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Phrase-Fànder IndeŁ
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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