Idiom Index: Words and Themes Beginning with ‘N’

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S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z

Find idioms related to words beginning with the letter N.

Nail

• Bite One’s Nails
• Dead as a Doornail
• Hit the Nail On the Head

Naked

• Naked as a Jaybird
• Naked Eye, the

Name

• Name is Mud, his, her

Nautical Idioms

• At Loggerheads
• Flotsam and Jetsam
• On the Rocks
• Ships That Pass In The Night
• Show Your True Colors, to
• Spick and Span
• Taken Aback, to be
• Tell That To The Marines!
• To (until, till) The Bitter End
• With Flying Colors

Neat

• Spick and Span

Neck

• Dead from the Neck Up
• Up to One’s Ears

Negative Character Idioms

• Bad Egg
• Fair-Weather Friend
• Full Of Yourself
• Not Have A — Bone In One’s Body
• Show Your True Colors, to

Nervous

• Bite One’s Nails
• Bundle of Nerves, a
• Worried to Death

Nest

• Hornet’s Nest, a

Never

• It Never Rains, But It Pours
• Never Hear the End of It

New

• Whole New Ball Game, a

Night

• Burn the Midnight Oil
• Night Owl
• Pitch Dark
• Ships That Pass In The Night

No

• Big Deal
• Have No Stomach for Something
• No End In Sight (to something)
• No Great Shakes
• No Holds Barred
• No Problem (Thank You Response)
• No Spring Chicken
• No Sweat (Thank You Response)
• There’s No Accounting for Tastes

Nod

• On Nodding Terms, to be

None

• Bar None

Nose

• Brown Nose, to
• Nose Around
• Rub Someone’s Nose In It

Not

• Last But Not Least
• Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be
• Not Bat an Eye
• Not For All the Tea in China
• Not My Cup of Tea
• Not Think Twice
• Nothing If Not
• When Hell Freezes Over

Nothing

• Much Ado About Nothing
• Nothing If Not
• Nothing To Write Home About
• Skin and Bones (nothing but)

Nowhere

• Middle of Nowhere, the

Number (word)

• By the Numbers
• Got Your (or someone’s) Number

Numbers

• Five-finger Discount
• On Cloud Nine
• Seventh Heaven, in
• Talk Nineteen to the Dozen
• Two Left Feet
• Two Peas in a Pod, like
• Two Pennies to Rub Together, to not have