Kategori:Engelska/Idiom

A

• a drop in the ocean
• a lot
• alpha and omega
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
• around the clock
• as the crow flies

B

• be out of one's mind
• beat a dead horse
• be on one's guard
• big picture
• bottom line
• bread and butter
• burn a hole in one's pocket

C

• Catch-22
• change of heart
• close but no cigar
• close the door on
• cold turkey
• computer mediated communication
• cry one's eyes out
• crystal clear
• cut one's losses

D

• daylight robbery
• deal breaker

E

• eat one's own dog food
• enough is as good as a feast
• everything but the kitchen sink
• eye for an eye
• eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

F

• feather one's nest
• for the win

G

• get off someone's back
• gimme
• give a hand
• give it some welly
• give somebody a hand
• give someone a hand
• go Dutch
• go too far

H

• have a ball
• have had it
• have a finger in the pie
• have a look at
• have something on the tip of one's tongue
• hidden agenda

I

• in spades
• in the buff
• in broad daylight

J

• jump into bed
• jump on the bandwagon

K

• keep an eye on
• keep on
• kill two birds with one stone

L

• lion's share
• look down on
• look the other way
• lose face
• lucky dog

M

• make sense
• meat and potatoes
• mop the floor with

N

• not hurt a fly
• not my pigeon
• not the sharpest knife in the drawer

O

• off one's tits
• on one's own
• on the brink
• on one's guard
• on the other hand
• out of work
• out of bounds
• over my dead body

P

• pain in the neck
• piece of cake
• play the ponies
• plus ça change
• put lipstick on a pig

R

• rain cats and dogs

R forts.

• red tape
• rocket scientist
• rub salt in the wound
• run-of-the-mill

S

• see the forest for the trees
• see the forest through the trees
• see the wood for the trees
• set in stone
• soft spot
• speak of the devil
• spill the beans
• stand a chance

T

• take one's time
• take a look at
• talk of the devil
• teach a lesson
• teach a lesson to somebody
• teach a lesson to someone
• teach somebody a lesson
• teach someone a lesson
• the game is not worth the candle
• the long and the short of it
• the straw that broke the camel's back
• the icing on the cake
• the man
• throw in the towel
• time will tell
• to a T
• turn out
• turn upside down

U

• under the gun
• under the influence
• up to a point

W

• walk in the snow
• wear one's hat at a jaunty angle
• write for a living
• written in stone