Idiom Collection

An idiom is an accepted phrase having a meaning other than the literal. "Skating on thin ice" and "a blind alley" are two common examples. Idioms are a fun, playful part of language.

Don't break my heart by leaving without adding one to our collection! When you're done here, learn the Idiom of the Day from across the pond. For the new school year, now you can search and add comments to idioms!

• I see where you're coming from - Tamar from WSI (R. Israel) 2001-06-17
• The lights are on, but no one's at home - Jonathan P from Bosveld Primary 2001-06-07
• Your eyes are bigger than your stomach - javaira 2001-06-07
• Curiosity killed the cat - Angel Gomez (WhatSup) 2001-06-06
• Hit the switch; hit the lights - Samantha from LBJ H.S. 2001-06-05
• You're acting like a mule. - jacqueline 2001-06-04
• Bull in a China Shop - Daniella Espinoza 2001-06-04
• Don't have a cow - Kevin C. from Canterbury Elementry, Crystal Lake, Illinois 2001-05-30
• to smell a rat - Ashley Arriaga from Hummingbird Elementary School, Belize 2001-05-29
• to give a person the cold shoulder - Ashley Arriaga from Hummingbird Elementary School, Belize 2001-05-29
• to feather one's nest - Ashley Arriaga from Hummingbird Elementary School, Belize 2001-05-29
• I know that by heart - Calvin & Toyia's Idiom 2001-05-29 (2)
• to pay through the nose - Ashley Arriaga from Hummingbird Elementary School, Belize 2001-05-29
• 'YOU'RE ON A ROLL ! " - Joane, Oxnhill MS. 2001-05-28 (1)
• the open mouth catches the fly - joe from the school of hard knocks 2001-05-28
• Walking on thin ice - Vannessa P. St. Peters Elementary 2001-05-28
• You eat like a pig - Vicky from Tyler Elementary, Maine 2001-05-23
• He who laughs last, laughs longest. - Elizabeth, North Street School, Greenwich, CT 2001-05-23 (1)
• Baboons don't laugh at each other's bottoms. - Alex - BCA Hill Secondary School, Limbe, Malawi 2001-05-23
• Save it for a rainy day - Kevin C Stevenson Ranch school CA 2001-05-20
• See eye to eye - Kevin C Stevenson Ranch school CA 2001-05-20
• Give me a break - Kevin C Stevenson Ranch school CA 2001-05-20
• Make lemonade out of lemons - Kevin C from Stevenson Ranch school CA 2001-05-20
• Money to burn - Kevin C from Stevenson Ranch school CA 2001-05-20
• You're barking up the wrong tree - Kevin C from Stevenson Ranch school CA 2001-05-20 (1)
• Fit as a fiddle - Kevin C from Stevenson Ranch school CA 2001-05-20
• Use your noodle - Kevin C from Stevenson Ranch school CA 2001-05-20
• By the skin of your teeth - Kevin C from Stevenson Ranch school CA 2001-05-20
• Keep your nose to the grindstone - Kevin C from Stevenson Ranch school CA 2001-05-20
• Flying high - Kevin C from Stevenson Ranch school CA 2001-05-20
• Over the hill - Kevin C from Stevenson Ranch school CA 2001-05-20
• Cut the mustard - Kevin C Stevenson Ranch school CA 2001-05-20
• Go fly a kite - Kevin C Stevenson Ranch school CA 2001-05-20
• Rip-off - Kevin C Stevenson Ranch school CA 2001-05-20
• Down in the dumps - Kevin C Stevenson Ranch school CA 2001-05-20
• " you're in the archives, baby" - Ellen from Milwaukee, WI 2001-05-18 (1)
• spell one's doom - Dora 2001-05-17
• to tread on someone's toes - Ms Leesha from Aminiya School Maldives 2001-05-16
• let's talk turkey - Kevin 2001-05-16 (3)
• He was a few grapes short of a fruit salad - Marissa g. from nanuet high,nanuet, new york 2001-05-15
• it's raining cats and dogs - ali from california 2001-05-15
• blood is thicker than water - jP 2001-05-15 (1)
• Money doesn't grow on trees! - Taylor Nunley From Lake Fenton Middle School 2001-05-14 (1)
• We're like two peas in a pod - Crystal N. from SHS, Clinton, Maryland 2001-05-13
• To be a chip of the old block - Para 2001-05-11
• Burning the candle at both ends - Sarah 2001-05-11 (1)
• (something) has hit the rock bottom - Monica 2001-05-11
• If looks could kill, I would have been dead by now - Catherine 2001-05-10
