List of idioms start with E

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Idioms by alphabet

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  • Eager beaver

    Meaning : A person who is always eager to work or do something extra

  • Ear shot

    Meaning : Within a listening distance

  • Ease off

    Meaning : Decrease tention

  • Ease up

    Meaning : Slaken off

  • Easier said than done

    Meaning : To say that something is easier said than done means that what is suggested sounds easy but it is more difficult to actually do it.

  • Easy as pie

    Meaning : To say that something is easy as pie means that it is very easy to do.

  • Easy does it!

    Meaning : Be very careful!

  • Eat crow

    Meaning : If you eat crow, you admit that you were wrong about something and apologize.

  • Eat one's words

    Meaning : If you eat your words, you have to admit that what you said before was wrong.

  • Eat someone up

    Meaning : Make nervous

  • Economical with the truth

    Meaning : To say that a person is economical with the truth means that, without actually lying, they omit important facts or give incomplete information.

  • Egg someone on

    Meaning : If you egg somebody on, you urge or strongly encourage them to do something.

  • Eighty Six

    Meaning : A certain item is no longer available. Or this idiom can also mean, to throw away.

  • Elbow grease

    Meaning : Hardwork

  • Elbow room

    Meaning : If you need some elbow room, you need more space to move

  • Elvis has left the building

    Meaning : The show has come to an end. It's all over

  • Ended in smoke

    Meaning : Came to nothing

  • Engaging manners

    Meaning : Good behavious

  • Enough and to spare

    Meaning : More then required

  • Equal to the task

    Meaning : According to the work

  • Ethnic Cleansing

    Meaning : Killing of a certain ethnic or religious group on a massive scale

  • Even at the turning of the tide

    Meaning : Change from a previously stable course of events

  • Even the score

    Meaning : When a person decides to even the score, they try to get their revenge on someone who has cheated or done them harm

  • every dog has his day

    Meaning : everyone will have his chance or turn; everyone will get what he deserves

  • Every dog has its day

    Meaning : This expression means that everyone can be successful at something at some time in their life.

  • Every inch

    Meaning : Completely

  • Every nook and cranny

    Meaning : Every nook and cranny refers to every possible part of a place.

  • Every now and then

    Meaning : Usually

  • Evil genius

    Meaning : Talented bad person

  • Ex-officio

    Meaning : Due to post

  • Eye for an eye

    Meaning : Tit for tat

  • Eye Opener

    Meaning : Self accessment

  • Eye to eye

    Meaning : Tit for tat

  • Eye-wash

    Meaning : Pretence