Idiom Index: Words and Themes Beginning with ‘A’

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z

Find idioms related to words beginning with the letter A.

About

• Much Ado About Nothing
• Nothing To Write Home About
• Run Around
• Talk About
• That’s About the Size Of It
• Up and About

Above

• A Cut Above
• Above and Beyond
• Above Suspicion
• Above the Law
• Over and Above

Accident

• Accidentally On Purpose
• Accidents Will Happen
• An Accident Waiting To Happen

Account

• By All Accounts
• Call to Account
• There’s No Accounting for Tastes

Ace

• Ace Up Your Sleeve, an
• Hold All The Aces

Acre

• God’s Acre

Act

• Act of God, an
• Act Up
• Clean Up Your Act
• Get Your Act Together

Action

• Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Ado

• Without Further Ado

Advantage

• To Advantage

Aesop’s Fables Related Idioms

• Add Insult To Injury
• All That Glitters Is Not Gold
• Cry Wolf
• Dog in the Manger
• Don’t Bite The Hand That Feeds You
• Sour Grapes

Afraid

• Afraid Of Your Own Shadow
• I’m Afraid (idiom)
• Scaredy-Cat

Again

• Every Now and Then
• Run Something By Me Again
• You Can Say That Again

Against

• Against All Odds
• Cards Are Stacked Against
• Dead Set Against (something)
• Run Against

Agenda

• Hidden Agenda

Agree/Agreement

• Agree to Disagree
• Couldn’t Agree More (I, somebody)

Air

• Air Dirty Laundry In Public
• Clear the Air
• Out of Thin Air
• Put On Airs
• Up in The Air

Alcohol Related Idioms

• Bottoms Up
• Drink Like a Fish
• Fall Off the Wagon
• Go Cold Turkey
• Half in the Bag
• Hit the Bottle

All

• After All
• Against All Odds
• All Ears (to be)
• All Hell Breaks Loose
• All of a Sudden
• All That Glitters Is Not Gold
• All Thumbs
• All Tuckered Out
• By All Accounts
• Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket
• Hold All The Aces
• Hold All the Cards
• Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be
• Not For All the Tea in China
• Put All Your Cards On the Table

Animal Related Idioms

• 800-Pound Gorilla
• A Little Bird Told Me
• Back the Wrong Horse
• Beat a Dead Horse

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Apart

• Come Apart at the Seams
• Tell Apart

Appetite

• Eat Like A Bird
• Eat Like A Horse

Arm

• Arm and a Leg, an
• Armed to the Teeth
• At Arm’s Length
• Babe in Arms, a
• Give Your Right Arm (for something)
• Twist Someone’s Arm

Arms

• Up In Arms, about something

Army

• An Army Marches on Its Stomach
• Army Brat
• You And What Army?

Around

• Beat Around the Bush
• Every Time One Turns Around
• Horse Around
• Monkey Around
• Nose Around
• Run Around
• Running Around Like a Chicken With its Head Cut Off

Art

• Have Something Down to a Fine Art

Ash

• Rise From the Ashes

Ass

• Blow Smoke Up Someone’s Ass
• Kiss Ass or Kiss Butt, to
• Lick Someone’s Boots
• Open a Can Of Whoop-Ass
• Pain in the Neck, a

At

• At Arm’s Length
• At Death’s Door
• At Face Value (to take something)
• At Hand
• At Large
• At Last (or at Long Last)
• At Length
• At Loggerheads
• At the Drop of a Hat
• At the End of the Day
• At the End of Your Rope
• At Your Fingertips
• At Your Wit’s End
• Ill at Ease
• Jump At Something (chance, offer, opportunity)

Automotive Idioms

• Burn Rubber (to)
• Drive Into
• Gas Up
• Kick the Tires
• Mile a Minute, a
• Put the Pedal to the Metal
• Running On Fumes
• Side Street
• Stop On A Dime
• Tailgate, to
• Traffic Idioms In English
• Your Mileage May Vary

Awake

• Rude Awakening

Away

• Get Away From It All
• Get Away with Murder
• Miles Away, to be
• Run Away
• Run Away With (something)
• When the Cat’s Away, the Mice Will Play