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- (as) mad as hops
- (boy,) am I glad to see you!
- (I am/was) just wondering.
- (I am/was) only wondering.
- (it's) (all) Greek to me
- (one) is about to (do something)
- (one) is going to kill (someone)
- (one) is going to murder (someone)
- (one) is not a mind reader
- (one) is not as green as (one) is cabbage-looking
- (one) is not going to eat (someone)
- (one) is not playing with a full deck
- (one) is old enough to be (someone's) (parent/grandparent)
- (one) is old enough to know better
- (one) is on the DL
- (someone) is not going to thank you for (something)
- (someone) is/would be turning over in their grave
- (Well) I'll be a monkey's uncle!
- a candidate for a pair of wings
- absolve from guilt
- abstain from voting
- accede to pressure
- achieve the impossible
- acknowledge the corn
- act as though (one) is above (something)
- act high and mighty
- act like (one) is above (something)
- act like a card
- act like a child
- act like a cold fish
- act like an angel
- act the fool
- act the goat
- act the part
- act tough
- act within (one's) rights
- age like (fine) wine
- always be on (one's) guard
- Am I glad to see you!
- Am I my brother's keeper?
- am I right or am I right
- Am I right?
- Am I under arrest?
- amirite
- argue the other side (of something)
- arm to the teeth
- arrive (at a specific time) on the dot
- arrive (up)on the scene
- arrive in the nick of time
- arrive late to the party
- as far as (someone or something) is concerned
- as far as I'm concerned
- ask for trouble
- assume a low profile
- average down
- awaken a sleeping giant
- back in
- back out (of something)
- back the right horse
- back the wrong horse
- backbite
- badger the witness
- bake up (something)
- bake up a storm
- balance the scales
- bang down the door
- bang the door down
- bang the drums of war
- bargain on (something)
- barge in on (someone or something)
- barge in(to)
- basic
- bat along
- bat on a sticky wicket
- bay for blood
- be (a bit) on the expensive side
- be (a bit) on the heavy side
- be (a bit) on the large side
- be (a fine) one to talk
- be (a little) slow on the uptake
- be (a) Jekyll and Hyde
- be (a) one for (something)
- be (a) party to (something)
- be (a) witness to (something)
- be (a)round the bend
- be (all) choked up
- be (all) dolled up
- be (all) dressed up
- be (all) dressed up in Christmas tree-order
- be (all) dressed up like a Christmas tree
- be (all) fired up
- be (all) het up
- be (all) lit up like a Christmas tree
- be (all) of a piece
- be (all) out of excuses
- be (all) out to (do something)
- be (all) over
- be (all) part of life's rich pageant
- be (all) part of life's rich tapestry
- be (all) set
- be (all) set to (do something)
- be (all) shot to hell
- be (all) skin and bone(s)
- be (all) spruced up
- be (all) the better for (something)
- be (all) tore up
- be (all) tore up about (something)
- be (all) torn up
- be (all) tuckered out
- be (all) wrought up
- be (as) alike as chalk and cheese
- be (as) big as a barn
- be (as) black as a dog's guts
- be (as) black as coal
- be (as) black as pitch
- be (as) blind as a bat
- be (as) blind as Chloe
- be (as) boring as beans
- be (as) brave as a lion
- be (as) busy as a bee
- be (as) calm as a millpond
- be (as) Canadian as maple syrup
- be (as) chirpy as a cricket
- be (as) clean as a new penny
- be (as) clean as a whistle
- be (as) close as wax
- be (as) cold as a wagon tire
- be (as) cold as a well digger's arse
- be (as) cold as a witch's kiss
- be (as) cold as ice
- be (as) common as pig tracks
- be (as) cool as a cucumber
- be (as) crazy as a soup sandwich
- be (as) cute as a speckled pup
- be (as) dead as a dodo
- be (as) dead as a doorknob
- be (as) dead as a doornail
- be (as) dead as a herring
- be (as) dead as a kipper
- be (as) dead as a mackerel
- be (as) deaf as a doorpost
- be (as) drunk as a biled owl
- be (as) drunk as a boiled owl
- be (as) drunk as a cunt
- be (as) drunk as a fiddler
- be (as) drunk as a fiddler's bitch
- be (as) drunk as a hoot owl
- be (as) drunk as a lord
- be (as) drunk as a peach orchard sow
- be (as) drunk as a piper
- be (as) drunk as a skunk
- be (as) drunk as a sow
- be (as) drunk as a wheelbarrow
- be (as) drunk as an owl
- be (as) drunk as Chloe
- be (as) drunk as David's/Davy's sow
- be (as) dumb as a bag of hammers
- be (as) dumb as a coal bucket
- be (as) dumb as a doorknob
- be (as) dumb as a doornail
