The Idiom Examples section of idiom phrases contains an international mixture mainly of, English, British, and American idioms.

This page is primarily aimed at ESL learners, but is also of use for native English speakers, and contains idioms fro the UK, USA, Australia and other countries. Below is a video collection.

Idiom Examples about NUMBERS

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A A baker's dozen  A four-letter word  A stitch in time saves nine  A three-piece suit  A three-piece suite  At the eleventh hour

F Five-and-dime or five-and-ten

H He's had one over the eight

I I've half a mind to  It's six of one and half a dozen of the other  It takes two to tango

O Once bitten twice shy  One picture is worth a thousand words

T The seven year itch  There's nowt (nothing) as queer as folk  Twelfth Night  Two heads are better than one  Two wrongs don't make a right

Y  You're one in a million

Idiom Examples about TIME

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E Every now and again

N Never in a month of Sundays

O Once in a blue moon

T There's a time and a place for everything  There's no time like the present  Time flies  Time heals all wounds  Time is money  Time is of the essence  Time is on our side  Time waits for no man  Time will tell  Time works wonders

Idioms about ANIMALS

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A A little bird told me  Albatross around your neck  All bark no bite  Ants in your pants  As the crow flies  At a snails pace

B Back the wrong horse  Beating a dead horse  Bee in your bonnet  Bee's knees  Beeline for  Big fish  Bigger fish to fry  Bird brain  Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush  Birds and the bees  Bird's eye view  Black sheep  Blind as a bat  Brass monkey  Bull in a china shop  Busy as a beaver  Butterflies in your stomach

C Cat amongst pigeons  Cat got your tongue  Cloud cuckoo land  Could eat a horse

D Dog eared  Dog's dinner  Donkey's years  Don't count your chickens until they've hatched  Don't look a gift horse in the mouth  Drink like a fish

Idioms about BODY and BODILY FUNCTIONS

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A A fresh pair of eyes  Abscence makes the heart grow fonder  All ears  All heart  All in your head  All skin and bone  An arm and a leg  Armed to the teeth  At arm's length  At each other's throats  At the top of my lungs

B Bad blood  Bad mouth  Bad taste in my mouth  Bag of nerves  Bat an eyelid  Bated breath  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder  Beauty is only skin deep  Behind someone's back  Belly up  Bend someone's ear  Better than a kick in the teeth  Big nose  Break a leg 

Idioms about COLOURS

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B Black-and-blue  Blue in the face 

C Catch someone red handed 

F Feeling blue 

G Go blue  Green around the gills  Green fingers  Green light  Grey area 

I In the red and in the black 

J Jet black 

O Off colour  Out of the blue 

P Paint the town red 

R Red letter day  Red mist  Red rag to a bull  Roll out the red carpet  Rose tinted glasses 

S Show your true colours 

T Tickled pink 

W Walk the green mile  White lie  With flying colours 

Y Yellow bellied 

Idioms about FOOD

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A A piece of cake  About as useful as a chocolate teapot  All the tea in China  As cool as a cucumber  As nice as pie 

B Bad apple  Bad egg and good egg  Best thing since sliced bread  Big cheese  Bring home the bacon  Bun in the oven  Butter wouldn't melt in their mouth 

C Can't do it for toffee  Chalk and cheese  Cheap as chips  Couch potato  Cut the mustard 

D Don't put all your eggs in one basket 

K Know your onions 

M Mutton dressed as lamb 

N Not my cup of tea  Nutty as a fruitcake 

O Over egg the pudding 

P Packed like sardines 

Idioms about CLOTHES

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A All mouth and no trousers  At the drop of a hat 

B Big girls blouse  Birthday suit  By the seat of your pants 

D Dressed to kill  Dressed to the nines 

F Feather in your cap  Fur coat and no knickers 

H Hang by a thread  Have a trick up your sleeve  Hot under the collar 

K Keep it under your hat  Keep your shirt on  Knickers in a twist  Knock your socks off 

P Put a sock in it

Idioms about HOME

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A A watched pot never boils  Arm chair critic 

B Brush under the carpet 

C Charity begins at home  Clean sheet 

D Down the drain 

E Everything but the kitchen sink 

There's also a collection using the Pulse Smart Pen and the Livescribe facility. With pencasts the student is able, via audio-visual presentations, to both enrich his vocabulary and improve his listening skills.

This is an idiom dictionary, an ever-growing list of idioms.

Simply click on the words below to access collections connected to the relevant word. The text is also provided via a second link below the pencast presentation.

For a very large collection of LOVE IDIOMS click here.

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Over 200 MONEY IDIOMS can be found here.

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