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Year: 2011

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

This is me offering you an olive basket

Categories: considerate, conversational, magnanimous
Tags: basket, branch, offer, olive
Posted on March 26, 2011 by iang — Leave a comment

The old banana skin came back to haunt us

Categories: comparative, conversational, descriptive, philosophical
Tag: banana fruit haunt
Posted on March 19, 2011February 12, 2014 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

The whole world is run by bean crunchers

Categories: about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, conversational, derogatory, descriptive, negative, philosophical
Tags: bean, counter, crunch, number, run, whole, world
Posted on March 17, 2011December 9, 2017 by iang — Leave a comment

Gobfounded

Categories: about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, conversational, descriptive, negative
Tags: dumb, Gobfounded
Posted on March 16, 2011February 27, 2020 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

Jedi night tricks

Categories: about being cunning, about being impressed, conversational, descriptive, foreboding, giving an explanation, magical, ominous, positive, related to Star Wars, romantic, showing a degree of skill, threatening
Tags: Jedi, knight, mind, night, trick, tricks
Posted on March 15, 2011August 3, 2017 by Idioms Poster

Don’t be such a tight-skate

Categories: advisory, conversational, demonstrating annoyance, derogatory, giving a reprisal, negative, threatening, used as a warning
Tags: arse, cheap, cheap-skate, skate, tight, tight-arse
Posted on March 14, 2011March 5, 2017 by iang — Leave a comment

Walking on broken eggshells

Categories: about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, comparative, descriptive, philosophical
Tags: broken, eggshells, glass, walk, walking
Posted on March 13, 2011August 2, 2017 by iang — Leave a comment

Take it or lump it

Categories: advisory, encouraging you to be stronger, giving a reprisal, negative
Tags: lump, take
Posted on March 13, 2011September 2, 2021 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

The sky’s your oyster

Categories: about animals and living creatures, about flying or air travel, about having good fortune, about people taking the initiative, conversational, demonstrating strong leadership, encouraging, magnanimous, motivational, philosophical, positive, supportive
Tags: limit, oyster, sky, world
Posted on March 11, 2011August 3, 2017 by Idioms Poster

I’ve had it up to my earballs

Categories: about being exasperated, about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, conversational, final, giving an explanation, negative
Tags: ear, eye, eyeball, face, had, up
Posted on March 6, 2011March 4, 2018 by iang — Leave a comment

Relying on some good old fashioned elbow juice

Categories: about being impressed, about doing something, about working hard and being proud of it, being active, conversational, demonstrating keenness, descriptive, encouraging, encouraging you to be stronger, energetic, nostalgic, positive, productive, proud, showing a degree of skill, showing wisdom
Tags: elbow, grease, juice, old, old fashioned
Posted on March 4, 2011March 11, 2011 by iang — Leave a comment

I don’t want the organ donor when I can speak to the monkey

Categories: comparative, descriptive, philosophical
Tags: animal, benidorm., donor, monkey
Posted on March 4, 2011April 30, 2022 by iang — Leave a comment

Rome wasn’t burnt in a day

Categories: advising to be humble, advisory, cautious, considerate, dismissive, exhibiting knowledge, featuring famous places, foreboding, negative, philosophical, showing wisdom
Tags: build, built, Burned, burnt, Day, Rome
Posted on March 4, 2011April 30, 2019 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

Another can of beans

Categories: about being totally different, conversational, descriptive
Tags: another, beans, can, fish, worms
Posted on March 4, 2011 by iang — Leave a comment

Swing your boat

Categories: conversational, descriptive
Tags: boat, swing
Posted on March 3, 2011 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

Dry as a kipper

Categories: comparative, conversational, descriptive
Tags: animal, dry, fish, kipper
Posted on March 3, 2011April 30, 2019 by iang — Leave a comment

A whole different can of fish

Categories: about being totally different, about food or cooking, comparative, descriptive
Tags: animal, can, different, fish, kettle, worm, worms
Posted on February 26, 2011 by iang — Leave a comment

Like a red rag to a cow

Categories: conversational, descriptive
Tags: animal, colour, cow, red
Posted on February 26, 2011October 27, 2019 by iang — Leave a comment

Cement the deal

Categories: about people taking the initiative, conversational, descriptive, final
Tags: Cement, deal
Posted on February 26, 2011April 8, 2023 by iang — Leave a comment

Make hay whilst the sun strikes

Categories: advisory, conversational, descriptive, motivational
Tags: hay, hot, iron, make, strike, Strikes, sun
Posted on February 24, 2011February 25, 2011 by iang — Leave a comment

Ducks in order

Categories: advisory, descriptive, philosophical
Tags: animal, ducks, order
Posted on February 22, 2011January 27, 2022 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

They were throwing curved balls at me

Categories: about doing something, about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, about things going wrong, descriptive, negative, sporty, steeped in hopelessness
Tags: ball, balls, curve, me, throwing
Posted on February 21, 2011July 8, 2011 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

If you fall and break your legs don’t come running to me

Categories: about doing something, about feeling hard done-by, advisory, final, giving a reprisal
Tags: break, fall, leg, me, run
Posted on February 16, 2011August 4, 2017 by iang

Smiling like Cheshire cheeses

Categories: about having a lot of fun, comparative, conversational, descriptive
Tags: animal, cheese, cheshire
Posted on February 12, 2011February 12, 2014 by iang — Leave a comment

Don’t be such a Palestine

Categories: advisory, comparative, conversational, descriptive, giving a reprisal, negative, used as a warning
Tags: palestine, people
Posted on February 12, 2011August 4, 2017 by iang — Leave a comment

There will be a bitter pill to pay

Categories: about feeling hard done-by, about something inevitable, about things going wrong, descriptive, final, negative, philosophical, threatening, used as a warning
Tags: bitter pill, pay
Posted on February 11, 2011February 12, 2014 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

I’m a fraction of my former self

Categories: about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, comparative, descriptive, negative, philosophical
Tags: deteriorate, former, fraction, self
Posted on February 6, 2011August 3, 2017 by iang — Leave a comment

Smoking like a storm trooper

Categories: about being brilliant, about being impressed, about having a lot of fun, comparative, conversational, demonstrating risky behaviour, descriptive
Tags: people, smoke, smoking, storm trooper, trooper
Posted on February 5, 2011October 27, 2019 by iang — Leave a comment

We will burn that bridge when we get to it

Categories: about being pragmatic, about people taking the initiative, demonstrating risky behaviour, demonstrating strong leadership, magnanimous, philosophical
Tags: bridge, burn
Posted on February 5, 2011February 6, 2011 by iang — Leave a comment

I don’t know my neighbour from the Adamses

Categories: about feeling hard done-by, conversational
Tags: adam, neighbour

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