Idiom Definition Index U

 

u-turn
	do a 180
uglier
	bigger than life
ugly
	god awful
	make a face
	shitface [B]
	yuk
uh-huh
	yep
	yeppers
uh-uh
	ya
ultimate
	the acid test
unable
	a sad sack
	all thumbs
	at a loss for words
	at loose ends
	buck fever
	butter fingers
	cave in
	draw a blank
	fall apart (at the seams)
	fall behind
	fall to pieces
	go nowhere fast
	go under
	hands are tied
	hard put
	hard up
	head in the sand
	hold up
	in over your head
	lay off
	lose your tongue
	miss out on
	over the edge
	psych out
	run the risk
	tied up
	tin ear
	washed up
	writer's block
unanswered
	begs the question
unaware
	in the dark
unbalanced
	a bit off/a bit mental
	without a full deck
unbeatable
	as slow as a dead snail
unbelievable
	as if
	blow me over
	can't believe my ears
	can't believe my eyes
	far out
	in a pig's ass [B]
	talk through your hat
	the dickens you say
uncertain
	a bit at sea
uncertainty
	take risks
uncivilized
	turn ugly
	wild and woolly
uncle
	it's not what you know, it's who you know
	parachute
	the inside track
unclear
	grey area
unco-operative
	owly
uncomfortable
	give me the creeps
	tight spot
uncommon
	as scarce as hen's teeth
unconcerned
	go to hell in a handbasket
unconscious
	black out
	knock out
	out cold
	pass out
uncover
	dig it up
	scratch the surface
under
	above board
	break a spell
	cover up
	cross my heart and hope to die
	go bust
	have it in hand
	in hand
	in my care
	in the nick of time
	not feeling myself
	on the side
	out of control
	presence of mind
	put a hex on me
	rattle my chain
	under your thumb
	within earshot
underhanded
	above board
	hanky-panky
	on the up and up
understand
	a blank look
	a picture is worth a thousand words
	a word to the wise is sufficient
	as plain as the nose on your face
	clear as a bell
	clear up
	dig me
	do you follow
	don't know whether you're coming or going
	drive it home
	eh
	figure out
	follow me
	get a handle on
	get it
	get it straight
	get my drift
	get the picture
	get the point
	get this straight
	get your mind around
	hit me
	I smell where you're stepping
	it was Greek to me
	it's as plain as the nose on your face
	it's beyond me
	make myself clear
	make sense of it
	miss the point
	over my head
	pick up
	plain as the nose on your face
	see the light
	sharp as a tack
	shed a little light on
	take it
	thick as a brick
	tuned in
	wrap your mind around
	you had to be there
understandable
	clear as mud
understanding
	on the same wavelength
understood
	crystal clear
	inside joke
underwear
	gotches
	long johns
uneasy
	it phased me out
unemployed
	out of work
unevenly
	fits and starts
unexplored
	virgin territory
unfair
	a bad taste in my mouth
	a bum rap
	a raw deal
	a rip-off
	get screwed
	hanky-panky
	hellish [B]
	screw
	shady deal
unfaithful
	cheat on
unfinished
	get caught up
	loose ends
	nitpick
unfortunate
	a bummer
	hit rock bottom
	too bad
unfriendly
	give you the cold shoulder
	hard feelings
	peer sneer
unglued
	fall apart (at the seams)
unhappy
	browned off
	downhearted
	put off
	put out
	put you in a bad mood
	sour puss
unimportant
	a fart in a windstorm
	fifth business
	small potatoes
	small talk
uninvited
	crash a party
unique
	dasein
	stroke of genius
unjust
	a bum rap
unkind
	bite the hand that feeds you
	got it in for
	mean streak
unknown
	out of the woodwork
unlikely
	as if
unload
	dump on
unlucky
	damn the luck [B]
	darn my luck
	down and out
unmusical
	tin ear
unnecessary
	a fifth wheel
	no-frills
unnoticed
	behind the scenes
unplanned
	grinding halt
unpleasant
	bad breath
	dirty work
	jungle mouth
	scum/scumbag
	skeleton in the closet
	sometimes life is a bucket of shit and the handle is inside [B]
unpredictable
	a loose cannon
unpredictably
	the fickle finger of fate
unreal
	spaced out
unrealistic
	pie in the sky
unreasonable
	gimme a break
unrelated
	off the wall
unsophisticated
	corny
unsung
	behind the scenes
unsure
	a bit at sea
until
	a cliff-hanger
	do me for/do me until
	don't count your chickens before they hatch
	done to a turn
	drown your sorrow
	eat your fill
	Fletcherize your food
	get in shape
	hold the fort
	hole up
	it ain't over till it's over
	it ain't over till the fat lady sings
	knock out
	laugh yourself sick
	make a face
	no pain, no gain
	reduce to tears
	run its course
	see it through
	shoot it out
	sleep in
	sleep it off
	sober up
	stick it out
	stop at nothing
	the proof of the pudding is in the eating
	tide me over
	till hell freezes over
	till you're blue in the face
	wait up
	wait up for
	wear down
	wear out
	what goes around comes around
	work up a thirst
	you don't miss the water till the well runs dry
unto
	The Golden Rule
untouched
	virgin territory
untrue
	a bunch of malarkey
unturned
	look high and low
unusual
	blue moon
	bozo
	joker
	mad hatter
	off-beat
	off the wall
	that's a corker
unusually
	at the ripe old age
unwilling
	cheap
	chintzy
	head in the sand
	tight/tight fisted
up
	a feather in your cap
	a fill-up
	a wake-up call
	ahead of the game
	all it's cracked up to be
	all spruced up
	all things to all people
	back down
	barf
	be there
