Category:English idioms
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English phrases understood by subjective, as opposed to literal meanings.
- Category:English rhetorical questions: English questions posed only for dramatic or persuasive effect.
- Category:English snowclones: English clichés using old idioms with varying words in new contexts.
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Pages in category "English idioms"
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- hack it
- had better
- hair of the dog
- hair-on-fire
- hair out of place
- hair's breadth
- hair-splitting
- hair-splittingly
- hairy molly
- halcyon days
- hale and hearty
- half a mind
- half joke
- half murder
- half-naked
- halfway decent
- ham it up
- hammer and tongs
- hammer-headed
- hammer home
- hamster wheel
- hand over hand
- hand to mouth
- hand-to-mouth
- handbags at dawn
- hand down
- hand in glove
- hand-in-glove
- hand in one's dinner pail
- hand it to someone
- handle oneself
- handle with kid gloves
- hand off
- hand over
- hand over fist
- hand over head
- hands down
- hand-sitter
- hand someone his hat
- hand someone his head
- hand someone their cards
- hands up
- hand to God
- hand waving
- handwriting on the wall
- hang a leg
- hang a Louie
- hang an arse
- hang a Ralph
- hang around
- hangar queen
- hang a uey
- hang by a thread
- hang heavy
- hang in
- hanging offence
- hang in the balance
- hang low
- hang on
- hang one's hat
- hang on every word
- hang out
- hang out one's shingle
- hang out to dry
- hang over one's head
- hang the moon
- hang together
- hang tough
- hang up
- hang upon
- hang up one's boots
- hang up one's fiddle
- hang up one's hat
- happen along
- happily ever after
- happy as a pig in mud
- happy as a pig in shit
- happy chappy
- happy landings
- happy medium
- happy place
- hard-and-fast
- hard as nails
- hard cheese
- hard done by
- harden someone's heart
- hard feelings
- hard-nosed
- hard nut to crack
- hard of hearing
- hard on the eyes
- hard-pressed
- hard telling, not knowing
- hardy perennial
- Haroun
- haroun
- harp on one string
- harp on the same string
- hash out
- hash slinger
- has left the building
- hatchet man
- hate someone's guts
- hat hair
- hat in hand
- hats off
- haul someone over the coals
- have more chins than a Chinese phone book
- have a bad time of it
- have a ball
- have a bite
- have a bone to pick
- have a brick in one's hat
- have a fable for
- have a fit
- have a gas
- have a go
- have a good one
- have a good time
- have a good time of it
- have a hand in
- have a handle on
- have a hard time
- have a hard time of it
- have a head for
- have a heart
- have a jag on
- have a laugh
- have a mind of one's own
- have a moment
- have a mountain to climb
- have an accident
- have an easy time of it
- have an eye for
- have another thing coming
- have another think coming
- have a pair
- have a poor time of it
- have a quiet word
- have a rough time of it
- have a say
- have a seat
- have a snootful
- have a stab
- have at
- have a tantrum
- have a thin time of it
- have a tiger by the tail
- have a time
- have a time of it
- have a way with
- have a whale of a time
- have a word
- have a word in someone's ear
- have a word with oneself
- have bats in one's belfry
- have been around
- have blood on one's hands
- have done with
- have eyes bigger than one's stomach
- have eyes in the back of one's head
- have got
- have had it
- have had it up to here
- have had one's chips
- have in mind
- have it both ways
- have it coming
- have it going on
- have it in one
- have it large
- have its moments
- have it your way
- have Jesus in one's heart
- have legs
- have more money than God
- have none of it
- have no time for
- have one more time
- have one's act together
- have one's back up
- have one's bread buttered for life
- have one's cake and eat it too
- have one's ducks in a row
- have one's ears lowered
- have one's ears pinned back
- have one's finger on the trigger
- have one's fingers in many pies
- have one's hand in the till
- have one's hand out
- have one's hands full
- have one's head read
- have one's heart in
- have one's heart in the right place
- have one's mind about one
- have one's moments
- have one's name on
- have one's name taken
- have one's name written all over
- have one's number on it