Here, you will find idioms that start with the letter S.
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- A Shoo-in
- Safe and Sound
- Salt of the Earth, the
- Same Old, Same Old
- Save Someone’s Bacon
- Save Something for a Rainy Day
- Scaredy-Cat
- School of Thought
- Screw UP
- Secondhand (Second-hand, second hand)
- See Eye to Eye
- Sell Like Hot Cakes
- Set the Table
- Seventh Heaven, in
- Shake a Leg
- Shape Up
- Shell Shocked
- Ship Out
- Ships That Pass In The Night
- Shit Will Hit The Fan
- Shoe is On the Other Foot, the
- Shoot Down
- Shoot From the Hip
- Shoot the Breeze
- Shot in the Dark
- Show Your True Colors, to
- Shrinking Violet
- Shut Up
- Sick and Tired
- Sick Joke
- Side Street
- Sight for Sore Eyes, a
- Silver Lining Meaning
- Simmer Down
- Sisyphean Task
- Sitting Duck
- Skin and Bones (nothing but)
- Sleep A Wink, to not
- Sleep In
- Sleep Tight
- Slip Someone a Mickey (Finn)
- Slow as Molasses
- Slow-Walk
- Small Talk
- Smart Alec
- Smoking Gun
- Snail’s Pace (at a)
- Snake in the Grass
- Snowball Effect
- So Far, So Good
- So What?
- Sorry To Bother You
- Sounds good (great, awesome, fantastic)
- Sour Grapes
- Speak of the Devil
- Spick and Span
- Splitting Hairs
- Square Deal, a
- Stack the Deck
- Stand On Someone’s Shoulders
- Steal Someone’s Thunder
- Step Outside
- Step Up to the Plate
- Stick In Your (or one’s) Throat
- Stick to Your Ribs
- Stinks To High Heaven
- Stone’s Throw, a
- Stoop To
- Stop On A Dime
- Strapped for Cash
- Straw Poll
- Strike While the Iron Is Hot
- Strong Stomach (have a)
- Suck Up (to someone)
- Sugar Daddy
- Sugarcoat
- Sure (Thank You Response)
- Surefire
- Sweep Something Under the Rug
- Swing By
Examples Of Idioms Beginning with S
Safe and Sound: to be unharmed or out of danger; not hurt; undamaged.
Salt of the Earth, the: a very good, honest, worthy and reliable person or persons.
See Eye to Eye: to agree with someone; to think alike; to have similar opinions or viewpoints.
Set the Table: to get the dining table ready for a meal, as by laying out plates, silverware, glasses, etc. in the proper arrangement for eating.
Shoe is On the Other Foot, the: the situation has been reversed so that the person who was in a better position is now in the worse one; the circumstances of two people have reversed; the situation is now the opposite of what it was before.
Silver Lining, a: a positive outcome or aspect of a bad situation; an unseen benefit or element of hopefulness that comes from something bad that happens to you
Sitting Duck: an easy target; someone who is easy to attack or criticize; someone in a very vulnerable position; someone easily caught or found.
Sleep In: to sleep later than usual, usually by choice, such as on the weekends or during a vacation.
Slow-Walk: to deliberately delay implementing it; to intentionally delay or prevent something from progressing such as by obstructing it, or needlessly prolonging the process.
Small Talk: polite and casual conversation about very unimportant, trivial, or uninteresting topics; chitchat.
Smart Alec: a conceited person who irritates others by always trying to be clever, sarcastic, etc.; a person who insists on showing off their knowledge in a way that is annoying.