• Confused as Adam on mother's day - Chitran Duraisamy, Sydney, Australia 2001-05-10
• icing on the cake - Catherine 2001-05-10
• No strings attached - Mona 2001-05-10
• treading water - Danielle 2001-05-09
• Butterflies in your stomach - Shadia Khan "JHS 226" 2001-05-09
• The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. - Marcia C. from Paloma Elem., Temecula, California 2001-05-07
• Your eyes were bigger than your stomach - Ken Kline 2001-05-06
• You are in the doghouse - Lauren M. from Mountain Gap Huntsville, AL 2001-05-06
• It was so good if I put it on my head my tongue would slap my brains out tring to get to it. - Ken Kline, California 2001-05-06
• Men are from Mars, women are from Venus - Catherine 2001-05-06
• as smart as a bag of hammers - Ken Kline 2001-05-06 (1)
• his cheese has slid off the cracker (crazy) - Ken Kline 2001-05-06
• keeping your powder dry - daryl 2001-05-04
• Don't hold your breath - Dara G. from A.B Davis Middle school,Mount Vernon, Weschester 2001-05-03
• teaching a rock to jump - Chitran D, Sydney Australia 2001-05-03
• EXCUSES ARE TOOLS TO NOTHINGNESS! - Paige T. FROM FARNEY ELEMENTARY, CYPRESS, TX. 2001-05-03
• You just fall off the banana boat - Kim EK, from Seoul 2001-05-02
• he's a hottie! - Laura Zeck 2001-05-02 (1)
• lost his marbles - Matt from Upper Pittsgrove school elmer NJ 2001-05-02
• "He won by a nose!" - Claire Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA 2001-04-30
• They are neck and neck - Claire Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA 2001-04-30
• If it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck , then it's a duck. - Kim T from UNLV 2001-04-30
• The Last Mile - Claire Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA 2001-04-30
• all thumbs - steff r. fromjhs126 2001-04-30
• Do you have rocks in your head - Desiree Williams 2001-04-30
• You sure opened a can of worms - B. Staff, OH 2001-04-26
• You sure opened a can of worms - B. Staff, OH 2001-04-26
• like wrestling a porcupine - Q 2001-04-22
• read between the lines - pravween northland primary 2001-04-18
• He's whitewashing the fence. - Mr. Law San Antonio, Tx 2001-04-16
• Were you born in a barn? - Tyler Ellis from Coppercreek Elementary, Glendale, Arizona 2001-04-16
• The world is my oyster. - Scarlette 2001-04-12
• Behind the Eight Ball. Those are the Breaks. This is the Kiss Off. Playing the Angles. It's a Hanger. Put a Spin on it. - Bill Tweed; Brick,NJ 2001-04-11
• The early bird catches the worm - Megan M. from Tekoppel Elementary School 2001-04-10
• Bird's eye view. - Monica 2001-04-10
• Lose your marbles - Monica 2001-04-10
• Pull a fast one - LUZY JOHNSON 2001-04-09
• You're pushing all my wrong buttons! - Jack Reed Fairfield Elementary School Denver,Colorado 2001-04-09
• About two days after you see the devil wearing an overcoat. - David Drucker 2001-04-08
• I'm so hungry my belly thinks my throats been cut - Allen Porter 2001-04-05
• You look like the cat that ate the canary - Katie 2001-04-05
• Speaking out of school - Don 2001-04-05
• NEED A HAND - Sara From Super Cool Middle School 2001-04-05
• Need A Hand - Sara from Super Cool Middle School 2001-04-05
• You are a mop head - Larry willis from Jenikins M.S. Colorado 2001-04-03
• Is there enough blue to make a Dutchman a pair of pants? - Hilton 2001-04-03
• You have a hole in your head - Keri S. Turkeyfoot middle school Villa Hills, Kentucky 2001-03-28
• Time is flying by - Keri S. Turkey foot middle school Villa Hills, Kentucky 2001-03-28
• Will you lend me a hand? - Kristina C. From T.R. Smedberg 2001-03-28
• Trapped in a pool of conclusions - DIVYA CHANDRAN 2001-03-27
• know which side your bread is buttered - Julie Mueller from Parks Jr. High, California 2001-03-25
• it's a toad strangler. - philip m. a.k.a. scuba steve 2001-03-25

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