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365 Days of Idioms in Context
365-Day Idioms Booster
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Day 1
a red flag
Day 2
to rack one's brain
Day 3
to be young at heart
Day 4
someone's true colours
Day 5
up in the air
Day 6
in a split second
Day 7
easy come, easy go
Day 8
there are plenty more fish in the sea
Day 9
to go down like a cup of cold sick
Day 10
to be as clear as mud
Day 11
donkey's years
Day 12
Get a life!
Day 13
to have green fingers/a green thumb
Day 14
there's no such thing as a free lunch
Day 15
to be green with envy
Day 16
a couch potato
Day 17
an educated guess
Day 18
to serve time
Day 19
the jury is out
Day 20
next to nothing
Day 21
You/just name it!
Day 22
a picture of health
Day 23
to give someone the cold shoulder
Day 24
beat around the bush
Day 25
to skin someone alive
Day 26
to set the ball rolling
Day 27
every Tom, Dick and Harry
Day 28
Hang in there!
Day 29
to be on the same wavelength
Day 30
rain or shine
Day 31
go back to the drawing board
Day 32
to pull someone's leg
Day 33
to be the apple of someone's eye
Day 34
a pain in the neck
Day 35
to be black and blue
Day 36
across the pond
Day 37
to go bananas
Day 38
to keep your head above water
Day 39
to jump on the bandwagon
Day 40
to make a long story short
Day 41
easy does it
Day 42
to put the pedal to the metal
Day 43
to sell ice to Eskimos
Day 44
to bring something to the table
Day 45
no pain, no gain
Day 46
Watch this space!
Day 47
to eat like a horse
Day 48
to be on all fours
Day 49
to be as keen as mustard
Day 50
don't give up your day job
Day 51
a big mouth
Day 52
a one-off
Day 53
the best of both worlds
Day 54
to get on like a house on fire
Day 55
to get something out of one's system
Day 56
you live and you learn
Day 57
in the nick of time
Day 58
not one's cup of tea
Day 59
a bird's eye view
Day 60
love somebody to death
Day 61
Your guess is as good as mine!
Day 62
to air one's dirty laundry
Day 63
like chalk and cheese
Day 64
money talks
Day 65
to come clean
Day 66
words fail me!
Day 67
easy on the eye
Day 68
neck of the woods
Day 69
to have a riot
Day 70
to hit the sack
Day 71
to be long in the tooth
Day 72
to catch someone's eye
Day 73
It's about time!
Day 74
to let someone off the hook
Day 75
to wake up on the wrong side of the bed
Day 76
a shot in the dark
Day 77
to run out of steam
Day 78
I'll eat my hat!
Day 79
Over my dead body!
Day 80
to take someone for a ride
Day 81
a question of time
Day 82
out of the blue
Day 83
to rain on someone's parade
Day 84
to shape up
Day 85
someone's pride and joy
Day 86
one of a kind
Day 87
to waste one's breath
Day 88
to eat humble pie
Day 89
to give somebody a leg up
Day 90
to tread on eggshells
Day 91
to send shivers down one's spine
Day 92
to not have a leg to stand on
Day 93
a feast for the eyes
Day 94
to work (like) a charm
Day 95
food for thought
Day 96
to say one's piece
Day 97
to burn the candle at both ends
Day 98
to get a taste of one's own medicine
Day 99
Bob's your uncle!
Day 100
break a leg
Day 101
an old wives' tale
Day 102
weather permitting
Day 103
it's not rocket science
Day 104
on the ball
Day 105
the best thing since sliced bread
Day 106
to have a trick up one's sleeve
Day 107
like father, like son
Day 108
to sweep something under the carpet
Day 109
to put on a brave face
Day 110
a kiss of death
Day 111
to bite the bullet
Day 112
a dime a dozen
Day 113
a scaredy-cat
Day 114
Get off my back!
