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!

• he's standing in high cotton(easy task or prosperous) - Nanci 3-24-01 Gainesville, Fl. 2001-03-25
• It's not the Gown that makes the Goddess - Meaghan Deer Park School 2001-03-25
• The buck stops here. - Violeta Duncan from Kingsview MS 2001-03-23
• Your diggin' your own grave mister - Rose S. from Barnwell 2001-03-22
• That's just a drop in a bucket. - Jilly 2001-03-21
• Slower than mollasses in January - Mary Jo H.B. 2001-03-21
• She's up a creek without a paddle - Mary Jo Harbor Beach 2001-03-21
• Eyes want dupa don't - Elizabeth 2001-03-21
• talk is cheap - Mary Jo Harbor Beach 2001-03-21
• Put your money where your mouth is - Mary Jo Harbor Beach 2001-03-21
• When pigs fly!!! - Mary Jo ...Harbor Beach 2001-03-21
• He's rolling in the dough - Mary Jo...Harbor Beach 2001-03-21
• That's the Cats Meow - Mary jo from Harbor Beach 2001-03-21
• Like a toad in a rainstorm - Linda L. 2001-03-21
• Hasta la vista, Baby - Rafael Diaz, from San Jose City College 2001-03-20
• I am running around like a chicken with its head cut off - Donna from the Doghouse 2001-03-19
• You're cryin' crocodile tears - Catie Deehan from Horizon Science Academy(HSA) Columbus, Ohio 2001-03-17
• after a fashion - jess 2001-03-16
• Catch 22 - -Claire- PLU Seattle, WA 2001-03-15
• You're crazier than a rat in a hay bailer! - Brenda Cassell 2001-03-15
• That dog Won't Hunt! - Brenda Cassell 2001-03-15
• "He's on fire!" - -Claire- PLU Seattle, WAy 2001-03-15
• A taste of your own medicine - Seattle, WA Pacific Lutheran University CLAIRE 2001-03-15
• Shake a leg! - Bradford Oliver Bailey - Pine Ridge Middle, Naples Florida 2001-03-14
• Burning the midnight oil - Randall Bailey - Naples, Florida 2001-03-14 (1)
• There's a pole cat in the hen house - Brianna Lee Bailey - Pine Ridge Middle, Naples, Florida 2001-03-14
• I couldn't hit sand if I fell off a camel - Claire 2001-03-13
• Fiddle while Rome burns - Sidney 2001-03-12
• time sure flies - Miranda Lynn Zietz 2001-03-12
• I'D BUY YOU THE BOOK, BUT YOU'D JUST EAT THE COVER! - Renae Johnston 2001-03-10
• on cloud nine - Mrs. Atherton's 2nd period, West Orange-Stark Intermediate, Orange, TX 2001-03-09
• in one ear and out the other - Mrs. Atherton's 4th Class, West Orange-Stark Intermediate, Orange, TX 2001-03-09
• ants in your pants - Mrs. Atherton's 3rd Class, West Orange-Stark Intermediate, Orange, TX 2001-03-09
• sell like hotcakes - Mrs. Atherton from West-Orange Stark Intermediate, Orange, TX 2001-03-08
• Two Peas In a Pod - Ashley C. from Mac Williams Middle School,North Carloina 03/08/01 2001-03-08 (2)
• Your swimmen' up the wrong river mister! - Catie Deehan from Horizon Science Academy(HSA) in Columbus, Ohio 2001-03-08
• It's like taking candy from a baby - Kaminari 2001-03-07
• Sweating Buckets - Donna New Hampshire 2001-03-07
• Juliet is the sun and I am the east - Hansol.K from King's 2001-03-07
• Turn about's fair play - T. J. B., Sultan Elem. Sultan WA 2001-03-06
• I'm as weak as branch water. - Maggi Denn 2001-03-05
• have a seat!!! - ~*Shaina*~ shaina_206@hotmail.com 2001-03-05
• Your off the hook!!! - ~*Shaina*~ shaina_206@hotmail.com 2001-03-05
• sure, second tuesday of next week - Alicia W. from Burney High School, Burney, CA 2001-03-04
• Know your role. - S.A.Tabish XeIDy from khi. tabish108@yahoo.com 2001-03-03
• Kick the Bucket - Samuel Oh 2001-03-03
• Mumble what? - Dennis H.Dunning 2001-03-02
• you are jumping off walls! - Chelsea A from Highland Park 2001-03-01
• Get your butt off your shoulders - Christy B & Kyle W, Chatsworth, GA 2001-03-01
• Like squeezing blood out of a turnip - Myles V. from Terrell Academy, Dawson, Georgia 2001-03-01
• bloody holy!! - Catie Deehan 2001-02-28
• cat caught your tongue - Pamela Kelley 2001-02-26
• You are a brick! - Elena Nikulina from SAU, Magnolia 2001-02-26
• Turn over a new leaf - kathy zammit 2001-02-26
• get a life ! - alphonse aucoin , tyndale college ontario canada 2001-02-25
• keep in the four walls - 'Otenili Taufatofua 2001-02-24
• He got dusted - Katie 2001-02-23
• Just peachy! - Jennifer B. 2001-02-23 (1)
• Big Cheese - Katie 2001-02-23 (2)
• He's a tough nut to crack - Katie 2001-02-23
• That's the way the cookie crumbles - Katie 2001-02-23
• Took a powder - Katie 2001-02-23 (1)
• That girl is on fire!! - Stacy Kaser form Jackson Middle School In South Bend, Indiana 2001-02-22
• Falling apart - andy 2001-02-20
• piecrust promise - andy 2001-02-20
• Chill out - andy 2001-02-20
• spill your guts - maggie 2001-02-20
• worth its weight in gold - Gwen 2001-02-20
• Are you crackers? - tom 2001-02-20
• You're toast! - tom 2001-02-20
• the trail was cold - tom 2001-02-20
• Then it hit me... - tom 2001-02-20
• Are you cracking up? - andy 2001-02-20
• Rolling in dough - andy 2001-02-20
• a rolling stone never gathers any moss. - Devon B. from Denison , Denver, Colorado 2001-02-19 (1)
• Burn your Cookies - Mark B. from Robinson Middle School, Kansas 2001-02-18
• Give an inch and take a mile - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16
• The world is my oyster - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16
• Too many cooks spoil the broth - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16 (1)
• As thin as a rake - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16
• Paint the town red - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16
• All in a days work - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16
• That's the way the cookie crumbles - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16 (1)
• Don't sing until the fat man laughs - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16
• Lazy as a lizard - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16
• As nice as pie - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16
• Still waters run deep - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16
• can't get blood out of a stone - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16
• Hocus - pocus, men in focus - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16
• As stiff as a board - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16
• Don't lie through your teeth - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16
• A look is a thousand words - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16
• Gold hands, warm heart - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16 (1)
• Time flies when you're having fun - Sharee' J. 2001-02-16
• whats that got to do with the price of tea in china? - katie m 2001-02-15
• Is a ten pound robin fat? - Alex from Sulphur High School, Sulphur, LA 2001-02-15
• You're just buttering me up. - Arlene H. from John Swett High School 2001-02-14
• It's Raining Cats And Dogs - Alanna S. from Matawan Avenue Middle School, Matawan Aberdeen, New Jersey 2001-02-14 (1)
• Chip off the old block - jennifer massaria 2001-02-14
• Chip of the old block - jennifer massaria 2001-02-14

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