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Year: 2019

Posted on May 3, 2019May 3, 2019 by Idioms Poster

A dip in the ocean

Categories: about being unhelpful, about being unimpressed, about current affairs, comparative, derogatory, dismissive, giving an explanation, negative
Tags: dip, drop, ocean, toes
Posted on April 27, 2019April 27, 2019 by Idioms Poster

Barking up a dead horse

Categories: about animals and living creatures, about being exasperated, about being wrong, about things going wrong, demonstrating idiocy, used as a warning
Tags: barking, dead, flog, flogging, horse, tree, wrong
Posted on April 21, 2019April 21, 2019 by Idioms Poster

Bone in my side

Categories: about being slack or useless, about feeling like a victim, about pushing your luck, about taking liberties, demonstrating annoyance, giving a reprisal
Tags: bone, contention, Side, thorn
Posted on April 21, 2019May 7, 2020 by Idioms Poster

Were you born in a stable?

Categories: about animals and living creatures, about bad manners, about being exasperated, christmas-inspired, demonstrating annoyance, giving a reprisal, negative
Tags: barn, born, stable
Posted on April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 by Idioms Poster

Give him a bone

Categories: about bad manners, about pushing your luck, about taking liberties
Tags: bone, inch, mile, skeleton
Posted on April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 by Idioms Poster

Scratching the top of the iceberg

Categories: about gaining an understanding, descriptive, exhibiting knowledge, foreboding, ominous, showing wisdom, used as a warning, vague
Tags: ice, iceberg, scratch, scratched, surface, top
Posted on April 4, 2019September 2, 2021 by Idioms Poster

Whatever fills your boat

Categories: about being helpful, encouraging, philosophical, supportive, sympathetic
Tags: boat, boots, fancy, fill, floats, whatever
Posted on March 10, 2019October 27, 2019 by Idioms Poster

Rise to the equation

Categories: about people taking the initiative, about working hard and being proud of it, demonstrating keenness, demonstrating strong leadership, encouraging you to be stronger, motivational, positive, showing dedication and commitment, supportive, using mathematics
Tags: equation, occasion, rise
Posted on March 7, 2019September 5, 2022 by Idioms Poster

Like a fish in deep water

Categories: about animals and living creatures, about being in danger, about being out of your comfort zone, about things going wrong, foreboding, self-defusing
Tags: deep, fish, Water
Posted on March 1, 2019March 19, 2022 by Idioms Poster

It’s warmer in summer than in the country

Category: Escher sentences
Tags: country, summer, warm
Posted on February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 by Idioms Poster

Stab ourselves in the foot

Categories: about being in danger, about things going wrong, advising to be careful, cautious
Tags: back, foot, shoot, shooting, stab
Posted on February 24, 2019June 5, 2022 by Idioms Poster

You are far too self-defecating

Categories: a little bit distasteful, about being unwell, about making people laugh, about medical situations, advising to be humble, eggcorns, malapropisms
Tags: defecating, deprecating, self
Posted on February 21, 2019April 27, 2019 by Idioms Poster

It’s a vicious triangle

Categories: about feeling like a victim, negative, steeped in hopelessness, used as a warning
Tags: Bermuda Triangle, circle, triangle, vicious
Posted on February 12, 2019August 30, 2021 by Idioms Poster

I’m having the whale of my life!

Categories: about animals and living creatures, about having a lot of fun, about having good fortune, about not caring AT ALL, demonstrating keenness, positive, racey
Tags: life, time, whale
Posted on February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 by Idioms Poster

It’s not exactly rocket salad

Categories: about being unimpressed, about food or cooking, demonstrating annoyance, derogatory, dismissive, exhibiting knowledge, giving a reprisal
Tags: rocket, salad, science, surgery
Posted on February 12, 2019February 12, 2022 by Idioms Poster

I’ve been standing at so many bars my elbows are bent.

Category: Escher sentences
Tags: bar, elbow, stand
Posted on February 2, 2019 by Idioms Poster

Building hedges

Categories: demonstrating strong leadership, depicting a lovely atmosphere, positive, related to gardening, thoughtful
Tags: bridge, bridges, build, burn, burning, hedge, hedges
Posted on February 2, 2019May 15, 2019 by Idioms Poster

Phantom of knowledge

Categories: about being brilliant, about being impressed, demonstrating strong leadership, exhibiting knowledge, showing wisdom
Tags: fount, knowledge, pain, phantom
Posted on February 2, 2019April 28, 2019 by Idioms Poster

It’s time we upped the antics

Categories: about being cunning, about being reckless, about having a lot of fun, about making people laugh, demonstrating risky behaviour, racey, showing crazy behaviour
Tags: ante, antics, up
Posted on January 27, 2019January 27, 2019 by Idioms Poster

They will copulate in the end

Categories: about being pragmatic, about getting exercise, about having a lot of fun, about something inevitable, exhibiting frisky behaviour, racey
Tags: capitulate, copulate, end
Posted on January 27, 2019January 27, 2019 by Idioms Poster

Snakes and Roundabouts

Categories: about animals and living creatures, about being pragmatic, about gaining an understanding, considerate, exhibiting knowledge, philosophical, showing wisdom
Tags: ladder, ladders, roundabout, snake, snakes, swing
Posted on January 27, 2019January 27, 2019 by Idioms Poster

A vicious spiral

Categories: about being exasperated, about being in a bad way, about things going wrong, foreboding, negative, ominous, steeped in hopelessness
Tags: circle, cycle, downward, spiral, vicious
Posted on January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 by Idioms Poster

Diamond in the rust

Categories: about being impressed, positive, said with certainty, supportive
Tags: diamond, rough, rust
Posted on January 20, 2019April 8, 2023 by Idioms Poster

Don’t reinvent the clock

Categories: about being unhelpful, advisory, cautious, corrective, demonstrating annoyance, demonstrating strong leadership, exhibiting knowledge, used as a warning
Tags: clock, down, reinvent, run, wheel
Posted on January 20, 2019January 27, 2019 by Idioms Poster

Gone full turkey

Categories: about food or cooking, about getting a good rest, about working hard and being proud of it, christmas-inspired, demonstrating keenness, positive, productive, said with certainty, showing dedication and commitment
Tags: cold, going, turkey
Posted on January 20, 2019January 20, 2019 by Idioms Poster

A downhill spiral

Categories: about being exasperated, about being in a bad way, about feeling hard done-by, about something inevitable, foreboding, preparing for the worst, steeped in hopelessness
Tags: downhill, downward, spiral, struggle, uphill
Posted on January 20, 2019August 21, 2019 by Idioms Poster

Throw a spaniel in the works

Categories: about animals and living creatures, about being exasperated, about being unhelpful, about something shambolic, about things going wrong, negative, preparing for the worst, steeped in hopelessness
Tags: spaniel, spanner, throw, throwing, works
Posted on January 20, 2019January 20, 2019 by Idioms Poster

I have a photogenic memory

Categories: about being brilliant, showing a degree of skill
Tags: memories, memory, photo, photogenic, photographic
Posted on January 19, 2019February 12, 2022 by Idioms Poster

Set a president

Categories: about being in danger, about being reckless, advisory, cautious, demonstrating risky behaviour, exhibiting knowledge, showing wisdom
Tags: precedent, president
Posted on January 19, 2019January 27, 2019 by Idioms Poster

I’m clinically a beast

Categories: a little bit distasteful, about being exasperated, about being in a bad way, about being on the edge, about being unwell, about medical situations, negative
Tags: beast, clinically, obese

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