101 American English Idioms [With Audio CD] : Learn to Speak Like an American Straight from the Horse's Mouth

Foreword v Section One: It's a Zoo Out There 1 Smell a Rat Go to the Dogs Fishy Take the Bull by the Horns Horse of a Different Color Let the Cat Out of the Bag For the Birds Straight From the Horses's Mouth Horse Around Cat Got Your Tongue? Section Two: The Body Has Many Uses 11 Get in Someone's Hair Shoot Off One's Mouth Jump Down Someone's Throat Pay Through the Nose Tongue-In-Cheek Pull Someone's Leg Play It by Ear Stick Out One's Neck Shake a Leg All Thumbs Not Have a Leg to Stand On Get Off Someone's Back Section Three: That's Not Nice 23 Drive Someone Up a Wall String Someone Along Sell Someone Down the River Leave Someone High and Dry Sell Someone Short Snow Job Spill the Beans Feed Someone a Line Section Four: People Do the Strangest Things 31 On Ice Shoot the Breeze Bite the Dust Bend over Backwards Hit the Hay Cough Up Jump the Gun Scratch Someone's Back Hit the Ceiling Fork Over Turn Someone Off Go Fly a Kite Kick the Bucket Raise a Stink Section Five: Clothes Make the Man (and Woman) 45 Wet Blanket Keep Under One's Hat Up One's Sleeve Dressed to Kill Give Someone the Slip Knock Someone's Socks Off Talk Through One's Hat Lose One's Shirt In Stitches Dressed to the Teeth Section Six: When Things Go Wrong 55 Lemon Out of the Woods Get Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed Out on a Limb Eating Someone Get the Ax In the Hole Bite the Bullet Face the Music Blow It At the End of One's Rope On One's Last Legs Hot Under the Collar On the Line Section Seven: When Things Go Well 69 For a Song Make a Splash Have the World by the Tail Sitting Pretty Feel Like a Million Dollars Kick Up One's Heels Bury the Hatchet Paint the Town Red Get Away Clean Come Alive Section Eight: Do Your Best 79 Toot One's Own Horn Stick to One's Guns Get the Ball Rolling Mind One's P's and Q's Hang On Give It One's Best Shot Make Ends Meet Get the Jump on Someone Pull Strings Spread Oneself Too Thin Go to Bat for Someone Duck Soup Section Nine: You Don't Say 91 Money Talks Let Sleeping Dogs Lie Shape Up or Ship Out If the Shoe Fits, Wear It Different Strokes For Different Folks Bark Worse Than One's Bite Eyes Are Bigger Than One's Stomach Put One's Money Where One's Mouth Is The Early Bird Catches the Worm People Who Live in Glass Houses Shouldn't Throw Stones Index to Idioms 102