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- (a body part) is killing (one)
- (a) pox on (someone or something)
- (a)hold of (someone or something)
- (as) ready as (one) ever will be
- (as) ready as (one) will ever be
- (have done) more (something) than (one) has had hot dinners
- (in) up to (one's) eye(ball)s
- (it's all) Greek to (one)
- (it's) news to (one)
- (it's) off with (one's) head
- (just/right) up (one's) street
- (not) know jack (about someone or something)
- (not) know jack all (about someone or something)
- (not) know jack shit (about someone or something)
- (one) can dish it out, but (one) can't take it
- (one) can keep it
- (one) can read (someone) like a book
- (one) can stuff it
- (one) can't beat (something)
- (one) can't do right for doing wrong
- (one) can't look beyond the end of (one's) nose
- (one) can't look beyond the tip of (one's) nose
- (one) can't look past the end of (one's) nose
- (one) can't look past the tip of (one's) nose
- (one) can't see beyond the tip of (one's) nose
- (one) can't see past the tip of (one's) nose
- (one) can't sit still (for something)
- (one) can't take (someone) anywhere
- (one) can't top that
- (one) can't turn back the clock
- (one) can't turn back time
- (one) can't win for trying
- (one) could buy and sell (someone)
- (one) doesn't give a hoot (about something)
- (one) doesn't give a rip (about something)
- (one) doesn't know which way is up or down
- (one) has got to be pushing off
- (one) has got to be shoving off
- (one) has got to push off
- (one) has got to shove off
- (one) has to be pushing off
- (one) has to be shoving off
- (one) has to push off
- (one) has to run along
- (one) has to shove off
- (one) is about to (do something)
- (one) is not as green as (one) is cabbage-looking
- (one) is not playing with a full deck
- (one) is old enough to know better
- (one) is on the DL
- (one) just doesn't get it
- (one) must be going
- (one) never thought in a million years
- (one) only gets one bite at the apple
- (one) only gets one bite of the apple
- (one) will do anything for money
- (one) will eat (someone or something) for breakfast
- (one) will eat (someone or something) for lunch
- (one) will have (someone or something) for breakfast
- (one) won't give up without a fight
- (one) won't sit still (for something)
- (one) won't take no for an answer
- (one) would (do something) for two pins
- (one) would die if (something happened)
- (one) would do well to (do something)
- (one, two, three) strikes against (someone or something)
- (one's) (hand)writing is like chicken scratch
- (one's) (old) china
- (one's) ABCs
- (one's) back is up
- (one's) bark is worse than (one's) bite
- (one's) best foot forward
- (one's) blood is up
- (one's) blood runs cold
- (one's) chickens come home to roost
- (one's) conscience is clean
- (one's) conscience is clear
- (one's) daily constitutional
- (one's) day in court
- (one's) deepest sympathy
- (one's) dogs are barking
- (one's) elevator doesn't go all the way to the top
- (one's) eyes pop (out)
- (one's) face doesn't fit
- (one's) fate is sealed
- (one's) fill
- (one's) fingers are all thumbs
- (one's) gamble pays off
- (one's) game
- (one's) get-up-and-go got up and went
- (one's) good self
- (one's) hands are tied
- (one's) handshake is (one's) word
- (one's) head is in the sand
- (one's) heart bleeds
- (one's) heart bleeds for (someone)
- (one's) heart goes out to (someone)
- (one's) heart in (one's) mouth
- (one's) heart is in (one's) throat
- (one's) heart is jumping out of (one's) chest
- (one's) heart isn't in it
- (one's) heart skips a beat
- (one's) heart stands still
- (one's) heart's desire
- (one's) hour
- (one's) kind of person
- (one's) knees are knocking
- (one's) lips turn blue
- (one's) little game
- (one's) luck runs out
- (one's) lumps
- (one's) marching papers
- (one's) mind is in the gutter
- (one's) money is on (someone)
- (one's) money is on (something)
- (one's) number comes up
- (one's) number is up
- (one's) patience is wearing thin
- (one's) plate
- (one's) pump
- (one's) race is run
- (one's) scene
- (one's) secret weapon
- (one's) speed
- (one's) stomach is in knots
- (one's) stomach is tied (up) in knots
- (one's) tail between (one's) legs
- (one's) two cents
- (one's) type
- (one's) way out of a wet paper bag
- (one's) whole bag of tricks
- (one's) word is law
- (one's) worst nightmare
- (one's)/the cheese slid off (one's)/the cracker
- (one's)/the cheese slipped off (one's)/the cracker
- (one's)/the hair is standing up on the back on (one's) neck
- (out) over (one's) skis
- (right) under (one's) (very) nose
- (someone or something) be damned
- (someone or something) is going to be the death of (one)
- (someone or something) rides again
- (someone or something) will be the death of (one)
- (someone) has nine lives
- (someone) is endgame
- (someone) is/would be turning over in their grave
- (someone) will get (someone's)
- (someone/something) gets the job done
- (someone's or something's) days are numbered
- (something) (one) can get (one's) teeth into
- (something) doesn't ring a bell (with one)
- (something) is just what (one) needs
- (something) rings a bell (with one)
- (something) to call (one's) own
- (something) turns (one) on
- (the) master of (one's) own destiny
- (the) master of (one's) own fate
- (the) odds are against (something)
