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English Idioms Beginning with R

English Idioms Beginning with R

• rabble rouser
• raccoon eyes
• race against time
• race out of the traps
• race queen
• rack and ruin
• rack up
• rag the puck
• rag bagger
• rainbows and unicorns
• rain buckets
• rain cats and dogs
• rain check
• rain dogs and cats
• rain down
• rain fire and brimstone
• rain off
• rain on one's parade
• rain or shine
• rain pitchforks
• rain stopped play
• rainy day
• raise Cain
• raised by wolves
• raise eyebrows
• raise hell
• raise one's voice
• raise someone's hackles
• raise someone's shag
• raise someone's spirits
• raise the bar
• raise the flag and see who salutes
• raise the roof
• raise the spectre
• raise the stakes
• rake over
• rake over the coals
• rake together
• rally around
• rally round
• ram something down someone's throat
• rank and file
• rap someone's knuckles
• rare animal
• rarer than hens' teeth
• rat run
• rat's nest
• rattle off
• rattle through
• raw deal
• ray of light
• razor sharp
• razz someone's berries
• reach around
• reach for the sky
• read between the lines
• read in
• read lips
• read minds
• read out
• read someone's lips
• read someone's mind
• read someone the riot act
• read someone to filth
• read the room
• ready up
• real deal
• reality check
• reality distortion field
• real McCoy
• reap the harvest
• reap the whirlwind
• reap what one sows
• rear one's head
• rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic
• rebound relationship
• reckon without one's host
• Red Baron
• redeem oneself
• red face test
• red flag
• red handed
• red ink
• rediscover fire
• red letter day
• red light
• red meat
• red rider
• red tape
• reduce someone to tears
• reel in
• reel off
• refresh someone's memory
• refrigerator mother
• reign supreme
• reinvent the wheel
• remain to be seen
• remove kebab
• render unto Caesar
• rend one's garments
• rent out
• reset the dial
• rest assured
• rest easy
• rest his soul
• rest on one's laurels
• retrace one's steps
• returns to scale
• return the favor
• return to form
• return to one's muttons
• reverse Midas touch
• revolve around
• revolving door syndrome
• rev up
• rhyme off
• rhyme or reason
• rice chaser
• Richard Roe
• rickle o' banes
• ridden hard and put away wet
• riddle wrapped in an enigma
• ride down
• ride herd on
• ride high
• ride off into the sunset
• ride on a rail
• ride one's bumper
• ride one's luck
• ride on the back of
• ride out
• ride roughshod over
• ride shotgun
• ride tall in the saddle
• ride the coattails
• ride the crest of the wave
• ride the pine
• ride the rails
• ride the wave
• rid out
• rid up
• right away
• right of Genghis Khan
• right on
• rig out
• ring a bell
• ring down the curtain
• ring false
• ring hollow
• ring off the hook
• ring one's bell
• ringside seat
• ring someone's bell
• ring true
• ring up
• ring up the curtain
• ripen up
• ripe old age
• rip into
• rip off
• rip off the band-aid
• rip-snorting mad
• rip to shreds
• rise from the ashes
• rise and shine
• rise to the challenge
• rise to the occasion
• rivet counter
• roach coach
• road less traveled
• road to Damascus
• roar back
• robber baron
• rob Peter to pay Paul
• rob the cradle
• rock bottom
• rocket science
• rock hound
• rocking-horse shit
• rock on
• rock out with one's cock out
• rock the boat
• rod for one's back
• rod in pickle
• roger that
• rogues' gallery
• roll back the years
• roller coasterish
• rolling in it
• rolling stone
• roll in the aisles
• roll in wealth
• roll off the tongue
• roll of the dice
• roll one's eyes
• roll out the red carpet
• roll the dice
• roll the pitch
• roll up one's sleeves
• Roma locuta est, causa finita est
• Rome wasn't built in a day
• romp home
• roof over one's head
• room for doubt
• root around
• root cause
• rooting interest
• rope of sand
• rose-colored glasses
• rose coloured
• rose garden
• rose tint
• rot in hell
• rotten apple
• rotten egg
• rough and ready
• rough around the edges
• roughen up
• rough justice
• rough out
• rough patch
• rough sledding
• rough sleeper
• rough trot
• round of applause
• round the bend
• round the clock
• round up
• roving eye
• row back
• row of pins
• royal bumps
• rubber chicken
• rubber johnny
• rubber room
• rub down
• rub elbows
• rub in
• rub off
• rub off on
• rub one's hands together
• rub salt in the wound
• rub shoulders
• rub someone the wrong way
• rub the fear of God into
• ruby slippers
• ruck up
• rue the day
• ruffle someone's feathers
• rule of thumb
• rule in
• rule OK
• rule out
• rule the day
• rule the roost
• rule the school
• rumor campaign
• rumor mill
• run with
• run about
• run across
• run afoul of
• run a mile
• run amok
• run and gun
• run a red light
• run a risk
• run around
• run around after
• run around like a chicken with its head cut off
• run around with
• run a temperature
• run at the mouth
• run down the clock
• run for one's life
• run for one's money
• run for the hills
• run for the roses
• run high
• run hot and cold
• run in the family
• run into a brick wall
• run into the ground
• run late
• runners and riders
• running target
• run off
• run off at the mouth
• run off with
• run of play
• run on
• run on empty
• run one's name
• run on fumes
• run out
• run out of steam
• run out of town
• run out the clock
• run over
• run past
• run rampant
• run rings around
• run riot
• run scared
• run someone off their feet
• run someone ragged
• run something up the flagpole
• run the clock down
• run the gamut
• run the gauntlet
• run the rule over
• run the show
• run through
• run to
• run to earth
• runt of the litter
• run up
• run wild
• run with scissors
• run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
• rush hour
• rush in
• Russian roulette
• rustle up

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