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List of idioms
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
A black look
A dark horse
A dark horse
A loan shark
A pig
A red light
A rolling stone gathers no moss
A scapegoat
Black-hearted
Boot out
Break a leg
Burning the candle at both ends
Can't see the wood for the trees
Can't see your nose in front of your face
Cat got your tongue?
Cut off your nose to spite your face
Fishy
Have their cake and eat it too
He who pays the piper calls the tune
Juggling picked onions - carrying out a hazardous/difficult task
Killing two birds with one stone - completing two tasks with one process.
Nuts on
Over the hill - Old
Reading between the lines - Infering information not explicitly stated
Red tape
Right under your nose - Something so obvious that it is easily overlooked
Ripe
Rooted to the spot
Six of one, half-a-dozen of another - Two things that are essentially the same
Sour grapes
Still waters run deep
The cat's out of the bag now
The grass is always greener on the other side
To be catty
To bear fruit
To become red
To collar
To crop up
To dress up
To feel blue
To fish
To hound
To lionize
To pocket
To turn turtle
Up a creek without a paddle.
Water under the bridge
What goes around comes around - Your will eventually have to face the consequences of your actions towards others
What's good for the goose is good for the gander - If something is good for one person, it is good for everyone
Why have a dog and bark yourself?
Why pay for the cow when the milk is free?
the can of worms has been opened
whitewash