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- Organized PPC Club 83
- Launched “Client Horror Stories” Podcast
- ‘Beloved by Clients’ published, exposing the open secret of client work
- Published the Scorpion & the Frog
- Began Instagramming
- Began Tweeting
- Began Noting Spanish Etymologies
- Ran Marketing Services @ Procentris
- Keynoted Interesting New York
- Began WNIP: Wednesday Night Interesting People
- Penguin Published My Two Books
- Founded Overheard in New York
- Was Graduated from the University of Pennsylvania
- Won Gold Medal @ NY Math Fair
- Performed Piano @ Carnegie Hall
- Obsessed Over Learning How To Imitate Anyone’s Writing Style
- Memorized (most of) the Dictionary
- Was Born, on 1/14
- Great-Aunt Dies while Cooking Dinner… And Family Eats Dinner
- My Family Emigrates to NY… and All But One Return
- Great-Grandfather Sends for Wife… And Gets Her Sister
- Possibly-Related Morgan Robertson Wrote The Titan
- Ashkenaz in White Russia, But Originally Phoenician
- Y-chromosomal Adam: My Original Human Ancestor
- My Reptilian Ancestors… Maybe
- Category: Work
- Became UV’s CMO, FTW
- The Buffalo Group
- Founded Checkraise
- Founded Tinak: Aramaic Art
- Won a Presidential Election
- Founded The Marketing Scientist on 27/7
- Began Wordcounter
- Was Senior Analyst @ Basex
- Founded Tripsmith
- Began the Inflation Calculator
- Began the Cliche Finder
- Began Westegg on 9/11 (no, not that year)
- Discovered ‘The Net’ and Made Some of the Very Early Interesting Pages
My Templates
Cliche
- your guess is as good as mine
- a young man's fancy
- you said a mouthful
- you get what you pay for
- you can't win 'em all
- you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
- you can bet your bottom dollar
- year in and year out
- yawning gulf
- wreak havoc
- wrack and ruin
- worthy of his salt
- worth his salt
- worth its weight in gold
- worn to a frazzle
- worn threadbare
- the worm turns
- a world of good
- the world is my oyster
- works his but off
- done to death
- worked to death
- a word to the wise
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- wolf in sheep's clothing
- at wits' end
- without further ado
- within an ace of
- withering scowl
- withering look
- withering glance
- wishful thinking
- wintry blast
- wing it
- win's one's spurs
- win hands down
- will wonders never cease
- wild-goose chase
- wild and woolly
- whys and wherefores
- a whole new ball game
- white elephant
- whistle in the dark
- whisper sweet nothings
- whisper nothings
- where there's smoke there's fire
- when my ship comes in
- when it rains, it pours
- when in Rome, do as the Romans do
- when all is said and done
- wheels within wheels
- what's new?
- wet to the skin
- wet one's whistle
- wet blanket
- wet behind the ears
- wend one's way
- well's run dry
- well and good
- well nigh
- welcome with open arms
- weighed in the balance and found wanting
- weasel words
- she wears the pants
- wear your heart on your sleeve
- wear two hats
- ways and means
- way of all flesh
- wax wroth
- wave of the future
- water over the dam
- keep a watchful eye
- waste of breath
- wash one's hands of
- wash dirty linen in public
- warms the cockles of your heart
- warm welcome
- warm heart
- walking dictionary
- walking encyclopedia
- walk the plank
- walk on eggs
- walk on air
- waited on hand and foot
- wait with baited breath
- wages of sin
- vote with your feet
- vicious circle
- vested interest
- vent one's spleen
- vanish into thin air
- vale of tears
- utility infielder
- use your head
- upset the applecart
- upper crust
- uphill battle
- up to the hilt
- up to snuff
- up to scratch
- up to par
- up in arms
- up for grabs
- up and about
- up a tree
- up against it
- unwritten law
- unwept, unhonored and unsung
- unvarnished truth
- until hell freezes over
- unkindest cut of all
- under the weather
- under the thumb
- under the counter
- under a cloud
- unalloyed delight
- ugly as sin
- ugly duckling
- two-faced
- two's a company, three's a crowd
- there are two sides to every question
- in a twinkling of an eye
- 20/20 hindsight
- turning point
- turnabout is fair play
- turn the tables
- turn the corner
- turn of the tide
- turn a deaf ear
- that will turn your head
- turn turtle
- turn over a new leaf
- turn back the clock
- the truth will out
- truth is stranger than fiction
- true blue
- trip the light fantastic
- trim one's sails
- train of thought
- track record
- tower of strength
- a tough nut to crack
- tough it out
- long row to hoe
- hard row to hoe
- tough row to hoe
- touch and go
- top-drawer people
- you took the words right out of my mouth
- too much of a good thing
- too many irons in the fire
- too many cooks spoil the broth
- too good to be true
- too clever by half
- tongue-in-cheek
- every Tom, Dick and Harry
- toe the line
- to a T
- to hell and gone
- to all intents and purposes
- tit for tat
- tip of the iceberg
- at the tip of one's tongue
- I don't give a tinker's damn
- the time is out of joint
- time to kill
- time on my hands
- the time of your life
- the time is ripe
- time and tide wait for no man
- time and time again
- time out of mind
- tilt at windmills
- tighten your belt
- tight as a tick
- tight as a drum
- have a tiger by the tail
- tied to the apron strings
- tie the knot
- tickle your fancy
- thump the tub
- throw the book at
- throw a wrench in the works
- throw light on
- throw modesty to the winds
- throw caution to the winds
- pour the baby out with the bathwater
- empty the baby out with the bathwater
- throw the baby out with the bathwater
- through thick and thin
- threescore and ten
- three sheets in the wind
- thorn in the side
- the third degree
- a thing of beauty is a joy forever
- thin red line
- thin edge of the wedge
- thick as thieves
- thick and fast
- thereby hangs a tale
- there's the rub
- then and there
- that does the trick
- tempest in a teapot
- tell tales out of school
- tell that to the Marines
- tear your hair
- tarred with the same brush
- tan your hide
- talk your ear off
- talk turkey
- talk through your hat
- talk it up
- talk in circles
- tale of woe
- that takes the cake
- taken to the cleaners
- take the wind out of his sails
- take the veil
- take the rough with the smooth
- take the bit in his teeth
- there but for the grace of God go I
- take by storm
- take a shine to
- take a powder
- take a load off your feet
- take a page out of your book
- take a leaf out of your book
- take a bow
- take up the cudgels
- take umbrage
- take potluck
- take pen in hand
- take it or leave it
- take it with a grain of salt
- take him down to a peg
- went off with his tail between his legs
- sword of Damocles
- swept off his feet
- sweetness and light
- sweat blood
- swan song
- swallow your pride
- survival of the fittest
- he doesn't suffer fools gladly
- stung to the quick
- stuffed shirt
- stuff and nonsense
- stubborn as a mule
- string along
- strike while the iron is hot
- stretch the truth
- street smarts
- stream of consciousness
- stray off the reservation
- strange bedfellows
- strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
- straight from the shoulder
- stop the music
- stonewall it
- stone-deaf
- a stitch in time save nine
- stir up a hornet's nest
- still waters run deep
- sticky wicket
- sticks to the ribs
- stickler for the rules
- stick to your last
- stick to your guns
- stick in the mud
- to stick in one's craw
- stick your neck out
- stewed to the gills
- stew in his own juice
- step on it
- stem the tide
- steer clear of
- steal a march on
- steal his thunder
- start from scratch
- stark raving mad
- stand the gaff
- stand pat
- stalking horse
- the staff of life
- the squeaking wheel gets the grease
- a square peg in a round hole
- square meal
- square deal
- sport of kings
- split hairs
- spitting image
- spit and polish
- the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
- spill beans
- spic and span
- speak of the devil
- speak for yourself
- speak off the cuff
- sow wild oats
- sour grapes
- sound as a dollar
- sound and fury
- sooner or later
- son of a gun
- soft soap
- so far, so good
- snug as a bug in a rug
- chance of a snowball in hell
- snow job
- a snare and a delusion
- snap to it
- snake in the grass
- soft as silk
- smooth as silk
- smoke-filled room
- smoke it out
- smite them hip and thigh
- smells to heaven
- smells fishy
- smell a rat
- smart cookie
- it's a small world
- small beer
- slow to anger
- quick off the mark
- slow off the mark
- slippery as an eel
- the slings of arrows of outrageous fortune
- slim picking
- slice the melon
- slender reed
- sleep like a log
- the sky's the limit
- by the skin of the teeth
- skin and bones
- skeleton in the closet
- skate on thin ice
- sixth sense
- to be at sixes and sevens
- six of one, half a dozen of the other
- sitting pretty
- sitting duck
- sit tight
- sink or swim
- simon pure
- silver-tongued orator
- signed, sealed and delivered
- sign of the times
- sight unseen
- sight for sore eyes
- sick as a dog
- show the flag
- the show must go on
- shot to hell
- a shot in the dark
- a shot in the arm
- shot his wad
- shot his bolt
- short and sweet
- on a short leash
- have the short end of the stick
- shoot the bull
- the shoe is on the other foot
- ships that pass in the night
- ship of state
- she's no chicken
- share and share alike
- in seventh heaven
- settle your hash
- settle old scores
- sets your teeth on edge
- separate the wheat from the chaff
- separate the sheep from the goats
- separate the men from the boys
- send shivers down one's spine
- sell like hotcakes
- see the light
- see red
- see light at the end of the tunnel
- see it through
- see how the land lies
- see eye to eye
- second to none
- by the seat of his pants
- between Scylla and Charybdis
- have a screw loose
- scratch the surface
- frightened out of his wits
- scared out of his wits
- scarce as hen's teeth
- cry uncle
- say uncle
- saving grace
- save for a rainy day
- what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
- Saturday-night special
- sands of time
- he has sand in his craw
- salt of the earth
- sales pitch
- salad days
- safe and sound
- sadder and wiser
- sad sack
- sacred cow
- to wear sackcloth and ashes
- Russian roulette
- runs in the blood
- run to seed
- run to earth
- run the gauntlet
- run of the mill
- run with the hare, hunt with the hounds
- run off at the mouth
- run its course
- run circles around
- run amok
- rule the roose
- rule of thumb
- rule with an iron hand
- rubs me the wrong way
- a rubber check
- rub salt in the wound
- rub elbows
- rough and tumble
- rough and ready
- rotten to the core
- a rotten apple spoils the barrel
- rolling in money
- rolling stone
- roll with the punches
- he has rocks in his head
- don't rock the boat
- between a rock and a hard place
- rob Peter to pay Paul
- road to perdition
- risk life and limb
- rising tide
- tear to shreds
- rip to shreds
- riotous living
- rings a bell
- ring the changes
- ring down the curtain
- right on!
- ride roughshod over
- return to the fold
- rests on his laurels
- rest in peace
- red-letter day
- red-carpet treatment
- red herring
- like a red flag to a bull
- reamed him out
- really and truly
- read the tea leaves
- read the riot act
- read something into it
- read him like an open book
- read between the lines
- rats abandon a sinking ship
- rat race
- rank and file
- rally 'round the flag
- rake over the coals
- raise the roof
- raise his hackles
- take a raincheck
- rain or shine
- rain cats and dogs
- ragtag and bobtail
- rags to riches
- rack my brain
- the race is not to the swift
- quiet as a mouse
- the quiet before the storm
- quick on the draw
- quick as a wink
- quick as a cat
- he's a quick study
- queer as a three dollar bill
- queer fish
- queer duck
- quaff a brew
- Q. E. D.
