diff --git a/data/en/busi.dic b/data/en/busi.dic index 229e6fb..b30e2e1 100644 --- a/data/en/busi.dic +++ b/data/en/busi.dic @@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ actionable/! ad partner/! add color/! adopt/! -adopts/! adopted/! adopting/! adoption process/! +adopts/! adverteasing/! advertorial/! advertorials/! @@ -901,3 +901,7 @@ wordsmith/! work-life balance/! workload/! wow factor/! +dog’s breakfast/! +hear what you’re saying/! +let’s blow this popsicle stand/! +we’ll get there/! diff --git a/data/en/colq.dic b/data/en/colq.dic index 9778e4c..c626a21 100644 --- a/data/en/colq.dic +++ b/data/en/colq.dic @@ -3,11 +3,80 @@ /encoding=utf-8 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue/! 4-on-the-floor/! +A No. 1/! +Alania/! +A-okay/! +Aussie/! +Beamer/! +Bundy/! +Cantab/! +China's Sorrow/! +Christ on a crutch/! +Christ on a stick/! +Cocacolonization/! +Combine/! +East End/! +Ekka/! +Elizabethan English/! +Eye/! +Granny/! +Hank Marvin/! +Heathrow injection/! +Hispanic/! +Homerism/! +I am/! +I know you are but what am I/! +I need a drink/! +I wish/! +I'dn't've/! +I'll say/! +Indian/! +Indian peacock/! +Jenkins/! +Joburg/! +Joe Miller/! +Josie/! +KT/! +Larry Dooley/! +Lizard King/! +MMO/! +Macca/! +Manc/! +Marks and Sparks/! +Massa/! +Mossie/! +Number Ten/! +Oz/! +PI/! +PIV/! +PO'd/! +Packer whacker/! +Pollyanna/! +Pythagoras/! +Red Kurdistan/! +Refugee Regatta/! +Roman/! +Russki/! +Schrankschande/! +Scouse/! +Scouser/! +Scouserati/! +Slip Slop Slap/! +Speccy/! +St. Paul's/! +Sunyavadi/! +Supes/! +TUPE/! +Tommy/! +Twinkie defence/! +Uke/! +Ukie/! +Zen/! +Zim/! a cold day in July/! a damn sight/! a fuck sight/! a hundred and ten percent/! -A No. 1/! abdominal/! able to get a word in edgewise/! ablute/! @@ -22,7 +91,6 @@ agin/! agreeable/! agreeingness/! ala/! -Alania/! all correct/! all of a sudden/! all there/! @@ -38,7 +106,6 @@ and then some/! antibioticked/! antiquarianize/! any more/! -A-okay/! apoplexy/! apple-pie order/! arbit/! @@ -54,7 +121,6 @@ atta girl/! attaboy/! attagal/! attagirl/! -Aussie/! awesome/! awful/! back of the net/! @@ -73,7 +139,6 @@ bathe/! batologist/! be a thing/! be all about/! -Beamer/! beat hollow/! beat it/! beat off/! @@ -151,7 +216,6 @@ bulldyke/! bullocky/! bum/! bumper/! -Bundy/! burb/! bush/! bushel/! @@ -172,7 +236,6 @@ call out/! caltrop/! cami/! candidating/! -Cantab/! catamaran/! catcher/! 'cause/! @@ -184,15 +247,12 @@ chaunter/! cheese/! chemical/! chillout/! -China's Sorrow/! chink/! chinny/! chirk/! chookhouse/! chookie/! chopsocky/! -Christ on a crutch/! -Christ on a stick/! christen/! châteaus/! chump/! @@ -202,13 +262,11 @@ clean up/! cleverish/! clog/! close as wax/! -Cocacolonization/! cockbreath/! cocksucker/! cocky/! codology/! cold as a witch's tit/! -Combine/! come on/! come undone/! commie/! @@ -281,8 +339,8 @@ do it/! do time/! do what/! docking/! -does a bear shit in the woods/! does Macy's tell Gimbel's/! +does a bear shit in the woods/! dogie/! dog's age/! dogsick/! @@ -293,8 +351,8 @@ donk/! doo-doo/! dookie hole/! dot dot dot/! -double dog dare/! double Dutch/! +double dog dare/! double play/! double take/! double-dink/! @@ -311,8 +369,8 @@ dreamy/! drink/! drip/! drop top/! -drunk as a skunk/! drunk as Chloe/! +drunk as a skunk/! duck fart/! dufus/! dumb shit/! @@ -327,7 +385,6 @@ ears are burning/! earshrift/! earthly/! easily/! -East End/! easy as falling off a log/! easy as pie/! easyish/! @@ -338,12 +395,10 @@ ecky thump/! eightish/! eighty-six/! eightysomething/! -Ekka/! elevate/! elevenish/! eleventeen/! eleventy/! -Elizabethan English/! 