- be (as) dumb as a rock
- be (as) dumb as a sack of hammers
- be (as) dumb as an ox
- be (as) easy as cake
- be (as) empty as a pauper's purse
- be (as) English as apple pie
- be (as) fat as a house
- be (as) fertile as a turtle
- be (as) fine as a frog('s) hair
- be (as) fine as a frog('s) hair split four ways
- be (as) fine as a frog('s) hair split three ways
- be (as) fine as frog('s) hair (split four ways)
- be (as) fit as a butcher's dog
- be (as) fit as a Mallee bull
- be (as) flat as a pancake
- be (as) fresh as a daisy
- be (as) fresh as a rose
- be (as) full as a boiled owl
- be (as) gay as a lark
- be (as) gay as a picnic basket
- be (as) gay as springtime
- be (as) guilty as sin
- be (as) happy as a clam (at high tide)
- be (as) happy as a prince
- be (as) hard as iron
- be (as) hard as nails
- be (as) healthy as a horse
- be (as) hearty as a buck
- be (as) heavy as a dead donkey
- be (as) homely as a hedge fence
- be (as) hot as a fresh fucked fox in a forest fire
- be (as) hot as a pistol
- be (as) hot as Hades
- be (as) hot as the hinges of hell
- be (as) hungry as a hog
- be (as) innocent as the babe unborn
- be (as) innocent as the child unborn
- be (as) large as a barge
- be (as) limber as a dishrag
- be (as) loose as a goose
- be (as) mad as a bear with a sore head
- be (as) mad as a cut snake
- be (as) mad as a hatter
- be (as) mad as a meat axe
- be (as) mean as a rattlesnake
- be (as) nervous as a cat
- be (as) nutty as a fruitcake
- be (as) odious as a toad
- be (as) old as dirt
- be (as) old as the devil
- be (as) old as the hills
- be (as) old as time
- be (as) pissed as a fart
- be (as) plain as Dunstable highway
- be (as) plain as Dunstable road
- be (as) plain as porridge
- be (as) pleased as punch
- be (as) plenty as blackberries
- be (as) poor as Job
- be (as) pretty as a peach
- be (as) pretty as a speckled pup
- be (as) proud as punch
- be (as) pure as the driven snow
- be (as) queer as a clockwork orange
- be (as) quiet as a grave
- be (as) quiet as a mouse
- be (as) quiet as a snowflake
- be (as) rare as a four-leaf clover
- be (as) rich as Rockefeller
- be (as) right as rain
- be (as) serious as a heart attack
- be (as) sharp as cut glass
- be (as) sick as a dog
- be (as) sick as a parrot
- be (as) silent as the grave
- be (as) skinny as a beanpole
- be (as) skinny as a pole
- be (as) skinny as a rail
- be (as) skinny as a rake
- be (as) skinny as a stick
- be (as) skinny as a toothpick
- be (as) slippery as a snake
- be (as) slow as a snail
- be (as) slow as a tortoise
- be (as) slow as a turtle
- be (as) slow as molasses
- be (as) slow as molasses in January
- be (as) slow as tar
- be (as) snug as a bug in a rug
- be (as) sober as a judge
- be (as) soft as butter
- be (as) solid as a rock
- be (as) solid as the Rock of Gibraltar
- be (as) sound as a dollar
- be (as) stewed as an owl
- be (as) stiff as a board
- be (as) still as a stock
- be (as) straight as a soldier
- be (as) strong as an oak
- be (as) strong as an ox
- be (as) strong as iron
- be (as) strong as steel
- be (as) stubborn as a mule
- be (as) sturdy as an oak
- be (as) thick as a brick
- be (as) thick as a plank
- be (as) thick as a short plank
- be (as) thick as thieves
- be (as) thick as two short planks
- be (as) thin as a rail
- be (as) thin as a rake
- be (as) thin as a stick
- be (as) thin as a wafer
- be (as) tight as a boiled owl
- be (as) tight as a duck's arse
- be (as) timid as a mouse
- be (as) timid as a rabbit
- be (as) tipsy as David's sow
- be (as) toey as a Roman sandal
- be (as) tough as nails
- be (as) tough as old boots
- be (as) tough as shoe leather
- be (as) ugly as sin
- be (as) warm as life
- be (as) weak as water
- be (as) white as (the) driven snow
- be (as) white as snow
- be (as) wisht as a winnard
- be (batting) on a losing wicket
- be (batting) on a sticky wicket
- be (dead) set on (something)
- be (dead) set upon (something)
- be (down) on (one's) uppers
- be (just) a phone call away
- be (just) along for the ride
- be (just) as well
- be (just) good friends
- be (just) pulling (one's) leg
- be (like) night and day
- be (like) pennies from heaven
- be (like) water off a duck's back
- be (living) on another planet
- be (not) a patch on
- be (not) as black as (someone or something) is painted
- be (not) backward in coming forward
- be (not) comme il faut
- be (not) on speaking terms
- be (not) out of the woods
- be (not) supposed to (do something)
