List of idioms start with T

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  • the bottom line

    Meaning : The most essential information

  • The cake/the game is not worth the candle

    Meaning : To say that the cake (or the game) is not worth the candle means that the advantages to be gained from doing something are not worth the effort involved.

  • The coast is clear

    Meaning : To say that the coast is clear means that there is no danger in sight, or that nobody can see you.

  • The cock of the walk

    Meaning : The most dominating person

  • The crack of dawn

    Meaning : The time when it first begins to get light

  • The crack of doom

    Meaning : The end of the world

  • The cream of the crop

    Meaning : This expression is used to refer to the best people or things in a particular group.

  • The devil is in the details

    Meaning : This expression refers to a task or a job which appears simple but is in fact more difficult to accomplish.

  • The devil makes work for idle hands

    Meaning : This expression means that people who do not have enough to do are often tempted to do something wrong.

  • The devil take the hindmost

    Meaning : This expression means that you should think of yourself and not worry about other people.

  • The die is cast

    Meaning : To say that the die is cast means that an irrevocable decision has been made which will determine the future.

  • The done thing

    Meaning : The correct way to behave in a particular social situation is called the done thing.

  • The fall of man

    Meaning : The first sins of Adam or Eve

  • The fourth estate

    Meaning : The press

  • The gift of the gab

    Meaning : A talent for speaking

  • The golden mean

    Meaning : The midle course between the extremes

  • The green-eyed monster

    Meaning : Jealousy

  • The happy medium

    Meaning : The middle course which aviods two inconvenient extremes

  • The ins and outs

    Meaning : Every aspect

  • The land of living

    Meaning : ordinary world of people and events

  • The Last Straw

    Meaning : When one small burden after another creates an unbearable situation, the last straw is the last small burden that one can take

  • The lights are on but nobody's home

    Meaning : Think someone is stupid

  • The lion's share

    Meaning : A big part

  • The living theater

    Meaning : Live theater performance

  • The long and short

    Meaning : Summary

  • The long and short of

    Meaning : Summary

  • The milk of human kidness

    Meaning : A feeling of sympathy for other people

  • The naked eye

    Meaning : The eye unaided by any instrument

  • The naked truth

    Meaning : The truth as it is

  • The new rich

    Meaning : The people who have became rich in the recent years

  • The next world

    Meaning : Heaven or helll

  • The open season

    Meaning : The season for fishing and shooting wher there are no legal restrictions

  • The order of the day

    Meaning : The prevailing state of things

  • The primrose path

    Meaning : The pursuit of idle

  • The pros and cons

    Meaning : The argument for and against the matter

  • The queens's speech

    Meaning : The speech delivered each year at the opening of parliament

  • The rising generation

    Meaning : The genration of people who are the next adult generation

  • The root of evil

    Meaning : source of evil.

  • The royal colours

    Meaning : Colours displayed on a race-horse owned by a monarch

  • The salt of the earth

    Meaning : That person / those people who make the world a better place

  • The school master is abroad

    Meaning : Education is spreading in every direction and ignorance is diminishing

  • The seven deadly sins

    Meaning : Pride

  • The sinews of war

    Meaning : Money

  • The splitting headache

    Meaning : A very severe headache

  • The thin end of the wedge

    Meaning : A small matter which is likely to lead a bigger matter

  • The thing

    Meaning : The proper thing

  • The three R's

    Meaning : To write, read, count

  • The twelfth man

    Meaning : A reserve player in a game

  • The white flag

    Meaning : The symbol of surrender

  • The Whole Nine Yards

    Meaning : Everything. All of it

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