List of idioms start with S

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  • Sharp practice

    Meaning : Underhand or questionable dealings

  • Shook in their shoes

    Meaning : Trembled with fear

  • Shoot the breeze

    Meaning : Make relaxed

  • Show off

    Meaning : Display

  • Show someone up

    Meaning : Reveal

  • Show up

    Meaning : Appear

  • Showed a clean pair of heels

    Meaning : Ran away

  • Showing his teeth

    Meaning : Adopting a threatening attitude

  • Shut up

    Meaning : Stop talking

  • Siamese twins

    Meaning : Twins joined together at same part of the body

  • Sick As A Dog

    Meaning : To be very sick (with the flu or a cold)

  • Sine die

    Meaning : Without any time

  • Sink in

    Meaning : Be understand fully

  • Sit back

    Meaning : Be inactive

  • Sit down to something

    Meaning : Attend as a listner

  • Sit on someone

    Meaning : Repress

  • Sit on something

    Meaning : To be a member of a jury or board etc.

  • Sit out

    Meaning : Not take part in

  • Sit something

    Meaning : Attend untill the end

  • Sit up

    Meaning : Stay out of bed untill late

  • Sitting on the fence

    Meaning : Halting between two opinions, hesitating which side to join

  • Sitting Shotgun

    Meaning : Riding in the front passenger seat of a car

  • Skip over something

    Meaning : Pass over quickly

  • Sky is the limit

    Meaning : No limit to success

  • Sleep on it

    Meaning : Take at least a day to think about something before making a decision

  • Sleep on something

    Meaning : Postpone

  • Sleep something off

    Meaning : Recover off by sleeping

  • Slip up

    Meaning : Make a mistake

  • Slow down

    Meaning : Become slower

  • Slow up

    Meaning : Become less energetic

  • Small talk

    Meaning : Unimportant conversation

  • Smell a rat

    Meaning : Be suspicious, feel that something is wrong

  • Smooth sailing

    Meaning : Easy life

  • Snap at someone

    Meaning : Speak very abruptly

  • Snap something up

    Meaning : Grab easily

  • Sneeze at something

    Meaning : Reject

  • So-so

    Meaning : Fair

  • Soften someone up

    Meaning : Persuade

  • Someones hands are tied

    Meaning : Prevented from doing something

  • Sooner

    Meaning : Eventually

  • Sort someone out

    Meaning : Punish

  • Sort something out

    Meaning : Deal with

  • Spare time

    Meaning : Leisure time

  • Speak of the devil!

    Meaning : This is said to refer to a person who appears just when his/her name is mentioned.

  • Speak volumes for

    Meaning : Serve as strong testimony to

  • Speaks volumes for

    Meaning : Serves as a strong testimony to

  • Spell something out

    Meaning : Stae clearly

  • Spick and span

    Meaning : Neat and clean

  • Spin someone out

    Meaning : Make to last a long time

  • Splitting hairs

    Meaning : Disputing over petty points, quibbling about trifles

  • Total Records: 150