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Home / Author: Idioms Poster / Page 12

Author: Idioms Poster

Posted on June 16, 2016July 16, 2016 by Idioms Poster

I’ve chewed more than I can bite

Categories: about feeling like a victim, negative, regretful
Tags: bit, bite, chew
Posted on June 16, 2016October 27, 2019 by Idioms Poster

Spit storming

Categories: about doing something, about people taking the initiative, creative, productive
Tags: brainstorm, spit, Spitball, Spitballing, storm
Posted on June 15, 2016 by Idioms Poster

Leave no stone unscorched

Categories: destructive, negative, threatening, used as a warning
Tags: Leave, Scorch, stone, Unturned
Posted on June 14, 2016July 15, 2016 by Idioms Poster

Off the cusp

Categories: about being impressed, conversational, demonstrating a degree of yearning, descriptive, showing a degree of skill
Tags: cuff, cusp, wish
Posted on June 14, 2016 by Idioms Poster

Selling like wildfire

Categories: about being impressed, encouraging, positive, supportive
Tags: hotcakes, selling, spreading, wildfire
Posted on May 25, 2016May 25, 2016 by Idioms Poster

If only words could talk

Categories: about feeling hard done-by, magnanimous, nostalgic, philosophical, regretful, romantic
Tags: explain, only, talk, they, words
Posted on May 19, 2016June 3, 2022 by Idioms Poster

Let your hair hang out

Categories: about being helpful, advisory, encouraging, positive
Tags: down, hair, hang, let, out
Posted on May 18, 2016 by Idioms Poster

A stitch in time does not a summer make

Categories: about being helpful, advisory, giving a reprisal, magnanimous, philosophical, used as a warning
Tags: nine, save, stitch, summer, swallow, time
Posted on May 18, 2016July 14, 2018 by Idioms Poster

Bird in the hand, cold heart

Categories: about animals and living creatures, descriptive, negative, romantic
Tags: bird, bush, cold, hand, heart, warm
Posted on May 16, 2016July 14, 2018 by Idioms Poster

I have a horse in my throat

Categories: about animals and living creatures, about being unwell, about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, negative
Tags: frog, hoarse, horse, throat
Posted on May 11, 2016November 10, 2019 by Idioms Poster

A rising tide floats your boat

Categories: about being pragmatic, philosophical, related to boats, sea travel or water
Tags: boat, float, rising, tide
Posted on May 5, 2016April 23, 2023 by Idioms Poster

The fat lady is writing on the wall

Categories: giving a reprisal, threatening, used as a warning
Tags: fat, lady, over, sing, wall, writing
Posted on April 16, 2016July 16, 2016 by Idioms Poster

Eager eyed

Categories: demonstrating keenness, descriptive, encouraging, energetic, positive
Tags: eager, eagle, eye
Posted on March 19, 2016March 19, 2022 by Idioms Poster

More phones have cameras on them than this one

Category: Escher sentences
Tags: camera, phone
Posted on February 4, 2016February 4, 2016 by Idioms Poster

All my ducks are aligned

Categories: about being impressed, magnanimous, proud
Tags: align, all, bird, birds, duck, ducks, row, stars
Posted on November 6, 2015July 14, 2018 by Idioms Poster

Don’t look a reindeer in the mouth

Categories: about animals and living creatures, advising to be humble, advisory, cautious, christmas-inspired, exhibiting knowledge, magnanimous, seasonal, showing wisdom, used as a warning
Tags: gift, gifthorse, horse, look, mouth, reindeer
Posted on October 31, 2015October 27, 2019 by Idioms Poster

Jumping over backwards, and bending hoops

Categories: about being impressed, about doing something, about feeling hard done-by, about people taking the initiative, energetic, giving an explanation, magnanimous
Tags: back, bend, beyond, duty, hoops, jump
Posted on September 25, 2015July 12, 2018 by Idioms Poster

Like a bowl in a china shop

Categories: about being reckless, about things going wrong, demonstrating annoyance, demonstrating risky behaviour, destructive
Tags: bowl, bull, china, shop
Posted on July 3, 2015January 16, 2018 by Idioms Poster

Too cool for your own boots

Categories: about being brilliant, advising to be humble, positive, showing jealousy
Tags: big, boots, cool, school
Posted on May 8, 2015June 5, 2022 by Idioms Poster

Social Leopard

Categories: about animals and living creatures, about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, about something shambolic, about things going wrong, bad for animal lovers, brilliant Malaphors, eggcorns, in the top 30 Eggcorns in the UK - survey in 2017, malapropisms, steeped in hopelessness
Tags: leopard, leper, social
Posted on April 22, 2015November 6, 2016 by Idioms Poster

One cannot love and be right

Categories: about love, magnanimous, philosophical, romantic, showing wisdom, thoughtful
Tags: correct, love, right, wise
Posted on March 16, 2015August 2, 2017 by Idioms Poster

I was side blinded

Categories: about being exasperated, about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, demonstrating annoyance, negative
Tags: blind, blindsided, Side
Posted on March 8, 2015July 14, 2018 by Idioms Poster

Sleep like a bird

Categories: about animals and living creatures, not energetic, relaxed
Tags: bird, birds, eat, log, sleep
Posted on February 9, 2015December 9, 2017 by Idioms Poster

Don’t talk with your mouth open

Categories: corrective, demonstrating annoyance, giving a reprisal
Tags: chew, full, mouth, open, speak, talk
Posted on December 27, 2014October 27, 2019 by Idioms Poster

Kill a couple of birds with 2 stones

Categories: about animals and living creatures, about being cunning, about people taking the initiative, advisory
Tags: bird, birds, couple, kill, stone
Posted on December 7, 2014January 27, 2022 by Idioms Poster

Running on thin ice

Categories: about being in danger, about being reckless, about pushing your luck, demonstrating risky behaviour, sporty
Tags: empty, ice, run, running, skate, skating, thin
Posted on October 16, 2014December 9, 2017 by Idioms Poster

Include me out!

Categories: about being exasperated, being active, final, giving a reprisal, negative, showing impatience, used as a warning, used as an expletive
Tags: include, out
Posted on September 20, 2014 by Idioms Poster

Full frontal apology

Categories: about feeling like a victim, magnanimous, positive, regretful
Tags: apology, frontal, full, lobotomy
Posted on September 2, 2014September 2, 2014 by Idioms Poster

I’ve got more fingers than thumbs

Categories: about doing something, derogatory, descriptive, negative
Tags: finger, more, thumb
Posted on August 28, 2014 by Idioms Poster

All’s well that ends.

Categories: conversational, final, giving an explanation, magnanimous, philosophical, positive
Tags: all, end, well

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