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Idioms Containing Special Keywords

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Idioms Containing Special Keywords

Animals

a dog's life | (as) blind as a bat | cook someone's goose | crocodile tears | go to the dogs | let the cat out of the bag | look a gift horse in the mouth | mutton dressed (up) as lamb | play cat and mouse | take the bull by the horns | the lion's share

Body Parts

cap in hand | keep a straight face | live from hand to mouth | neck and neck | on either/every hand | raise eyebrows | vote with one's feet | (with) (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek | with open arms

Clothes

cap in hand | fit (someone) like a glove

Colors

(as) brown as a berry | black and blue | red tape

Numbers

at sixes and sevens | forty winks | on all fours | on cloud nine | play second fiddle

Time

up-to-the-minute

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