English Idioms Beginning with G
English Idioms Beginning with G
- gag a dog off a gut wagon
- gagging for it
- gall and wormwood
- gallows humor
- game, set, match
- game face
- game out
- game plan
- gandy dancer
- gang up
- gang up on
- gapers' block
- garden variety
- gather rosebuds
- gather way
- gavel to order
- gear up
- genetic lottery
- gentle sex
- German goiter
- German virgin
- get into trouble
- get oneself together
- get stuck into
- get a charge out of
- get a clue
- get a fix
- get a grip
- get ahead of oneself
- get a kick out of
- get a leg up
- get a life
- get along
- get amongst it
- get a move on
- get a pair
- get a rise out of
- get a room
- get away with
- get away with murder
- get a wiggle on
- get back at
- get back on the horse that bucked one
- get bent
- get bent out of shape
- get better
- get blood out of a stone
- get by
- get changed
- get down to bedrock
- get down to brass tacks
- get down to business
- get down to cases
- get even
- get fresh
- get grey hair from
- get high
- get in
- get ink
- get in the boat and row
- get into one's stride
- get into someone's pants
- get into the wrong hands
- get it
- get it how one lives
- get it on
- get it out of my system
- get late
- get lost
- get moving
- get off lightly
- get off one's chest
- get off one's high horse
- get off the ground
- get off the mark
- get one's act together
- get one's ass in gear
- get one's bowels in an uproar
- get one's butt somewhere
- get one's claws into
- get one's claws out
- get one's feet wet
- get one's fill
- get one's finger out
- get one's fingers burnt
- get one's foot in the door
- get one's freak on
- get one's fuck on
- get one's hands dirty
- get one's head around
- get one's head straight
- get one's hopes up
- get one's juices flowing
- get one's knickers in a knot
- get one's knickers in a twist
- get one's marching orders
- get one's panties in a bunch
- get one's panties in a pretzel
- get one's panties in a wad
- get one's shine box
- get one's shirt out
- get one's shorts in a knot
- get one's skates on
- get one's tits in a wringer
- get one's undies in a bundle
- get one's way
- get one's wires crossed
- get on someone's grill
- get on someone's nerves
- get on the end of
- get on the stick
- get out of bed on the wrong side
- get out of Dodge
- get out of here
- get out of jail free card
- get out of my face
- get out of someone's hair
- get outta here
- get out the vote
- get out while the getting's good
- get over
- get rich quick
- get rid of
- get some air
- get someone's back up
- get someone's dander up
- get something over with
- get started
- get straight
- get stuck in
- get taken in
- get the ball rolling
- get the better of
- get the boot
- get the chop
- get the dirty water off one's chest
- get the door
- get the drawers
- get the drift
- get thee behind me
- get the goods on
- get the lead out
- get the nod
- get the point
- get there
- get the sack
- get the show on the road
- get the wind up
- get the word out
- get through one's head
- get to first base
- get together
- get to grips with
- get to the bottom of
- get to the fireworks factory
- get to the point
- get underneath someone's skin
- get under someone's skin
- get up on the wrong side of the bed
- get up the yard
- get up with the chickens
- get well
- get wet
- get what's coming to one
- get wind
- get wind in one's jaws
- get wind of
- get with the program
- get with the times
- ghetto bird
- ghetto lottery
- ghost at the feast
- ghost from one's past
- ghost home
- gift from above
- gift horse
- gift of the gab
- gift that keeps on giving
- gild the lily
- gimme a five
- ginger knob
- gird up one's loins
- girl dinner
- girly
- give the elbow
- give a damn
- give a fuck
- give a good account of oneself
- give a hang
- give a hoot
- give a light
- give and take
- give a rat's arse
- give a rip
- give as good as one gets
- give a sneck posset
- give away the store
- give back
- give birth
- give chase
- give curry
- give dome
- give ear
- give face
- give head
- give heed
- give in
- give it one's best shot
- give it the gun
- give one's all
- give one's head a shake
- give out
- give pause
- give someone a bloody nose
- give someone a break
- give someone a hand
- give someone a hard time
- give someone an earful
- give someone an inch and someone will take a mile
- give someone a piece of one's mind
- give someone a ring
- give someone a shout
- give someone a speaking to
- give someone enough rope
- give someone grey hair
- give someone grief
- give someone Hail Columbia
- give someone line
- give someone the bag
- give someone the boot
- give someone the brush-off
- give someone the business
- give someone the chair
- give someone the cold shoulder
- give someone the creeps
- give someone the eye
- give someone the heave-ho
- give someone their cards
- give someone the old heave-ho
- give someone the runaround
- give someone the slip
- give someone to understand
- give someone what for
- give someone what-for
- give someone wood
