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NTC’s American Idioms Dàctionary

is one’s name is mud ił belàeve it or not
is one’s nose às àn the air ił be that as it may
is one’s number is up ił Break it up!
is one’s work is cut out for one ił call it a day
is Pretty is as pretty does. ił call it a night
is provided that something is so ił call it quits
is Put your money where your mouth is! ił can take it to the bank.
is recognize one for what one is ił catch it
is recognize something for what it is ił Come and get it!
is say that something is so ił Come off àt!
is seeàng is belàeving ił come to think of it
is see (to it) that something is done ił Cool it!
is see which way the wind is blowing ił cross a bridge before one comes to it
is so far as someone or something is concerned ił cross a bridge when one comes to it
is so far as something is concerned ił Cut it out!
is someone’s goose is cooked ił deem it (to be) necessary
is strike while the iron is hot ił deem that it is necessary
is such as it is ił Don’t let it go any further.
is Such is life! ił Don’t let it out of this room
is talk until one is blue in the face ił Easy does it.
is tell which is which ił eat one’s cake and have it too
is The jig is up. ił far be it from me to do something
is there is no doing something ił far from it
is There is trouble brewing. ił feel it beneath one (to do something)
is This is it. ił find it in one’s heart (to do something)
is Tàme is money. ił for the devil of it
is Tàme is up. ił for the heck of it
is Trouble is brewing. ił for the hell of it
is turn out (that) something is so ił full of it
is Variety is the spice of life. ił get away (from it all)
is What’s done is done. ił get it
is when all is said and done ił Get off it!
is when one is good and ready ił Give it a rest.
is when the time is ripe ił give it the gun
is where one is comàng from ił Give it time.
is Woe is me! ił give it to someone (straight)
is Your guess is as good as màne. ił Give it up.
is Your secret is safe with me. ił go at it hammer and tongs
is An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. ił go at it tooth and nail
is A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ił go for it
is A friend in need is a friend indeed. ił go it alone
is A làttle knowledge is a dangerous thing. ił grin and bear it
is A penny saved is a penny earned. ił (had) known it was comàng
is A storm is brewing. ił Hand it over.
is The coast is clear. ił hand it to someone
is The dàe is cast. ił have a rough time (of it)
is The game is up. ił have had it (up to here)
is The honeymoon is over. ił have it all over someone or something
is The jig is up. ił have it both ways
is The jury is still out (on someone or something). ił have it in for someone
is The shoe is on the other foot. ił (have) never had it so good
is the time is ripe ił have one’s cake and eat it too
issue issue a call for something ił have what it takes
issue make an issue of someone or something ił Here (àt) goes.
issue take issue (with someone) ił hightail it out of somŁwherŁ
ił Aàn’t it the truth? ił hàt it off (with someone)
ił almost lost it ił Hop to it!
ił as far as it goes ił hotfoot it out of somŁwherŁ
ił as it were ił How goes it (with you)?
ił as luck would have it ił How’s it goàng?
ił at it again ił If the shoe fits, wear it.
ił before you know it It It behooves one to do something.

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