- put on his pants one leg at a time
- put the arm on
- put on the back burner
- put on ice
- put on hold
- put on airs
- put in mothballs
- put a good face on it
- put your shoulder to the wheel
- put your money on the line
- put your money where your mouth is
- put your foot down
- put your best foot forward
- put up or shut up
- put up your dukes
- put that in your pipe and smoke it
- put on the dog
- put all your eggs in one basket
- I don't put any stock in it
- when push comes to shove
- pure and simple
- puppy love
- pull the wool over his eyes
- pull the rag out from under
- pull a rabbit out of the hat
- pull yourself up by the bootstraps
- pull strings
- pull out all the stops
- pull it off
- pull his leg
- prophet without honor
- proof of the pudding is in the eating
- prime of life
- pretty as a picture
- preach to the converted
- powers of darkness
- the powers that be
- the power behind the throne
- to pour oil on troubled waters
- a pound of flesh
- the pot calling the kettle black
- possession is nine-tenths of the law
- poor as a churchmouse
- poker face
- point of no return
- plumb the depths
- not worth a plugged nickel
- a play on words
- play a trump card
- play your cards right
- play with fire
- play possum
- play musical chairs
- play it by ear
- play fast and loose
- as plain as the nose on your face
- plain as day
- a place in the sun
- pitched battle
- pipe down
- pinpoint accuracy
- pillar of the community
- pillar of the establishment
- pillar of society
- pile it on
- buy a pig in a poke
- a piece of the action
- gave him a piece of my mind
- that's a piece of cake
- pie in the sky
- picture of health
- a picture is worth a thousand words
- pick and choose
- pick his brain
- peter out
- prick up one's ears
- a penny for your thoughts
- pay the piper
- pay your money and take your choice
- pay through the nose
- pay as you go
- pave the way
- patience of Job
- pass the buck
- parting shot
- part and parcel
- par for the course
- paper tiger
- to paper over
- a pain in the neck
- paddle your own canoe
- packed in like sardines
- pack a wallop
- pack it in
- whose ox is gored
- he's his own worse enemy
- to be one's own master
- to be one's own man
- over the hill
- over a barrel
- out the window
- out on a limb
- out of the woods
- out of the mouths of babes
- out of sight, out of mind
- out and out
- other things being equal
- open-and-shut case
- open and aboveboard
- open secret
- open question
- he's an open book
- onward and upward
- one for the road
- one foot in the grave
- one fell swoop
- once in a blue moon
- on the wagon
- on the up-and-up
- on the spur of the moment
- on the spot
- on the ropes
- on the rocks
- on the rampage
- on the make
- on the level
- on the lam
- on the go
- on the Fritz
- on the fly
- on the fence
- on the carpet
- on the beam
- on the ball
- on tenterhooks
- old-boy network
- old as time
- old saw
- old hat
- old guard
- old fuddy-duddy
- old customs die hard
- old habits die hard
- old coot
- off the wall
- off the deep end
- off the beaten track
- off and running
- off his rocker
- odds and ends
- odd man out
- nutty as a fruitcake
- now or never
- now and then
- nothing to write home about
- nothing new under the sun
- not a hope in hell
- not worth the powder to blow it up
- not worth a rap
- loved not wisely but too well
- not what it's cracked up to be
- not on your life
- nose to the grindstone
- have your nose out of joint
- non compos
- a no-win situation
- no sweat
- he's no slouch
- no skin off my nose
- no rest for the wicked
- no respecter of persons
- no quarter given
- no news is good news
- no love lost
- no great shakes
- there's no fool like an old fool
- no flies on me
- no earthly business
- there's no defense like a good offense
- there's no business like show business
- nip in the bud
- nip and tuck
- nine-day wonder
- in the nick of time
- a new broom sweeps clean
- never-never land
- never darken my door again
- the net result
- neither rhyme nor reason
- needless to say
- needle in a haystack
- this neck of the woods
- necessity is the mother of invention
- neat as a pin
- that's the name of the game
- my name is legion
- their name is legion
- naked as a jaybird
- naked truth
- my heart bleeds for you
- muddy the water
- here's mud in your eye
- much ado about nothing
- moving finger writes
- movers and shakers
- move heaven and earth
- the more's the pity
- the more the merrier
- more or less
- more in sorrow than in anger
- there's more than one way to skin a cat
- more than I bargained for
- more sinned against than sinning
- more power to you
- more honored in the breach than in the observance
- more here than meets the eye
- moral victory
- month of Sundays
- monkey business
- the love of money is the root of all evil
- Monday-morning quarterback
- monarch of all he surveys
- moment of truth
- as slow as molasses in January
- a miss is as good as a mile
- misery loves company
- a mint of money
- mine of information
- mind's eye
- mind your P's and Q's
- mind your own business
- mind over matter
- not to mince matters
- a millstone around the neck
- mills of God grind slowly
- milk of human kindness
- with might and main
- Midas touch
- meet your Waterloo
- meat and drink to me
- a matter of life and death
- a marriage made in heaven
- mark time
- mark my words
- mare's nest
- many are called but few are chosen
- to the manner born
- a man of few words
- man bites dog
- a man among men
- a man after my own heart
- with malice aforethought
- makes your mouth water
- makes your hair stand on end
- make the grade
- make the best of a bad bargain
- make or break
- make an honest woman of her
- make a virtue of necessity
- make a mountain out of a mole hill
- to make a long story short
- make a clean breast of it
- make tracks
- make one's blood boil
- make no bones about it
- make hay while the sun shines
- make ends meet
- maintain the status quo
- mailed fist
- mad as a wet hen
- mad as a hatter
- low man on the totem pole
- loud and clear
- lost cause
- at loose ends
- looked down his nose
- look daggers at
- long in the tooth
- the long and the short of it
- his long suit
- a long shot
- at long last
- lock, stock and barrel
- lo and behold
- living doll
- live in clover
- live and let live
- live and learn
- live dangerously
- little shaver
- little pitchers have big ears
- little bird told me
- my lips are sealed
- lion's share
- like it or lump it
- life of Reilly
- life and soul of the party
- lie low
- letter perfect
- lets no grass grow under his feet
- let's get the show on the road
- let's face it
- let the chips fall where they may
- let the cat out of the bag
- let slip through the fingers
- let loose the dogs of war
- let it all hang out
- let her rip
- let bygones be bygones
- lesser of two evils
- length and breadth of the land
- lend an ear
- doesn't have a leg to stand on
- left to his own devices
- left in the lurch
- the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing
- leave out in the cold
- leave no stone unturned
- lean and hungry look
- lead by the nose
- lay an egg
- lay your cards on the table
- lay on, Macduff
- lay it on with a trowel
- lay down the law
- the law is an ass
- law and order
- laugh up your sleeve
- laugh out of the other side of your mouth
- laugh out of court
- last-ditch effort
- last straw
- last resort
- on his last legs
- have the last laugh
- last gasp
- in the lap of luxury
- land of milk and honey
- lame duck
- labor of love
- knuckle under
- knuckle down
- knows what side his bread is buttered on
- know the ropes
- I don't know him from Adam
- knock the socks off
- knock the spots off
- knee-high to a grasshopper
- the whole kit and caboodle
- king's English
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
- kill the fatted calf
- kid-glove treatment
- kick the bucket
- kick up your heels
- make a fuss
- stir up a fuss
- kick up a fuss
- kick in the shins
- kick in the seat of the pants
- keep the pot boiling
- keep the ball rolling
- keep a stiff upper lip
- keep your shirt on
- keep your powder dry
- keep your head above water
- keep your fingers crossed
- keep your eyes peeled
- keep up with the Joneses
- jury-rigged
- jot or tittle
- Johnny-come-lately
- john hancock
- jaundiced eye
- ivory tower
- it's the pits
- it's a dilly
- it's not the heat, it's the humidity
- it'll all come out in the wash
- it never rains but it pours
- iron hand in a velvet glove
- ins and outs
- innocent as a lamb
- the inner man
- Indian giver
- independent as a hog on ice
- in the twinkling of an eye
- in the toils
- in the pink
- in the long run
- in the heat of the battle
- in the groove
- in the doghouse
- in the bag
- in the arms of Morpheus
- in at the death
- in a word
- in a trice
- in a rut
- in a pickle
- in a nutshell
- in over his head
- in one ear and out the other
- in hot water
- in his element
- in his cups
- in full cry
- improve each shining hour
- imagination runs riot
- Ill-gotten gains
- Ill will
- comes to worst
- if worse
- idle chitchat
- I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole
- I am not my brother's keeper
- hunky dory
- huff and puff
- hue and cry
- hub of the universe
- howling wilderness
- in a pig's eye
- last but not least
- how now, brown cow
- how do you like them apples?
