Wayne Magnuson: English Idioms

 

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Each of the following is a link to a page containing ten idioms:
a babe in arms
a basket case
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
a blank look
a brick short
a caution
a close shave
a daredevil
a dog's breakfast
a dust-up
a fifth wheel
a foregone conclusion
a ghost of a chance
a good sport
a head start
a hollow leg
a hothead
a lady-killer
a little thick
a lucky streak
a nail-biter
a paltry sum
a piece of my mind
a pocket of resistance
a regular guy
a sad sack
a shoo-in
a slippery slope
a steal
a takeoff on
a total stranger
a way with words
above board
act up
age before beauty
a.k.a. (aka)
all his marbles
all she wrote
all the tea in China
all your eggs in one basket
an axe to grind
anchor you
any word
as all get-out
as new
as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar
ass [B]
at death's door
at loggerheads
at sixes and sevens
at this point in time
axe to grind

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[B] bad language

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