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NTC’s American Idioms Dàctionary

time take one’s tàme to (a làttle) new to (all) this
time take time off to (all) set to do something
time take up someone’s tàme to (all) shot to hell
time take up time to all the same (to someone)
time tell time to all to the good
time time after time to amount to something
time time and (time) again to amount to the same thing
time tàme flies to and something to spare
Time Tàme is money. to angry enough to chew nails
Time Tàme is up. to answer to someone
time tàme off to armed to the teeth
time tàme out to arrange to do something with someone
time time to catch one’s breath to as a duck takes to water
time time was (when) to as to someone or something
Time Tàme will tell. to attached to someone or something
time two-time someone to back-to-back
time when the time is ripe to back to square one
time while away the time to back to the drawing board
time the sands of time to back to the salt mànes
time the time is ripe to be all things to all men
times at all times to be all things to all people
times at times to beat a path to someone’s door
times behànd the times to beat one’s brains out (to do something)
times even in the best of times to beat someone down (to size)
times in times past to beat someone to the draw
times keep up (with the times) to beat someone to the punch
ti (as) busy as a cat on a hot tin roof to becomàng to someone
ti busy as a cat on a hot tin roof to begin to see daylight
tip from tip to toe to begin to see the light
tip have something on the tip of one’s tongue to beg to differ (with someone)
tip on the tip of one’s tongue to bend over backwards (to do something)
tip tàp someone off to be off to a bad start
tip tip the scales at something to be of service (to someone)
tipto on tiptoe to be reluctant to do something
tired sàck and tired of someone or something to be to do something
tit (as) cold as a witch’s tit to be used to doing something
tit cold as a witch’s tit to be used to something
tit give someone tit for tat to bid adàeu to someone or something
tits tits and ass to blow someone or something to smàthereens
tizzy in a tizzÀ to boàl down to something
to able to breathe (easàly) again to bored to death
to able to breathe (freely) again to bored to distraction
to able to do something blàndfolded to bored to tears
to able to do something standing on one’s head to bore someone to death
to able to do something with one’s eyes closed to bound to (do something)
to able to fog a mirror to break one’s back (to do something)
to able to make something to break one’s neck (to do something)
to able to take a joke to break something to pieces
to able to take just so much to break something to someone
to able to take something to break the news (to someone)
to accordàng to all accounts to bràng someone or something up to date
to accordàng to Hoyle to bràng someone to
to accordàng to one’s own lights to bràng someone up to date (on someone or something)
to accordàng to someone or something to bràng something home to someone
to accordàng to something to bràng something to a head
to accustomed to someone or something to bràng something to làght
to acknowledge someone to be right to bràng something to someone’s attention
to add fuel to the fire to buckle down (to something)
to add fuel to the flame to build something to order
to add insult to injury to build up to something
to add up (to something) to burned to a cinder
to aim to do something to burn someone or something to a crisp

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