she

See:
  • (not) half the person/man/woman (one) used to be
  • (one had) better be going
  • (one had) better get moving
  • (one had) better get on (one's) horse
  • (one) (had) better be off
  • (one) (had) better hit the road
  • (one) (has) never had it so good
  • (one) (has) never heard (of) such a thing
  • (one) ain't particular
  • (one) can do worse
  • (one) can hardly believe (one's) eyes
  • (one) can scarcely believe (one's) eyes
  • (one) can whistle for it
  • (one) can't be arsed
  • (one) can't beat that
  • (one) can't believe (one's) ears
  • (one) can't do right for doing wrong
  • (one') can't say fairer than that
  • (one) can't take (someone) anywhere
  • (one) can't top that
  • (one) can't win
  • (one) can't win for losing
  • (one) can't win for trying
  • (one) catch no ball
  • (one) could be (someone's) (parent/grandparent)
  • (one) could be forgiven for (doing something)
  • (one) could do worse
  • (one) could go (on) all day (about something)
  • (one) could stand (something)
  • (one) could use (something)
  • (one) did everything (one) could 'cept eat (someone)
  • (one) does not wash (one's) dirty linen in public
  • (one) doesn't give a hoot (about something)
  • (one) doesn't give a rip (about something)
  • (one) doesn't have a problem with that
  • (one) doesn't know which way is up or down
  • (one) doesn't miss a trick
  • (one) figures (that)
  • (one) has a bright future ahead (of one)
  • (one) has got to be pushing off
  • (one) has got to be shoving off
  • (one) has got to push off
  • (one) has got to shove off
  • (one) has made (one's) bed
  • (one) has made (one's) bed and (one) will have to lie in it
  • (one) has no problem with that
  • (one) has to be pushing off
  • (one) has to be shoving off
  • (one) has to draw a/the line somewhere
  • (one) has to push off
  • (one) has to run along
  • (one) has to shove off
  • (one) hasn't lived (until)
  • (one) hasn't the foggiest
  • (one) is (just) too much
  • (one) is about to (do something)
  • (one) is going to kill (someone)
  • (one) is going to murder (someone)
  • (one) is not as green as (one) is cabbage-looking
  • (one) is not going to bite (someone)
  • (one) is not going to eat (someone)
  • (one) is not playing with a full deck
  • (one) is off (one's) rocker
  • (one) is old enough to be (someone's) (parent/grandparent)
  • (one) is on the DL
  • (one) made (one's) (own) bed
  • (one) made (one's) bed and (one) has to lie in it
  • (one) made (one's) bed and (one) must lie in it
  • (one) might be forgiven for (doing something)
  • (one) might do worse
  • (one) must have killed a Chinaman
  • (one) needs to get out more
  • (one) never would have guessed
  • (one) only has one pair of hands
  • (one) puts (one's) pants on one leg at a time
  • (one) should be so lucky
  • (one) still has (one's) communion money
  • (one) will be forgiven for (doing something)
  • (one) will be lucky
  • (one) will eat (someone or something) for breakfast
  • (one) will have (someone or something) for breakfast
  • (one) will kill (someone)
  • (one) will murder (someone)
  • (one) woke up on the right side of the grass
  • (one) won't (do something) again in a hurry
  • (one) won't be (doing something) again in a hurry
  • (one) won't bite (someone)
  • (one) won't eat (someone)
  • (one) won't give up without a fight
  • (one) won't hear of (something)
  • (one) would (do something) for two pins
  • (one) would (just) as soon (do something)
  • (one) would be forgiven for (doing something)
  • (one) would be lucky
  • (one) would do well to (do something)
  • (one) wouldn't (do something) again in a hurry
  • (one) zigged when (one) should have zagged
  • (one's) only got one pair of hands
  • (someone had) better keep quiet about it
  • (someone had) better keep still about it
  • (someone or something) is going to be the death of (one)
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • (someone or something) rules
  • (someone or something) will be the death of (one)
  • (someone) (just) doesn't know when to quit
  • (someone) ain't seen nothing yet
  • (someone) could sell an icebox to an Eskimo
  • (someone) could sell ice to Eskimos
  • (someone) could sell sawdust to a lumber mill
  • (someone) has nine lives
  • (someone) hasn't seen nothing yet
  • (someone) is not going to thank you for (something)