- hour of need
- hounds of hell
- hot stuff
- a horse of a different color
- horse sense
- on the horns of a dilemma
- hope springs eternal
- hope against hope
- hook, line and sinker
- by hook or by crook
- honest to goodness
- honest as the day is long
- honest Injun
- he has a hollow leg
- I need it like a hole in the head
- hold the fort
- hold the bag
- hold at bay
- can't hold a candle to him
- hold no brief for
- hold forth
- hoist by his own petard
- hoi polloi
- hog the limelight
- a hobson's choice
- hive of industry
- hither and yon
- hitch your wagon to a star
- hit the nail on the head
- hit or miss
- hit pay dirt
- hit below the belt
- hit the spot
- not worth a hill of beans
- high-water mark
- high and mighty
- high and dry
- high jinks
- get on a high horse
- high dudgeon
- neither hide nor hair
- hide your light under a bushel
- hewers of wood and drawers of water
- here, there and everywhere
- here today and gone tomorrow
- hern and haw
- hell bent for leather
- hell bent for election
- hell to pay
- hell is paved with good intentions
- hell has no fury like a woman scorned
- heavens to Betsy
- heave a sigh of relief
- heart-to-heart talk
- to one's heart's content
- he has a heart of gold
- a heart as big as all outdoors
- with heart and soul
- you could hear a pin drop
- hear no evil
- heap coals of fire on his head
- heads will roll
- head in the clouds
- head and shoulders above
- head over heels
- to have and to hold
- have a little nip
- have a field day
- have your heart in your mouth
- you can't have your cake and eat it
- have no truck with
- haul over the coals
- hat is in the ring
- hard as nails
- hard and fast rule
- hard and fast
- happy-go-lucky
- happy as a clam
- hanging fire
- hang in there
- hang in balance
- hang by a thread
- hang loose
- handwriting on the wall
- handsome is as handsome does
- hand-to-mouth existence
- hand in glove
- hand over fist
- go at it with hammer and tongs
- half-baked idea
- that's half the battle
- to have half a mind
- half a loaf is better than none
- hair of the dog that bit you
- had me stumped
- gum up the works
- guiding light
- in the groves of Academe
- grit your teeth
- grist for the mill
- grind to a halt
- grind it out
- grin and bear it
- grim reaper
- green-eyed monster
- green with envy
- beware of Greeks bearing gifts
- greater love hath no man
- great unwashed
- great open spaces
- like greased lightning
- gray eminence
- get on the gravy train
- grasp the nettle
- grasp at straws
- grapes of wrath
- grandstand play
- hasn't a grain of sense
- got up out of the wrong side of the bed
- cut the Gordian knot
- goody two-shoes
- goods and chattels
- good-for-nothing
- good, bad or indifferent
- a good time was had by all
- good Samaritan
- good old (ole) boy
- good men and true
- gone with the wind
- golden mean
- golden age
- going to hell in a handbasket
- going around in circles
- it goes without saying
- God's green earth
- god and Mammon
- go to the dogs
- go to town
- go to pot
- go to his reward
- go the route
- go on the warpath
- go for broke
- go by the board
- go whole hog
- go scot-free
- go off half-cocked
- go like the wind
- go it alone
- go haywire
- go hat in hand
- go fry an egg
- go climb a tree
- go bananas
- go around robin hood's barn
- go along for the ride
- go against the grain
- come full circle
- go full circle
- give the go-around
- give and take
- he'd give you the shirt off his back
- give short shrift
- give pause
- give a wide berth to
- he'd cut off his right arm
- he'd give his right arm
- gird up your loins
- gild the lily
- gift of the gods
- not a ghost of a chance
- gets my goat
- get his dander up
- get his back up
- get to the bottom of it
- get the sack
- get the lead out of your feet
- get into the swing of things
- get a leg up on
- get your second wind
- get your act together
- get up and go
- get it down pat
- get in on the ground floor
- get a handle on it
- gentle reader
- a gay Lothario
- gather ye rosebuds while ye may
- led down the garden path
- led up the garden path
- the game is not worth the candle
- the game is worth the candle
- gall and wormwood
- a gala occasion
- make the fur fly
- funny as a crutch
- funny money
- full and complete
- full steam ahead
- with a full head of steam
- from the word go
- from the sublime to the ridiculous
- from the horse's mouth
- from the bottom of my heart
- from time immemorial
- from start to finish
- from pillar to post
- from head to heels
- from cradle to grave
- from bad to worse
- from A to Z
- out of the frying pan into the fire
- from the frying pan into the fire
- a friend at court
- fresh as a daisy
- free and easy
- fraught with peril
- fraught with danger
- fourth estate
- four corners of the earth
- fouling his own nest
- forty winks
- fortunes of war
- a forlorn hope
- forewarned is forearmed
- can't see the forest for the trees
- a foregone conclusion
- a force to be reckoned with
- forbidden fruit
- for the life of me
- for the birds
- for what it's worth
- for good and all
- for crying out loud
- for better or for worse
- footloose and fancy-free
- foot-in-mouth disease
- fool's paradise
- fool's gold
- a fool and his money are soon parted
- food for thought
- follow in the footsteps of
- follow your nose
- foam at the mouth
- with flying colors
- fly-by-night
- fly the coop
- fly in the ointment
- fly in the face of
- flower of youth
- flotsam and jetsam
- open the floodgates
- flip your lid
- flesh and blood
- flattery will get you nowhere
- flat as a pancake
- a flash in the pan
- fix his wagon
- by fits and starts
- fish or cut bait
- to fish in troubled waters
- a fish out of water
- first and foremost
- of the first water
- first saw the light of day
- of the first magnitude
- at first blush
- finishing touch
- have a finger in every pie
- my finger itches to
- a fine-tooth comb
- a fine kettle of fish
- to be in fine fettle
- find it in one's heart
- filthy lucre
- filled to the brim
- fill the bill
- fight tooth and nail
- fiddle while Rome burns
- few and far between
- festive board
- feet of clay
- feel the pinch
- feel it in my bones
- a feather in his cap
- feather your nest
- feast or famine
- without fear or favor
- father time
- the fat is in the fire
- fat cat
- fast and furious
- fit as a fiddle
- far and away
- far from the madding crowd
- a far cry
- far be it from me
- false alarm
- fall on stony ground
- fall on deaf ears
- fall by the wayside
- fall head over heels
- fall from grace
- fall for it
- fall between two stools
- fair-weather friend
- fair to middling
- fair and square
- a fair shake
- the fair sex
- fact of the matter
- an eye for an eye
- have an eye for the main chance
- explore every avenue
- evil eye
- every man for himself
- every man jack
- every man has his price
- every inch a king
- ever and anon
- even tenor of their way
- the eternal verities
- the eternal triangle
- entertain high hopes
- enter the lists
- enough to make him turn in his grave
- the enemy is at the gate
- to be at the end of one's tether
- embarrassment of riches
- eloquent silence
- eleventh hour
- to have egg on your face
- egg in your beer
- eating out of my hand
- eating me out of house and home
- eat your hat
- eat humble pie
- eat crow
- easy pickings
- easy come, easy go
- easier said than done
- the early bird catches the worm
- eagle eye
- eager for the fray
- eager beaver
- dyed in the wool
- dutch uncle
- dutch treat
- in durance vile
- dull as dishwater
- duck soup
- dry as dust
- drum out of the dorps
- drop the pilot
- at the drop of a hat
- a drop in the bucket
- drive you up the wall
- fit to kill
- dressed to kill
- draw the long bow
- draw the line at
- draw a blank
- down in the mouth
- down in the dumps
- down at the heels
- down and out
- double in brass
- dot the I's and cross the t's
- give him a dose of his own medicine
- donkey's years
- done to a turn
- don't look a gift horse in the mouth
- it's a dog's life
- a dog in the manger
- dog eat dog
- does my heart good
- do or die
- do as a I say, not as I do
- do a bad turn
- do a good turn
- do it up brown
- do an about-face
- divide the spoils
- divide and conquer
- a distinction without a difference
- distance lends enchantment
- dirty dog
- dirt cheap
- every cloud has a silver lining
- easy as pie
- ding-dong battle
- die is cast
- die in harness
- did a slow boil
- did a slow burn
- dictates of conscience
- a diamond in the rough
- devil incarnate
- den of thieves
- demon rum
- deep six
- at death's door
- like death warmed over
- dead to rights
- dead of night
- dead as a mackerel
- dead as a doornail
- dead and gone
- dead letter
- his days are numbered
- dawned on me
- dark horse
- dance attendance on
- damn with faint praise
- cut to the quick
- cut the mustard
- cut the coat according to the cloth
- I don't like the cut of his jib
- cut and thrust
- cut and run
- cut and dried
- cut of your nose to spite your face
- cut no ice
- cut from whole cloth
- curry favor
- not my cup of tea
- cudgel your brains
- crying in the wilderness
- cry over spilled milk cry wolf
- crown of glory
- cross the Rubicon
- let's cross that bridge when we come to it
- crocodile tears
- cried all the way to the bank
- that's not cricket
- the cream of the crop
- crazy as a coot
- sly like a fox
- dumb like a fox
- crazy like a fox
- cradled in the lap of luxury
- crack the code
- at the crack of dawn
- until the cows come home
- have the courage of his convictions
- country cousin
- don't count your chickens before they're hatched
- couldn't care less
- costs a pretty penny
- corporal's guard
- a coon's age
- cool as a cucumber
- cool it
- that's the way the cookie crumbles
- cooked his goose
- the conventional wisdom
- consummation devoutly to be wished
- conspiracy of silence
- conspicuous by his absence
- comes to the same thing
- come to grief
- come on like gangbusters
- come a cropper
- come up for air
- come off it
- didn't like the color of his money
- cold turkey
- a cold heart
- to get cold feet
- cock of the walk
- a cock and bull story
- the coast is clear
- I haven't a clue
- a clouded crystal ball
- cloud-cuckoo land
- a cloud no bigger than a man's hand
- clothes make the man
- shutting up shop
- closing up shop
- close on the heels of
- close shave
- in close quarters
- a close call
- cloak and dagger work
- climb the wall
- clear the decks
- clear the air
- clear as a bell
- clean as a whistle
- clean as a hound's tooth
- a clean slate
- show a clean pair of heels
- cite chapter and verse
- the chips are down
- have a chip on the shoulder
- a chip off the old block
- not a chinaman's chance
- chilled to the bone
- child's play
- child of nature
- the chickens come home to roost
- a chicken in every pot
- chicken out
- chew the rag
- chew the cud
- chew him out
- cheek by jowl
- checkered career
- chase a rainbow
- a charmed life
- charity begins at home
- change of scene
- change of heart
- catch as catch can
- you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
- catbird seat
- cat's paw
- cat's meow
- has the cat got your tongue?
- cast the first stone
- cast into outer darkness
- cast your bread upon the waters
- cast pearls before swine
- cast aspersions
- put the cart before the horse
- don't care a rap for
- cardinal sin
- captain of industry
- captain of his soul
- has her cap set for him
- can't see beyond the end of his nose
- can't hit the broad side of a barn
- can't call your soul your own
- came the dawn
- came up smelling like roses
- came up roses
- calm before the storm
- call in question
- call a spade a spade
- call a halt
- call his bluff
- calamity howler
- cakes and ale
- by the sweat of his brow
- by the same token
- by the grapevine
- by the book
- by and large
- by a long chalk
- by word of mouth
- by leaps and bounds
- buy for a song
- buxom wench
- butter wouldn't melt in her mouth
- butter up
- busy as a beaver
- busy as a cat on a hot tin roof
- busman's holiday
- business as usual
- bury the hatchet
- burning question
- burn the midnight oil
- burn the candle at both ends
- burn your bridges behind you
- burden of proof
- bum's rush
- seize the bull by the horns
- like a bull in a china shop
- bug off
- by brute force
- bruit about
- in a brown study
- on the brink of disaster
- bring home the bacon
- bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
- bright as a button
- bright and early
- breathes his last
- break the ice
- brazen it out
- get down to brass tacks
- brass hat
- brain trust
- boys will be boys
- life is just a bowl of cherries
- bow and scrape
- carry coals to Newcastle
- bottomless pit
- the bottom line
- have both feet on the ground
- Boston Brahmin
- bosom buddy
- born to the purple
- born and bred
- I wasn't born yesterday
- born with a silver spoon in his mouth
- boon companion
- bone of contention
- bone dry
- a bolt from the blue
- in a blue funk
- blue blood
- blow your stack blown to smithereens
- blow your own trumpet
- blow your own horn
- blow off steam
- blow hot and cold
- bloody but unbowed
- blood is thicker than water
- no getting blood from a stone
- no getting blood from a turnip
- the blind leading the blind
- blind drunk
- blind as a bat
- blessing in disguise
- blaze a trail
- black sheep
- in my black book
- take the bitter with sweet
- to the bitter end
- bite the hand that feeds you
- bite the dust
- bite the bullet
- bite off more than you can chew
- birds of a feather flock together
- bird's-eye view
- a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- the bigger they come, the harder they fall
- big spender
- big shot
- big honcho
- too big for his britches
- big cheese
- bide your time
- beyond the pale
- bevy of beauties
- betwixt and between
- between the devil and the deep blue sea
- between the cup and the lip
- between you and me and bedpost
- between you and me and gatepost
- between you and me and lamppost
- better safe than sorry
- my better half
- you'd better believe
- you can bet your boots
- the best-laid schemes
- to the best of my ability
- the best of all possible worlds
- best bib and Tucker
- beside the point
- beside himself
- give the benefit of the doubt
- let me bend your ear
- who'll bell the cat
- believe it or not
- behind the 8-ball
- beggars description
- beggars can't be choosers
- beg the question
- not all beer and skittles
- he has a bee in his bonnet
- bed of roses
- at your beck and call
- beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- beauty is only skin deep
- beats the band
- beat the rap
- beat a hasty retreat
- beat a dead horse
- beat them all hollow
- beat swords into plowshares
- beat around the bush
- beard the lion in his den
- bear the burden and the heat of the day
- bear the brunt
- bete noire
- be-all and end-all
- be of good cheer
- be that as it may
- to be buffaloed
- battle royal
- batten down the hatches
- bats in the belfry
- with bated breath
- like a bat out of hell
- barkis is willin
- bark up the wrong tree
- baptism of fire
- balm in Gilead
- a whole new ball of wax
- that's the way the ball bounces
- balance of power
- baker's dozen
- bag of bones bag of tricks
- bag and baggage
- bad blood
- backhanded compliment
- back-seat driver
- have your back to the wall
- back to the salt mine
- back to the drawing board
- back to square one
- give him the back of the hand
- back and fill
- babe in the woods
- babble like a brook
- have an ax to grind
- avoid like the plague
- at the tip of my tongue
- at this point in time
- at loggerheads
- at his fingertips
- as the crow flies
- as one man
- as fate would have it
- as every schoolboy knows
- armed to the teeth
- arm's length
- apple-pie order
- apple of his eye
- apple of discord
- any port in a storm
- ants in his pants
- and so to bed
- and I don't mean maybe
- and how
- ancestral acres
- the American way
- alphabet soup
- alpha and omega
- the almighty dollar
- all-out war
- all's fair in love and war
- all to the good
- all in the same boat
- all in a day's work
- all at seas
- all and sundry
- all wool and a yard wide
- all wet
- all thumbs
- be all things to all Men
- all sorts and conditions of Men
- all his worldly goods
- all Greek to me
- with all due respect
- an Albatross around the neck
- alas and alack
- alarums and excursions
- afraid of his own shadow
- add insult to injury
- actions speak louder than words
- across the board
- acid test
- aching void
- Achilles' heel
- ace in the hole
- ace up his sleeve
- according to hoyle
- not able to make head or tail of it
- abandon hope, all ye who enter here
- A-1
- A-OK
- bright lights, big city
- from soup to nuts
- the shit hit the fan
- as screwed up as a football bat
- there are ears in the corn field
- (I'm all over that)...like a fly on shit
- houseguests and fish stink after three days
- don't count your eggs before they're hatched
- brains of a biology specimen
- dumb as a bag of hammers
- like pulling chickens teeth
- go ugly early; don't wait for closing time
- even the ugly ones need loving
- I never went to bed with an ugly woman; woke up with a few
- beauty is only a light switch away
- weak as a kitten
- since Hector was a pup
- happy as a pig in mud
- cat's ass
- more nervous than a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
- a submarine with screen doors
- hotter than a two dollar pistol on the 4th of July
- more noisy than two skeletons making love on a tin roof
- when a boat goes aground, mother nature has spoken
- even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while
- all cats are grey in the dark
- looking like a lost dog in a meat house
- if today was a fish, I'd throw it back in the river
- you have to get up pretty early in the morning to pull the wool over my eyes
- shot at and missed, hit on and hit
- rode hard and hung up to dry
- rode hard and hung up wet
- wound up tighter than an eight day clock
- time heals all wounds
- now we're cooking with Crisco/ga
- he/she put the ug in ugly
- sick as a parrot
- over the moon
- full as a tick
- slicker than snot
- slicker than a wet noodle
- pass (i.e., "Let's head them off at the pass")
- better than a slap up the side of the head with a dead fish
- colder than a witch's tit
- does ten pounds of dough make a big biscuit?