- be (not) the end of the world
- be (not) the marrying kind
- be (not) worth diddly-squat
- be (of) no use to man or beast
- be (on) the right side of (an age)
- be (on) the wrong side of (some age)
- be (one's) (own) lookout
- be (one's) brother's keeper
- be (one's) calling card
- be (one's) jam
- be (one's) last resort
- be (one's) own man/woman/person
- be (one's) own worst enemy
- be (oneself) again
- be (only) to be expected
- be (out) in left field
- be (out) in the open
- be (out) on the piss
- be (out) on the razzle
- be (really) something
- be (right) on the money
- be (sitting) in the catbird seat
- be (sitting) on top of the world
- be (some distance) out from (something or some place)
- be (some place) on the dot
- be (someone's) huckleberry
- be (something) to the good
- be (still) going strong
- be (strictly) for the birds
- be (stuck) in a rut
- be (stuck) on a treadmill
- be (the) first out (of) the box
- be (the) first out (of) the gate
- be (the) keeper of (something)
- be (the) king of the hill
- be (the) master of (one's) own destiny
- be (the) master of (one's) own fate
- be (the) worse for wear
- be (walking) on thin ice
- be (well) on (one's) way to(ward) (something)
- be (well) on the way to(ward) (something)
- be (with)in sight
- be 100 years too early
- be a (big) yikes
- be a (fully) paid-up member of (something)
- be a (real) piece of work
- be a (something) to (one's) fingertips
- be a 10
- be a bad apple
- be a bad egg
- be a bag of cats
- be a barrel of laughs
- be a bed of thorns
- be a big drink of water
- be a bit dicey
- be a bit off
- be a bit steep
- be a blank slate
- be a box of birds
- be a bump on a log
- be a card
- be a card-carrying member (of something)
- be a casualty of (something)
- be a catch
- be a cat's-paw
- be a chip off the old block
- be a clotheshorse
- be a cold fish
- be a cougar
- be a crafty devil
- be a crumb
- be a crying shame
- be a cut above
- be a dab hand
- be a dead cert
- be a dead duck
- be a dead loss
- be a dead ringer for (someone or something)
- be a different kettle of fish
- be a dime a dozen
- be a dimwit
- be a doddle
- be a doll
- be a donkey
- be a double-edged sword
- be a double-edged weapon
- be a drag on (one)
- be a dream
- be a dumb cluck
- be a fan of (someone or something)
- be a fence-sitter
- be a firm believer in (something)
- be a foil for (someone)
- be a foil to (someone)
- be a foodie
- be a fool's errand
- be a fox
- be a fusspot
- be a game of two halves
- be a game-changer
- be a gentleman and a scholar
- be a go
- be a go-between
- be a goldbricker
- be a goner
- be a good egg
- be a good sport
- be a great believer in (something)
- be a great one for (doing something)
- be a greenhorn
- be a ham
- be a handful
- be a handsome devil
- be a happy camper
- be a hard act to follow
- be a heck of a (person or thing)
- be a hell of a (person or thing)
- be a hoot
- be a household name
- be a howling success
- be a huckleberry above a persimmon
- be a hunk
- be a jagoff
- be a keeper
- be a killjoy
- be a knockout
- be a laugh a minute
- be a laugh riot
- be a law unto (itself)
- be a law unto (oneself)
- be a litterbug
- be a little bit off
- be a little dicey
- be a little off
- be a long drink of water
- be a looker
- be a loudmouth
- be a man/woman of his/her word
- be a marked man/woman
- be a mass of (something)
- be a matter of (doing something)
- be a matter of (something)
- be a million miles away
- be a mixed blessing
- be a money-spinner
- be a moot point
- be a moot question
- be a motor mouth
- be a mug's game
- be a mule
- be a must
- be a nasty piece of work
- be a no-no
- be a pain in the neck
- be a past master
- be a past master at (doing something)
- be a peach
- be a pear
- be a picture
- be a poor second
- be a poor third
- be a prima donna
- be a princess
- be a question of time
- be a rare bird
- be a revelation
- be a riot
- be a roaring success
- be a rotten apple
- be a rotten egg
- be a rough trot
- be a scream
- be a shadow of (oneself)
- be a shining example (of someone or something)
- be a shoo-in
- be a shopaholic
- be a show horse, not a workhorse
- be a sitting duck
- be a slam-clicker
- be a slave of (something)
- be a slave to (something)
- be a snap
- be a soda
- be a soft touch
- be a soft touch for (someone or something)
- be a sorry sight
- be a sport
- be a square peg (in a round hole)
- be a string bean
- be a stroll in the park