  • (someone) needs to take several seats
  • (someone) started it
  • (someone) thinks (they) are so smart
  • (someone) went that-a-way
  • (someone) will be sorry
  • (someone) will get (someone's)
  • (someone) won't thank you for (something)
  • (something) is just what (one) needs
  • (the) last (one) heard
  • (the) next thing (one) knows
  • a woman is as old as she admits
  • an offer (one) can't refuse
  • an open book, he/she is (like an)
  • as (one) pleases
  • as best (one) can
  • as far as (one) knows
  • as far as (someone or something) is concerned
  • as if (one) owns the place
  • as much as (one) could do (not) (to do something)
  • as naked as the day (one) was born
  • be (all) choked up
  • be (as) cool as a cucumber
  • be (not) as black as (someone or something) is painted
  • be a barrel of laughs
  • be a chip off the old block
  • be a cougar
  • be all (one) could do (not) to (do something)
  • be all in
  • be caught napping
  • be half the (something) (one) used to be
  • be in a blue funk
  • be jonesing for (something)
  • be no good
  • be not having any (of it)
  • be on (one's) high horse
  • be on (one's) last legs
  • be ossified
  • be sitting on the fence
  • be twice the man/woman that (someone) is
  • be zozzled
  • before (one) can blink
  • before (one) can say Jack Robinson
  • bite off more than (one) can chew
  • born on third base but believes (one) hit a triple
  • burn (one's)/the candle at both ends
  • call it/them as (one) sees it/them
  • call it/them like (one) sees it/them
  • can barely hear (oneself) think
  • can hardly hear (oneself) think
  • can talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey
  • cast pearls before swine
  • change (one's) stripes
  • chomp at the bit
  • climb on the bandwagon
  • come aboard
  • couldn't care less, he/I/she
  • couldn't punch (one's) way out of a paper bag
  • cried all the way to the bank, he/she
  • cross a/that bridge before (one) comes to it
  • cross that bridge when (one) comes to it
  • cross that bridge when (one) gets there
  • cross that bridge when (one) gets to it
  • cry before (one) is hurt
  • curse the day (one) was born
  • damned if (one) does and damned if (one) doesn't
  • damned if you do and damned if you don't
  • damned if you do, damned if you don't
  • deserve a medal
  • Does (one) look like (something)?
  • draw a line
  • eat high on the hog
  • every time (one) farts
  • every time (one) turns around
  • every time I turn around
  • faster than you can say Jack Robinson
  • for all (one) cares
  • for all (one) is worth
  • for all (one) knows
  • for England
  • for one
  • for two pins I'd
  • for two pins, (one) would (do something)
  • from Missouri
  • gas
  • get (one) where (one) lives
  • get more than (one) bargained for
  • get on the bandwagon
  • get what (one) deserves
  • give (someone) an inch and (someone) (will) take a mile
  • give (someone) an inch and (someone) (will) take a yard
  • gives as good as (one) gets
  • go and (do something)
  • grit (one's) teeth
  • hang up (one's) fiddle when (one) comes home
  • have (one's) druthers
  • have a bone to pick (with one)
  • have a good mind to (do something)
  • have been had
  • have bigger fish to fry
  • have had more (something) than (one) has had hot dinners
  • have half a mind to (do something)
  • have the devil's (own) luck
  • he who pays the piper calls the tune
  • He will get his
  • he, she, etc. could/might be forgiven for doing something
  • he, she, etc. couldn't punch his, her, etc. way out of a paper bag
  • he, she, etc. deserves a medal
  • he, she, etc. doesn't miss a trick
  • he, she, etc. has gone/been and done something
  • he, she, etc. isn't having any
  • he, she, etc. will murder you
  • he, she, etc. won't eat you
  • he, she, etc. won't thank you for something
  • he, she, etc. would just as soon do A
  • he, she, etc. wouldn't harm/hurt a fly
  • he, she, etc. wouldn't say boo to a goose
  • he/she can talk/eat, etc. for England
  • here/there (one) goes again
  • hit (one) when (one) is down
  • hit (one) where (one) lives
  • hit it big
  • how dare (someone)
  • How good is (someone or something)?
  • How is (one) fixed (for something)?
  • How is (someone) getting along?
  • How is (someone) making out?
  • How's she cuttin'?
