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"There's an expression in Hebrew called 'hafuch al hafuch,' which means like a reverse on a reverse."
"They want to have their cake and eat it too."
"Death by a thousand cuts...Chinese torture technique."
"May you eventually return to Cool as the other side of the pillow."
"Let's not throw away the baby with the bathwater."
"There's Different Strokes for different folks."
"You've got to hope that you're with a really solid Builder that's not borrowing from Peter to pay Paul."
"One man's trash is often another man's treasure."
"If it looks like the duck call room and talks like the duck call room, it's gonna be the duck call room."
"Beggars can't be choosers, I guess we kind of, you know, turning the use of that on its head."
"Number 11: Trash Lottery Ticket. They often say that one man's trash is another man's treasure, but that phrase isn't really accurate."
"It's knocked me over with a feather as the saying goes."
"Houston we have a problem here... we keep Whistling Dixie and pretending like we don't have a problem."
"We're going to turn this sow's ear into a silk purse."
"If I can get two birds stoned at once here, I'd be pretty stoked."
"One man's trash is another man's treasure." - Highlighting the subjective nature of value and perception.
"When it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck."
"Ride the gravy train until the cheese wheels come off."
"Wax on, wax off has become part of the American idiom."
"Bury the hatchet is used to mean resolving an argument or making peace."
"Stealing someone's thunder comes from an 18th-century playwright."
"A sight for sore eyes is seeing something or someone as a welcome relief."
"If you aren't a native English speaker, you might think someone was pulling your leg."
"When your ears are burning, it means that somebody might be talking about you at the time."
"I remember saying to my colleague, 'I feel this is the straw that's going to break the camel's back.'"
"I'm gonna go in there balls on the table. It's a phrase."
"Sometimes Americans say 'amongst' just randomly for no real reason."
"Bob's your uncle" - It means like you're going to achieve what you want or it's easy or attainable.
"This will go in here and Bob's your uncle."
"It's like when something is achieved or you know something like that and apparently you can also say it in a lot of interesting context just whenever you feel like Bob's your uncle."
"No rest for the wicked, and the righteous don't need it."
"Don't get your druthers in a bunch because here come you know just all that."
"Take a sweet time" - to take a long time to do something at someone's own preferred pace.
"Raining cats and dogs describes very heavy rain."
"Well, we don't win and I figure it's better to say it right up front, because a man that does like to rent pigs is hard to stop."
"You get to have your cake and eat it too."
"Pop your clogs means that someone has died."
"If someone says, 'Chinks in the armor,' they have a weakness."
"Can you walk to school today? It's literally raining cats and dogs outside."
"...it's the Best of Both Worlds right."
"We can have our cake and eat it too people."
"This is what being the salt of the earth is all about."
"So, when I say it's raining cats and dogs outside, I don't mean that it's raining some cats and dogs. I mean that it's not raining cats and dogs at all."
"It ain't no fun when the rabbit gets the gun."
"That's a horse of another collar." - Jack Benny
"Guys, sometimes that's just the way the cookie crumbles."
"When you say a light bulb went on in my head or a light bulb went off in my head, it simply means you had an idea or you suddenly solved a problem you were thinking about."
"That's well and truly put the cat amongst the pigeons."
"Henry's bark was worse than his bite."
"One man's trash is another woman's treasure."
"We got the best of both worlds, some would say."
"They're having their cake and eating it too."
"Chewing the fat, that's one of my favorites."
"They say lightning doesn't strike twice."
"This is the one for all the marbles."
"It's cold as hell up in here, which I never understood that saying because hell's supposed to be hot."
"Now that's what you call Murphy's Law."
"Bob's your uncle; I've never understood that statement."
"If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, well, it tends to be a duck."
"Whoever coined the turn there's no such thing as a free lunch certainly didn't know where to look."
"Well if it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck."
"Crouch tiger hidden dragon is a Chinese idiom meaning a place that is full of unnoticed masters."
"If it smells like a duck, it quacks like a duck, and it looks like a duck, then it's probably a duck."
"Lightning never strikes twice in the same spot."
"Wearing your heart on your sleeve is more than just a phrase."
"I've always believed in calling a spade a spade."
"Sometimes if you want things to work out, you gotta risk it to get the biscuit."
