point
nick
	just in time
night
	burn the midnight oil
	wait up for
nine
	riding high
	the whole ball of wax
nip
	touch and go
nitpick
	pick holes in
	typo
nitty-gritty
	where the rubber hits the road
nitwit
	half-there
no
	a blowout
	a caution
	a fart in a windstorm
	a pack of lies
	a piece of cake
	a pinch of coon shit [B]
	a poker face
	a snowball's chance in hell
	all goes well
	all show
	all things being equal
	all's fair in love and war
	anything goes
	as useless as tits on a boar
	back yourself into a corner
	bar none
	bare bones
	beat a dead horse
	before you can say Jack Robinson
	between the devil and the deep blue sea
	bite me [B]
	Bob's your uncle
	booked/booked up
	break the bank
	burn your bridges
	cash and carry
	catch as catch can
	circles around you
	come hell or high water
	cut the crap [B]
	darn it
	dead as a doornail
	deadbeat
	DINKS
	don't mention it
	drat
	even so
	fiddlesticks
	flat broke
	for love nor money
	for sure
	full up
	go figure
	good grief
	goose egg
	got no business
	got rocks in your head
	half-corked
	hands down
	haven't got a hope in hell
	haven't seen hide nor hair
	haven't the foggiest
	heavens to Betsy
	in a flash
	in dire straits
	is that so
	knock them down, drag them out
	like hell [B]
	lollygag
	look high and low
	mean business
	naked as a jay bird
	nay
	no can do
	no chancy
	no dice
	no doubt
	no guff
	no hard feelings
	no holds barred
	no news is good news
	no qualms
	no question
	no rhyme or reason
	no shit [B]
	no skin off my nose
	no sweat
	no use for
	no way
	no word
	nope
	not at all
	not for all the tea in China
	not on your life
	not on your tintype
	not so hot
	not to worry
	nothing to write home about
	nuts
	oh my gosh
	out of
	out of patience
	out of the question
	out of the way
	phooey
	put my foot down
	rats
	rest my case
	say the word
	scrut
	shit out of luck [B]
	shutout (sports)
	smooth sailing
	stone dead
	strictly business
	take it or leave it
	take it the wrong way
	take your time
	that's all she wrote
	the buck stops here
	the last of it
	think nothing of it
	time ran out
	time's up
	to hell with that [B]
	uh-uh
	wall flower
	what did I do to deserve this
	wishy-washy
	without question
nobody
	joe-job
noise
	rabble-rouser
	raise Cain
	raise hell [B]
noisy
	bash
	boys will be boys
	keep it down
	pipe down
	put a lid on it
none
	nada
	out of
	scarce as hen's teeth
	shit out of luck [B]
	zilch
nonsense
	bah
	balderdash
	claptrap
	cock and bull [B]
	gibberish
	mean business
	monkey business
	strictly business
nookie
	a piece of ass [B]
	poontang [B]
nope
	nay
	uh-uh
nor
	fall between two stools
	pinko
	so-so
normal
	all his marbles
	business as usual
	on queer street
	out of the norm
	scrape me off the ceiling
	sleep it off
	up to speed
normally
	be yourself
north
	due north
	head up there
	The Great White North
nose
	kiss ass [B]
	kowtow
	shoot yourself in the foot
	suck up to
	watch your step
note
	dash off a note/letter
	get a ticket
	hit the high notes
	keep tabs on
	there are two sides to every story
nothing
	blow me [B]
	bugger all [B]
	business as usual
	dick
	diddly-squat
	double or nothing
	fuck all
	Hobson's choice
	ignorance is bliss
	it's a matter of life and death
	nada
	nary a word
	not worth a plugged nickel
	nothing ventured, nothing gained
	out of luck
	stark naked
	the big 0
	the road to hell is paved with good intentions
	there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so
	think nothing of it
	you need money to make money
	zilch
	zip/zippo
notice
	at a moment's notice
	at first glance
	burn your bridges
	call attention to
	draw attention to
	look the other way
	on short notice
	split hairs
november
	freeze-up
now
	at once
	at this point in time
	cheerio
	chimo
	come to think of it
	do or die
	front me
	get on it
	get to it
	hit me
	in the meantime
	it's now or never
	it's your move
	it's your turn
	long gone
	on the double
	pronto
	right away
	seize the opportunity
	strike while the iron is hot
	the ball's in your court
nth
	to perfection
nuclear
	nukes
nude
	birthday suit
	didn't have a stitch of clothes on
	full Monty
	in the buff
	naked as a jay bird
	the full Monty
	without a stitch of clothes on
nuke
	zap
number
	a ball-park figure
	bottom line
	character density
	drop like flies
	grey power
	out of the ball park
	play catch-up
	seven come eleven
	the bottom line
	the cat's ass [B]
	the luck of the draw
	turnout
nut
	bonkers
	cracked
	crackers
	darn it
	ditz
	drat
	fiddlesticks
	fuddle duddle*
	go bananas
	go mad
	kooky
	loony bin
	nerd
	out of your tree
	phooey
	rats
	scrut
	sheesh
	wingnut
nutritional
	junk food
nutritious
	natural high
nutty
	wacky

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