'em/! emptins/! end of story/! @@ -358,7 +413,6 @@ everything/! everywhere/! ex/! exy/! -Eye/! eye tooth/! face for radio/! fag/! @@ -554,7 +608,6 @@ gramps/! grand/! grand poobah/! grannam/! -Granny/! grease-monkey/! green-eyed monster/! greyback/! @@ -584,7 +637,6 @@ hamburger/! hames/! handbra/! handle/! -Hank Marvin/! hanky/! happy as a lark/! happy birthday/! @@ -607,7 +659,6 @@ have someone on/! he who smelt it dealt it/! health warning/! heaps/! -Heathrow injection/! heaves/! heavy/! heckuva/! @@ -628,7 +679,6 @@ highbrow/! hippie/! hipshot/! his butt/! -Hispanic/! hit/! hit the bottle/! hobbyhorsical/! @@ -642,7 +692,6 @@ hole-in-the-wall/! holla/! hollow/! homeboy/! -Homerism/! homo/! hoof/! hooroo/! @@ -673,33 +722,25 @@ hyp/! hyper/! hyphen/! hypothec/! -I am/! -I know you are but what am I/! -I need a drink/! -I wish/! icehouse/! -I'dn't've/! if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle/! if pigs had wings they would fly/! if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys/! -I'll say/! illegal/! illywhacker/! 'im/! imperence/! impossible/! imprison/! +in God's name/! in a walk/! in general/! -in God's name/! in need/! in one's dreams/! in the closet/! in the face of/! in thunderation/! in your dreams/! -Indian/! -Indian peacock/! indispensable/! inexpressibles/! ingenuitous/! @@ -731,7 +772,6 @@ jaybird/! jazzbo/! jehu/! jelly/! -Jenkins/! jerk water/! jerk-off/! jerk-water/! @@ -742,13 +782,10 @@ jingbang/! jip/! jitty/! jive/! -Joburg/! -Joe Miller/! john school/! johnny cake/! joker/! joking/! -Josie/! joygasm/! judgmatically/! jump rope/! @@ -796,7 +833,6 @@ knock/! knock knock/! knock up/! koala bear/! -KT/! lab/! lady-killer/! lairiser/! @@ -804,7 +840,6 @@ lame duck/! lamely/! land/! lardy/! -Larry Dooley/! last-gasp/! lateish/! lawyer/! @@ -858,7 +893,6 @@ little of the creature/! little-go/! liveware/! lizard/! -Lizard King/! lo/! load/! lob/! @@ -893,10 +927,9 @@ lovestone/! 'low/! lowerarchy/! ma/! -Macca/! mad/! -mad as a cut snake/! mad as a March hare/! +mad as a cut snake/! mad cow disease/! madam/! magazining/! @@ -918,17 +951,14 @@ man child/! man crush/! man date/! man flu/! -Manc/! mansplain/! mansplainer/! mansplaining/! mare/! marge/! -Marks and Sparks/! maru/! marv/! marvy/! -Massa/! mate/! maw/! maximum/! @@ -961,7 +991,6 @@ miseryguts/! missen/! missing link/! misunderestimate/! -MMO/! moan/! modulo/! modus operandi/! @@ -977,7 +1006,6 @@ moonshiner's turn/! moppet/! moppetry/! morph/! -Mossie/! mother/! mother of all/! motor/! @@ -1067,7 +1095,6 @@ notion/! n't/! nuke/! nuker/! -Number Ten/! nursemaid/! nut job/! nutgraf/! @@ -1119,10 +1146,8 @@ outta/! overhauls/! owie/! oyster/! -Oz/! pa/! packed/! -Packer whacker/! pad/! pair of eyeglasses/! pair of specs/! @@ -1173,7 +1198,6 @@ phone number/! physicker/! physics-ly/! physio/! -PI/! piccy/! picker-up/! picker-upper/! @@ -1199,7 +1223,6 @@ pissed off/! pissy bed/! pit/! pitcher/! -PIV/! pj's/! plain/! plank/! @@ -1216,13 +1239,11 @@ plus/! plute/! ply/! po/! -PO'd/! points in the paint/! poker/! pokerish/! politicker/! politico/! -Pollyanna/! pommie/! pommie wash/! pond/! @@ -1286,7 +1307,6 @@ pussyman/! put away/! put on the dog/! put that in your pipe and smoke it/! -Pythagoras/! quaddie/! queen bee/! queenie/! @@ -1312,12 +1332,10 @@ rear gunner/! red/! red card/! red cent/! -Red Kurdistan/! red mange/! redd/! reefer/! refreshaholic/! -Refugee Regatta/! refusenik/! rego/! regular/! @@ -1346,7 +1364,6 @@ road rash/! roadblock/! roll/! roly-poly/! -Roman/! romanette/! rond-de-cuir/! ronin/! @@ -1366,7 +1383,6 @@ rumness/! rumpy-pumpy/! run/! run through/! -Russki/! sac bunt/! sack/! safety school/! @@ -1392,14 +1408,10 @@ scasely/! scat/! schemey/! schmutter/! -Schrankschande/! sci-fi/! scoot over/! scorcher/! scot-free/! -Scouse/! -Scouser/! -Scouserati/! scrag/! screw off/! screw up/! @@ -1523,7 +1535,6 @@ slim pickings/! slimsy/! sling off/! sling one's hook/! -Slip Slop Slap/! slippery as an eel/! slopdosh/! slope/! @@ -1572,7 +1583,6 @@ spanking/! spationaut/! speaking of/! spec/! -Speccy/! special/! specs/! spect/! @@ -1594,7 +1604,6 @@ squire/! squirrel grip/! squits/! squizz/! -St. Paul's/! stable of bitches/! stale/! start up/! @@ -1643,11 +1652,9 @@ sunbeam/! sundowner/! sunglasses/! sunnies/! -Sunyavadi/! superbug/! superexcited/! supersonic/! -Supes/! sure as eggs/! sure as eggs is eggs/! suss/! @@ -1751,7 +1758,6 @@ to be continued/! todger/! together/! tolerablish/! -Tommy/! ton/! tone-deaf/! tonging/! @@ -1793,7 +1799,6 @@ tsuris/! tube/! tucker/! tunk/! -TUPE/! tuppence worth/! turbanize/! turd/! @@ -1814,7 +1819,6 @@ twenty-four seven/! twerp/! twerpy/! twig/! -Twinkie defence/! twister/! two cents/! two pennies' worth/! @@ -1825,8 +1829,6 @@ type/! typo/! uey/! ugly finder/! -Uke/! -Ukie/! 'un/! unc/! uncle/! @@ -2011,7 +2013,111 @@ zaftig/! zap/! zapper/! zed/! -Zen/! -Zim/! zip/! z's/! +China’s Sorrow/! +I’dn’t’ve/! +I’ll say/! +PO’d/! +St. Paul’s/! +all y’all/! +all y’all’s/! +all’s/! +aren’t/! +’bout/! +bucks’ party/! +but who’s counting/! +’cause/! +cold as a witch’s tit/! +coon’s age/! +’d/! +does Macy’s tell Gimbel’s/! +dog’s age/! +’em/! +finger-lickin’ good/! +flap one’s gums/! +flip one’s wig/! +for Christ’s sake/! +for fuck’s sake/! +for mercy’s sake/! +for pity’s sake/! +g’day/! +get into someone’s pants/! +get out while the getting’s good/! +ha’/! +haul one’s ashes/! +have one’s tubes tied/! +hop-o’-my-thumb/! +how’s about/! +how’s tricks/! +how’ve/! +if my aunt had balls, she’d be my uncle/! +’im/! +in God’s name/! +in one’s dreams/! +it’dn’t’ve/! +it’s on/! +’kay/! +keep one’s hair on/! +knacker’s yard/! +let’s not and say we did/! +like it’s going out of style/! +like nobody’s business/! +like water off a duck’s back/! +little boy’s room/! +little girl’s room/! +lose