English Idioms Beginning with Y

Common Idioms (Y)

An idiom is a phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal meanings of its individual words. Instead, it has a figurative meaning that is culturally understood by native speakers. "Yellow-bellied" is an example of an idiom beginning with Y.

• Yellow-bellied means cowardly or lacking courage.
• He's too yellow-bellied to stand up for what's right

Here are lots more idioms starting with Y.

• Yankee dime
• yank someone's chain
• yardarm to yardarm
• yeah, right
• yeah, yeah
• year dot
• year in, year out
• ye gods
• yell at
• yellow brick road
• yellow grease
• yellow journalism
• yellow journalist
• yellow light
• yellow press
• yellow state
• yell silently
• yeoman's service
• yes man
• yes to death
• yield the ghost
• yield up the ghost
• you all
• you bet
• you can say that again
• you can't be half pregnant
• you can't judge a book by its cover
• you can't polish a turd
• you can't say fairer than that
• you can't step in the same river twice
• you gals
• you know it
• you knows it
• you know what
• you'll never guess
• you lot
• you man
• you name it
• young at heart
• young blood
• young fogey
• young Turk
• your ass
• your boy
• you're telling me
• your girl
• your guess is as good as mine
• your mileage may vary
• yours sincerely
• yours trulies
• yours truly
• you shouldn't have
• you think
• you what
• you wish

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