• Above all (chiefly, mainly)
• On Account of (due to, for the reason)
• On no account (not for any reason)
• Above board (honest, beyond reproach)
• To give a good account of oneself (to act with credit to oneself)
• A fidus Achates (a faithful friend)
• The heel of Achilles (a week point)
• An Adonis (a very handsome man)
• To build castles in the air (To day dream)
• To assume airs (to affect superiority)
• To air one’s opinions (to give vent to one’s feeling in public)
• To stand aloof (To keep to oneself and not mix with others)
• To lead to the altar (to marry)
• An Amazon (a warlike masculine woman)
• An Ananias (a liar)
• An Apollo (a man with perfect physique)
• The apple of discord (cause of quarrel)
• To upset the apple cart (to disturb the peace)
• Apple pie order (in perfect order)
• Arcadian life (a blissful ,happy , rural and simple life)
• To keep a person at an arm’s length (to avoid and keep distance from a person)
• To take up arms ( to fight , to go to war)
• To have an axe to grind ( to have some selfish objective in view)
• Not to know a B from a bull’s foot ( to be ignorant of even the simplest things)
• A Babel (a confused noise)
• To break the back of any thing(to perform the most difficult part of it)
• To get one’s back up (to rouse one’s anger)
• To backbite a person (to slander or speak ill of someone)
• He has no backbone (he has no will of his own)
• To cause bad blood (to cause enmity)
• Bag and baggage (with all one’s belongings)
• To keep the ball rolling ( to keep things going0
• Baptism of fire ( a soldier’s first experience of actual war)
• To call to the bar (to admit as a barrister)
• Barmecide’s feast ( imaginary benefits)
• To beat about the bush (to approach a matter in an indirect and round about manner)
• To be dead beat (worn out by fatigue)
• Bed and board (lodging and food )
• As you make your bed, so must lie on it (you will have to bear the consequences of your crimes or your own mistakes or misdeeds)
• To take to one’s bed (to have to be confined to bed as a result of sickness)
• Bee- line (the shortest distance between two places)
• To go a –begging (to be sold very cheaply because no one cares to buy)
• Behind one’s back (without one’s Knowledge)
• Behind the scenes (in private, out of sight)
• To bell the cat (to undertake a dangerous task and the enemy is common)
• To hit below the belt (to act unfairly in a contest)
• His better half (a man’s wife)
• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (certainty is better then possibility)
• An old bird is not to be caught with chaff (experienced people are not easily fooled or deceived)
• To take the bit between one’s teeth (to get out of control)
• To bite the dust (to be defeated in battle)
• The biter bit (to cheat the cheater)
• His bark was worse than his bite (he usually makes a lot of vain verbal threats)
• A wet Blanket (a person who is a discourage)
• In cold Blood (deliberately)
• Blood is thicker than water (One usually takes the side of ones relation against another who is not one’s own blood)
• To blow hot and cold (to do one think at one time and the opposite soon after)
• A blue stocking (a learned woman)
• Once in a blue moon (a very rare occurrence)
• Blue ribbon (the highest prize in any sport competition)
• At first Blush (at first sight)
• In the same boat (in the same misfortune or circumstances)
• A bolt from the blue (a sudden )
• A bone of contention (a cause of dispute)
• A Book-worm (a person always poring over books)
• By leaps and bounds (with remarkable speed)
• Breach of promise (failure to keep a promise to marry one of whom you are betrothed)
• One’s bread and butter (one’s means of livelihood)
• His bread is well butter (he is in fortunate circumstance)
• The bread winner (one who provides the means of livelihood for himself and his family)
• To Break in (to tame, to control in a gentle manner)
• To break the news (to reveal something pleasant in a gentle manner)
• To break the ice (to be the first to begin)
• To breadth one’s last (to die)
• To breadth freely again (to be no longer in a fear or anxiety)
• To make bricks without straw (to attempt to do something without proper materials or due preparations)
• Never cross the Bridge until you come to it (don’t anticipate difficulties
• It is an broad as it is long (it is the same whichever way you view it)
• To brow beat (to bully)
• To kick the bucket (to die)
• John bull (an Englishman)
• To burry the hatchet (to forget past quarrels and be friends again)
• Good wine needs no bush (there is no need to advertise something good)
• To raise cain (to rebuke severely)
• To take the cake (to take the first prize)
• To burn the candle at both ends (to expend energy in two directions at the same time)
• If the cap fits, wear it (if you think the remarks refer to you)
• Capitan punishment (the death sentence or penalty)
• To put the cart before the horse (to do first what ought to be done afterwards)
• To let the cat out of the bag (to expose the trick)
• To fight like cats and dog (to be always quarrelling and fighting)
• Care killed the cat (don’t fret and worry yourself to death)
• See which way the cat jumps (sit on fence)
• To rain cats and dogs (to rain incessantly)
• He is a cat’s paw (one used as a to something dangerous)
• To Catch one’s eye (to attract attention)
• To take the chair (to preside a meeting)
• She is no chicken (she is older than she says)
• Chicken hearted (weak, timid)
• Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched (don’t calculate your gains before they are realized)
• A chip of the old block (a son resembling his father in face disposition, habits etc.)
