Saturday 2 April 2011

Best idiomatic dictionary for free, A to z

Foam at the mouth: To be very angry.

Follow your nose: To follow your nose is to go straight ahead.

Food for thought: Something worth thinking about.

Foot in mouth: To say something embarrassing, inappropriate or stupid.

Foot the bill: To pay the bill.

For a song: To buy or sell something for a song, is to buy or sell it very cheap.

For kicks: To do something for kicks is to do it just for fun.

For Pete’s sake: Used as an exclamation to show exasperation or irritation.

Foregone conclusion: To be an obvious conclusion/result even before something is complete or comes to an end, such as the result of a match.

Four-square behind: To stand four-square behind someone is to give the person your full support.

Fourth estate: An idiomatic way of describing the media.

Free rein: To give free rein to someone is to give them full authority to make the decisions.

Free-for-all: A contest where everyone gets involved and the rules are ignored.

French leave: To leave a gathering without saying goodbye or without permission.

Freudian Slip: To make a Freudian slip is to accidentally use the wrong word, but in doing so reveal what they are really thinking rather than what they think the other person wants to hear.

From pillar to post: To move from pillar to post is to move in a meaningless way without achieving what they want.

From soup to nuts: To do something from soup to nuts is to do it from the beginning to the very end.

From the get go: To know something from the get go is to know it from the beginning

From the sublime to the ridiculous: To decline in quality or importance.

From the word go: From the very beginning of something.

Full circle: To come full circle is to end up where you started from.

Full Monty: When something is the Full Monty, it is the real thing, not reduced in any way.

Full of beans: To be full of energy.

Full of hot air: To talk rubbish.

Full of oneself: To be arrogant.

Full of the joys of spring: To be very happy and full of energy.

Full throttle: With all the speed and energy one can muster.

Fullness of time: The right and appropriate time.

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