	become of
	belly up
	blow it
	blow to kingdom come
	bosom buddy
	break a sweat
	breakup
	bring to a close
	brown nose [B]
	brush up on
	buckle under
	bundle up
	butter up
	call his bluff
	clean up
	clean up your plate
	come across
	come clean
	come up
	cough up
	crank it up
	crop up
	cut my teeth on
	dead-cat bounce
	deep six
	dig in
	doctor it/doctor it up
	dolled up
	don't know which end is up
	don't know your ass from a hole in the ground [B]
	down the tubes
	dressed fit to kill
	dressed to the nines
	drink up
	drive around
	drive you to distraction
	ease up
	face up
	fake it
	flat
	fork over
	frame
	fresh out
	front me
	fuck up [B]
	fudge it
	full strength
	get off my case
	get the lay of the land
	get up a head of steam
	get your shirt in a knot/ get your shit in a knot [B]
	give an inch
	give me a lift
	give me the third degree
	gloss over
	go easy on
	go to great lengths/ go to any lengths
	goof up
	had enough
	had it
	have a fix
	head down there
	help yourself
	here's mud in your eye
	hit my funny bone
	hit on
	hold a candle
	hork
	if you can't cut it, you can't stay
	in stitches
	in the drink
	in the throes
	it ain't over till the fat lady sings
	join up
	join you
	jump for joy
	keep pace
	keep quiet
	kick back
	kill me
	kowtow
	land up
	laugh your head off
	let up
	make a booboo
	make a scene
	make amends
	make believe
	make it snappy
	make mention
	make out
	make the grade
	mess up
	mess with
	mop up
	mugged
	never say die
	odds and ends
	on fire
	on the market
	on top of
	over the top
	part company
	pay attention
	play catch-up
	play it for all it's worth
	play the ham
	psyched/psyched up
	pull punches
	put them up
	put your money where your mouth is
	rack up
	ralph
	reach for the sky
	read up on
	rile up
	rise and shine
	roll over and play dead
	roll with the punches
	ruffle your feathers
	rug up
	screw you [B]
	see red
	shove it [B]
	shut your face
	sick to death
	sick to my stomach
	skoal
	slap my afro / slap my fro
	slow down
	speak up
	spice up
	spin a yarn
	split a gut
	stand corrected
	stand for
	stand it
	stand up and be counted
	stay up
	step on his dick
	stick them up
	string a line
	suck eggs
	suck it up
	supercharge
	take up cudgels
	take you to task
	take your sweet time
	the first leg
	throw in the towel
	tip the scales at
	to coin a phrase
	turn out
	turn up
	turn yourself in
	tweak
	up against it
	up to it
	up to par
	up to scratch
	up to snuff
	wait a sec
	wait on you hand and foot
	wait up
	wash out
	wasted
	wind up
upchuck
	throw up
upon
	at one time
	honestly
	put a hex on me
	upon the words offhandedly spoken
upper
	high and mighty
	tip the scales
	upper crust
upset
	a bee in her bonnet
	beside myself
	blow sky high
	boiling mad
	calm down
	cheesed off
	climb the walls
	discombobulated
	don't rock the boat
	get worked up
	get your back up
	go ballistic
	had it up to here
	have a conniption
	high strung
	hot and bothered
	hot under the collar
	in a flap
	in a snit
	in a stew
	in a tizzy
	nose is out of joint
	pissed [B]
	put off
	put out
	put you in a bad mood
	rile up
	rock the boat
	shit fire and apple butter
	steam up
	step on their toes
	take exception to
	teed off
	ticked off
	what's eating you
	what's your beef
	worked up
uptight
	a bundle of nerves
	hang loose
upwardly-mobile
	yuppie
upwards
	uptalk
urinate
	back teeth are floating
	have a leak [B]
	pass water
	piss like a race horse [B]
	take a leak [B]
	take a pee [B]
	take a piss [B]
	take a whiz
	wet the bed
	whiz
usa
	The Big Apple
use
	a man of few words
	at your fingertips
	burn out
	cast a spell
	cut corners
	do drugs
	do it the hard way
	dog in the manger
	draw upon
	fight fire with fire
	first dibs
	freshen up
	garage kept
	get a fix
	give her
	go easy on
	had it
	hair off the dog that bit you
	head (headbanger)
	hold up
	jump start
	kick start
	live by
	liveware
	make do
	Net surfer
	pass off
	pinhead
	plug into
	power user
	pull the goalie (hockey)
	put on the dog
	put your mind to it
	ride his coattails
	ride the wave
	run out
	scrape the bottom of the barrel
	sharpen up
	shoot your wad
	so to speak
	step on people
	swear like a sailor
	take drugs
	take time to smell the roses
	teed up
	throw your weight around
	try it out
	up your sleeve
	use up
	user friendly
	watch your language
	wear down
	wear out
	wired for sound
	you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
used
	brand new/ brand spanking new
	collecting dust
	fresh out
	gathering dust
	left over
	odds and ends
	piggy bank
	political football
	road apple
	set out
	smoking gun
	swell
	thrash
	through the mill
	weasel word
	white elephant
useful
	as useless as a fifth wheel
	as useless as tits on a boar
	good-for-nothing
useless
	a fifth wheel
	good-for-nothing
	white elephant
users
	skids
using
	blow up
	break away
	done with it
	dry out
	half-hearted
	hard sell
	high
	mind over matter
	on drugs
	play fair
	rain check
	so to speak
	straight cash
	swear off
	wax eloquent
usual
	the going rate
usually
	take my place
	the first pancake is always spoiled

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