"Easy peasy lemon squeezy, as we say for some reason."
"The proof's in the pudding is in the eating."
"We'll burn that bridge when we come to it."
"The Grass Is Always Greener, so we might as well talk about it."
"Sometimes if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck."
"They just think it's the best thing since sliced bread."
"I'd say that's having your cake and eating it too."
"What old leadbottom doesn't know won't hurt him."
"A dime a dozen means very common."
"No harm no foul, ever heard of that phrase? That's how it should be."
"The grass is always greener when you're on vacation."
"We'll just have to see how the cookie crumbles."
"Flies don't land on seamless eggs."
"If it looks like a duck, probably a duck."
"Bad Penny, Bad Penny, bad luck shows up like a bad Penny."
"To offer a pearl of wisdom, that is a great idiom which means to give someone a piece of advice or wisdom which is particularly precious."
"The final thing to do is to paint the town red, this idiom means to go out and enjoy yourself, enjoy the party and vibrant nightlife."
"Crossing the Rubicon means... it's like a point of no return."
"It was worth risking it for the biscuit."
"I'm gonna risk it for the biscuit."
"I wouldn't trade that for all the tea in China."
"It's truly a case of water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink."
"I will show you pepper when they say I will show you pepper, just know that they're ready to give it to you hot."
"They throw the baby out with the bathwater."
"Getting too big for your britches."
"Maybe it's better to let sleeping dogs lie."
"They're making a mountain out of a molehill."
"Everything is all peaches and cream now."
"You definitely won't be up a creek without a paddle with that one."
"The apple didn't fall far from the tree."
"We're going to hell in a handbasket; this ain't good."
"How could it be otherwise? Excellent Latin idiom, excellent synonym choices."
"Make a mountain out of a molehill."
"This is like a blessing in disguise."
"He can talk the hind legs off a donkey when he's a mind."
"You ever heard of the calm before the storm?"
"Other families have skeletons in the closet, right?"
"Let's make a little hay while the sun shines, huh?"
"You know people say killing two birds with one stone is a good thing, right? Whenever I try it, people look horrified."
"A shoe-in is a sure bet, something likely to succeed."
"You can't make an omelet without breaking snakes."
"You gonna mess with the bull, you might get the horn."
"If it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck and walks like a duck, then it's probably a duck."
"If I'm lyin', I'm dyin', you know."
"You're making a mountain out of a molehill there."
"You kill two birds with one stone, beautiful."
"Because my roommate used to say, we'll burn that bridge after we cross it."
"Don't let the grass grow under your feet."
"She has bitten off more than she can chew."
"Can you lend me a hand with these boxes?"
"To give someone the benefit of the doubt."
"Between a rock and a hard place is an idiom that foreshadows that Aaron Ralston will find himself in a predicament where any decision he makes will be a difficult one."
"Killing two birds with one stone there."
"He's swimming with the fishes now."
"They were as cool as a cucumber, man."
"Like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth."
"Who said the sun don't shine on the righteous?"
"Angel in the streets, devil in the sheets."
"The golden goose is on the loose and never out of season."
"If it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, it's a duck."
"Why does 'fat chance' and 'slim chance' mean the same thing?"
"If it looks like a duck, it quacks like a duck, it's a duck."
"If you say something is music to my ears, you really enjoy it."
"The same cool as a cucumber isn't just malarkey."
"The idiom 'When Pigs Fly' means that something will never happen."
"You can beat the egg, but you can't beat the bakery."
"The proof has always been in the pudding."
"Whatever floats your boat, like we say in Kentucky, whatever floats your goat."
"If it quacks and waddles like a duck, then it's a duck, right?"
"It looks like you just brought a knife to a gunfight."
"That's just the way the cookie crumbles, as they say."
"Across that bridge when we come to it, as they say."
"It's a cherry on the cake, as it were."
"It's raining bears and frogs instead of cats and dogs."
"May as well make hay while the sun's shining."
"It's the cat's pajamas, which doesn't technically have to do with cats, just like the bee's knees."
"Is your mom even your mom if she doesn't say 'It's like Blackpool Illuminations in here with all these lights on' at least once a week?"
"Make hay while the sun was shining."
"That go around come back around; karma."