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- (as) mad as hops
- (do something) as if it's going out of style
- (do something) like it's going out of style
- (had) known it was coming
- (I am/was) just wondering.
- (I am/was) only wondering.
- (it is) (one's) pleasure
- (it was) good talking to you
- (it was) nice meeting you
- (it was) nice talking to you
- (it's) (all) Greek to me
- (it's) just as well (that) (something happened)
- (it's) nice to see you, too
- (it's) off with (one's) head
- (it's) time to call it a day
- (it's) time to call it a night
- (it's) time to cruise
- (it's) time to go
- (it's) time to hit the road
- (it's) time to jet off (to some place)
- (it's) time to push along
- (it's) time to push off
- (it's) time to run
- (it's) time to split
- (it's) time to take off the gloves
- (just) crazy enough to work
- (Now) where was I?
- (one) could have sworn (that) (something was the case)
- (one) could swear (that) (something was the case)
- (one) is not a mind reader
- (one) is old enough to know better
- (one's) back is turned
- (one's) blood is up
- (one's) face is like thunder
- (one's) finger itches (to do something)
- (one's) goose is cooked
- (one's) head is on the block
- (one's) heart is jumping out of (one's) chest
- (one's) heart is set against (something)
- (one's) heart is set on (something)
- (one's) jig is up
- (one's) nose is (always) in the air
- (one's) race is run
- (one's) stomach is tied (up) in knots
- (one's) whole world was turned upside down
- (one's) work is cut out for (one)
- (someone) is endgame
- (someone) is/would be turning over in their grave
- (something) is the last straw
- (the/one's) time runs out
- (there's) no show without Punch
- a candidate for a pair of wings
- a doddle
- a good time was had by all
- absolve from guilt
- act as though (one) is above (something)
- act like (one) is above (something)
- air (one's) dirty laundry in public
- air (one's) dirty linen in public
- always be on (one's) guard
- and a half
- as I was saying
- as if that wasn't bad enough
- as if there was no tomorrow
- as if there was/were no tomorrow
- as naked as the day (one) was born
- as was
- ask for it
- ask for trouble
- basic
- be (a bit) on the expensive side
- be (a bit) on the heavy side
- be (a bit) on the large side
- be (a certain amount of pounds) soaking wet
- be (a fine) one to talk
- be (a little) slow on the uptake
- be (a) Jekyll and Hyde
- be (a) one for (something)
- be (a) party to (something)
- be (a) witness to (something)
- be (a)round the bend
- be (all) choked up
- be (all) dolled up
- be (all) dressed up
- be (all) dressed up in Christmas tree-order
- be (all) dressed up like a Christmas tree
- be (all) fired up
- be (all) het up
- be (all) lit up like a Christmas tree
- be (all) of a piece
- be (all) out of excuses
- be (all) out to (do something)
- be (all) over
- be (all) part of life's rich pageant
- be (all) part of life's rich tapestry
- be (all) sealed up
- be (all) set
- be (all) set to (do something)
- be (all) shot to hell
- be (all) skin and bone(s)
- be (all) spruced up
- be (all) the better for (something)
- be (all) tore up
- be (all) tore up about (something)
- be (all) torn up
- be (all) tuckered out
- be (all) wrought up
- be (as) alike as chalk and cheese
- be (as) big as a barn
- be (as) black as a dog's guts
- be (as) black as coal
- be (as) black as pitch
- be (as) blind as a bat
- be (as) blind as Chloe
- be (as) boring as beans
- be (as) brave as a lion
- be (as) busy as a bee
- be (as) calm as a millpond
- be (as) Canadian as maple syrup
- be (as) chirpy as a cricket
- be (as) clean as a new penny
- be (as) clean as a new pin
- be (as) clean as a whistle
- be (as) close as wax
- be (as) cold as a wagon tire
- be (as) cold as a well digger's arse
- be (as) cold as a witch's kiss
- be (as) cold as ice
- be (as) common as pig tracks
- be (as) cool as a cucumber
- be (as) crazy as a soup sandwich
- be (as) cute as a speckled pup
- be (as) dead as a dodo
- be (as) dead as a doorknob
- be (as) dead as a doornail
- be (as) dead as a herring
- be (as) dead as a kipper
- be (as) dead as a mackerel
- be (as) deaf as a doorpost
- be (as) drunk as a biled owl
- be (as) drunk as a boiled owl
- be (as) drunk as a cunt
- be (as) drunk as a fiddler
- be (as) drunk as a fiddler's bitch
- be (as) drunk as a hoot owl
- be (as) drunk as a lord
- be (as) drunk as a peach orchard sow
- be (as) drunk as a piper
- be (as) drunk as a skunk
- be (as) drunk as a sow
- be (as) drunk as a wheelbarrow
- be (as) drunk as an owl
- be (as) drunk as Chloe
- be (as) drunk as David's/Davy's sow
