English Idioms Beginning with F
English Idioms Beginning with F
- face facts
- face down
- faceless bureaucrat
- face that would stop a clock
- face the music
- face value
- fact is
- factor in
- factor space
- facts on the ground
- fade out
- fail at life
- fair and square
- fair enough
- fair game
- fair-haired boy
- fair sex
- fair shake
- fair to middling
- fair weather fan
- fair-weather friend
- fall seven times, stand up eight
- fall apart
- fall around
- fall asleep
- fall at the last hurdle
- fall behind
- fall between the cracks
- fall between two stools
- fall by the wayside
- fall for
- fall foul
- fall from grace
- falling out
- fall in line
- fall into
- fall into a trap
- fall into one's lap
- fall into place
- fall into the wrong hands
- fall off a truck
- fall off the back of a lorry
- fall off the back of a truck
- fall off the turnip truck
- fall off the wagon
- fall on one's face
- fall on one's sword
- fall on someone's neck
- fall out
- fall over
- fall short
- fall through
- fall through the cracks
- fall victim
- false alarm
- false light
- false note
- family jewels
- fancy one's chances
- fan dance
- fan the flames
- far and away
- far be it
- far cry
- fare thee well
- farmer's tan
- farm out
- far post
- fart in a windstorm
- fashionably late
- fashion plate
- fash one's thumb
- fast and furious
- fast asleep
- fat chance
- fat finger
- fat lip
- fat of the land
- Faustian bargain
- faux queen
- feast or famine
- feathered friend
- feathered oof-bird
- feather in one's cap
- featherless biped
- feather one's nest
- fed up
- feeding frenzy
- feed off
- feed the dragon
- feed the fire
- feed two birds with one scone
- feel for
- feel free
- feel oneself
- feel one's way
- feel the pinch
- feel up
- fee simple absolute in possession
- feet first
- feet of clay
- fence in
- fencepost problem
- fence sit
- fend away
- fetch a compass
- fetch and carry
- fetch way
- fever pitch
- few and far between
- few cards shy of a full deck
- few sandwiches short of a picnic
- fiddle while Rome burns
- field day
- fifth rate
- fifth wheel
- fifty-cent tour
- fight a losing battle
- fight fires
- fight fire with fire
- fight for one's life
- fighting chance
- fighting spirit
- fight one's corner
- fight shy of
- figure of speech
- file away
- file off the serial numbers
- fill in
- fill in the blank
- fill one's boots
- fill one's face
- fill one's hand
- fill someone's shoes
- fill the bill
- fill up
- filter down
- filter up
- filthy lucre
- filthy rich
- final cut
- final nail in the coffin
- final say
- find another gear
- finders, keepers
- finders, keepers - losers, weepers
- find fault
- find it in one's heart
- find oneself
- find one's feet
- find one's place
- find one's tongue
- find one's voice
- find out
- find the net
- fine feathers make fine birds
- fine line
- fine print
- finer things
- finest hour
- finger in the pie
- finger to the wind
- fire breathing
- fire drill
- fire hose
- fire in anger
- fire in the belly
- fire on all cylinders
- fire sale
- fire the starting gun
- firing line
- firm up
- first come, first served
- first among equals
- first and last
- first annual
- first loser
- first love
- first-mover disadvantage
- first of all
- first off
- first of never
- first port of call
- first rate
- first up
- fish-eating grin
- fishing expedition
- fish in troubled waters
- fish or cut bait
- fish out
- fish out of water
- fish scale
- fishscale
- fish to fry
- fist magnet
- fit for a king
- fit out
- fits and starts
- fit the bill
- fit to be tied
- fit to wake the dead
- five-finger discount
- five will get you ten
- fix someone's wagon
- flag down
- flame up
- flannelled fool
- flap one's gums
- flash back
- flat chat
- flat on one's back
- flat out
- flat strap
- flatten out
- flavor of the week
- flea in one's ear
- flesh one's maiden sword
- flesh out
- flight of fancy
- flip out
- flip the bird
- flog a dead horse
- flog a dead pony
- flog the dolphin
- flog the log
- flood the zone
- floor it
- floor one could eat off
- floppy infant syndrome
- flower of the flock
- flunk out
- flush out
- fly blind
- fly by
- fly by night
- fly by the seat of one's pants
- flying start
- flying visit
- fly in the face of
- fly in the ointment
- fly low
- fly off
- fly off at a tangent
- fly off the shelves
- fly on the wall
- fly out of the traps
- fly the coop
- fly the flag
- fly too close to the sun
- fly under the radar
- fold like a cheap suit
- fold one's tent
- fold up
- folk devil
- follow suit
- follow the crowd
- follow through
- food baby
- food chain
- food for thought
- fool around
- fool away
- fool's bargain
- fool's errand
- fool's paradise
- foot-in-mouth disease
- foot the bill
- foot voting
- for a change
- for a fact
- for all one is worth
- for all the world
- for all the world to see
- for a song
- for beans
- forbidden fruit
- force of habit
- force someone's hand
- force something down someone's throat
- for chrissake
- for crying out loud
- for England
- for fudge's sake
- forget oneself
- forget to take one's medication this morning
- forget you
- forgive and forget
- for good
- for good and all
- for good measure
- for goodness' sake
- for goodness' sakes
- for grins
- for heaven's sake
- forked tongue
- for keeps
- fork off
- fork over
- for mercy's sake
- for my money
- for old times' sake
- for once
- for one's life
- for one's particular
- for Pete's sake
- for pity's sake
- for real and for true
- for reasons
- for shits and giggles
- for show
- for that matter
- for the ages
- for the asking
- for the birds
- for the book
- for the hell of it
- for the love of
- for the love of me
- for the most part
- for the nonce
- for the time being
- for this once
- Fort Knox
- for two pins
- forty minutes of hell
- forty winks
- forward leaning
- for XYZ reasons
- foul up
- fountain of youth
- four eyes
- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
- four-leaf clover
- four-minute warning
- four on the floor
- fourscore
- four score and seven years ago
- four sheets to the wind
- fourth estate
- fourth gear
- fourth rate
- fourth wall
- fox in the henhouse
- fox sleep
- fox's socks
- freak flag
- free hand
- free lunch
- free ride
- freeze out
- freezing cold
- French leave
- fresh faced
- fresh legs
- fresh off the boat
- fresh out of
- fresh start
- fret the gizzard
- friend of Bill W
- friendship with benefits
- friends in high places
- friends in low places
- friend with benefits
- frig it
- frog in one's throat
- frog strangler
- from the East German judge
- from a mile away
- from A to izzard
- from A to Z
- from can see to can't see
- from cover to cover
- from here to Sunday
- from home
- from hunger
- from my cold, dead hands
- from pillar to post
- from post to pillar
- from scratch
- from soup to nuts
- from stem to stern
- from the cradle to the grave
- from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious
- from the get-go
- from the ground up
- from the rooter to the tooter
- from the word go
- from time to time
- from womb to tomb
- front and center
- front of mind
- front runner
- frown at
- fruit of one's loins
- fruit of the poisonous tree
- fruit of the union
- fruit up
- fry up
- fudge factor
- fudge the issue
- full whack
- full blast
- full butt
- full circle
- full fledged
- full marks
- full of beans
- full of hot air
- full of it
- full of oneself
- full of piss and vinegar
- full speed ahead
- full stretch
- full tilt
- full tilt boogie
- full to the gills
- fully rigged
- fun and games
- funny bone
- funny man
- funny stuff
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