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Carolyn WrightPage 1 of our list of English idioms and idiomatic expressions beginning with the letter 'A'.
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- A fool at 40 is a fool forever
- If someone hasn't matured by the time they reach forty, they never will.
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- A hitch in your giddy-up
- If you have a hitch in your giddy-up, you're not feeling well. ('A hitch in your gittie-up' is also used.)
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- A lick and a promise
- If you give something a lick and a promise, you do it hurriedly, most often incompletely, intending to return to it later.
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A OK, they are absolutely fine.
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A long row to hoe
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takes a long time.
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A lost ball in the high weeds
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long row to hoe is a difficult task
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how to do something.
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someone who does not know what they are doing
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- A month of Sundays
- A month of Sundays is a long period of time
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A steal
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seen her in a month of Sundays.
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a way of asking someone what they are thinking about.
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a writer who uses lots of puns but isn't very funny would be a poor man's Oscar Wilde
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costs a pretty penny, it is very expensive.
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- A slice off a cut loaf is never missed
- Used colloquially to describe having sexual intercourse with someone who is not a virgin
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something is a steal, it costs much less than it is really worth.
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A watched pot never boils
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Some things work out in their own time, so being impatient and constantly checking will just make things seem longer.
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(India) An abject lesson serves as a warning to others. (In some varieties of English 'object lesson' is used.)
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no practical use
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Above board
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hen companies, governments, etc, change their position on an issue.
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- About face
- If someone changes their mind completely, this is an about face.
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above board, they are carried out in a legal and proper manner.
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- Above the salt
- This means that something or someone has a high position.
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- Ace in the hole
- An ace in the hole is something other people are not aware of that can be used to your advantage when the time is right.
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weak spot
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Achilles' heel
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Umesha WeerakkodyA list of 175 English idioms and idiomatic expressions beginning with the letter 'A'.
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