- don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon
- as welcome as a van load of Jehovah's Witnesses
- serious as a heart attack
- more fun than a tooth ache
- tighter than two coats of paint
- two days older than dirt
- no pain, no gain
- laughter is the best medicine
- love comes around while doing things you like
- don't worry, be happy
- life is messy
- life is what happens while you're busy making other plans
- what goes around comes around
- life is life
- que sera, sera
- shit happens
- c'est la vie
- must I live my days in these concrete ways
- to be or not to be
- always look at the bright side of life
- fun is good
- if you can't do the time, don't do the crime
- life's not so bad, when you consider the alternative
- this too, shall pass
- cheer up, it's not the end of the world
- midnight is where the day begins
- every rose has its thorn
- it has to get worse, before it gets better
- it's always darkest before the dawn
- after the rain comes a rainbow
- there is a light at the end of the tunnel
- I will survive
- tomorrow is another day
- feeling bad is just a new sensation
- it will be worse
- it could be worse
- behind the clouds, the sun is shining
- there is harmony in disharmony
- waiting always lasts long
- truth is relative
- who cares about reasoning anyway
- truth is nothing but a feeling that something is true
- there are lies, damned lies and statistics
- making a bad decision is better then making no decision at all
- making a decision is easy: when the difference is big you know what to chose, and when the difference is small, it does not really matter what you chose
- when in doubt, consult your inner child if it doesn't come naturally, leave it
- wisdom is not truth
- La verité est toujours l'idée de tout le monde
- everything is vanity
- life is so short, I want to experience as much as possible
- it keeps me from the street
- secrets are secret
- the waiting is the hardest part
- this is a process of eliminating options
- one day I will wake up, and it will all fit together
- give space to time, and time will fill space
- time is a cure
- zero is sometimes better than nothing
- zero sum game
- all good things come to those that wait
- I always complained because my work was being interupted - until I realised the interuptions were my work.
- hurry when you have time, then you'll have time when you are in a hurry
- poor planning on your part does not create an emergency on my part
- you get nothing for free
- the world goes to shit when I don’t do this first
- when the work is done, I will have time for myself
- most people don’t even know why they feel they have to work
- most of the work is being done to counter the effects of other people’s work: when we all agree to work half as much, the total result would be the same.
- there will come a day when all the work is finished or when it is too late to finish it
- nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs
- today is the first day of the rest of your life
- time will tell
- eat my shorts
- more nervous than a whore in church
- the more things change, the more they stay the same
- life is a series of disappointments, followed by death
- la via esta duro, amigo
- such is life, and it's getting sucher and sucher
- of course life is hard, that's why they pay you the big bucks
- life is not hard, it only needs some positive thinking
- life sucks, and then you die...
- life is hard
- I take the challenge
- it is a good experience, it makes me stronger
- it would not be fun when life is so easy
- it is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all
- one lost, ten found
- love hurts
- there are plenty more fish in the sea
- I love being free, it's the best way to be
- I am better off alone
- he/she wasn't worth it anyway
- he/she will be sorry
- at least it was a very interesting experience
- there will be another one
- a wet bird never flies at night
- when the going gets tough, the tough get going
- it's hot as a pot of rice
- dime a dozen
- turn on a dime
- stop on a dime
- it's the best/greatest thing since sliced bread
- can't a cat look at a queen?
- can't tell his/her butt from a whole in the ground
- can't tell his/her butt from a hot rock
- he don't know crap from crisco
- fine as frog hair
- finders keepers losers weepers
- give a man a fish, feed him for a day, teach a man to fish, feed him for life
- we're not playing for sheep
- crazier than a shit house rat
- don't take any wooden nickles
- perfect love casteth out fear
- curiosity killed the cat
- women: can't live with them, can't kill them
- women: can't live with them, can't live without them
- hot as a pistol
- if you lie down with dogs, you rise up with fleas
- it will never be seen on a galloping horse
- I wouldn't send a dog out on a night like this
- time is what keeps everything from happening at once
- you can dress up a pig, but it'll still be a pig
- you'll never know till you try
- it's like trying to fit ten pounds of shit into a five pound bag
- you have to kiss a few frogs before you find a prince
- if you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen
- all that glitters is not gold
- green as grass
- hairy as an ape
- silly as a goose
- brass balls
- hasn't got a pot to piss in (nor a window to throw it out)
- a watched pot never boils
- time flies
- time is money
- easy as ABC
- Jewish-American princess
- rubber duck
- American as apple pie
- shotgun wedding
- kissing cousin
- big town
- big Apple
- sharp as a tack
- sharp as a pin
- cold as a witch's teat
- strong as a lion
- weak as a rat
- shiny as a new dime
- round as an apple
- a little bit pregnant
- blind ambition
- blind luck
- in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
- love is blind
- hot as hell
- So Hungry He Could Eat The North End Out Of A South Bound Cow
- a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle
- my grandmothers favorite saying
- God bless a milk cow
- softer than a sneaker full of shit
- cat's pajamas (same meaning as "cat's ass")
- look what the cat dragged in
- if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
- he who laughs last, laughs loudest (or, he who laughs last, last laughs)
- as rich as a foot up a bulls ass
- if at first you don't succeed, try try again
- Doesn't know his elbow from a hairpin turn
- eight days a week
- all work and no play
- an elephant never forgets
- poor as a church mouse
- while the cat's away the mice will play
- stand on your own two feet
- that dog won't hunt
- kiss and make up
- lend a helping hand
- good things come in little packages
- fall between the cracks
- close the barn door after the horse is out
- stone cold sober
- on ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
- pinch a penny
- a good soul
- keep body and soul together
- close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
- pregnant pause
- from the mouths of babes
- there's no free lunch
- damsel in distress
- payback is hell
- by the light of the moon
- under cover of night
- revenge is sweet
- lightning strikes twice
- in the red
- caught red-handed
- caught with his hand in the cookie jar
- broken heart
- in love with life
- young and in love
- crazy in love
- if you love someone set them free
- youth is wasted on the young
- all the time in the world
- he thinks she hung the moon
- cut off your nose to spite your face
- If it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck...
- fox guarding the henhouse
- more than you could shake a stick at
- as unavoidable as death and taxes
- life is not all fun and games
- a day late and a dollar short
- Habit is a second nature
- Up Shit Creek without a paddle
- Don't Get your knickers in a Twist
- Drunk as Cooter Brown
- Raise hell and put a chunk under it
- Knock you from hell to breakfast
- Busier that a one-armed paper hanger
- Busier than a one-legged man at an ass kicking contest
- running around like a chicken with it's head cut off
- Hotter than a nanny goat in a pepper patch
- A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse
- all's well that ends well
- dressed to the nines
- can of corn
- Slicker than cat shit on a linoleum floor
- Busier than a one-armed paper-hanger.
- carpe diem
- small as a dog
- SNAFU (situation normal, all fucked up)
- He/she couldn't find his ass with both hands
- Happier than a pig in shit.
- there's more than one way to kill a cat than choking it with butter.
- darker than the inside of a cow.
- It shines like a diamond in a goats ass!
- You can fool some of the people all of the time, and you can fool all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. - Abraham Lincoln
- stupid is as stupid does
- that's water under the bridge
- The writing's on the wall
- the straw that broke the camel's back
- you can't swing a dead cat without hitting one
- Holy shit and shove me in it.
- Hotter than a nun's bug.
- Hotter than the hinges of hell.
- Better to have and not need than to need and not have
- diamonds are a girl's best friend
- not until pigs fly
- familiarity breeds contempt
- putting a bug is someone's ear
- Faster than a speeding crawfish.
- Colder than a witches tit in a brass bra.
- Colder than a well diggers ass.
- Funny as a fart in church.
- Tighter than Dick's hat band.
- Useless as a screen door on a submarine.
- Useless as a piss hole in the snow.
- Rocket scientist
- make money hand over fist
- Money doesn't grow on trees
- easy money
- Above and beyond the call of duty
- A monkey in silk is a monkey no less
- The dog's bollocks
- make my day!
- The bee's knees
- The cat's whisker
- be as crooked as a dogs hind leg
- go crook at someone
- feel crook as a dog
- Hotter than a half-made fox in a forest fire
- Stiffer than a 2 peckered billy goat
- Stiffer than a June Brides dream
- falling apart like a cornbread turd
- Don't piss off the alligator until you've crossed the river
- as nervous as a virgin at a prison redeo
- as nervous as a pregnant possium
- The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know.
- whatever lifts your skirt
- looking like the cat who swallowed the canary
- dog earred
- a dog and pony show
- Put a fork in me, I'm done.
- Have to go like a rushing racehorse.
- an apple a day keeps the doctor away
- not enough room to swing a cat
- two shakes of a lamb's tail
- slow as shit through a tin horn.
- don't judge a book by its cover
- every dog has his day
- when shit hits the fan
- penny wise and pound foolish
- A penny saved is a penny earned
- Nervous as a fox in a forest fire
- He was on that like a pack of dogs on a three-legged cat.
- It ain't over until the fat lady sings
- the whole nine yards
- A good man is hard to find.
- blood on my hands
- (to describe a well-proportioned woman) "like two tomcats in a gunny sack"
- go with the flow
- Why buy the cow, when you can get the milk for free ?
- Acts like he fell off a turnip truck
- To each his own like the man who kissed the cow
- day - at the end of the day
- don't feel like butting the bull off the bridge
- when all else fails read the directions
- that's all she wrote!
- that's enough to piss off the good humor man!
