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  • Download article as PDF Zero hour The time when something important is to begin is zero hour. Zero tolerance If the police have a zero tolerance policy, they will not...

    Idioms beginning with Z

    Download article as PDF Zero hour The time when something important is to begin is zero hour. Zero tolerance If the police have a zero tolerance policy, they will not...

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  • Download article as PDF Yank my chain If some one says this to another person (i.e. stop yanking my chain) it means for the other person to leave the person...

    Idioms beginning with Y

    Download article as PDF Yank my chain If some one says this to another person (i.e. stop yanking my chain) it means for the other person to leave the person...

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  • Download article as PDF Wag the dog To ‘wag the dog’ means to purposely divert attention from what would otherwise be of greater importance, to something else of lesser significance....

    Idioms beginning with W

    Download article as PDF Wag the dog To ‘wag the dog’ means to purposely divert attention from what would otherwise be of greater importance, to something else of lesser significance....

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  • Download article as PDF Van Gogh’s ear for music: Tone deaf. Variety Is The Spice Of Life: The more experiences you try the more exciting life can be. Vale of...

    Idioms beginning with V

    Download article as PDF Van Gogh’s ear for music: Tone deaf. Variety Is The Spice Of Life: The more experiences you try the more exciting life can be. Vale of...

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  • Download article as PDF U-turn If a government changes its position radically on an issue, especially when they have promised not to do so, this is a U-turn. Ugly as...

    Idioms beginning with U

    Download article as PDF U-turn If a government changes its position radically on an issue, especially when they have promised not to do so, this is a U-turn. Ugly as...

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  • Download article as PDF Tables are turned When the tables are turned, the situation has changed giving the advantage to the party who had previously been at a disadvantage. Take...

    Idioms beginning with T

    Download article as PDF Tables are turned When the tables are turned, the situation has changed giving the advantage to the party who had previously been at a disadvantage. Take...

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  • Download article as PDF Safe and sound If you arrive safe and sound, then nothing has harmed you on your way. A person who can be trusted to do something...

    Idioms beginning with S

    Download article as PDF Safe and sound If you arrive safe and sound, then nothing has harmed you on your way. A person who can be trusted to do something...

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  • Download article as PDF Rack and ruin If something or someone goes to rack and ruin, they are utterly destroyed or wrecked. Rack your brain If you rack your brain,...

    Idioms beginning with R

    Download article as PDF Rack and ruin If something or someone goes to rack and ruin, they are utterly destroyed or wrecked. Rack your brain If you rack your brain,...

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  • Download article as PDF Quarrel with bread and butter Bread and butter, here, indicate the means of one’s living. (That is why we say ‘he is the bread winner of...

    Idioms beginning with Q

    Download article as PDF Quarrel with bread and butter Bread and butter, here, indicate the means of one’s living. (That is why we say ‘he is the bread winner of...

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  • Download article as PDF Paddle your own canoe (USA) If you paddle your own canoe, you do things for yourself without outside help. Pain in the neck If someone is...

    Idioms beginning with P

    Download article as PDF Paddle your own canoe (USA) If you paddle your own canoe, you do things for yourself without outside help. Pain in the neck If someone is...

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