List of idioms start with A

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Idioms by alphabet

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  • About face

    Meaning : Change their position on an issue

  • Above all

    Meaning : More than everything else

  • Above board

    Meaning : Honest, Fair, Upright.

  • Absence makes the heart grow fonder

    Meaning : Their love grows stronger

  • According to

    Meaning : As wished

  • Achille's heel

    Meaning : Weakness

  • Acid test

    Meaning : To refer to something as the acid test means that it will prove how effective or useful something is.

  • Across the board

    Meaning : Including everyone or everything

  • Act of God

    Meaning : This term refers to a natural event or accident, for which no person is responsible (such as an earthquake, lightning and similar acts of nature).

  • Act up

    Meaning : Cause annoyance through awkward behaviour

  • Actions Speak Louder Than Words

    Meaning : It's better to actually do something than just talk about it

  • Adam's ale

    Meaning : Pure and clean water

  • Add fuel to fire

    Meaning : To ignite

  • Add Fuel To The Fire

    Meaning : Whenever something is done to make a bad situation even worse than it is

  • Add fuel to the flames

    Meaning : If you add fuel to the flames, you say something that makes a difficult situation worse.

  • Add up

    Meaning : Make sense

  • Add up to something

    Meaning : Amount to

  • Addicted to

    Meaning : In habit of a bad thing

  • Adding salt to the wound

    Meaning : The situation worse or cause people to suffer more

  • Adhoc

    Meaning : For a specific purpose

  • Affiliate to

    Meaning : Attach to

  • Afraid of one's own shadow

    Meaning : A person who is afraid of their own shadow is very nervous or easily frightened.

  • After a fashion

    Meaning : To a certain degree, not satisfactorily

  • After all

    Meaning : As because

  • After once heart

    Meaning : To one will

  • After your own heart

    Meaning : Thinks the same way as you

  • Again and Again

    Meaning : Repeatedly

  • Against The Clock

    Meaning : Rushed and short on time

  • Against the grain

    Meaning : Contrary to somebody’s wish and principles

  • Against time

    Meaning : With utmost speed

  • Agree with someone

    Meaning : Suit someone's else

  • Agreed to differ

    Meaning : Gave up trying to convince each other

  • Air your dirty laundry in public

    Meaning : To reveal aspects of your private life

  • Alive and kicking

    Meaning : Fit and fine

  • All (other) things being equal

    Meaning : This expression refers to a probable situation if in all other ways the conditions remain unchanged or equal.

  • All - round

    Meaning : Having ability in many departmants

  • All agog

    Meaning : Full of vigour

  • All and sundry

    Meaning : every one without exception

  • All Bark And No Bite

    Meaning : When someone is threatening and/or aggressive but not willing to engage in a fight

  • All bets are off

    Meaning : Agreements that have been made no longer apply

  • All ears

    Meaning : To say that you are all ears means that you are listening very attentively.

  • All eyes

    Meaning : Eagerly watching

  • All eyes on me

    Meaning : Everyone is paying attention to them

  • All fool's day

    Meaning : First of April

  • All Greek

    Meaning : Unable to understand any thing.

  • All Greek to me

    Meaning : Meaningless and incomprehensible like someone who cannot read, speak, or understand any of the Greek language would be

  • All heart

    Meaning : Very kind and generous

  • All hell broke loose

    Meaning : To say that all hell broke loose means that there was a sudden angry, noisy reaction to something.

  • All in all

    Meaning : The most important and powerful person

  • All In The Same Boat

    Meaning : When everyone is facing the same challenges

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