- Better than a kick in the ass with a frozen boot ( reference to being better than something potentially worse)
- One brick short of a load (reference to being stupid)
- panting like a dog in august
- hungry like a big dog (southern)
- If your head wasn't screwed on you'd lose that too.
- He/She can eat cookies/crackers in my bed.
- If a tree fell in the forest and no one was around, would it make a sound?
- It's cold, but it's a dry cold!
- as cold as a witches tit
- just another cliche
- I've seen better arms on a rocking chair. (refering to someone throwing an object like a baseball)
- Let's touch base on that subject sometime.
- Well, I'll be John Brown! (southern cliche)
- Better late than never!
- You would be late for your own funeral.
- A day late and a dollar short!
- women: can't live with them, pass the beer nuts.
- I've seen better looking legs on a table.
- what are you going to do for a face when the monkey wants his bum back?
- as useless as a hip pocket in a singlet
- wise as an owl
- Lifes a bitch and then you die
- I don't know your from adam's house cat!
- A Slice of Pie. i.e. piece of cake
- The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.
- Follow your heart
- half a bubble off
- nuts and bolts
- drives me nuts
- she goes through money like a fart through a pair of jeans.
- you reap what you sow
- Working for Alyeska is smoking a joint, the more you suck the higher you get.
- been there done that got the T-shirt
- been there done that
- dead as a nit
- dumb as a fencepost
- cute as a button
- If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch.
- winners never quit and quitters never win
- I'm busier than a ten peckered dog in a hydrant factory
- Lost your marbles.
- the ball's in your court
- sweating like a whore in church
- you look like somebody shot at and missed, shit at and hit
- hotter than a fresh-frigged sheep in a pepper patch
- hotter than a two-dollar whore
- don't let the doorknob hit you where the good lord split you
- shit or get off the pot
- rain on your parade
- It's raining cats and dogs
- busier than a one-armed paper hanger
- absence makes the heart grow fonder
- cold as ice
- dead in the water.
- I'll show him/her how the cow eats corn.
- it's comming like a freight train.
- it's better to find a whole worm in your apple than half a worm.
- taling about apples and oranges
- an apple doesn't fall far from the tree
- A mother's work is never done.
- A full boat. (referring to a full house in poker)
- Don't rock the boat.
- Take a slow boat to china.
- take a timeout
- can or can't take a joke
- take a breather
- colder than a well digger's ass
- forgive and forget
- it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission
- melt like butter
- butter fingers
- get a kick (out of something)
- jump to Jupiter
- jump at the chance
- jump for joy
- success begets success
- busier than a one-armed wallpaper hanger
- ugly enough to make a freight train take a dirt road
- poorer than a pickpocket in a nudist colony
- When the rubber hits the road... (meaning: when it comes down to it)
- Like the pot calling the kettle black.
- One hand doesn't always know what the other is doing.
- daunting tasks
- If your ship doesn't come in, you have to row out to meet it.
- A friend in need is a pest.
- Doesn't know his arse from his elbow
- different sores for different whores
- about as exciting as watching paint dry
- as lucky as a man in a women's prison with a fist full of pardons
- Are you showing your Blond?
- Are you having a Blond day?
- As cool as the other side of the pillow
- in for a penny, in for a pound
- may the wind be at your back
- may you be a half hour in heaven before the devil knows your gone
- dry as a popcorn fart
- exact same (whatever) as you.
- Spit the dummy
- Too much Sanity is madness, but the madest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.
- Out like a Light.
- All hunched over like a dog crapping razor blades
- Absence is to love as wind is to fire, it extinguishes the small and kindles the great.
- This is a turd hunt
- Doesn't know shit from paint
- Dumb like my shit
- All over like a mad woman's piss
- how's your dog nuts
- a dog day afternoon
- Easier than government work
- I was born at night, but not last night
- Crazier than Joe Cunt's cat
- Well, that beats a jab in the eye with a sharp stick.
- soaked through and through
- getting soaked (as in cheated)
- soak up the sunshine
- instead of measuring we'll just eyeball it
- obtained a black eye over something(meaning a loss of reputation or respect)
- eyeing the girls
- hooked on you
- receive his just rewards
- winning is contagious
- failing to prepare is preparing to fail
- winning isn't the only thing, it's everything
- pulling punches
- pleased as punch
- punch his lights out
- he can be saddled (as in controlled)
- saddled with work (or some other burden)
- back in the saddle
- I'll bet you a dollar for a doughnut
- shooter's bounce(basketball cliche)
- shooter's touch (basketball cliche)
- shooter's eye (basketball cliche)
- smooth moves, Exlax ( a good put down for a buddy)
- put the moves on ( a girl or guy)
- he has more moves than a bowl full of jello
- Getting to the top.
- keeping on top of things
- hitting bottom
- working from the bottom up
- bottoms up
- kiss ass
- he doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground
- don't give a damn
- give a damn
- damned if you do and damned if you don't
- nervous as a long tailed cat in a living room full of rockers
- like white on rice
- faint heart never won fair maiden
- silver screen
- boob tube (TV)
- idiot box (TV)
- weed (marijauna
- weed (marijauna)
- happy smoke (marijauna)
- wacky tobaccy (marijauna)
- chrome dome
- She could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.
- dodged the bullet
- take a bullet for you
- he was a loose cannon
- like being shot out of a cannon
- we have (there are?) " bigger fish to fry"
- dog gone it
- getting dogged
- widow's pension
- widow's brow
- Early to bed and early to rise makes a man health, wealthy and wise.
- He ran over me like a speed bump.
- like a bump on a pickle
- like a bump on a log
- That's not a bald spot, it's a solar panel for a sex machine.
- bald as a cucumber
- bald as an eagle
- You made your bed, now sleep in it.
- bed head
- early to bed, early to rise
- he tickles my funnybone
- he cracks me up
- he put me in stitches (made me laugh)
- make like a banana and split (go away)
- get lost (go away)
- take a hike (go away)
- monkey around
- bald faced liar
- liar, liar, pants on fire
- he jacked it out of the ballpark (homerun)
- don't jack me around
- he doesn't know jack about that
- he got screwed (cheated)
- screwed up
- screwed around
- the road of life (and endless varitaions)
- running around like a a chicken with his head cut off
- loosey goosey
- Wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crackers!
- tastes like chicken
- once bitten, twice shy
- one tomato short of a good spagetti sauce
- candy is dandy
- tough as boot leather
- many hands make light work
- more Degrees than a kitchen stove
- cold as a witches heart
- has more chins than china
- did your homework
- right as rain
- proud as a peacock
- be at peace with yourself (shut-up)
- lighter than air
- larger than life
- It's like talking a dog off of a meat wagon
- Red on a Tomato
- got a frog in your throat?
- Dog day afternoon
- Like trying to piss up a rope.
- I wouldn't piss down your throat if your lungs were on fire.
- you dont believe that fat meat is greasy
- stop milking a dead cow
- If it took a nickel to get around the world, I couldn't get past the front door.
- I'm all over that like a fat kid on a smartie
- hoot and a holler
- silk purse from a sow's ear
- enough to kill a plow horse
- All good deeds go unpunished
- Busier than a three legged cat in a dry sand box.
- waste not want not
- Feel like a blind dog in a meat house
- The pot calling the grass green
- kill two birds with one stone
- there is a thin line between love and hate
- its the quality not the quanity
- its not the size its how you use it
- rats ass
- chasing geese
- What is sauce for the goose, is sauce for the gander.
- a frog in one's throat
- like two fleas on a dog arguing who owns the dog
- all over the place like a dogs breakfast
- an old dog for a hard road
- Shit fire and save matches
- Save Gas, Eat Beans!
- Colder than a witches toe.
- eighty sixed (as in 86'd from a bar)
- he/she is dumber than a box of rocks
- Pissed as a fart.
- As much use as a yard of pump water.
- my father didn't raise any idiots
- like father, like son
- hell if I know
- drives like a bat out of hell
- if you expect to soar with the eagles during the day, you can't hoot with the owls at night
- day in and day out
- he has the hops ( jumping ability )
- things are hopping
- Busier than a pig on ice.
- Busier than a one-eyed cat watching two mouse holes.
- against all hope
- a hope and a prayer
- hope to hell
- kick the dog and cat
- kick up a storm
- get a kick out of you
- One french fry short of a happy meal
- Never pet a burning dog
- the kiss of death
- moon over a boyfriend
- man in the moon
- what a drag
- horse around
- no horseplay
- nothing great, nothing gross
- to get a red ass over someting
- not one red cent
- getting to the top
- on top of the world
- Can you top this?
- can't top it
- get over the top
- top of the morning to you
- score one for me
- What's the score?
- that's why we keep score
- check in
- check it out
- the check is in the mail
- love triangle
- love bites
- for love of country
- learn to love
- live to love
- love sick
- turn it around the horn (baseball cliche
- horn of plenty
- horn in on something
- shoot the breeze
- shoot himself in the foot
- shoot off his mouth
- hotter than a fat mans ass crack in july
- you chap my ass
- you burn my shit
- (i'm all over that)...like a duck on a junebug
- it was all a mistake
- people make mistakes, we're human
- don't let one mistake lead to another
- feed a cold, starve a fever
- cold as an Eskimo's ass
- sick'em
- it makes me sick
- sick and tired
- as crooked as the bend in a river
- bend a few stories or yarns (lie)
- bend but doesn't break
- winding river
- up the river
- river of tears
- The boss is always right, even when he's wrong.
- Who is the boss around here anyway?
- you're the boss
- hear some gossip or rumor
- hear a pin drop
- hard of hearing
- hose job (cheated again)
- got hosed (cheated)
- wolf down your food
- wolf whistle
- keep the wolf away from the door
- cottage by the lake
- as deep as a dark blue lake
- go jump in a lake
- jungle fever
- deep, dark jungle
- it's a jungle out there
- highway to heaven
- it's my way or the highway
- nose around (snoop)
- Dumb as a box of rocks
- Dumb as a stump
- keep your nose out of my business
- hard nose
- people need people
- Women, can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em
- life is what you make it
- the sun always shines after the rain
- to everything there is a season
- would you like some cheese with that whine
- poetry in motion
- love is like a rose
- make an ass out of yourself
- I don't give a rat's ass.
- kick him right in the ass
- it's a downhill road
- the road to nowhere
- the rocky road to success
- walk the staight and narrow road or path
- tobacco road
- the road to recovery
- a pocket full of something
- a bucket full of something
- a thimble full of something
- try as you may
- you'll never know if you don't try
- try as hard as you can
- goose step
- give him a little goose
- I got your goose.
- too drunk to drive
- drunk as a sailor
- whip your ass or my ass or everybody's ass
- whip up something to eat
- smart as a whip
- one two bit whore
- one thin dime
- one plug nickel
- as fat as a pig
- your room looks like a pig stye
- you eat like a pig
- I've had an ear full.
- I'm all ears.
- lend me an ear
- I've got my eye on you.
- Roving eyes
- No hands (sports cliche)
- Good hands (sports cliche)
- Bad hands (sports cliche)
- the cotton belt
- the wheat belt
- the corn belt
- belt down his pride
- belt down some liquor
- belt him in the mouth
- the door of opportunity
- use other door
- don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out
- Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes
- clear customs
- make it plain and clear
- crystal clear
- doesn't know jack-shit
- jack of all trades
- one eyed jack
- faster than a comet
- faster than a jack rabbit
- faster than a speeding bullet
- it's Superman
- able to leap tall buildings in a single bound
- more powerful than a locomotive
- killed his chances
- killed him with kindness
- If your the last one to leave, turn out the lights.
