English Idioms Beginning with M
English Idioms Beginning with M
- made for each other
- made in China
- made in Japan
- made in the shade
- made of sterner stuff
- mad money
- magic asterisk
- magic box
- magic bullet
- mail it in
- main character
- main man
- Main Street
- make a better door than a window
- make a big thing out of
- make a break for it
- make a career of
- make a clean breast
- make a difference
- make a go of
- make a killing
- make a leg
- make a light
- make all the difference
- make a meal of
- make amends
- make a mockery of
- make a monkey out of
- make a mountain out of a molehill
- make a move
- make a name for oneself
- make an appearance
- make an ass of
- make an example of
- make an exhibition of oneself
- make an honest woman
- make a night of it
- make a pig of oneself
- make a pig's ear of
- make a point
- make a run for it
- make a scene
- make a show of oneself
- make a silk purse of a sow's ear
- make a spectacle of oneself
- make a splash
- make a virtue of necessity
- make baby Jesus cry
- make beautiful music together
- make believe
- make book
- make bricks without straw
- make do
- make do and mend
- make ends meet
- make faces
- make for
- make fun of
- make game of
- make garden
- make good on
- make ground
- make happen
- make hard work of
- make haste slowly
- make hay
- make hay while the sun shines
- make head or tail of
- make headway
- make heavy going of
- make heavy weather
- make history
- make interesting
- make it
- make it rain
- make it snappy
- make it up as one goes along
- make it up to
- make light of
- make light work of
- make like a banana and split
- make like a tree and leave
- make matters worse
- make mention of
- make mincemeat out of
- make news
- make no bones about
- make one's bed
- make one's bed and lie in it
- make one's bones
- make one's bow
- make oneself at home
- make oneself clear
- make one's hand
- make one's mark
- make one's way
- make out like a bandit
- make over
- make peace
- make quick work of
- make room
- make sense
- make shit of
- make short work of
- make someone's blood boil
- make someone's blood run cold
- make news
- make no bones about
- make one's bed
- make one's bed and lie in it
- make one's bones
- make one's bow
- make oneself at home
- make oneself clear
- make one's hand
- make one's mark
- make one's way
- make out like a bandit
- make over
- make peace
- make quick work of
- make room
- make sense
- make shit of
- make short work of
- make someone's blood boil
- make someone's blood run cold
- make up the numbers
- make waves
- make yourself at home
- mama's boy
- man among men
- man down
- man in the street
- manners maketh man
- manoeuvre the apostles
- man of few words
- man of parts
- man of the people
- man on the street
- man the fort
- man up
- many a time and oft
- many happy returns
- many moons ago
- march to the beat of a different drum
- mark my words
- marry off
- marry the ketchup
- Mary Celeste
- mass destruction
- Master John Goodfellow
- Master of the Universe
- match made in heaven
- match made in hell
- matter of course
- matter of life and death
- matter of time
- may as well
- maypole
- may the Force be without you
- may the Force be with you
- may the Force not be with you
- meal ticket
- mean business
- mean streak
- mean the world to
- meant to
- measles
- measure the drapes
- measure up
- meat market
- meat on the bones
- meat rack
- media darling
- meet a sticky end
- meet halfway
- meeting of the minds
- meet one's maker
- melon head
- melting pot
- melt in the mouth
- melt into
- member for Barkshire
- memory hole
- memory lane
- mend fences
- mend one's ways
- mercy fuck
- mercy sake's alive
- mere mortal
- Merry Andrew
- merry dance
- merry men
- mess up
- mess of pottage
- method to one's madness
- me three
- Mexican breakfast
- mic drop
- Mickey Mouse
- Midas touch
- middle ground
- middle of nowhere
- middle of the road
- might as well
- milestone
- milieu control
- milk of human kindness
- milk the clock
- Miller of Dee
- mince words
- mind how you go
- mind numbing
- mind one's language
- mind one's own business
- mind one's P's and Q's
- mind's ear
- mind the store
- mind you
- miner's canary
- mines and minerals
- minor miracle
- mint condition
- miss the mark
- missing stair
- mission creep
- Miss Right
- miss the forest for the trees
- miss the wood for the trees
- Mister Right
- Mister Wrong
- mix apples and oranges
- mixed bag
- mixed blessing
- mixed message
- mixed picture
- mix it up
- mix up
- modest proposal
- moment in the sun
- moment of truth
- Monday-morning quarterback
- money for jam
- money for old rope
- money pit
- money's worth
- monkey around
- monkey business
- monkey's paw
- Monopoly money
- monster mash
- month in, month out
- month of Sundays
- moonlight flit
- moral bankruptcy
- moral high ground
- moral low ground
- morally bankrupt
- more cry than wool
- more equal
- more often than not
- more's the pity
- more than meets the eye
- more than one bargained for
- more than you can shake a stick at
- morning person
- most an end
- mother hen
- mother hive
- mother lode
- mouth breather
- mouthful of marbles
- mouth the words
- move furniture
- move heaven and earth
- move house
- move mountains
- move on
- move one's body
- move out
- move someone to tears
- move the goalposts
- move the needle
- move the yardsticks
- move through the gears
- move up in the world
- much ado about nothing
- much less
- much of a muchness
- muddle along
- muddy the waters
- muddy up
- mud monkey
- mug's game
- mum's the word
- murder will out
- mush up
- music to someone's ears
- mutual admiration society
- my arse
- my bad
- my eye
- my foot
- my skull's afly
- my way or the highway
- my word
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