- give something a go
- give something a miss
- give something a try
- give something a whirl
- give the devil his due
- give the game away
- give the lie to
- give the royal treatment
- give the sack
- give the time of day
- give up the ghost
- give weight
- give what for
- glad tidings
- glass ceiling
- glass chin
- glass half empty
- glass half full
- glory be
- gloss over
- glutton for punishment
- gnaw someone's vitals
- go off
- go to seed
- go against the grain
- go all around the Wrekin
- go all out
- go all the way
- go along for the ride
- go along to get along
- go a long way
- go along with
- go along with the gag
- go around the houses
- go at a good clip
- go back in time
- go back to the drawing board
- go ballistic
- go bananas
- go batshit
- go begging
- go by the board
- go by the wayside
- go climb a tree
- go commando
- God forbid
- God forfend
- God is in the detail
- go downhill
- go down in flames
- go down on
- go down that road
- go down the drain
- go down the khazi
- go down the pan
- go down the road
- go down the toilet
- go down the tubes
- go down the wrong way
- go downtown
- God's gift to men
- God's gift to women
- God's green earth
- God's honest truth
- go Dutch
- go far
- go figure
- go fish
- go fly a kite
- go for a song
- go for broke
- go for it
- go for the gold
- go for the throat
- go from strength to strength
- go from zero to hero
- go Galt
- go getter
- go great guns
- go halfsies
- go halves
- go hand in hand
- go hang
- go horribly right
- going away
- going rate
- go in one ear and out the other
- go in the out door
- go into one's shell
- go in with
- go jump in the lake
- golden duck
- golden age
- golden goose
- golden handcuffs
- golden handshake
- golden hello
- golden opportunity
- golden parachute
- golden rule
- golden shower
- golden ticket
- golden touch
- golden Years
- gold in them thar hills
- gold mine
- golf widow
- go moggy
- go native
- gone fishing
- gone north about
- gone with the wind
- go nowhere
- go nowhere fast
- good old days
- good and
- good books
- good doctor
- good doctors
- good drunk
- good egg
- good enough for government work
- good enough for jazz
- good enough to eat
- good for nothing
- good God
- good graces
- good gracious
- good head on one's shoulders
- good Hearted
- good job
- good life
- good looker
- goodness gracious
- goodness gracious me
- goodness me
- goodnight Irene
- good old boy
- good run
- good sense
- good turn
- good value
- good voice to beg bacon
- go off at score
- go off half-cocked
- go off the boil
- go one's own way
- goon squad
- go on the Mitch
- gooseberry eye
- gooseberry season
- goose is cooked
- go out
- go out of one's way
- go out on a limb
- go out with a bang
- go out with the ark
- go over
- go overboard
- go over someone's head
- go over to the majority
- go pear-shaped
- go places
- go play in the traffic
- go public
- go rogue
- go round in circles
- go snake
- go soak your head
- go so far as
- go south
- go straight
- go the distance
- go the extra mile
- go their separate ways
- go the way of
- go the way of the dinosaurs
- go through hell
- go through the mill
- go through the motions
- go through with
- got it going on
- go to
- go to bat
- go to Canossa
- go together
- go to great lengths
- go to ground
- go too far
- go to Prestwich
- go to sea
- go to sleep
- go to someone's head
- go to the bow-wows
- go to the dogs
- go to the ends of the Earth
- go to the mat
- go to the mattresses
- go to the polls
- go to the scaffold
- go to the wall
- go to town
- go to town on
- go towards
- go to work
- go under
- go up in flames
- go up in smoke
- gouty handed
- go wild
- go with
- go with one's gut
- go without
- go without saying
- go with the flow
- go with the wind
- go wrong
- grab and go
- grab by the lapels
- grab the bull by the horns
- grace period
- grain of truth
- grammar Nazi
- grammar police
- grand poobah
- grand scheme
- grandstand play
- grand total
- granny bashing
- granny dumping
- grasp at straws
- grasp the nettle
- grass roots
- grass tops
- gravy train
- gray hat
- grease monkey
- grease payment
- grease someone's palm
- grease the skids
- grease the wheels
- greasy spoon
- great beyond
- great deal
- greatest thing since sliced bread
- great job
- great unwashed
- Greek calends
- green about the gills
- greener pastures
- green fingers
- green handshake
- green indigo
- green light
- green state
- green thumb
- green with envy
- grey area
- grey cells
- grey matter
- grey power
- grind down
- grist for the mill
- grist to the mill
- grit one's teeth
- ground ball with eyes
- ground breaking
- ground rule
- grow a pair
- grow apart
- grow a set
- grow a tail
- grow cold
- grow on
- grow out of
- grow some balls
- grow up
- grunt level
- grunt work
- guess what
- guilt trip
- guilty pleasure
- gum Up
- gunboat diplomacy
- gun jumping
- gunner's daughter
- guns blazing
- gut check
- gut factor
- gut feeling
- gutless wonder
- gut reaction
- gut wrenched
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