Idioms

• a picture is worth a thousand words
• a leopard can't change his spots
• backseat driver
• back to basics
• back to square one
• bad hair day
• ball and chain
• non' ya' beeswax
• blackmail
• blind leading the blind
• break a leg
• caught with your pants down
• chip on his shoulder
• chown down
• cold war
• crackerjack
• cup of joe
• cut to the chase
• cut the cheese
• dead ringer
• Devil's advocate
• dirt poor
• dog days
• doozy
• dope
• double whammy
• doughboy
• drink like a fish
• dropping like flies
• eat, drink, and be merry
• Elvis has left the building
• end of story
• Eureka
• face the music
• finger lookin' good
• flesh and blood
• flip the bird
• got out on the wrong side of the bed
• go out on a limb
• go the extra mile
• good Sameritan
• have an axe to grind
• high five
• hit the hay
• hit the nail on the head
• hold your horses
• Houston we have a problem
• I'll have his head on a platter
• in your face
• keep your chin up
• knock on wood
• last but not least
• live by the sword, die by the sword
• Mum's the word
• nerd
• new kid on the block
• OK
• one for the road
• over the top
• paddle your own canoe
• pedal to the medal
• pick up your ears
• pipe down
• pull the plug
• pull the wool over his eyes
• put a sock in it
• put on your thinking cap
• put your best foot forward
• rain cats and dogs
• raincheck
• redhanded
• rise and shine
• sabotage
• saved by the bell
• shake a leg
• shot in the dark
• sleep tight
• son of a gun
• spare the road, spoil the child
• strike a deal
• stumped
• thats all folks
• the truth will set you free
• the wave
• the whole nine yards
• third times a charm
• three strikes and you are out
• tie the knot
• to make a long story short
• top knotch
• use your loaf
• wet behind the ears
• white bread
• whole nine yards
• word for word
• X marks the spot
• you are what you eat
• your name is mud
• zero tolerance