- punch out his lights
- there's more than one way to kill a cat than to drown it in cream
- talks like he has a mouth full of shit
- cast bread upon the still waters
- bread and butter play (football cliche)
- dine in
- dine out
- wine and dine
- cruising the bars
- cruising the streets
- just cruising along
- it's better to beg than barrow
- everything but the kitchen sink
- sink a shot ( basketball cliche )
- sink a hook in the fish's mouth
- if you can't stand the kitchen, get a real job
- aS off as a bucket of prawns in the midday sun
- quicker than shit through a goose
- slicker than greased owl shit
- If you can't beat 'em, join'em.
- fell down the ugly tree and hit every branch
- hit with an ugly stick
- Find yourself in a hole.
- Dig yourself out of a hole.
- the light at the end of the tunnel
- a hole big enough to drive a truck through (football)
- June Wedding
- June Bride
- Three reasons to be a teacher- June, July, and August.
- It was swept under the carpet.
- wind swept hair
- live off the fat of the land
- lions and tigers and bears, oh my
- in the eye of the tiger
- put a tiger in your tank
- happy as a hog in slop
- happy camper
- play dead like a possum
- like a possum eating shit
- grin like a possum
- weasel your way out of trouble
- slick as a weasel
- weasel your way in
- get a move on
- get the lead out
- shake a leg
- pull my leg
- pull the train
- pull an all-nighter
- It was a gas!
- passing gas
- gas up the car
- take a crap
- take a leak
- take a dump
- save face
- face the music
- a slap in the face
- beat the meat
- choke the chicken
- slap the salami
- run a fever
- run a temperature
- run the risk
- rip my lips
- rip me off
- butt out
- butt in
- a kick in the butt
- shut your chops
- lick your chops
- a punch in the chops
- like a little fly on the wall
- go fly a kite
- let it fly
- Do you have potatoes growing in your ears?
- Do you have peanutbutter in your ears?
- Do you have pigeon poop in your ears?
- duck the question
- like a duck on water
- more confused than a woodpecker in a concrete forest.
- Idle hands are the Devil's workshop
- You can choose your friends and you can chose your enemies, but you can't chose family!
- The older the violin, the sweeter the music
- Colder than a Midwestern Minnesota Welldigger's gizzard
- we're going backwards and forwards,backwards and forwards and ain't getting no eggs, nohow
- up to my neck in alligators
- as confused as a cow knee deep in spring thaw
- on cloud nine
- on pins and needles
- A pound of bud is worth a year of love
- as helpful as a screendoor on a submarine
- i need your help like i need termites on a raft drifting downstream
- as helpful as a screen door on a submarine
- at the end of the day
- she's quite a ONE !
- You only live once; but if you do it right, once is enough.
- It takes two to tango
- That dog will hunt.
- A man is his own island.
- Go jump in the lake!
- pretty is as pretty does
- cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
- Been there... done that
- Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely
- jumpy as peas on a hot griddle
- dog days of summer
- He thinks he's shit on a stick but he's only a fart on a twig
- Like stink on shit
- dumber than homemade dirt
- messed up like a Polock's checkbook
- nurses call the shots
- money talks
- you ain't worth the salt that goes in your bread
- dod rot your soul
- pandemonium reigns (or breaks out)
- turned the gun on himself
- shots ring out
- the fat man walks alone
- let sleeping dogs lay
- you can't make orange juice outa lemons
- don't rub where there's already a rash
- people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
- the grass is always greener
- came at me like a bat outta hell
- when hell freezes over
- like a blind man in a dark room
- Back in the brown shoe days.
- If it was a snake it would've bitten you.
- Don't bother trying to teach a pig to sing; you only waste your time and annoy the pig.
- spin a tale
- spin a yarn
- spin like a top
- don't just sit there like a bump on a pickle
- I'm glad I bumped into you today.
- things that go bump in the night
- hoked on fonix, itz ben good for me
- when your time is up
- like a time bomb waiting to explode
- stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about
- you've got another thing coming
- just wait till your father gets home
- hiked up his pants
- cinch up your belt another notch or two
- grab your socks and pull up your jocks
- ring around the collar
- blue collar job
- white collar job
- between a rock and hard spot
- just between you and me
- just between you, me, and the fence post
- over hill and dale
- down yonder
- piece together all the details
- everybody wants a piece of him
- sift through the rubble piece by piece
- If this is living, I'd rather be dead.
- I'd rather be dead than red. (60's cliche)
- as dead as dead can be
- one brick short of a load
- one sandwitch short of a picnic
- dead wrong
- dead right
- He was dead upfront with me.
- pop your top
- pop your cork
- pop a cherry
- kiss and tell
- kiss off
- kiss of death
- It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
- you and who's army?
- all work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy
- dumb blonde
- dumb as hell
- worm your way in
- he's so mean he could make a worm jump
- opened another can of worms
- slicker than deer guts on a doorknob
- it would be a black day in hell
- as plain as black and white
- as black as the ace of spades
- What the Dilly Yo
- it never rains on a golf course
- never up, never in
- drive for show and putt for dough
- Do you think I'm made of money?
- you can't please your honey without any money
- right on the money
- sleep in the raw
- sleep in the buff
- too tired to sleep
- the defensive side of the ball
- come to your defense
- you can't fool a fool
- to have a knack for it
- in the thick of it
- his bark is worse than his bite
- You can put glitter on shit but it still stinks!!
- Don't sweat the little things
- Harder than chinese algebra
- Tighter than a bulls ass
- one sandwich short of a picnic
- all his dogs aren't barking
- give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime
- one slice short of a loaf
- his elevator doesn't reach the top floor
- there's no "I" in "team"
- Act in haste, repent at leisure
- quicker than a new york minute
- Christmas comes but once a year
- if ifs and buts where candy and nuts, every day would be Christmas
- holy holly
- holy smokes
- holy cow
- a broken heart is hard to mend
- Go ahead, just tear my heart right out of my chest.
- you gotta have heart
- he's a slacker
- Two peas in a pod
- don't slack off
- cut me some slack
- get into the right click
- get into the right clique
- click up your heels
- railroad him right out of town
- the clickety-clack of the railroad track
- just do it
- the do's and don'ts
- Don't do as I do, do as I say.
- the tales will be long and many
- don't be a tattle tale
- weave a tale
- stuff it
- strut your stuff
- strut around like a banty rooster with your chest puffed out
- a walk is as good as a hit (baseball)
- take a walk on the wild side
- walk on the safe side of the road
- Here comes the Bobsy Twins.
- Here comes Mutt and Jeff.
- Here comes twiddle dee and twiddle dum.
- stick a fork in him, he's done
- fork it over
- he's an animal, throw him some raw meat
- she's a porker
- how many ways can you skin a cat?
- he went a ways down the road
- look both ways
- the many ways of grace
- wayward ways
- let me count the ways
- go suck a lemon
- His face puckered up like he had eaten a lemon.
- bought a lemon
- to come the raw prawn
- pissed as a newt
- dry as a nun's nana
- meaner than a striped snake
- music to my ears
- like a cork in the ocean
- a change is as good as a holiday
- As innocent as a dirty hoof print in virgin snow
- When the fertiliser hits the windmall (i.e., when the shit hits the fan)
- the best things in life are free
- it wasn't the caughing that carried him off, it was the coffin they carried him off in
- The squeeky wheel gets the grease
- if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen
- madder than a wet hen
- if the shoe fits, wear it
- winning isn't every thing, it's the only thing
- you're not just whistling Dixie
- so let it be written; so let it be done
- Every dog has his day.
- Monkey see, monkey do.
- i'm shitting my head off
- rattling 'round like a pea in a jam jar
- More thrust then a nitro powered weed wacker
- that was old when God was a kid
- dog tired
- get your ducks in a row
- Nervous as a whore in church
- The grass is always greener.
- a rolling stone gathers no moss
- something good always comes out of something bad
- a bird in the hand is worth two in a bush
- For love or money
- Money can't buy you love
- It's all about pride
- value added
- Figure the odds on that
- in a week or ten days
- Wives often object to life insurance, widows never do
- Fit to be tied.
- of all things
- no thanks to you
- thanks but no thanks
- are you a man or a mouse
- of mice and men
- like a breath of fresh air
- Not shabby
- All for one and one for all
- Oh what a tangled web we weave
- easier than shucking corn in a hen house
- Take a long walk off a short pier
- Eat your Cake and have it, too
- Throwing out the Baby with the Bath Water
- The toes you step on today just might be connected to the ass you kiss tomorrow.
- better a chip on by shoulder than one at your feet.
- don't let the door hit you where the good lord split you.
- I feel like a rat in a cage.
- Lie like a rug.
- When you lie with dogs you get fleas.
- Knock on wood.
- it'll put hair on your chest.
- it's always the quiet ones.
- it's like butter
- The empty can rattles the most.
- ugly as a mud fence
- He's off his rocker.
- He's a few balloons short of a parade.
- He's running like he stole something
- Higher than puss on a ferris wheel
- playin poker with the pros (he's dead)
- kicked the bucket
- bought the farm.
- When this van's a-rockin, don't come a-knockin.
- set like a jelly
- Got one foot in the grave.
- If wishes were horses, all beggars would ride.
- it takes one to know one
- serious as cancer
- quit like a bad habit
- a penny saved is a penny saved.
- it just goes to show
- shaken like a baby (scared)
- been smokin the wacky tabaccy
- as sharp as a cafeteria meatball.
- as common as grandma at bingo
- as common as turkey in Kentucky Fried Chicken
- cold as a witch's tit
- a grudge is harmful to the bearer
- Laugh, Laugh, I thought I'd die.
- Laugh till you cry.
- Laugh all the way to the bank.
- straight from the horse's mouth
- never look a gift horse in the mouth
- A hard man is good to find.
- didn't even say hello, drop dead
- I´ll teach you the international language...
- Your mother was a thief - she stole the stars in heaven and put´em into your eyes...
- If I could rearrange the alphabet, I would put U and I together
- blind leading the blind
- as interesting as two blind men having a conversation in sign language.
- as fun as watching grass grow
- as slow as a pregnant nun going to confession
- Here's your hat, what's your hurry
- tit in the wringer
- Silk on a Sow is just a well dressed pig
- He/She must have learned to whisper in a sawmill!
- sucking hind teat
- Useless as wet toilet paper
- search for happines and find sorrow
- Tienes nalgas de mejoral
- keeping up the house
- keeping the camp fires burning
- keeping on keeping on
- Will it be cash or charge?
- Just say charge it.
- get a charge out of something
- two grapes short of a fruit salad
- worked night and day
- kept me up all night long
- Good Night, sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite.
- dance an Irish jig
- dance your away around it
- dance the night away
- skinny as a rail
- I'm so hungry I could eat a bear.
- I would if I could.
- When your on your death bed you'd give anything for one more tick of the clock.
- Don't tick him off or he'll bite your head off.
- with every tick of the clock
- lose your temper
- lose your sense of humor
- losers find ways to lose
- hold your own
- Hold your wagon!
- get a hold of yourself
- fold up like an accordian
- fold your tent and leave
- hold or fold
- fold up and leave
- it's time to fold
- fold under pressure
- Your barn door is open.
- a house as big as a barn
- Shut the door. Were you born in a barn?
- not another fish story
- he gave me that cold fish eye look
- swim like a fish
- fight the battle all over again
- fight for your life
- a golden opportunity like that only comes by once in a lifetime
- he was in his golden years
- let yet another golden opportunity slip away
- cop out
- cop a plea
- cop a feel
- A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse
- ticket to stardom
- that's his ticket out of here
- Home is where the heart is
- be careful or I'll punch your ticket
- America, the melting pot of the world
- only in America
- America. Love it or leave it.
