Idioms Beginning with E

Here, you will find idioms that start with E.

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Examples of Idioms Beginning With E

Each And Every One (Every Last One, Every Single One):  a more emphatic way of saying every or all. It is used to emphasize every member of a group, item on a list, etc. and to reinforce that there are no exceptions. The idiom can also refer to parts of a whole such as “every last morsel of food.”

Easy as Falling Off a Log: when something is easy as falling off a log, it is very easy to do.

Easy Does It: go carefully and slowly; to slow down and pay attention to what you are doing so as not to make a mistake; to not hurry through a task.

Eat A Horse, I could: I could eat a horse means “I am extremely hungry.”

Eat and Run: to eat a meal or a snack quickly and then immediately leave.

Eat Your Heart Out: to feel jealous or envious of someone else’s achievements or good fortune. Occasionally, it means to feel other strong emotions, especially grief, bitterness, or worry over something.

Egg On: to urge, dare, or encourage someone to do something that is usually foolish, dangerous, silly, mischievous, or embarrassing.

Egg On Your Face, to have: to be publicly embarrassed; to appear foolish or ridiculous.

Elbow Grease: vigorous and strenuous physical effort, especially with one’s arms and hands when cleaning something.

Elbow Room: enough space to move around in without unreasonable obstruction; freedom to do what one wants to do.

Elephant in the Room, the: a topic that is sensitive, awkward, or embarrassing and that no one wants to talk about but which is difficult to ignore; a topic that everyone is aware of but everyone avoids discussing.

Eleventh Hour, at the: when something occurs ‘at the eleventh hour’ it is occurring at the last possible moment, when there is almost no time left and it is almost too late.

Empty Suit: a person who appears to be a person of authority and importance but who is actually ineffectual, incompetent, or average and unremarkable; a person in a prominent position but who lacks substance, ability, or personality.

Enough Is Enough: an emphatic way of saying “Stop!” It means whatever is happening must stop; no more will be tolerated; you should be satisfied with what you have, or with the situation or circumstances that exist.

Even a Broken Clock Is Right Twice a Day: a proverb that means that even a person who is usually wrong can sometimes be right by chance or accident; no one is wrong all the time.

Every Name in the Book, been called: when someone says ‘I’ve been called every name in the book‘ it is an exaggerated way of saying that they have been the subject of many critical or slanderous insults.