• Hobson’s choice (no alterative)
• To pick and choose (to make a careful selection)
• Every cloud has a silver lining (adverse conditions do not last for ever)
• To square the circle (to attempt something impossible)
• Close fisted (mean)
• To have one’s head in the cloud (to live in dreamland)
• To carry coals to New castle (to do any thing superfluous)
• Cut your cloth according to your cloth (live within your income)
• A cock and bull story (a foolishly incredible story)
• To be cock sure (to be absolutely certain)
• To throw cold water upon anything (to discourage effort)
• Off color (not in the usual form)
• To came off with flying color (to succeed brilliantly)
• To commit to memory (to learn by heart)
• Too many cooks spoil the broth (when there are more worpkers than necessary)
• To send to Coventry (to boycott)
• An admirable Crichton (a very talented person)
• Crocodile tears (hypocritical tears)
• By hook or by crook (by fair or foul means)
• As the crow flies (in a direct line)
• To take up the cudgels (to champion or flight for someone)
• On Account of (due to, for the reason)
• On no account (not for any reason)
• Above board (honest, beyond reproach)
• To give a good account of oneself (to act with credit to oneself)
• A fidus Achates (a faithful friend)
• The heel of Achilles (a week point)
• An Adonis (a very handsome man)
• To build castles in the air (To day dream)
• To assume airs (to affect superiority)
• To air one’s opinions (to give vent to one’s feeling in public)
• To stand aloof (To keep to oneself and not mix with others)
• To lead to the altar (to marry)
• An Amazon (a warlike masculine woman)
• An Ananias (a liar)
• An Apollo (a man with perfect physique)
• The apple of discord (cause of quarrel)
• To upset the apple cart (to disturb the peace)
• Apple pie order (in perfect order)
• Arcadian life (a blissful ,happy , rural and simple life)
• To keep a person at an arm’s length (to avoid and keep distance from a person)
• To take up arms ( to fight , to go to war)
• To have an axe to grind ( to have some selfish objective in view)
• Not to know a B from a bull’s foot ( to be ignorant of even the simplest things)
• A Babel (a confused noise)
• To break the back of any thing(to perform the most difficult part of it)
• To get one’s back up (to rouse one’s anger)
• To backbite a person (to slander or speak ill of someone)
• He has no backbone (he has no will of his own)
• To cause bad blood (to cause enmity)
• Bag and baggage (with all one’s belongings)
• To keep the ball rolling ( to keep things going0
• Baptism of fire ( a soldier’s first experience of actual war)
• To call to the bar (to admit as a barrister)
• Barmecide’s feast ( imaginary benefits)
• To beat about the bush (to approach a matter in an indirect and round about manner)
• To be dead beat (worn out by fatigue)
• Bed and board (lodging and food )
• As you make your bed, so must lie on it (you will have to bear the consequences of your crimes or your own mistakes or misdeeds)
• To take to one’s bed (to have to be confined to bed as a result of sickness)
• Bee- line (the shortest distance between two places)
• To go a –begging (to be sold very cheaply because no one cares to buy)
• Behind one’s back (without one’s Knowledge)
• Behind the scenes (in private, out of sight)
• To bell the cat (to undertake a dangerous task and the enemy is common)
• To hit below the belt (to act unfairly in a contest)
• His better half (a man’s wife)
• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (certainty is better then possibility)
• An old bird is not to be caught with chaff (experienced people are not easily fooled or deceived)
• To take the bit between one’s teeth (to get out of control)
• To bite the dust (to be defeated in battle)
• The biter bit (to cheat the cheater)
• His bark was worse than his bite (he usually makes a lot of vain verbal threats)
