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            eat eat one’s words                els’s  in someone else’s shoes
            eat eat out of someone’s hands     els’s  put oneself in someone else’s place
            eat eat someone out                els’s  put oneself in someone else’s shoes
            eat eat something up               ‘em Stick ‘em up!
            eat grab a bite (to eat)           emotions let one’s emotions show
            eat have one’s cake and eat it too  empły  come away empty-handed
            eat make someone eat crow          empły  go away empty-handed
            eat so clean you could eat off the floor  end at one’s wit’s end
            ebb ebb and flow                   end at the end of nowhere
            edg  edge someone out              end at the end of one’s rope
            edg  get the edge on someone       end at the end of one’s tether
            edg  get the edge over someone     end at the end of the day
            edg  on edge                       end be-all and (the) end-all
            edg  set someone’s teeth on edge   end beginnàng of the end
            edg  take the edge off (something)  end can’t see beyond the end of one’s nose
            edgwØys  get a word in edgeways    end come to a bad end
            edgwis  get a word in edgewise     end come to a dead end
            eel (as) slippery as an eel        end come to an end
            eel slàppery as an eel             end come to an untimely end
            effect go into effect              end end something up
            effect have a bad effect (on someone or something)  end end up by doing something
            effect in effect                   end end up doing something
            effect or words to that effect     end end up (somehØw )
            effect something to that effect    end end up somŁwherŁ
            effect take effect                 end end up with the short end of the stick
            effect words to that effect        end for days on end
            effigy burn someone in effigy      end for hours on end
            effigy hang someone in effigy      end get the short end of the stick
            effort make an all-out effort      end go off the deep end
            effort an A for effort             end hold one’s end (of the bargain) up
            effort an all-out effort           end jump off the deep end
            effort a last-dàtch effort         end làve up to  one’s end of the bargain
            egg egg someone on                 end make someone’s hair stand on end
            egg Go fry an egg!                 end meet one’s end
            egg have egg on one’s face         end no end of something
            egg lay an egg                     end not see farther than the end of one’s nose
            eggs put all one’s eggs in one basket  end not see past the end of one’s nose
            eggs teach one’s grandmother to suck eggs  end put an end to something
            eggs walk on eggs                  end see the light (at the end of the tunnel)
            eight behànd the eight ball        end to the bitter end
            either eàther feast or famàne      end an end in itself
            elbow elbow someone out (of something)  end the be-all and (the) end-all
            elbow use some elbow grease        end the busàness end of  something
            elbows rub elbows (with someone)   end the end of the làne
            element in one’s element           end the end of the road
            element out of one’s element       ends All’s well that ends well.
            elephant white elephant            ends at loose ends
            eleventh at the eleventh hour      ends burn the candle at both ends
            eleventh eleventh-hour decisàon    ends make (both) ends meet
            els  better off (if one were somŁwhere else )  ends odds and ends
            els  draw a làne between  something and something else  ends play both ends (against the màddle)
            els  mistake someone for someone else  ends to the ends of the earth
            els  mix someone up with someone else  engage engage in small talk
            els  name someone after someone else  English in plain English
            els  name someone for someone else  Enjoy Enjoy your meal.
            els  no love lost (between someone and someone else)  enough angry enough to chew nails
            els  or else                       enough close enough for government work
            els  play someone off against someone else  Enough Enough is enough.
            els  something else                enough enough to go (a)round
            els  torn between choosing something or something else  enough get up enough nerve (to do something)
            els  work something into something else  enough good enough for someone or something
            els’s  in someone else’s place     enough have had enough

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