- one justice for all
- it was poetic justice
- drum up some support
- drum up some business
- as sound as a drum
- waiter, there's a hair in my soup
- hair today - gone tomarrow
- let her hair down
- cry like a baby
- cry me a river
- cry her eyes out
- Money can't buy happiness
- the night of all nights
- a night of passion
- like a thief in the night
- take a lick
- won't work a lick
- lick his wounds
- beaten like a stepchild
- get beat like a drum
- take a licking and keep on ticking
- can't be counted on in the clutch
- clutch shot to win the game
- come through in the clutch
- don't finger your food
- can't place a finger on it
- ran his fingers through his hair
- it's raining harder than a cow pissing on a flat rock
- cover a bet
- cover your butt
- bet a bundle
- You bet!
- you can bet on it
- slide a quarter in the slot
- let things slide
- slip and slide all over the road
- when it rains it pours
- Don't know which way to turn.
- Why me? Why is it always me?
- Ha, ha, that was a thigh slapper!
- Get the hell out and take your friend with you!
- don't bend over in the shower to pick up the soap
- Wham, bam, thank you, ma'am!
- looks like she was hit in the head with a bag of nickles.
- you can run but you can't hide
- There is more meat on a chicken's forehead!
- between the sword and the wall (Spanish)
- Never underestimate the power of a woman
- A good heart is hard to find.
- It ain't broke. Don't fix it.
- pull a fast one
- Looks like a black cat with a red bird in its mouth
- Balls deep to a tall Indian
- Balls to the wall
- If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
- Horney as a two peckered mink
- Enough ants can eat an elephant.
- Enough money to burn a wet dog.
- So unpleasant he/she can piss off the Pope saying good morning.
- Morals of an alley cat and scruples of a snake.
- She/he would a rock pile if she thought there was a snake in it.
- I would help you out but I did not see where you came in.
- Don't eat the yellow snow.
- Remove "Serendipity" from cliche list.
- value added or "add value"
- I need your help like a kangaroo needs a purse.
- Empty as your head.
- Sex is the question, no is the answer
- I need a man like a fish needs a bicycle
- Your desk looks like an explosion in a paper factory.
- I have worn out more tool pouches than you have sox.
- I need your help like I need a migrane.
- the dark side of the moon
- the moon is made of green cheese
- the cow jumped over the moon
- dollars to doughnuts
- Cooler than the other side of the pillow
- colder than an well digger's butt in Alaska
- hotter than two rats screwing in a wool sock in the desert
- hotter than a three pecked goat in a field full of nannies
- There are many ears in the cornfield.
- Elevator is stuck between floors.
- He/she can screw up a two car funeral.
- Penny wise, pound foolish.
- Lights are on but no one is at home
- Nervous as a shrew.
- The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of a train.
- What do you mean overdrawn, I still have checks.
- Sharp as a basketball.
- Sharp as a wet corn flake.
- It is frequently more economical to be inefficient.
- Close enough for government work.
- Measure twice. Cut once.
- Slow as molasses.
- Full head of steam.
- He is so bright his father calls him son.
- crazy as a loon
- don't let the bed bugs bite
- Attention span measured in micro seconds.
- Hit the mute button on him/her.
- Two ways to do it. The wrong way and my way.
- A very pretty box with a bow but nothing inside.
- He/she has one oar out of the water.
- The is FUBAR (Fucked Up Beyond All Repair)
- my dogs are barking (meaning: "my feet hurt")
- ready for the nut house
- fat farm
- ready for the funny farm
- straight off the farm
- cut it out
- cut to the chase
- cut the cheese
- If wishes were horses than beggars could ride
- Screwed up as Hogan's Goat.
- Lost ball in high weeds.
- He's anybody's dog that will hunt with him.
- when I was young I WALKED to school,... uphill,.... both ways
- Girls who wear glasses seldom get passes (Ogden Nash)
- candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker, (Ogden Nash)
- Don't go away mad. Just go away.
- Get the hell out of Dodge.
- Piss out the fire, call the dogs, and lets go home.
- fits like wallpaper on a wall
- leading edge or cutting edge
- Go peddle your peppers elsewhere.
- Get out of my life. (go away)
- hotter than a six peckered alley cat
- colder than a bad girl's heart
- I'm happy to go down that path
- Keifing off (goofing off)
- Cold enough to freeze the balls off a pool table.
- barking up the wrong tree
- like stealing candy from a baby
- hit the hay
- small potatoes
- He never was the sharpest tool in the shed
- it takes a big dog to weigh a ton
- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
- Damn skippy
- when the cats are away the mice will play
- we have to take "one game at a time"
- Wish in one hand, crap in the other, and you'll never be empty-handed.
- Raining like a cow peeing on a flat rock.
- Beam me up Scotty!
- When all else fails....have another beer.
- No matter how pretty she is , someone, somewhere is tired of her crap
- Life is short, death is long.
- your head is as big as a keife
- silly like a duff man
- duffing off
- useful as a screen door on a submarine
- useful as air brakes on a turtle
- you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar
- to coin a phrase
- that went over like a pregant pole vaulter
- My name is mud
- My goose is cooked
- who died and made you boss?
- make a freight train take a dirt road
- battin' your eyes like a toadfrog in a hailstorm
- when the cows come home
- cool your jets
- Like walking on egg shells
- Up and down like a toilet seat at a mixed party
- let sleeping dogs lie
- Thick as the hair on a dogs back
- Finer than frogs hair
- bought the farm
- sharp as a marble
- when the cat's away, the mice will play
- No matter where you go, there you are
- We're all here 'cause we're not all there
- The sun don't shine on the same dog's behind everyday
- Give peace a chance.
- Make like a baby and head out
- older than the crust on my grandma's underpants
- I felt bad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet
- The ball is in your court
- A few fleas are good for the dog
- Steeper than a cows face
- couldn't punch your way out of a wet paper bag
- Like flopping in a pint glass
- You cound'nt pull a pint, never mind a bird
- another cliche
- That's the way the cookie crumbles.
- We need a level playing field.
- Clear as mud
- It takes all kinds.
- He who pays the piper calls the tune.
- there's no point crying over spilt milk
- Life's a long hard climb
- Hurry dog eats raw meat.
- Pure as the driven snow
- you're not just whistling Dixie!
- so let it be written--so let it be done
- Well I'll be a money's uncle
- Not playing with a full deck
- The lights are on but no one's home
- The Pen is mightier than the sword.
- All play and no work makes Jack a poor boy
- Not even in the next life time
- Left hanging with your bootie flapping in the breeze
- lie like a rug
- He stuck to me like a fart in a phone booth.
- if you can't take the heat then get out of the kitchen
- give them an inch and they will take a mile
- If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
- a legend in his own mind
- You can't polish a turd
- crazier than a crap house rat.
- Still waters run deep.
- Lets "Chew the fat."
- information wants to be free
- you're young, you'll get over it
- The truth won't be told by the few who know.
- better than a slap in the face with a wet fish
- He can talk the leg off a chair
- tough as nails
- when god said brain he thought he said train, and took the next one out
- Any old stocking can find a old shoe
- busier than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest
- bend over backwards
- tighter than the skin on a weiner
- the whole enchilada
- don't give up your day job
- don't throw out the baby with the bathwater
- Don't count your eggs before they've hatched.
- That's like preaching to the choir
- Who opened the cattleguard?
- He's like school in the summer ...No class
- That boy is about as sharp as a bowling ball
- I have to pee like a race horse
- No shit, sherlock
- beauty's only skin deep; ugly goes through to the bone.
- brevity is the soul of wit
- Can't find his/her way out of a paper bag.
- she would make a bull dog chew his chain
- hoter than a two doller pistol
- draden daylight for dark
- If wishes were horses the beggers would ride.
- Wild horses couldn't keep me away.
- You can't get there from here.
- proud as a parrot
- pleased as a pig in mud
- punch the clock
- ask not wont not
- she would screw a snake if she could get someone to hold its head
- hot as a firecracker on the 4th of July
- do your own thing
- old coaches never die, they just lose their balls
- never place anything bigger in your ear than your elbow
- sealed with a kiss
- I'll knock you from here to next Wednesday
- just be yourserlf
- believe in yourself
- be your own man
- eat your heart out
- eat your own words
- eat and run
- sweet as apple pie
- here's pie in your eye
- pretty as pudding pie
- are you hard of hearing
- fallen on hard times
- as luck would have it
- it's sometimes better to be lucky than good
- down on your luck
- if the price is right
- put a price on his head
- the price of success
- a band of renegades
- a band of gypsies
- let's all band together
- lend a helping hand to those less fortunate
- hand over hand
- on the other hand
- can't win for the sake of losing
- win at all costs
- Win one for the Gipper.
- practice what you preach
- play like you practice
- be your own boss
- do not be your own worst enemy
- statistics are for losers
- your past is a blueprint for your future
- your past might catch up with you
- live in the present not in the past
- a hard man is good to find
- you could talk a dog off a meat wagon
- honesty pays
- he has been shooting for keeps and lost
- her legs go clear up
- ain't that just the cats pjamas
- ain't that a bird
- knock on wood
- Never challenge a skunk to a pissing duel
- act the fool
- suffer the consequences
- young enough to be his daughter
- had love in his eyes and lust in his heart
- made my eyes pop out
- you walk like an old grandpa
- being a grandfather doesn't bother me, but sleeping with a grandma certainly does
- one good beer deserves another
- he's on a roll
- let the good times roll
- slicker than a wet weasel on a linoleum floor
- caught'em with his pants down
- one good deed deserves another
- stay in your own circle
- a small circle of friends
- circle the wagons
- keep going in the same circle
- circle up for a meeting
- keep him running in circles
- throws like a girl
- runs like a girl
- never a lender or a barrower be
- he was in hog heaven
- road hog
- so tired I about slopped the cows and milked the hogs
- cultivate your garden
- count your blessings
- a friend in need is a friend indeed
- nothing ventured, nothing lost (or gained)
- mellow like a fine bottle of wine
- she had kisses sweeter than wine
- go out and howl with the wolves
- they devoured him like a pack of wolves
- thrown to the wolves
- two wrongs don't make a right
- pearls of wisdom
- don't rush to judgement
- mission impossible
- like a man on a mission
- your mission in life
- How much wood can a woodchuck chuck?
- and this above all, to thine own self be true
- know thyself
- What is this, a tea party?
- no problemo
- no problem, it's a done deal
- no problem, it's a cinch
- the noises sounded like they were coming from a zoo
- turn something into a zoo
- it's a zoo out there
- useless as a pay toilet on a diarrehea ward
- kids turned a classroom into a zoo
- act like a monkey in the zoo
- belongs in a zoo
- solid as a piece of granite
- solid as the Rock of Gibraltar
- solid as a rock
- a solid head on his/her shoulders
- as solid as the ground we stand on
- The Birds and The Bees
- if given a shaft, make a car
- a face only a mother could love
- face as red as a beet
- take one for the team
- hands as big as bushel baskets
- a bushel and a peck
- pencil thin eyebrows
- lips as red as a cherry
- teeth as white as pearls
- had eyes that would burn a hole right through you
- had eyes that would pierce right through you
- had hate in his eyes
- had ice cold eyes
- had eyes that light up a room
- will walk that extra mile for you
- come crawling back to me
- feel all cooped up
- feel all caged up like an animal
- stomp around like an elephant
- flit around like a little bird
- slither around like a snake
- run like a deer
- eat like a horse
- break the wind
- part the wind
- bone up for the final exam
- wear out your welcome
- no blood, no foul
- When the going gets tough-The tough go fishing!
- dirtier than a farmer's clod hoppers
- dirtier than a chimneysweep's neck
- dirtier than a ditch digger
- a clean sweep
- sweep the series
- sweep it under the carpet
- fight to the bitter end
- a harried housewife
- dance cheek to cheek
- turn the other cheek
- let a sleeping dog lie
- let it be
- lady luck was smiling on me
- hit the ground running
- i say jump, you say, "how high?"