- (the) smart money is on (someone or something)
- (with)in walking distance (of someone or something)
- a black mark against (one)
- a black mark on (one's) record
- a candidate for a pair of wings
- a card up (one's) sleeve
- a chill goes down (one's) spine
- a chill runs down (one's) spine
- a chill runs/goes down somebody's spine
- a chink in somebody's armour
- a chip on (one's) shoulder
- a cloud hangs over (someone or something)
- a cloud hangs over somebody/something
- a crack at (someone or something)
- a cut above somebody/something
- a dead ringer for somebody
- a fan of (someone or something)
- a feather in (one's) cap
- a feeling about (someone or something)
- a figment of somebody's imagination
- a fire under (someone)
- a flea in (one's) ear
- a go (at someone or something)
- a good head on (one's) shoulders
- a good look at (someone or something)
- a hair across (one's) ass
- a hand for (someone or something)
- a handle to (one's) name
- a hitch in (one's) gitalong
- a hold on (someone)
- a horseshoe up (one's) ass
- a kick in (one's) pants
- a kick in the seat of (one's) pants
- a line on (someone or something)
- a load off (one's) mind
- a load/weight off somebody's mind
- a man of his word
- a member of the/(one's) inner circle
- a millstone around (one's) neck
- a millstone around/round somebody's neck
- a mystery to (one)
- a nail in somebody's/something's coffin
- a notch better than (someone or something)
- a passing acquaintance with (someone or something)
- a piece of (one)
- a plum in (one's) mouth
- a price on (one's) head
- a price on somebody's head
- a pricking in (one's) thumbs
- a punch to the gut
- a punch to the stomach
- a question mark hangs over somebody/something
- a raw nerve
- a rod for (one's) (own) back
- a rod/stick to beat somebody with
- a shell of (someone's or something's) former self
- a shell of (someone's or something's) old self
- a shiver runs/goes down (one's) spine
- a shiver runs/goes down somebody's spine
- a shock to (one's)/the system
- a shot across (someone's or something's) bow(s)
- a shot across somebody's bows
- a shot across the bow(s) of (someone or something)
- a shot across the bow(s) to (someone or something)
- a shot at (someone or something)
- a somebody
- a song in (one's) heart
- a stab at (someone or something)
- a taste of (one's) own medicine
- a thorn in (one's) side
- a try at (someone)
- a victim of (someone's or something's) own success
- a wave of (one's)/the hand
- a weight off (one's) mind
- a whack at (someone or something)
- a wild guess
- a wild hunch
- a woman of her word
- a world of (one's) own
- a/(one's) (little) piece of heaven
- a/(one's) (little) piece of paradise
- a/(one's) (little) slice of heaven
- a/(one's) (little) slice of paradise
- a/(one's) 20
- a/(one's) dance card
- a/(one's) passport to (something)
- a/(one's) place in the sun
- a/(one's) place of business
- a/(one's) plus-one
- a/(one's) point of view
- a/somebody's blind spot
- a/the monkey on somebody's back
- a/the poor man's version of (someone or something)
- a/the/somebody's way of life
- abduct (someone) from
- abide with (someone)
- able to (do something) with (one's) eyes closed
- above (someone's) head
- above/over somebody's head
- abreast of (someone or something)
- abscond with (someone or something)
- absent (oneself) from (someone or something)
- absolve from guilt
- abstain from voting
- accede to pressure
- access to (someone or something)
- accessible to (one)
- acclimatize (someone or something) to (something)
- accommodate (someone's) wishes
- accompanied by (someone or something)
- accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
- according to (someone's or something's) (own) merits
- account of (someone or something)
- account to (one)
- accustomed to (someone or something)
- ace in the hole
- ace out
- ace up (one's) sleeve
- achieve the impossible
- acknowledge the corn
- acquainted with (someone)
- act as though (one) is above (something)
- act for (someone)
- act high and mighty
- act like (one) is above (something)
- act like a card
- act like a child
- act like a cold fish
- act like an angel
- act the fool
- act the goat
- act the part
- act tough
- act within (one's) rights
- add another string to (one's) bow
- address (one's) comments to (someone or something)
- address (one's) remarks to (someone or something)
- administer (something) to (one)
- admire (one) for (something)
- admit (one) to (something or some place)
- admit to (someone)
- admonish (one) for (something)
- adopt out
- adore (one) for (something)
- advance (something) to (one)
- advertise for (someone or something)
- advise (one) about (something)
- advise (one) of (something)
- advise (one) on (something)
- affiliate (someone or something) to (someone or something)
- affiliate (someone or something) with (someone or something)
- affinity for (someone or something)
- afflict (one) with (someone or something)
- after (one's) blood
- after (one's) own heart
- after (someone or something)
- after the fashion of (someone or something)
- after the fashion of somebody/something
- after the style of (someone or something)
- against (one's) better judgment
- against (one's) principles
- against (one's) will
- against (someone or something)
- age like (fine) wine
- agitate against (someone or something)
- agree with (someone or something)