Day 115
to pay lip service
Day 116
to get one's act together
Day 117
someone's jaw drops
Day 118
to stick to one's guns
Day 119
man of his word
Day 120
to be no oil painting
Day 121
mark my words
Day 122
from rags to riches
Day 123
to take a dim view of something
Day 124
to have a whale of a time
Day 125
to get into deep water
Day 126
to get it in the neck
Day 127
to draw the short straw
Day 128
to fish for compliments
Day 129
to do something on a shoestring
Day 130
dead right
Day 131
to go in one ear and out the other
Day 132
to make a mountain out of a molehill
Day 133
smell a rat
Day 134
to cost an arm and a leg
Day 135
to make a good fist of something
Day 136
as clean as a whistle
Day 137
to wait on someone hand and foot
Day 138
to pull yourself together
Day 139
to play something by ear
Day 140
to batten down the hatches
Day 141
every cloud has a silver lining
Day 142
to go pear-shaped
Day 143
a fact of life
Day 144
to let sleeping dogs lie
Day 145
I could murder (something)!
Day 146
to be worth its/one's weight in gold
Day 147
to take to something like a duck to water
Day 148
actions speak louder than words
Day 149
not in a million years
Day 150
to have bigger fish to fry
Day 151
to have a lot on one's plate
Day 152
to throw in the towel
Day 153
to rock the boat
Day 154
a bull in a China shop
Day 155
make a fast buck
Day 156
to take forty winks
Day 157
to not be half bad
Day 158
a sitting duck
Day 159
to miss the boat
Day 160
to dice with death
Day 161
to flog a dead horse
Day 162
love is blind
Day 163
to get something off your chest
Day 164
in a dead heat
Day 165
to put one's mind to it
Day 166
love nest
Day 167
make somebody's mouth water
Day 168
dead meat
Day 169
to gain ground
Day 170
the moment of truth
Day 171
once in a blue moon
Day 172
to be at the end of one's tether
Day 173
to throw caution to the wind
Day 174
to feel it in one's bones
Day 175
off the beaten track/path
Day 176
to be on cloud nine
Day 177
birthday suit
Day 178
to take the bull by the horns
Day 179
to be against the clock
Day 180
as quick as a wink
Day 181
to bad mouth something/someone
Day 182
take it or leave it!
Day 183
love at first sight
Day 184
to add insult to injury
Day 185
Pull the other one!
Day 186
just what the doctor ordered
Day 187
don't put all your eggs in one basket
Day 188
to be up the duff
Day 189
to do a runner
Day 190
to vanish into thin air
Day 191
to pass the buck
Day 192
in the blink of an eye
Day 193
to sell like hotcakes
Day 194
to have time on your hands
Day 195
to cut somebody some slack
Day 196
to wear one's heart on one's sleeve
Day 197
a piece of cake
Day 198
to get the sack
Day 199
you can bet your life
Day 200
a well-oiled machine
Day 201
to be in someone's pocket
Day 202
to be skin and bones
Day 203
to come from behind
Day 204
by the skin of one's teeth
Day 205
to bite off more than you can chew
Day 206
to be under the weather
Day 207
larger-than-life
Day 208
to make a song and a dance about something
Day 209
to not miss a trick
Day 210
to go down like a lead balloon
Day 211
there's a method to someone's madness
Day 212
to stand the test of time
Day 213
to call a spade a spade
Day 214
to fall for someone
Day 215
to hit the nail on the head
Day 216
to call the shots
Day 217
to be pressed for time
Day 218
Join the club!
Day 219
to preach to the choir
Day 220
to drop the subject
Day 221
to get the nod
Day 222
a jack of all trades
Day 223
to be under the influence
Day 224
to be as right as rain
Day 225
it takes one to know one
Day 226
up to the minute
Day 227
in a nutshell
Day 228
Keep up the good work!
Day 229
to wait for the ball to drop
Day 230
to see a man about a dog
Day 231
to lose one's rag
Day 232
to play the field
Day 233
a wake-up call
Day 234
safe and sound
Day 235
match made in heaven
Day 236
to be soaked to the bone
Day 237
the cream of the crop
Day 238
a snake in the grass
Day 239
to see eye to eye
Day 240
a cash cow
Day 241
to wrap one's head around something
Day 242
the devil is in the details
Day 243
eye candy
Day 244
to spill the beans
Day 245
to tighten one's belt
Day 246
It's my way or the highway!