• A wet Blanket (a person who is a discourage)
• In cold Blood (deliberately)
• Blood is thicker than water (One usually takes the side of ones relation against another who is not one’s own blood)
• To blow hot and cold (to do one think at one time and the opposite soon after)
• A blue stocking (a learned woman)
• Once in a blue moon (a very rare occurrence)
• Blue ribbon (the highest prize in any sport competition)
• At first Blush (at first sight)
• In the same boat (in the same misfortune or circumstances)
• A bolt from the blue (a sudden )
• A bone of contention (a cause of dispute)
• A Book-worm (a person always poring over books)
• By leaps and bounds (with remarkable speed)
• Breach of promise (failure to keep a promise to marry one of whom you are betrothed)
• One’s bread and butter (one’s means of livelihood)
• His bread is well butter (he is in fortunate circumstance)
• The bread winner (one who provides the means of livelihood for himself and his family)
• To Break in (to tame, to control in a gentle manner)
• To break the news (to reveal something pleasant in a gentle manner)
• To break the ice (to be the first to begin)
• To breadth one’s last (to die)
• To breadth freely again (to be no longer in a fear or anxiety)
• To make bricks without straw (to attempt to do something without proper materials or due preparations)
• Never cross the Bridge until you come to it (don’t anticipate difficulties
• It is an broad as it is long (it is the same whichever way you view it)
• To brow beat (to bully)
• To kick the bucket (to die)
• John bull (an Englishman)
• To burry the hatchet (to forget past quarrels and be friends again)
• Good wine needs no bush (there is no need to advertise something good)
• To raise cain (to rebuke severely)
• To take the cake (to take the first prize)
• To burn the candle at both ends (to expend energy in two directions at the same time)
• If the cap fits, wear it (if you think the remarks refer to you)
• Capitan punishment (the death sentence or penalty)
• To put the cart before the horse (to do first what ought to be done afterwards)
• To let the cat out of the bag (to expose the trick)
• To fight like cats and dog (to be always quarrelling and fighting)
• Care killed the cat (don’t fret and worry yourself to death)
• See which way the cat jumps (sit on fence)
• To rain cats and dogs (to rain incessantly)
• He is a cat’s paw (one used as a to something dangerous)
• To Catch one’s eye (to attract attention)
• To take the chair (to preside a meeting)
• She is no chicken (she is older than she says)
• Chicken hearted (weak, timid)
• Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched (don’t calculate your gains before they are realized)
• A chip of the old block (a son resembling his father in face disposition, habits etc.)
• Hobson’s choice (no alterative)
• To pick and choose (to make a careful selection)
• Every cloud has a silver lining (adverse conditions do not last for ever)
• To square the circle (to attempt something impossible)
• Close fisted (mean)
• To have one’s head in the cloud (to live in dreamland)
• To carry coals to New castle (to do any thing superfluous)
• Cut your cloth according to your cloth (live within your income)
• A cock and bull story (a foolishly incredible story)
• To be cock sure (to be absolutely certain)
• To throw cold water upon anything (to discourage effort)
• Off color (not in the usual form)
• To came off with flying color (to succeed brilliantly)
• To commit to memory (to learn by heart)
• Too many cooks spoil the broth (when there are more worpkers than necessary)
• To send to Coventry (to boycott)
• An admirable Crichton (a very talented person)
• Crocodile tears (hypocritical tears)
• By hook or by crook (by fair or foul means)
• As the crow flies (in a direct line)
• To take up the cudgels (to champion or flight for someone)
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