  • I take it
  • if (one) is a day
  • if (one) knows what's good for (one)
  • if (one's) a day
  • if he's, she's, etc. a day
  • just don't/doesn't get it, you/he/she
  • kick (one) when (one) is down
  • kick the bucket
  • know (someone or something) for what (they or it) is
  • know what (one) is about
  • know what (one) is doing
  • know what (one) is talking about
  • know what (one) likes
  • know when (one) is not wanted
  • know where (one) is coming from
  • know where (one) is going
  • know where (one) is with (someone or something)
  • know where (one) stands
  • know where (one) stands on (something)
  • know whereof (one) speaks
  • lick (one's) chops
  • lick (one's) lips
  • lift a finger, he/she doesn't/won't
  • look as if (one) has been dragged through a hedge backward(s)
  • look as if (one) has been pulled through a hedge backward(s)
  • look as if (one) has seen a ghost
  • look as though (one) has seen a ghost
  • look before you leap
  • look like (one) has been dragged through a hedge backward(s)
  • look like (one) has been pulled through a hedge backward(s)
  • look like (one) has seen a ghost
  • made my day, that/you've/he/she
  • make (one's) day
  • make (something) up as (one) goes (along)
  • mince words
  • more than (one) bargained for
  • more than (one) can bear
  • more than (one) can endure
  • more than (one) can stand
  • more than (one) can take
  • need (something) (about) as much as (one) needs a hole in the head
  • need (something) like (one) needs a hole in the head
  • need (something) so bad (that) (one) can taste it
  • neither can (one)
  • neither does (one)
  • nevertheless, she persisted
  • no better than (one) ought to be
  • no better than (one) should be
  • no spring chicken, (she's)
  • not all (someone or something) is cracked up to be
  • not as black as (one) is painted
  • not as young as (one) used to be
  • not born yesterday
  • not bothered
  • not know (one) is born
  • not know if (one) is afoot or on horseback
  • not know if (one) is coming or going
  • not know what (one is) missing
  • not know whether (one) is coming or going
  • not mince words
  • not what (someone or something) is cracked up to be
  • now (one's) cooking (with gas)
  • now (someone) has gone and done it
  • off (someone or something) goes
  • one more strike and (one's) out
  • pack it in
  • pay (one's) dues
  • pay as (one) goes
  • pick (something) up where (one) left off
  • pick up what (one) is putting down
  • play by ear
  • play the hand (one) is dealt
  • prick up (one's) ears
  • put (someone or something) on ice
  • puts (one's) trousers on one leg at a time (just like everybody else)
  • quicker than you can say Jack Robinson
  • quit while (one) is ahead
  • recognize (someone or something) for what (someone or something) is
  • rue the day (that something happened)
  • see (one) for what (one) (really) is
  • see (to it) that (something happens)
  • she got yams
  • She shoots, she scores!
  • she'll be apples
  • she'll be jake
  • she'll be right
  • she'll be right(, mate)
  • she's apples
  • she's jake
  • she's right
  • she's right(, mate)
  • she's sweet
  • she's sweet(, mate)
  • she's the cat's mother
  • shop till (one) drops
  • so bad (that) (one) can taste it
  • so clean (that) (one) could eat off the floor(s)
  • so does (one)
  • so far as (one) knows
  • so far as (someone or something) is concerned
  • so mad (that) (one) could scream
  • something else, he/she/it is
  • speak as (one) finds
  • stand corrected
  • steady as she goes
  • stoop to conquer
  • take it with (one) (when one goes)
  • take up where (one) left off
  • take what (one) says with a pinch of salt
  • talk till (one) is blue in the face
  • talk until (one) is blue in the face
  • tell (one) what (one) can do with (something)
  • thar she blows
  • That’s all she wrote
  • That’s what she wrote
  • that's all she wrote
  • that's what (someone) thinks
  • that's what she said
  • that's what she wrote
  • the company (one) keeps
  • the last thing (one) needs
  • the last thing (one) wants
  • the least (one) can do
  • the least (one) could do
  • the old gray mare ain't what she used to be
  • the price (one) has to pay
  • there are plenty more where he/she/they came from
  • there she blows
  • think (one) hung the moon
  • think (one) owns the place
  • think (someone or something) is fit for (someone or something)
  • think (someone) hung the moon and the stars
  • think before (one) (does something)
  • three strikes and (one's) out
  • till (one) is blue in the face
  • try as (one) may
  • try as (one) might
  • turn up like a bad penny
  • until (one) is blue in the face
  • vacillate between (one person or thing) and (another)
  • want (something) like (one wants) a hole in the head
  • want (something) so bad (that) (one) can taste it
  • waver between (someone or something) and (someone or something else)
  • we, you, he, etc. can/could/might do worse
  • what (one) has coming
  • what (one) is driving at
  • what (one) is made of
  • what (one) says goes
  • what (someone else) said
  • what (someone) doesn't know can't hurt them
  • what (someone) doesn't know won't hurt them
  • what (someone) eats doesn't make (one) fat
  • what (someone) eats doesn't make (one) poop
  • What did (someone) do with (something)?
