English Idioms Beginning with U
English Idioms Beginning with U
- ugly American
- ugly duckling
- under a cloud
- under a spell
- under control
- under erasure
- under glass
- under lock and key
- under no circumstances
- under one's hat
- under one's own steam
- under one's thumb
- under one's very eyes
- under one's wing
- under sail
- under someone's nose
- understand the assignment
- under the carpet
- under the covers
- under the gun
- under the impression
- under the influence
- under the microscope
- under the radar
- under the rose
- under the rug
- under the saya
- under the sun
- under the weather
- under the wire
- under way
- university of life
- university of the streets
- unknown quantity
- unmask one's batteries
- uno ab alto
- unring a bell
- until hell freezes over
- until one is blue in the face
- until the cows come home
- until the last dog is hung
- unto the ages of ages
- unused to
- up against
- up against it
- up a height
- up and at 'em
- up and comer
- up and coming
- up and down
- up and running
- up a tree
- up for
- up for grabs
- up front
- up hill and down dale
- uphill battle
- up in the air
- up on
- up one's own ass
- up one's sleeve
- up on one's ear
- upon the instant
- upon the tapis
- upper crust
- upper hand
- up poo creek
- ups and downs
- upset the applecart
- up shit creek without a paddle
- up shit's creek
- up shit's creek without a paddle
- up someone's street
- up the ante
- up the boohai
- up the creek
- up the river
- up the wall
- up the walls
- up the yin-yang
- up to date
- up to eleven
- up to here
- up to no good
- up to one's ears
- up to par
- up to scratch
- up to something
- up to speed
- up to the hub
- up with the chickens
- up with the larks
- urban fabric
- use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
- used to
- useless as tits on a boar hog
- use one's head
- use one's noggin
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