Common Idioms (E)
An idiom is a phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal meanings of its individual words. Instead, it has a figurative meaning that is culturally understood by native speakers. "Every cloud has a silver lining" is an example of an idiom beginning with E.- Every cloud has a silver lining means there's something good in every bad situation.
- You lost the game, but every cloud has a silver lining — you learned a lot.
- eager beaver
- eagle eye
- early bath
- early bird
- earn one's crust
- earn one's keep
- ears are burning
- ear to the ground
- ear tunnel
- easier said than done
- easy come, easy go
- easy does it
- easy on the eye
- easy on the eyes
- easy pickings
- easy street
- eat one's young
- eat, breathe, and sleep
- eat and leave no crumbs
- eat an elephant one bite at a time
- eat crow
- eat dirt
- eat for two
- eat humble pie
- eat it
- eat my shorts
- eat one's cake and have it too
- eat one's feelings
- eat one's gun
- eat one's hat
- eat one's head off
- eat one's heart out
- eat one's own
- eat one's own dog food
- eat one's seed corn
- eat one's Wheaties
- eat out of someone's hand
- eat shit
- eat someone out of house and home
- eat someone's dust
- eat someone's lunch
- eat the mic
- eat the rich
- economical with the truth
- edge of the earth
- edge of the world
- edge out
- effluxion of time
- egg on
- elbow grease
- elbow mentality
- electronic superhighway
- element of surprise
- elephant in the room
- eleventh hour
- el vil metal
- Elvis has left the building
- Elysian Fields
- embarrassment of riches
- eminence grise
- emotional cripple
- emperor's new clothes
- empty the clip
- empty the tank
- end of
- end of the line
- end of the world
- engine room
- enough to choke a horse
- enough to make a cat laugh
- enough to make the angels weep
- enter on the boards
- err on the side of
- err on the side of caution
- escape fire
- esprit de corps
- eternal sleep
- eternal triangle
- e thumb
- E ticket
- eureka moment
- even keel
- even money
- even the score
- ever after
- everlasting staircase
- every bit
- everybody and his cousin
- every inch
- every last
- every man Jack
- every old nook and cranny
- everyone and their mother
- everything but the kitchen sink
- everything in the garden is rosy
- everything one touches turns to gold
- every time
- every which where
- every woman Jill
- evil twin
- excess baggage
- exchange contracts
- exchange flesh
- exchange of contracts
- execution style
- exit stage left
- expose oneself
- express elevator
- extract the urine
- extra pair of hands
- eye of the beholder
- eyeblink
- eye for an eye
- eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
- eye of the storm
- eye opener
- eye sex
- eyes on the prize
- eye up
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