- ahead of (someone or something)
- aid (someone) in (something)
- aim at (someone or something)
- aim for (someone or something)
- air (one's) belly
- air (one's) dirty laundry in public
- air (one's) grievances
- air (one's) lungs
- air (one's) opinion
- air (one's) paunch
- albatross (a)round (one's) neck
- alive with (someone or something)
- all (one's) Christmases have come at once
- all (one's) ducks are in a row
- all (one's) life is worth
- all (one's) swans are geese
- all (one's) taste is in (one's) mouth
- all eyes are on (someone or something)
- all eyes are on somebody/something
- all eyes on (someone or something)
- all for (someone or something)
- all in (one's) head
- all in (one's) mind
- all manner of somebody/something
- all over (one) like a cheap suit
- all over (one) like a rash
- all over (one's) face
- all right with (one)
- all the best to (someone)
- all up with (someone or something)
- alligator arms
- allocate (something) among (someone or something)
- allocate (something) between (someone or something)
- allow (one) free rein
- allow (one) full rein
- allow (one) up
- allow (someone or something) in(to) (something or some place)
- all's one to (one)
- ally (oneself) to (someone or something)
- along with (someone or something)
- alongside of (someone or something)
- aloof from (someone or something)
- alternate with (someone)
- always be on (one's) guard
- amalgamate with (someone or something)
- amuse (someone or something) with (something)
- an ax(e) hanging over (someone or something)
- an/(one's) indoor voice
- an/(one's) inside voice
- an/(one's) outdoor voice
- an/(one's) outside voice
- an/somebody's Achilles' heel
- an/somebody's eagle eye
- an/the advantage over (someone or something)
- an/the edge on (someone or something)
- an/the edge over (someone or something)
- announce (something) to (someone or something)
- anoint (someone/oneself) with (something)
- another peep out of (one)
- another tool for (one's)/the toolbox
- answer (one) back
- answer (one's) purpose
- answer back to (one)
- answer for (someone)
- answer to (something)
- ants in the/(one's) pants
- any way you slice it
- anything in it for (one)
- anything/nothing/something in it for somebody
- appeal to (someone or something)
- appear as (someone)
- appear before (someone or something)
- appear for (someone)
- appear on (someone or something)
- appertain to (someone)
- applaud (one) to the echo
- apply to (someone)
- appoint (one) to (something)
- apportion out among (someone or something)
- apprentice (one) to (someone)
- apprise (one) of (something)
- approach (one) about (something)
- appropriate for (someone)
- approve of (someone or something)
- argue (one) into (something)
- argue (someone or something) down
- argue for (someone or something)
- argue the other side (of something)
- argue with (one)
- argue with (someone) about (something)
- arm to the teeth
- around (one's) ears
- around (someone or something)
- arouse (one) from (something)
- arrange (something) with (someone)
- arrayed against (someone or something)
- arrive (at a specific time) on the dot
- arrive (up)on the scene
- arrive in the nick of time
- arrive late to the party
- as (one) pleases
- as best (one) can
- as far as (someone or something) is concerned
- as fast as (one's) legs can carry (one)
- as for (someone or something)
- as for somebody/something
- as long as (one's) arm
- as much as (one) could do (not) (to do something)
- as much as somebody can/could do to do something
- as regards somebody/something
- as the spirit moves (one)
- as to
- ascertain from (someone or something)
- aside from (someone or something)
- ask (one) around
- ask (one) out
- ask (one) over
- ask (one) point-blank
- ask (someone) for (one's) hand
- ask (something) of (someone)
- ask after (someone)
- ask around about
- ask back
- ask for trouble
- ask for/win somebody's hand
- ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for (someone or something)
- ask, tell, etc. somebody point blank
- assign (something) to (someone)
- assist (one) at (something)
- assist in (something)
- assist with (something)
- associate with
- assume a low profile
- assure (one) of (something)
- astound (one) with (something)
- at (one)
- at (one's) back
- at (one's) beck and call
- at (one's) command
- at (one's) convenience
- at (one's) discretion
- at (one's) disposal
- at (one's) door
- at (one's) ease
- at (one's) expense
- at (one's) feet
- at (one's) fingertips
- at (one's) knee
- at (one's) leisure
- at (one's) mother's knee
- at (one's) pleasure
- at (one's) service
- at (one's) suggestion
- at (one's) time of life
- at (one's) wits' end
- at (one's) worst
- at (someone's or something's) hand(s)
- at (someone's or something's) mercy
- at (someone's) command
- at home with (someone or something)
- at loggerheads with (someone)
- at odds with (someone or something)
- at risk to (someone, something, or oneself)
- at risk to yourself/somebody/something
- at somebody's beck and call
- at somebody's convenience
- at somebody's discretion
- at somebody's expense
- at somebody's feet
- at the back of (one's) mind
- at the disposal of (someone)
- at the end of (one's) rope
- at the expense of (someone or something)
- at the expense of somebody/something
- at the feet of (someone or something)
- at the hand(s) of (someone or something)