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LIST OF IDIOMS A abomination of desolation absence makes the heart grow fonder add insult to injury alas, poor Yorick alive and kicking all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others all dressed up and / with nowhere to go alphabet soup also ran as cool as a cucumber as different as chalk and / from cheese as pleased as Punch as thick as two (short) planks at the drop of a hat at the end of one’s rope / tether awake famous B back to square one backhanded compliment backseat driver bag and baggage baker’s dozen baptism of fire bark up the wrong tree batten down the hatches beat about / around the bush beat the living daylights out of someone bee’s knees before you can / could say Jack Robinson beggar description beggars can’t be choosers bells and whistles best of British between the devil and the deep blue sea between you, me and the lamp post / gatepost / doorpost / bedpost / post bimbo birds and the bees bite the bullet bite the dust blow hot and cold blue blood blue chip company bolt from the blue bone of contention break a leg bright eyed and bushy tailed bring home the bacon buck stops here bug someone bumf bury the hatchet business as usual business before pleasure busman’s holiday butter would not melt in one’s mouth buzzword by the skin of one’s teeth 154