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Home / Author: Idioms Poster / Page 8

Author: Idioms Poster

Posted on May 28, 2018May 28, 2018 by Idioms Poster

Don’t get me right

Categories: about being pragmatic, about gaining an understanding, considerate, magnanimous, showing wisdom
Tags: me, right, wrong
Posted on May 16, 2018April 30, 2022 by Idioms Poster

More people have been camping than I have

Categories: adventurous, Escher sentences
Tags: camping, people
Posted on May 13, 2018May 16, 2020 by Idioms Poster

Bird of responsibility

Categories: about animals and living creatures, demonstrating strong leadership, exhibiting knowledge, magnanimous, philosophical, showing wisdom, very very funny. The Best, perhaps.
Tags: bird, burden, prey, responsibility
Posted on May 7, 2018May 7, 2018 by Idioms Poster

I’ve been through a horrible ideal

Categories: about feeling like a victim, about things going wrong
Tags: horrible, ideal, ordeal
Posted on April 27, 2018April 27, 2018 by Idioms Poster

I’ve got a list as big as my hand

Categories: about being exasperated, about being unhelpful, dismissive, negative
Tags: arms, hand, list
Posted on April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 by Idioms Poster

Flip that on your head

Categories: about being brilliant, about being helpful, about collaboration, about working hard and being proud of it, demonstrating keenness, demonstrating strong leadership, showing wisdom
Tags: flip, head
Posted on March 12, 2018March 12, 2018 by Idioms Poster

Adding tricks to your bow

Categories: about being brilliant, about being cunning, magical, positive, showing a degree of skill
Tags: bow, sleeve, string, trick
Posted on February 20, 2018September 17, 2022 by Idioms Poster

You don’t need to be a rocket surgeon

Categories: derogatory, dismissive, exhibiting knowledge, giving an explanation, said with certainty, showing impatience
Tags: brain, rocket, science, surgery
Posted on February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 by Idioms Poster

I sing on the cake

Categories: about food or cooking, about going over the top, about pushing your luck, depicting a lovely atmosphere
Tags: cake, Icing, sing
Posted on February 15, 2018February 17, 2018 by Idioms Poster

Losing the goodwill to live

Categories: about being exasperated, about being unhelpful, about feeling hard done-by, about something shambolic, about things going wrong, demonstrating annoyance, negative, preparing for the worst, steeped in hopelessness
Tags: goodwill, live, lose, losing, will
Posted on February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 by Idioms Poster

Dancing in the right direction

Categories: about being pragmatic, about collaboration, demonstrating strong leadership, motivational, positive, productive, showing wisdom
Tags: dance, dancing, direction, right, song, tune
Posted on February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 by Idioms Poster

Ghost hunt

Categories: about feeling like a victim, ominous, preparing for the worst
Tags: ghost, hunt, town, witch
Posted on February 9, 2018 by Idioms Poster

At the other end of the coin

Categories: about being pragmatic, comparative, double-edged, exhibiting knowledge, philosophical, thoughtful
Tags: coin, end, flip, other, stick
Posted on January 30, 2018 by Idioms Poster

From the jaws of the feet

Categories: about being brilliant, about being impressed, being active, demonstrating strong leadership, rampant, showing crazy behaviour, victorious
Tags: defeat, feet, foot, jaws, snatch, victory
Posted on January 30, 2018January 30, 2018 by Idioms Poster

On a hairpin trigger

Categories: about being exasperated, about being on the edge, demonstrating annoyance, destructive, feminist, final, showing crazy behaviour, threatening, used as a warning
Tags: hair, hairpin, trigger
Posted on January 28, 2018January 28, 2018 by Idioms Poster

Heads Below!

Categories: about having a lot of fun, demonstrating risky behaviour, foreboding, used as a warning
Tags: heads, look, out, up, watch
Posted on January 19, 2018January 19, 2019 by Idioms Poster

It’s done with smoking mirrors

Categories: corrective, dismissive, exhibiting knowledge, giving an explanation
Tags: mirrors, smoke, smoking
Posted on January 15, 2018January 27, 2022 by Idioms Poster

Get all your balls in a row

Categories: about being helpful, about collaboration, being active, demonstrating keenness, demonstrating strong leadership, sporty
Tags: air, balls, ducks, row
Posted on January 14, 2018February 17, 2018 by Idioms Poster

Too big for your school

Categories: about being brilliant, advising to be humble, demonstrating idiocy, dismissive
Tags: big, boots, cool, school
Posted on January 8, 2018February 4, 2018 by Idioms Poster

Tight as a nan’s chuff

Categories: a little bit distasteful, about being impressed, comparative, exhibiting frisky behaviour, racey
Tags: chuff, gnat, grandmother, nan
Posted on January 7, 2018September 14, 2021 by Idioms Poster

I’m living foot-to-mouth

Categories: about feeling hard done-by, about feeling like a victim, about things going wrong, steeped in hopelessness
Tags: foot, hand, mouth
Posted on December 24, 2017 by Idioms Poster

Chipmunks roasting on an open fire

Categories: christmas-inspired, depicting a lovely atmosphere
Tags: chestnut, chestnuts, chipmunk, chipmunks, fire, fires, open
Posted on December 22, 2017 by Idioms Poster

Don’t put all your doves in a basket

Categories: about being reckless, about things going wrong, christmas-inspired, demonstrating risky behaviour, used as a warning
Tags: basket, dove, doves, egg, eggs
Posted on December 15, 2017December 15, 2019 by Idioms Poster

Hair on the side of caution

Categories: about animals and living creatures, about being in danger, about medical situations, advising to be careful, advisory, showing wisdom
Tags: caution, err, hair, Side
Posted on December 9, 2017December 9, 2017 by Idioms Poster

Total fruit case

Categories: about being reckless, demonstrating risky behaviour, rampant, showing crazy behaviour
Tags: cake, case, fruit, nut
Posted on December 7, 2017December 13, 2017 by Idioms Poster

Russian roulade

Categories: about being reckless, about food or cooking, about pushing your luck, christmas-inspired, demonstrating risky behaviour, foreboding, ominous, used as a warning
Tags: roulade, roulette, Russia, Russian
Posted on December 7, 2017June 3, 2022 by Idioms Poster

Going Columbo

Categories: demonstrating risky behaviour, exhibiting frisky behaviour, racey, rampant, romantic
Tags: Columbo, comando
Posted on December 6, 2017February 1, 2020 by Idioms Poster

Not the sharpest egg in the attic

Categories: about being unintelligent, about being wrong, derogatory, lacking skill, negative
Tags: attic, box, egg, sharp, sharpest, tool
Posted on December 6, 2017December 6, 2017 by Idioms Poster

Let’s get all our ducks on the same page

Categories: about being pragmatic, about collaboration, being active, demonstrating strong leadership, motivational, positive
Tags: ducks, page, row
Posted on November 22, 2017November 22, 2017 by Idioms Poster

My stomach is bigger than my eyes

Categories: about being unwell, about something inevitable, exhibiting knowledge, said with certainty
Tags: big, eye, eyes, stomach, tummy

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