- be (as) dumb as a bag of hammers
- be (as) dumb as a coal bucket
- be (as) dumb as a doorknob
- be (as) dumb as a doornail
- be (as) dumb as a rock
- be (as) dumb as a sack of hammers
- be (as) dumb as an ox
- be (as) easy as ABC
- be (as) easy as cake
- be (as) easy as falling off (of) a log
- be (as) easy as one-two-three
- be (as) easy as pie
- be (as) easy as rolling off (of) a log
- be (as) empty as a pauper's purse
- be (as) English as apple pie
- be (as) fat as a house
- be (as) fertile as a turtle
- be (as) fine as a frog('s) hair
- be (as) fine as a frog('s) hair split four ways
- be (as) fine as a frog('s) hair split three ways
- be (as) fine as frog('s) hair (split four ways)
- be (as) fit as a butcher's dog
- be (as) fit as a Mallee bull
- be (as) flat as a pancake
- be (as) fresh as a daisy
- be (as) fresh as a rose
- be (as) full as a boiled owl
- be (as) gay as a lark
- be (as) gay as a picnic basket
- be (as) gay as springtime
- be (as) guilty as sin
- be (as) happy as a clam (at high tide)
- be (as) happy as a prince
- be (as) hard as iron
- be (as) hard as nails
- be (as) healthy as a horse
- be (as) hearty as a buck
- be (as) heavy as a dead donkey
- be (as) homely as a hedge fence
- be (as) hot as a fresh fucked fox in a forest fire
- be (as) hot as a pistol
- be (as) hot as Hades
- be (as) hot as the hinges of hell
- be (as) hungry as a hog
- be (as) innocent as the babe unborn
- be (as) innocent as the child unborn
- be (as) large as a barge
- be (as) limber as a dishrag
- be (as) loose as a goose
- be (as) mad as a bear with a sore head
- be (as) mad as a cut snake
- be (as) mad as a hatter
- be (as) mad as a meat axe
- be (as) mean as a rattlesnake
- be (as) nervous as a cat
- be (as) nutty as a fruitcake
- be (as) odious as a toad
- be (as) old as dirt
- be (as) old as the devil
- be (as) old as the hills
- be (as) old as time
- be (as) pissed as a fart
- be (as) plain as day
- be (as) plain as Dunstable highway
- be (as) plain as Dunstable road
- be (as) plain as porridge
- be (as) pleased as punch
- be (as) plenty as blackberries
- be (as) poor as Job
- be (as) pretty as a peach
- be (as) pretty as a speckled pup
- be (as) proud as punch
- be (as) pure as the driven snow
- be (as) queer as a clockwork orange
- be (as) quiet as a grave
- be (as) quiet as a mouse
- be (as) quiet as a snowflake
- be (as) rare as a four-leaf clover
- be (as) rich as Rockefeller
- be (as) right as rain
- be (as) serious as a heart attack
- be (as) sharp as cut glass
- be (as) sick as a dog
- be (as) sick as a parrot
- be (as) silent as the grave
- be (as) skinny as a beanpole
- be (as) skinny as a pole
- be (as) skinny as a rail
- be (as) skinny as a rake
- be (as) skinny as a stick
- be (as) skinny as a toothpick
- be (as) slippery as a snake
- be (as) slow as a snail
- be (as) slow as a tortoise
- be (as) slow as a turtle
- be (as) slow as molasses
- be (as) slow as molasses in January
- be (as) slow as tar
- be (as) snug as a bug in a rug
- be (as) sober as a judge
- be (as) soft as butter
- be (as) solid as a rock
- be (as) solid as the Rock of Gibraltar
- be (as) sound as a dollar
- be (as) stewed as an owl
- be (as) stiff as a board
- be (as) still as a stock
- be (as) straight as a soldier
- be (as) strong as an oak
- be (as) strong as an ox
- be (as) strong as iron
- be (as) strong as steel
- be (as) stubborn as a mule
- be (as) sturdy as an oak
- be (as) thick as a brick
- be (as) thick as a plank
- be (as) thick as a short plank
- be (as) thick as thieves
- be (as) thick as two short planks
- be (as) thin as a rail
- be (as) thin as a rake
- be (as) thin as a stick
- be (as) thin as a wafer
- be (as) tight as a boiled owl
- be (as) tight as a duck's arse
- be (as) timid as a mouse
- be (as) timid as a rabbit
- be (as) tipsy as David's sow
- be (as) toey as a Roman sandal
- be (as) tough as nails
- be (as) tough as old boots
- be (as) tough as shoe leather
- be (as) ugly as sin
- be (as) warm as life
- be (as) weak as water
- be (as) white as (the) driven snow
- be (as) white as snow
- be (as) wisht as a winnard
- be (batting) on a losing wicket
- be (batting) on a sticky wicket
- be (dead) set on (something)
- be (dead) set upon (something)
- be (down) on (one's) uppers
- be (either) feast or famine
- be (just) a phone call away
- be (just) along for the ride
- be (just) as well
- be (just) good friends
- be (just) pulling (one's) leg
- be (like) night and day
- be (like) pennies from heaven
- be (like) water off a duck's back
- be (living) on another planet
- be (not) a patch on
- be (not) all beer and skittles
- be (not) all fun and games
