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Home / Author: Idioms Poster / Page 14

Author: Idioms Poster

Posted on February 24, 2013August 10, 2021 by Idioms Poster

Throw a spanner in the woods

Categories: about doing something, about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, about things going wrong, derogatory, descriptive, giving a reprisal, negative
Tags: spanner, throw, throwing, woods, works
Posted on February 7, 2013April 15, 2023 by Idioms Poster

Add salt to the injury

Categories: about doing something, about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, about food or cooking, about medical situations, advisory, cautious, eggcorns, final, negative
Tags: add, adding, injury, insult, salt, wound
Posted on January 31, 2013November 7, 2018 by Idioms Poster

Yesterday’s chip wrap is today’s news

Categories: about current affairs, advisory, giving an explanation, magnanimous, philosophical
Tags: chip, chips, fish, newspaper, paper, today, tomorrow, yesterday
Posted on January 23, 2013July 15, 2016 by Idioms Poster

I’m not a pretty face

Categories: advisory, derogatory, magnanimous, negative, proud
Tags: face, not, pretty
Posted on November 17, 2012October 15, 2016 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

Catch 24

Categories: about being impressed, about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, derogatory, final, negative, philosophical
Tags: 22, 24, catch
Posted on November 11, 2012 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

Sharp end of the stick

Categories: about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, descriptive, giving an explanation, negative
Tags: sharp, stick, thin, wedge
Posted on October 11, 2012October 11, 2012 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

Don’t shoot yourself in the leg

Categories: advisory, cautious, considerate, giving a reprisal, magnanimous
Tags: foot, leg, shoot
Posted on September 22, 2012September 22, 2016 by Idioms Poster

That’s right up my creek

Categories: being active, conversational, demonstrating keenness, energetic, positive, used as an expletive
Tags: creek, paddle, street, up
Posted on September 22, 2012September 22, 2012 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

A bridge too soon

Categories: about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, descriptive, final, negative
Tags: bridge, far, much, soon, too
Posted on August 25, 2012December 9, 2021 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

Don’t knock it ’til you bang it

Categories: advisory, comparative, conversational, philosophical, romantic
Tags: bang, banging, knock, try, until
Posted on August 9, 2012October 2, 2016 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

Ears like a hawk

Categories: about being impressed, about feeling envious, descriptive, giving an explanation, positive, showing wisdom
Tags: ear, ears, eye, eyes, hawk
Posted on August 6, 2012 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

That’s when the shit comes out of the fan

Categories: about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, conversational, derogatory, final, giving an explanation, negative
Tags: comes, detail, devil, fan, shit, woodwork
Posted on July 30, 2012 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

I need my ego scratched

Categories: about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, conversational, magnanimous
Tags: back, ego, massage, scratch, scratched
Posted on July 27, 2012July 21, 2016 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

You knocked the steam out of my sail

Categories: about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, derogatory, negative
Tags: knock, knocked, run, sail, sails, steam, wind
Posted on June 29, 2012June 29, 2012 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

Runs like a well-oiled ship

Categories: about being impressed, descriptive
Tags: machine, oil, oiled, run, runs, ship, tight
Posted on May 10, 2012July 16, 2016 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

Dancing on thin ground

Categories: about feeling hard done-by, advisory, comparative, demonstrating risky behaviour, feeling urgent, final, giving a reprisal, negative, philosophical
Tags: coals, dance, dancing, dangerous, hot, ice, skate, skating, thin, walk, walking
Posted on May 4, 2012October 27, 2019 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

We have to jump over some hoops

Categories: about being impressed, about doing something, about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, about people taking the initiative, conversational, descriptive, energetic, negative
Tags: hoop, hoops, hurdle, hurdles, jump, over
Posted on April 22, 2012October 27, 2019 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

Bite the bullet while it’s hot

Categories: about being impressed, about people taking the initiative, advisory, conversational, creative, feeling urgent, final, supportive
Tags: bite, bullet, hot, iron, mouth, strike, teeth
Posted on April 12, 2012August 2, 2017 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

More fun than shooting monkeys in a barrel

Categories: about being cunning, about being impressed, about doing something, about having a lot of fun, comparative, conversational, descriptive, encouraging, motivational, positive, said with certainty
Tags: barrel, fish, fun, monkey, monkeys, shoot, shooting
Posted on April 11, 2012July 14, 2018 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

Don’t look a gifthorse in the eye

Categories: about animals and living creatures, about good luck, advising to be humble, advisory, exhibiting knowledge, magnanimous, philosophical, used as a warning
Tags: eye, gift, gifthorse, horse, look, mouth
Posted on April 10, 2012 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

She turns traffic

Categories: about being impressed, descriptive, romantic
Tags: head, heads, stop, traffic, turn
Posted on April 7, 2012May 4, 2012 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

He knows his eggs

Categories: about being impressed, conversational, descriptive
Tags: egg, eggs, know, onion, onions
Posted on April 3, 2012April 17, 2022 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

Not enough time to swing a cat

Categories: a little bit distasteful, about animals and living creatures, about being in a hurry, about doing something, about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, conversational, negative
Tags: cat, enough, space, swing, time
Posted on March 31, 2012August 2, 2017 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

Take it on the shoulders

Categories: about being impressed, about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, encouraging you to be stronger, final, magnanimous, negative
Tags: chin, man, shoulder, shoulders, take
Posted on March 22, 2012November 8, 2017 by Idioms Poster

Not the sharpest pen in the box

Categories: about being unintelligent, about things going wrong, derogatory, insulting, negative, steeped in hopelessness
Tags: box, pen, sharp, sharpest, shed, sword, tool
Posted on March 21, 2012 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

Hit the nail on my mind

Categories: about being impressed, about doing something, about good luck, conversational
Tags: head, hit, mind, nail
Posted on March 8, 2012March 8, 2012 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

It put a spoke in my wheel

Categories: about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, conversational, descriptive, final
Tags: put, spoke, spokes, stick, wheel
Posted on March 7, 2012September 12, 2021 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

As the bird flies

Categories: about animals and living creatures, conversational, descriptive, giving an explanation
Tags: bird, crow, flies, fly
Posted on February 20, 2012February 20, 2012 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

Don’t run around the bush

Categories: about doing something, conversational, feeling urgent, showing impatience
Tags: around, beat, bush, run, runaround
Posted on February 10, 2012February 12, 2012 by Idioms Poster — Leave a comment

As blind as a dodo

Categories: conversational, derogatory, descriptive
Tags: animal, bat, blind, dead, dodo

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