Here, you will find idioms that start with the letter M.
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Examples of Idioms Beginning With M
A Mouthful: A mouthful refers to words or names that are long and difficult to say or pronounce.
Mad as a Hatter: To be as mad as a hatter means to be completely insane or demented.
Made Of Money: To be made of money means to be very rich.
Make a Beeline for (someone, something): to immediately go straight toward someone or something.
Make a Federal Case Of Something: to make a big deal out of something that is not important; to become overly upset or angry about an unimportant or trivial thing. — See More
Make A Fuss: to complain and cause a needless commotion or put on a public display.
Make a Killing: to make a large profit, especially in a short time with little effort; have great financial success; to quickly earn a great sum of money.
Make a Mountain Out of a Molehill: to make some trivial problem seem very important. In other words, it is to make a big deal out of a minor difficulty.
Make Amends: To make amends means to do something to compensate for doing something wrong, especially due to a grievance or injury. See More
Make Do: to manage or cope with what is available even though it is insufficient or less than usually needed or desired; to make something work with the scant resources available.
Make Ends Meet: to have enough money to pay your basic bills and expenses; to have an income that enables one to meet one’s minimum survival needs.
Make Eyes at Someone Meaning: to look at someone in a way that clearly shows you have sexual or romantic interest in them; to look at someone in a way that shows them you find them attractive. See More
Make It Snappy: Make it snappy means be quick about it; do something quickly, without delay; hurry up.
Make Nice: to make nice means to behave in a friendly, kind, or polite way to a person even though you do not want to; to pretend to be friendly or polite in order to make a situation less negative. See More
Make One’s Skin Crawl: Something (or someone) that makes your skin crawl causes you to shudder with disgust, fear, or both.
Make Up the Bed: To make up the bed means to arrange and straighten the covers on a bed so that it is ready to sleep in.
March to the Beat of a Different Drummer: To ‘march to the beat of a different drummer’ means to act independently and to behave differently than what is expected or is the norm. See More
Marching Orders (To Get One’s): To ‘get your marching orders,’ can have two basic meanings in general usage. Often, to get one’s marching orders means to be fired from a job or removed from a position. It can also refer to an order to move or proceed with something. See More
Midas Touch, the: The Midas touch is the ability to make money no matter what idea one tries; a gift for easily making money or being financially successful.
Middle of Nowhere, the: a place that is very remote and isolated and that is not near where many people live.
Mile a Minute, a: A mile a minute means very fast or rapidly.
Mint Condition, in: When something is in mint condition, it is not new but is in excellent condition, as if it is new; unblemished; perfect or nearly perfect.
Monday-morning Quarterback: a person who dissects an event and tells others how it should have been dealt with after the event has happened. See More
Money Burns a Hole in Your (or one’s) Pocket: This idiom is used to refer to someone who can’t resist the urge to spend money as soon as they earn it and/or who spends it extravagantly.
Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees: Money doesn’t grow on trees is a set phrase used to remind someone, especially a young person, not to waste money. It means that money is a finite resource that is difficult to acquire and we should understand its value, as it cannot be picked from a tree like fruit.
Money Laundering: the criminal act of trying to make illegally obtained money seem legal by moving it through banks or other businesses, usually in small increments compared to the principal amount, thus transforming it into legitimate-seeming assets.
Monkey Around: to engage in idle and unproductive activity; to behave in a silly, unserious, or annoying way. See More
Monkey Business: deceitful, mischievous, dishonest conduct; behavior that is not acceptable in a particular context or situation; silly, frivolous, or playful behavior.
Monkey On Your Back: To have a monkey on your (or one’s) back means to have a problem or burden that is hard to solve and which lasts for a long time; a vexing emotional problem that makes one’s life difficult; a longstanding worry or anxiety; often refers to drug addiction, including alcohol addiction.
More Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys: very fun or enjoyable; very amusing. Also, as funny as a barrel of monkeys: very funny.
More Than You Can Shake a Stick At: Where there is more of something than you can shake a stick at, there is a very large quantity; more than one can count or would care to count.
Mothball: (verb): To store something but keep it ready for future use; to delay or defer something, such as plans or a project, indefinitely. See More
Much Ado About Nothing: excessive excitement or fuss about something that is of little importance.
Murphy’s Law: Murphy’s law is a humorous and fictional “rule” that says anything that can go wrong will go wrong. In other words, if there is any possibility of something bad happening, it will. See More
Music to My Ears: When something is music to your ears, it makes you happy to hear it; something that is excellent news; gratifying to hear or discover.
My Way or the Highway: When someone says my way or the highway, they are giving an ultimatum that means you either have to do what they say or leave or be excluded; agree or leave.
Mileage May Vary, Your: used to say that someone might get different results or have a different experience in a certain situation; One person may enjoy or appreciate something more than another. See More