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English Idioms Beginning with A

• Abbot's Priory
• abound in one's own sense
• about time
• about to
• about turn
• above board
• above one's bend
• above one's huckleberry
• above par
• above the curve
• above the fray
• above the law
• above the salt
• above water
• a bridge too far
• absence makes the heart grow fonder
• abuse of distress
• accident of birth
• accident waiting to happen
• according to Cocker
• according to Gunter
• according to Hoyle
• ace in the hole
• ace up one's sleeve
• acknowledge the corn
• a cold day in July
• acquired taste
• across the board
• activist judge
• activist justice
• act of Congress
• act one's age
• act out
• act up
• Adam's ale
• Adam Tiler
• a day late and a dollar short
• add fuel to the fire
• add insult to injury
• addle pate
• add oil
• add up
• adorn oneself with borrowed plumes
• adrenaline rush
• after all
• after one's own heart
• after the fact
• after the Lord Mayor's show
• against all odds
• against the clock
• against the collar
• against the grain
• against the run of play
• against the world
• age before beauty
• a good deal
• agreement in principle
• agree to disagree
• aha moment
• ahead of one's time
• ahead of the curve
• ahead of the game
• ahead of the pack
• a hundred and ten percent
• ain't what it used to was
• air one's dirty linen in public
• air out
• air rage
• alarums and excursions
• albatross around one's neck
• a life of its own
• a little bird told me
• a little bit of bread and no cheese
• a little from column A, a little from column B
• a little of something goes a long way
• alive and kicking
• all along
• all a mort
• all and some
• all and sundry
• all at once
• all bark and no bite
• all bedlam breaks loose
• all bets are off
• all dressed up and nowhere to go
• all duck or no dinner
• all ears
• all ends up
• all eyes
• all eyes and ears
• all fur coat and no knickers
• all good
• all hat and no cattle
• all hat and no cowboy
• all heart
• all hell breaks loose
• all holiday
• all hollow
• all it's cracked up to be
• all kidding aside
• all mouth and no trousers
• all mouth and trousers
• all of a heap
• all one's life's worth
• all one's taste is in one's mouth
• all out
• all over
• all over bar the shouting
• all over but the shouting
• all over hell's half acre
• all over oneself
• all over the board
• all over the map
• all over the place
• all over with
• all rights reserved
• all roads lead to Rome
• all set
• all sixes and nines
• all sizzle and no steak
• all talk and no cider
• all that
• all that jazz
• all the marbles
• all the rage
• all there
• all the same
• all the tea in China
• all the way to Egery and back
• all the while
• all things considered
• all thumbs
• all told
• all to smash
• all very well
• all wet
• almighty dollar
• along about
• amateur hour
• amber gambler
• amber light
• amber nectar
• American Dream
• anaconda mortgage
• an apple a day
• an arm and a leg
• ancient history
• and all
• and all this
• and change
• and counting
• and crap
• and finally
• and his mother
• and how
• and I don't mean maybe
• and shit
• and so forth
• and so on
• and such
• and the like
• and then some
• and whatnot
• angel's advocate
• angle for farthings
• a notch above
• another day, another dollar
• another nail in someone's coffin
• another string to one's bow
• an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure
• answer on a postcard
• answer the call of nature
• anybody who is anybody
• any more for any more
• any nook or cranny
• any old
• any old nook or cranny
• any old thing
• anyone's guess
• any port in a storm
• anything goes
• any time now
• any time soon
• ape leader
• apothecary's Latin
• a pound to a penny
• appetite comes with eating
• apple of someone's eye
• apples and oranges
• apply oneself
• apron string
• apron-string hold
• arch doxy
• are you deaf
• are your ears burning
• arm candy
• armchair quarterback
• arm's length
• arm to the teeth
• arm up
• a Roland for an Oliver
• around Robin Hood's barn
• around the clock
• around the corner
• around the Horn
• arrive at
• arrow in the quiver
• arse end of nowhere
• arse over tip
• arse over tit
• arsy varsy
• arsy versy
• artful dodger
• as all get-out
• as a rule
• as a whole
• as best one can
• as ever
• as ever trod shoe leather
• as far as I can throw you
• as far as one knows
• as God intended
• as good as
• a short drop and a sudden stop
• as if
• as if someone owns the place
• as if there were no tomorrow
• as in
• as is
• as it happens
• as I was saying
• ask after
• ask around
• asleep at the switch
• as long as
• as luck may have it
• as luck would have it
• as of
• as of late
• as of now
• as often as not
• as per usual
• asphalt jungle
• assault and battery
• ass backwards
• as soon as
• ass over teakettle
• assume the position
• as the crow flies
• as the crow flies
• as the day is long
• as the gull flies
• as the next girl
• as the next guy
• as the wind blows
• as they come
• as thick as thieves
• as well
• as yet
• as you know
• at a canter
• at a draught
• at a glance
• at all
• at all hours
• at a loss
• at a loss for words
• at a low ebb
• at a moment's notice
• at any given moment
• at a pinch
• at arm's length
• at a stand
• at bay
• at bottom
• at cross-purposes
• at death's door
• at each other's throats
• at first
• at first blush
• at full tilt
• at home
• at large
• at last
• at latter Lammas
• at long last
• at loose ends
• at odds
• atomic cocktail
• at one's feet
• at one's fingertips
• at pains
• at peace
• at peace with
• at places
• at rack and manger
• at rest
• at sea
• at sixes and sevens
• at someone's disposal
• at someone's door
• at stake
• attaboy
• attagal
• atta girl
• attagirl
• attakid
• attention whore
• at that
• at the best of times
• at the coal face
• at the disposal of
• at the door of
• at the drop of a hat
• at the end of the day
• at the expense of
• at the feet of
• at the helm
• at the high port
• at the last minute
• at the mercy of
• at the ready
• at the receiving end
• at the top of one's lungs
• at the top of one's voice
• at the very least
• at the very most
• at the wheel
• at this point in time
• Attic salt
• at times
• at variance
• at will
• Augean stables
• auld lang syne
• autem cackler
• autem dipper
• autem diver
• autem mort
• autumn romance
• avant la lettre
• average bear
• average joe
• average up
• away game
• away with the fairies
• a week from next Tuesday
• a week is a long time in politics
• a wild goose never laid a tame egg
• aye aye, sir

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