Day 247
to be strapped for cash
Day 248
to give someone the benefit of the doubt
Day 249
to take a stab at something
Day 250
every dog has its day
Day 251
ignorance is bliss
Day 252
so far so good
Day 253
odds and ends
Day 254
to cut your losses
Day 255
at the crack of the dawn
Day 256
to break the ice
Day 257
to not bat an eyelid
Day 258
to know something inside out
Day 259
to be in the bag
Day 260
to speak the same language
Day 261
to save something for a rainy day
Day 262
to be as cheap as chips
Day 263
better late than never
Day 264
to keeps tabs on
Day 265
to play ball
Day 266
to do the trick
Day 267
the last straw
Day 268
easy does it
Day 269
under one's thumb
Day 270
to bark up the wrong tree
Day 271
like mother, like daughter
Day 272
take something with a grain/pinch of salt
Day 273
to raise eyebrows
Day 274
to let the cat out of the bag
Day 275
a wild-goose chase
Day 276
to call it a day
Day 277
to call time on something
Day 278
to be at someone's beck and call
Day 279
through thick and thin
Day 280
to drop a bombshell
Day 281
on thin ice
Day 282
off the top of one's head
Day 283
to race against time
Day 284
to come a cropper
Day 285
to kill two birds with one stone
Day 286
to keep one's eye on the ball
Day 287
to live on borrowed time
Day 288
to pull the plug
Day 289
to be bouncing off the walls
Day 290
go with the flow
Day 291
to steal someone's thunder
Day 292
a trick of the trade
Day 293
to hit the hay
Day 294
to be in the wars
Day 295
to be out of someone's league
Day 296
Keep your hair on!
Day 297
to get a taste of your own medicine
Day 298
to bring home the bacon
Day 299
a picture is worth 1000 words
Day 300
a blessing in disguise
Day 301
a dream come true
Day 302
all systems (are) go
Day 303
loose cannon
Day 304
to come out of the closet
Day 305
to drink like a fish
Day 306
to look like death warmed up
Day 307
Cat got your tongue?
Day 308
blind date
Day 309
to wear the trousers
Day 310
to drive someone up the wall
Day 311
to come up smelling of roses
Day 312
like water off a duck's back
Day 313
we'll cross that bridge when we come to it
Day 314
to get out of hand
Day 315
to tear one's hair out
Day 316
to weather the storm
Day 317
to sail through something
Day 318
to be as cool as a cucumber
Day 319
to be made of money
Day 320
the straw that broke the camel's back
Day 321
to ring a bell
Day 322
as cheap as chips
Day 323
the lion's share
Day 324
to see someone's point
Day 325
to jam on the brakes
Day 326
to feel blue
Day 327
to be at each other's throats
Day 328
to cut corners
Day 329
to keep one's chin up
Day 330
to shed light on something
Day 331
to fine-tune something
Day 332
to be in the same boat
Day 333
to watch one's mouth
Day 334
to lock horns
Day 335
the elephant in the room
Day 336
to play devil's advocate
Day 337
a golden opportunity
Day 338
to try every trick in the book
Day 339
to work one's fingers to the bone
Day 340
to be afraid of one's own shadow
Day 341
to leave no stone unturned
Day 342
to strike a chord with someone
Day 343
to bite one's tongue
Day 344
It takes two to tango!
Day 345
to keep ones chin up
Day 346
to be whiter than white
Day 347
to be above board
Day 348
to have somebody in stitches
Day 349
a big cheese
Day 350
to separate the wheat from the chaff
Day 351
an early bird
Day 352
to blow one's own trumpet (or horn)
Day 353
to not give a monkey's
Day 354
Speak of the devil!
Day 355
itchy feet
Day 356
to burn the midnight oil
Day 357
good things come to those who wait
Day 358
twist someone's arm
Day 359
to be weak at the knees
Day 360
to make matters worse
Day 361
to chicken out
Day 362
eat your heart out
Day 363
to be on edge
Day 364
to do something for England
Day 365
to be in seventh heaven
to be worth its/one's weight in gold
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