- be (not) all moonlight and roses
- be (not) backward in coming forward
- be (not) comme il faut
- be (not) on speaking terms
- be (not) out of the woods
- be (not) supposed to (do something)
- be (not) the end of the world
- be (not) the marrying kind
- be (not) worth diddly-squat
- be (of) no use to man or beast
- be (on) the right side of (an age)
- be (on) the wrong side of (some age)
- be (one's) bread and butter
- be (one's) calling card
- be (one's) jam
- be (one's) last resort
- be (one's) own man/woman/person
- be (one's) own worst enemy
- be (one's) strong point
- be (one's) time
- be (one's) type
- be (oneself) again
- be (only) to be expected
- be (out) in left field
- be (out) in the open
- be (out) on the piss
- be (out) on the razzle
- be (really) something
- be (right) down (one's) alley
- be (right) on the money
- be (right) under (one's) (very) nose
- be (sitting) in the catbird seat
- be (sitting) on top of the world
- be (some distance) out from (something or some place)
- be (some place) on the dot
- be (someone's) huckleberry
- be (someone's) strong suit
- be (something) to the good
- be (still) going strong
- be (strictly) for the birds
- be (stuck) in a rut
- be (stuck) on a treadmill
- be (the) bomb
- be (the) first out (of) the box
- be (the) first out (of) the gate
- be (the) keeper of (something)
- be (the) king of the hill
- be (the) master of (one's) own destiny
- be (the) master of (one's) own fate
- be (the) worse for wear
- be (walking) on thin ice
- be (well) on the way to(ward) (something)
- be (with)in sight
- be 100 years too early
- be a (big) yikes
- be a (fully) paid-up member of (something)
- be a (real) piece of work
- be a 10
- be a bad apple
- be a bad egg
- be a bag of cats
- be a barrel of laughs
- be a bed of nails
- be a bed of thorns
- be a big drink of water
- be a bit dicey
- be a bit much
- be a bit of a reach
- be a bit off
- be a bit steep
- be a blank slate
- be a blessing in disguise
- be a box of birds
- be a breeze
- be a bump on a log
- be a bundle of laughs
- be a bundle of nerves
- be a cakewalk
- be a can of worms
- be a card
- be a card-carrying member (of something)
- be a case of (something)
- be a case of when, not if
- be a casualty of (something)
- be a catch
- be a cat's-paw
- be a change for the better
- be a chapter of accidents
- be a chip off the old block
- be a closed book
- be a clotheshorse
- be a cold fish
- be a cougar
- be a crafty devil
- be a crumb
- be a crying shame
- be a cut above
- be a dab hand
- be a dead cert
- be a dead duck
- be a dead loss
- be a dead ringer for (someone or something)
- be a different kettle of fish
- be a dime a dozen
- be a dimwit
- be a doddle
- be a doll
- be a donkey
- be a double-edged sword
- be a double-edged weapon
- be a drag on (one)
- be a dream
- be a drop in the bucket
- be a drop in the ocean
- be a dumb cluck
- be a far cry from (something)
- be a fate worse than death
- be a fence-sitter
- be a figment of (one's/the) imagination
- be a fine figure of a (man or woman)
- be a firm believer in (something)
- be a foil for (someone)
- be a foil to (someone)
- be a foodie
- be a fool's errand
- be a force to be reckoned with
- be a fox
- be a fusspot
- be a game of two halves
- be a game-changer
- be a gentleman and a scholar
- be a ghost of (someone's or something's) former self
- be a given
- be a go
- be a go-between
- be a goldbricker
- be a goner
- be a good egg
- be a good sport
- be a great believer in (something)
- be a great one for (doing something)
- be a greenhorn
- be a ham
- be a handful
- be a handsome devil
- be a happy camper
- be a hard act to follow
- be a heck of a (person or thing)
- be a hell of a (person or thing)
- be a hell of a drug
- be a helluva drug
- be a hit with (someone)
- be a hoot
- be a hop, skip, and (a) jump
- be a household name
- be a household word
- be a howling success
- be a huckleberry above (one's) persimmon
- be a huckleberry above a persimmon
- be a huckleberry over (one's) persimmon
- be a hunk
- be a jagoff
- be a keeper
- be a killjoy
- be a knockout
- be a laugh a minute
- be a laugh riot
- be a law unto (itself)
- be a law unto (oneself)
- be a lemon
- be a license to print money
- be a litterbug
- be a little bit off
- be a little dicey
- be a little off
- be a load off (one's) mind
- be a long drink of water
- be a long shot
- be a long time coming
- be a looker
- be a loud and proud (something)
- be a loudmouth
- be a man/woman of his/her word
- be a marked man/woman
- be a mass of (something)
- be a matter of (doing something)
- be a matter of (something)
- be a matter of opinion
- be a matter of record