- l'etat, c'est moi
- c'est la guerre
- all that and a bag of chips
- crazy as a bed bug
- busy as a one legged man at an ass kicking contest
- shining like a black mans ass in a snow bank
- A Cat has nine lives
- Break a leg.
- Sunday driver
- paying lip service
- Been there, done that.
- we're not laughing at you were laughing with you
- Intet er saa daarligt, at det ikke er godt for noget !
- no means no
- since Christ was a cowboy
- a cheshire-cat smile
- re-inventing the wheel
- not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!
- full of himself
- full of baloney
- it's a dog eat dog world
- whatever tickles your fancy
- Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what to expect
- rolling over in his grave
- got a hole in my pocket
- every dog has its day
- been there, done that, got the t-shirt
- Take a chill pill
- he ain't playing with a full deck of cards
- Let your conscience be your guide
- Don't worry, be happy!!
- Can't judge a book by its cover
- Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
- A penny for your thoughts?
- Love is never having to say you're sorry.
- Love conquers all.
- Time is of the essence.
- children are the future
- good as gold
- When you play with fire, you're gonna get burned.
- the game plan
- see you later, alligator
- You get what you give
- different strokes for different folks
- Out damn spot!
- older than Methusala
- bored silly
- bored to tears
- bored stiff
- quick as a lick
- quick as a flash
- quick as lightning
- That which does not kill us makes us stronger
- Social Butterfly
- hotter than a depot stove
- put the hammer down
- hammer out the details
- walk like a drunken sailor
- walk like a cowboy
- walk like a duck
- hop on over to my house
- hop like a rabbit
- hop like a toad on a hot road
- No rest for the weary
- work like a dog
- clam up and be quiet
- to go postal
- What's that got to do with the price of rice in China?
- as old as dirt
- Knock me over with a feather!
- in this day and age
- strain at a nat and swallow a camel
- Not worth the paper it's written on.
- Careful what you wish for
- We've got to give 110%
- cat's pajamas
- He who dances must pay the fiddler
- when you ASSUME, it makes an ASS out of U and ME.
- a few french fries short of a load
- the wheel is turning but the hamster is dead
- Hungry like the wolf
- colder than a klondike
- Easy as shooting fish in a barrel
- Hit the road
- as popular as a red haired step child
- As thick as a brick
- Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes to the bone
- mama said there would be days like this
- Make like the wind and blow out of here.
- get all bent out of shape
- get ripped to shreds
- get nailed to the cross
- Shape up or ship out!
- Dollars to Doughnuts.
- hear me now, believe me later
- Success is a journey not a destination.
- quit while you're ahead.
- stand up and salute the red, white, and blue
- face as white as a sheet
- tell a white lie
- feeling blue
- talk 'till your blue in the face
- collect a bundle of.........
- have it right by the time your maker comes to collect
- sit around and collect dust
- practice 'till it becomes second nature to you
- practice your plan
- practice with a purpose
- roll out on the wrong side of the bed
- roll out of bed
- roll out the red carpet
- searching for that special someone
- searching for the right woman or man
- searching my brain for the right word
- I can feel it in my guts!
- get the guts to do something about it
- get that gut feeling
- Show me some guts!
- it takes guts
- I'll gut it out
- Do whatever it takes to get the job done!
- walk if you don't have to run
- lie down if you don't have to sit down
- sit down if you don't have to stand up
- I don't know for sure, I'm guessing....
- it's a guessing game
- keep the guessing
- he's the host with the most
- most people aren't happy unless they are complaining
- be the first with the most all of the time
- bust in the teeth
- bust in the mouth
- bust in the chops
- go to the bank or go bust
- bust right in
- bust loose
- counting the ways
- counting my blessings
- counting the days
- counting on you
- counting on it
- like counting sheep
- counting his money like an old miser
- counting my chickens before they hatch
- counting on my good fortune
- look at the brighter side of things
- look at both sides of the coin
- never look back
- four letter word
- you can pick your friends,you can pick your nose but you can't pick your friends nose
- life is a bitch; then you marry one
- If I said you have a beautiful body would you hold it against me?
- A barrel of laughs
- that and $x can buy you y [where y is an item costing $x]
- as high as a kite
- you're barking up the wrong tree
- What does that have to do with the price of eggs?
- I could've bought that for a song and dance.
- Cute as a bugs ear
- slippery when wet
- like peas in a pod
- distance makes the heart grow fonder
- Give it the old College try
- I'm Off like a prom dress
- wake up and smell the coffee
- whatever floats your boat
- Give it a rest
- (S)he's got the face of an angel
- Hell's Angel
- Angel of Death
- old as dirt
- the brown dog
- The best of friends make the worst of enemies
- Picture Perfect
- Whistle while you work
- Crafty as a fox
- As wise an owl
- Holier than thou
- Where's the beef?
- Like shooting fish in a barrel
- easy does it
- God works in mysterious ways
- I'm fine as frog's hair
- Slicker than snot on a doorknob
- give him the old heave-ho
- give him the boot
- give him the ax
- give him his ticket out of here
- give him a way out
- give him his walking papers
- Don't get mad, get even!
- Get up, your going to sleep your life away!
- Let's sleep on it and talk about it in the morning.
- I slept like a baby, I woke up and cried every two hours.
- receive a black eye over this
- in the blink of an eye
- Be careful or you'll poke your eye out!
- too close for comfort
- rise and shine
- give him a chance to hang himself
- Still water runs dirty and deep.
- money talks an bullshit walks
- Cuando hay hambre, no hay pan duro!
- The play's the thing
- eyes are the window to the soul
- Drop a dime on you!
- make your own breaks
- line up like tin soldiers
- line up and be counted
- put your job on the line
- line up and be accounted for
- don't cross the line
- his hands were glued to the steering wheel
- keep your eyes glued to the T.V.
- stick to it like glue
- crunch his hand into a fist
- cut bait and run
- peel the onion one layer at a time
- finer than frogs hair, split three ways
- Laughing all the way to the bank
- can of worms
- better than sliced bread
- No good deed goes unpunished
- Time wounds all heels.
- Mellow out man
- hell bent and heaven bound
- Don't take any wooden nickels
- You can cry all the way to the bank
- Don't have a cow
- tea for two
- foggy bottom
- It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye
- Flys in the face
- Crooked as a dog's hind leg
- dresses to the nines
- get over the hump
- get her into the sack
- get out of the sack and get to work
- hit the sack
- break the habit
- I don't know how to break this to you but....
- break the news
- break the color barrier
- break the bank
- Break a leg!
- those are the breaks ( dems da breaks)
- you make your own breaks
- some people get all the breaks
- pinch a posey
- pinch me to see if I'm dreaming
- in a pinch
- life is tough and then you die
- takes on a life of its own
- find your niche in life
- time has passed him by
- my time is your time
- there's no time like the present
- in times of trouble
- times are changing
- in troubled times
- spring in his step
- spring has sprung
- spring forward and fall back
- the inexperience of youth
- mold the minds of our youth
- youth is not a profession
- youth is fleeting
- youthful exuberance
- youthful folly
- the golden age
- age gracefully
- improves with age
- live to a ripe old age
- act your age
- just the right age
- slippery as a bar of soap
- bar him for life
- round third and head for home
- in a 'round about way
- go a round or two
- doesn't have enough sense to come in out of the rain
- demonstrates a sense of fair play
- in the heat of the night
- in the heat of battle
- Heat it up!
- his roar is bigger than his bite
- the roar of the crowd
- roar like a lion
- Mad as the Mad Hatter
- dead as a dodo
- See the world through rose colored glasses
- Politics makes strange bed fellows.
- Heart of stone
- older than dirt
- be still my beating heart
- red-headed stepchild
- in cold blood
- Run it up the flagpole and see who slautes it.
- a rose by any other name is still a rose
- Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are
- Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're getting.
- If you can't beat them, join them
- greased lightning
- higher than a kite
- Get back, Jack
- keep it simple, stupid
- damned if you do, damned if you don't.
- It is better to be alone than wish you were
- Look before you leap.
- icing on the cake
- don't go there
- cat got your tongue?
- Can't get there from here.
- Deader than 4 O'Clock.
- Whatever tickles your pickle
- you back is to the wall
- cross that bridge when we get to it
- lay down with dogs you get up with fleas
- Rome wasn't built in a day
- Take the money and run
- It was like having one foot on shore and one foot in the canoe
- the truth is out there
- the truth will set you free
- eat up the clock
- eat your words
- too hungry to eat
- hard as a steel plate
- clean up your plate
- walk a mile in my shoes
- it will be hard to try and fill his shoes
- don't criticize him until you have walked in his shoes
- he always taking one step over the edge
- on the edge of your seat
- get the edge on the competition
- it was like a circus
- acted like a circus clown
- like a three ring circus
- lay the golden egg
- has the golden touch
- find the golden fleece
- like a hen pecked husband
- like a fox in a hen house
- cackle like an old hen
- Kill the ump!
- kill the clock
- go for the kill
- place your cards on the table
- table your plans
- run the table
- lay there like a beached whale
- a whale of a good time
- as big as a whale
- cover your backside
- cover your tracks
- keep it under cover
- eyes of a hawk
- a bird in the hand
- free as a bird
- no man is an island
- Talk to the hand
- burst your bubble
- walk like an Egyptian
- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem
- Even a broken watch is correct twice a day.
- piss in the wind
- ...place is not big enough for both me and...
- Love conquers all
- come hell or high water
- dumb as a doorknob
- blast from the past
- don't lose your head
- all talk and no action
- use it or lose it
- bad hair day
- A diamond is a girl's best friend
- those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
- the bigger they come, the harder they fall.
- home sweet home
- there is no place like home
- stick to the story
- that's the story of my life
- the butt of a joke
- the real thing
- the real McCoy
- the real deal
- neither here nor there
- same time, same place
- We might as well get our ears wet
- A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link.
- Another day, another dollar!
- A broken record
- Good To Go
- Wound up tighter than an 8 day clock
- Drunk as a skunk
- He's a few fries short of a happy meal
- First come, first served
- thick as a brick
- Patience is a mild form of dispair disguised as a virtue.
- Eat to your heart’s content.
- tail wagging the dog
- for all the wrong reasons
- Haste makes waste
- Sweep it under the rug
- going, going, gone
- you can dress her up but you still can't take her to town
- an accident waiting to happen
- so hungry I could eat a horse
- Sweet fancy Moses
- serenity now!
- yada, yada, yada
- The whole box and dice
- whatever flips your switch
- whatever rings your bells
- beat the bushes
- Mind the Gap
- all the tea in China
- Hold your horses!
- hold your horses
- busy as a bee
- pea brain
- chicken hearted
- Doesn't know his arse from his elbow.
- A chink in the armor
- As tight as cramp
- Money talks bull shit walks.
- better to keep your mouth shut and let everyone think you're a fool...
- fools rush in...
- crunch time
- ...like being nibbled to death by ducks
- A rose by any other name is still a rose.
- That will be the day when I die
- It never rains, it pours
- you can decide your own life, dont worry about others
- boys night out
- tie up some loose ends
- a hallow victory
- steal victory from the jaws of defeat
- win some, lose some
- turn up the pressure
- turn the screw
- turn the table
- suffer in silence
- suffer the agony of defeat
- suffer the ravages of outrageous fortune
- bask in his glory
- It ain't rocket science.
- No good deed goes unpunished.
- Frankly Scarlett, I don't give a damn.
- climb the stairway to success
- no women no crime
- high as a kite
- Life wasn't meant to be easy
- haraka haraka haina baraka (Swahili: "in hurry, hurry there is no blessing")
- a rose by any other name would smell as sweet
- glass jaw
- glass ceiling
- the good old days
- dumb as bricks
- Who's to say what's right or wrong?
- You can't legislate morality.
- bred and buttered
- procrastination is the thief of time
- You're a gentleman and a scholar.
- to have a bone to pick with you