Idiom Index: Words and Themes Beginning with ‘R’

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 R.

Rack

• Rack Your Brains

Rain

• It Never Rains, But It Pours
• Rain Check
• Rain On Someone’s Parade
• Rain Or Shine
• Raining Cats And Dogs
• Save Something for a Rainy Day

Ray

• Catch Some Rays

Read

• Don’t Believe Everything You Read
• Read Between the Lines
• Read Someone Like a Book

Rebel

• Rebel Without a Cause, a

Red

• Caught Red-Handed
• In the Red
• Paint The Town Red
• Red Letter Day

Religion Related Idioms

• By the Book
• Cross My (or your) Heart
• Devil’s Advocate, to play
• God’s Acre
• Holier Than Thou
• Losing My Religion
• Preaching to the Choir

Retail Related Idioms

• In Stock
• Off The Shelf
• Out of Stock

Ribs

• Stick to Your Ribs

Right

• Even a Broken Clock Is Right Twice a Day
• Give Your Right Arm (for something)
• Right Off the Bat

Ring

• Dead Ringer
• Has A Ring To It
• Ring a Bell

Ripe

• Time Is Ripe

Rise

• Rise and Shine

Road

• Down the Road
• Get This Show on the Road
• Kick the Can Down the Road

Rob

• Rob Peter to Pay Paul
• Rob Someone Blind
• Rob the Cradle

Rock

• Between a Rock and a Hard Place
• On the Rocks
• Rock the Boat

Rocket

• Not Rocket Science

Roman

• Dog Days

Roots

• Grass Roots

Rope

• At the End of Your Rope
• On the Ropes

Rose

• Bed Of Roses

Rotten

• Last One In is a Rotten Egg

Rough

• Diamond in the Rough

Rub

• Rub Salt in the Wound
• Rub Someone the Wrong Way
• Rub Someone’s Nose In It
• Two Pennies to Rub Together, to not have

Rubber

• Burn Rubber (to)
• Rubber Check
• Rubber-Chicken Dinner

Rude

• In One’s Face
• Rude Awakening

Rug

• Rub Salt in the Wound
• Rub Someone the Wrong Way
• Rub Someone’s Nose In It
• Two Pennies to Rub Together, to not have

Run

• Cut and Run
• Eat and Run
• End Run (to do an)
• Hit the Ground Running
• Make One’s Blood Run Cold
• Run a Bath
• Run a Fever
• Run Across (someone)
• Run Across (something)
• Run After

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Russia/Russian Related Idioms

• Play Russian Roulette