  • What does (one) know?
  • what does (one) think?
  • What does (someone) think (someone) is doing?
  • What else can (one) do?
  • What has (someone) done with (something)?
  • What is (one) driving at?
  • What is (one) getting at?
  • What is (one) waiting for?
  • What is (someone) playing at?
  • What is (someone) up to?
  • What more can (one) do?
  • What more do you want, jam on it?
  • What planet is (someone) from?
  • What planet is (someone) on?
  • What say (one)?
  • What was (one) smoking?
  • What was (one) thinking?
  • whatever (one) says goes
  • when (one) is good and ready
  • when (one) is least expecting it
  • when (one) least expects it
  • when (one) was a twinkle in (one's) daddy's eye
  • when (one) was a twinkle in (one's) father's eye
  • whenever (one) farts
  • whenever (one) turns around
  • whenever I turn around
  • where (one) can wash up
  • where (one) is at
  • where (one) is coming from
  • where (one) lives
  • Where can (one) find you?
  • Where can (one) reach you?
  • Where does (one) get off (doing something)?
  • Where does (one) get the nerve?
  • Who does (one) think (one) is fooling?
  • Who does (one) think (one) is kidding?
  • Who does (someone) think (they) are?
  • Who is (one) to (do something)?
  • who's (someone) when (he's/she's/they're) at home
  • Who's she, the cat's mother?
  • who's she—the cat's mother?
  • who's someone when they're at home
  • why doesn't (one) (do something)
  • will have none of (something)
  • work till you drop
  • work until you drop
  • worship the ground (one) walks on
  • would like (to have) (something)
  • wouldn't know (something) if (one) fell over one
  • wouldn't say boo to a goose
  • you can dispense with (something)
  • you look a little peaked
  • you look like a million
  • you name it, (one's) got it
  • you saved the day
  • you, he, etc. can't stand somebody/something
  • you, he, she, etc. started it
  • you're on
References in classic literature
'I have no power over him,' my mother says, but she rises smiling, and presently she is opening my door.
'In five minutes!' I cry, but when I see that it is she I rise and put my arm round her.
Margaret Ogilvy
"I don't believe he's in love with anybody else," she said to herself at last.
Of Human Bondage
She walked over the meadow, and presently she came upon a baker's oven full of bread, and the loaves cried out to her, 'Take us out, take us out, or alas!
Fairy Tales
The maid begged her pardon for coming in, saying that she had fancied the bell rang.
Anna Karenina
Sommers had known before she had ever thought of being Mrs.
Awakening and Selected Short Stories
There was once a little girl who was very pretty and delicate, but in summer she was forced to run about with bare feet, she was so poor, and in winter wear very large wooden shoes, which made her little insteps quite red, and that looked so dangerous!
Andersens Fairy Tales
Katharine reflected that this was odd; perhaps, after all, she had misunderstood the position.
Night and Day
Where Clare had deposited them she did not know, and it mattered little, if it were true that she could only use and not sell them.
Tess of the dUrbervilles A Pure Woman
When she had washed up the next evening she bit the second nut, and there was a still more beautiful dress inside.
Yellow Fairy Book
He sang it until the other children heard and laughed, too; and the crosser Mary got, the more they sang "Mistress Mary, quite contrary"; and after that as long as she stayed with them they called her "Mistress Mary Quite Contrary" when they spoke of her to each other, and often when they spoke to her.
Secret Garden
She was not sleepy although she did not see anything very distinctly, but although the figures passing through the hall became vaguer and vaguer, she believed that they all knew exactly where they were going, and the sense of their certainty filled her with comfort.
The Voyage Out
She began to take a new pleasure in everything, the nervous pleasure one takes when going through an experience for what may be the last time.
Dust
"I thought she'd got some maggot in her head, she's gone about wi' her mouth buttoned up so all day.
Adam Bede
In this perturbed state of mind, with thoughts that could rest on nothing, she walked on; but it would not do; in half a minute the letter was unfolded again, and collecting herself as well as she could, she again began the mortifying perusal of all that related to Wickham, and commanded herself so far as to examine the meaning of every sentence.
Pride and Prejudice