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  • (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) 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 (something)
  • (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 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 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) called, they want their (something) back!
  • (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 endgame
  • (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
  • all things are difficult before they are easy
  • all yours
  • an offer (one) can't refuse
  • as (one) pleases
  • as (something) as they come
  • as as they come
  • as best (one) can
  • as clever, stupid, etc. as they come
  • 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
  • as they say
  • 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 all (one) could do (not) to (do something)
  • be all in
  • be as (something) as they come
  • be half the (something) (one) used to be
  • be in a blue funk
  • be jonesing for (something)
  • be no good
  • be not all it's cracked up to be
  • be not what it's cracked up to be
  • be not worth the paper it's printed on
  • 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
  • bigger they are, the harder they fall
  • bigger they come, the harder they fall, the
  • 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
  • can't fight City Hall, one/you/they
  • cast pearls before swine
  • change (one's) stripes
  • chomp at the bit
  • church ain't out till they quit singing
  • climb on the bandwagon
  • come aboard
  • count chickens before they hatch
  • count one's chickens before they hatch
  • count your chickens before they hatch
  • count your chickens before they're hatched
  • 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 I/you/they do, damned if I/you don'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)?
  • don't count your chickens before they hatch
  • Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
  • Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
  • 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 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
  • give (someone) an inch and they'll take a mile
  • give an inch and they'll take a mile
  • give someone an inch and they'll take a mile
  • gives as good as (one) gets
  • 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
  • here/there (one) goes again
  • hit (one) when (one) is down
  • hit (one) where (one) lives
  • hit it big
  • hit somebody when they're down
  • 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 they hanging?
  • How’re they hanging?
  • I take it
  • if (one) is a day
  • if (one) knows what's good for (one)
  • if (one's) a day
  • if frogs had wheels, they wouldn't bump their butts
  • if frogs had wings, they wouldn't bump their butts (when they hop)
  • if pigs had wings, they would/could fly
  • Is that what they're calling it now?
  • Is that what they're calling it these days?
  • it's/they're all yours
  • kick (one) when (one) is down
  • kick somebody when they're down
  • kick someone when they are 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
  • let the chips fall (where they may)
  • let the chips fall where they may
  • lick (one's) chops
  • lick (one's) lips
  • 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
  • make (one's) day
  • make (something) up as (one) goes (along)
  • mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small
  • mills of the gods grind slowly(, but they grind exceedingly fine)
  • 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)
  • no better than (one) ought to be
  • no better than (one) should be
  • not all (someone or something) is cracked up to be
  • not all it's cracked up to be
  • not as black as (one) is painted
  • not as young as (one) used to be
  • not bothered
  • not count your chickens
  • not for nothing
  • not for nothing do I, will they, etc....
  • 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
  • not worth the paper it's written on
  • 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
  • promises are like pie crust(s): (they are) made to be broken
  • 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) coming
  • see (one) for what (one) (really) is
  • see (to it) that (something happens)
  • see somebody/something for what they are/it is
  • 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
  • speak as (one) finds
  • stand corrected
  • stoop to conquer
  • such as it is
  • take (something) as it comes
  • 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)
  • that's what (someone) thinks
  • the bigger they are, the harder they fall
  • the bigger they come, the harder they fall
  • the bigger they come/are, the harder they fall
  • 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 mills of God grind slowly(, but they grind exceedingly fine)
  • the more things change, the more they stay the same
  • the price (one) has to pay
  • the times (they) are a-changin(g)
  • there are plenty more where he/she/they came from
  • they also serve who (only) stand and wait
  • They also serve who only stand and wait
  • they broke the mold when they made (someone or something)
  • they broke the mould when they made someone
  • they don't make them like they used to
  • They must have seen you coming
  • they that live longest see most
  • They went that a'way
  • they're only after one thing
  • things are seldom as they seem
  • things are seldom what they seem
  • 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
  • want (something) like (one wants) a hole in the head
  • want (something) so bad (that) (one) can taste it
  • 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 does somebody think they are?
  • Who is (one) to (do something)?
  • who's (someone) when (he's/she's/they're) at home
  • 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
  • you can dispense with (something)
  • you know what they say
  • you look a little peaked
  • you look like a million
  • you name it, (one's) got it
  • you saved the day
  • you're on