one’s rag/! +’low/! +mayn’t/! +moonshiner’s turn/! +mustn’t’ve/! +must’ve/! +’n’/! +nod’s as good as a wink to a blind bat/! +n’t/! +off one’s dot/! +ol’/! +oughtn’t’ve/! +out of one’s face/! +p’d off/! +pj’s/! +prob’ly/! +r’coon/! +r’coons/! +she’ll be apples/! +she’ll be right/! +she’s apples/! +sling one’s hook/! +th’/! +that’s just me/! +that’s the bunny/! +the bee’s knees/! +them’s the facts/! +there’d/! +there’ll/! +there’re/! +there’s nowt so queer as folk/! +there’ve/! +they’dn’t’ve/! +two pennies’ worth/! +two penn’orth/! +’un/! +wa’n’t/! +what’d/! +what’s good/! +what’s that/! +what’s the big idea/! +what’s up/! +what’s up with/! +what’s with/! +where’re/! +which’s/! +who’d have thunk it/! +won’t’ve/! +wouldn’t’ve/! +y’all’re/! +you’dn’t’ve/! +your all’s/! +your guys’s/! +’zackly/! +z’s/! diff --git a/data/en/cred.dic b/data/en/cred.dic index d41d938..4421b96 100644 --- a/data/en/cred.dic +++ b/data/en/cred.dic @@ -82,3 +82,12 @@ threat/! threaten/! trustworthy/! without a doubt/! +it’s been claimed that/! +it’s been mentioned that/! +it’s believed/! +it’s known that/! +it’s often reported/! +it’s regarded/! +it’s said/! +it’s widely thought/! +there’s evidence that/! diff --git a/data/en/idim.dic b/data/en/idim.dic index 5c21e15..9314d07 100644 --- a/data/en/idim.dic +++ b/data/en/idim.dic @@ -6,15 +6,379 @@ 12-ounce curls/! 15 minutes of fame/! 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue/! -23 skidoo/! 23 Skidoo Street/! +23 skidoo/! 26+6=1/! 3-on-the-tree/! 4-on-the-floor/! 800-pound gorilla/! +AFAIU/! +Aaron's beard/! +Adam Tiler/! +Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve/! +American Dream/! +Athanasian wench/! +Attic salt/! +Aunt Sally/! +BFD/! +Banbury story of a cock and a bull/! +Barmacide feast/! +Belgravian/! +Bob's your uncle/! +Boston brahmin/! +Bottle of Dog/! +Broadway/! +Bronx cheer/! +Brownie point/! +Brussels/! +Buckley's and none/! +Buckley's chance/! +Buggins's turn/! +CYLOR/! +Catch 22 situation/! +Catch-22/! +Catholic twins/! +China syndrome/! +Chinaman on one's back/! +Chinaman's chance/! +Chinese Wall/! +Chinese compliment/! +Chinese overtime/! +Chinese puzzle/! +Christ on a crutch/! +Christ on a stick/! +Christmas disease/! +Christmas graduate/! +Christmas is coming/! +Christmas present/! +Christmas tree bill/! +DILLIGAFF/! +DNAR/! +DNR/! +Daniel come to judgement/! +Darby and Joan/! +Davy Jones's locker/! +Delhi belly/! +Downing Street/! +Dunkirk spirit/! +Dutch act/! +Dutch courage/! +Dutch reckoning/! +Eat at Joe's/! +Eddie would go/! +Elvis has left the building/! +Elysian/! +Elysian Fields/! +Erin go bragh/! +Evel Knievel/! +Fanny Adams/! +Faustian bargain/! +Flying Dutchman/! +Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse/! +French kiss/! +French letter/! +F-word/! +GI can/! +GIGO/! +GLWT/! +Gary Glitter/! +German goitre/! +German virgin/! +German wheel/! +God does not play dice with the universe/! +God is in the detail/! +God knows/! +God only knows/! +God's gift to man/! +God's gift to women/! +God's green earth/! +God's honest truth/! +Greek calends/! +HAL/! +HE-double-L/! +HE-double-hockey-sticks/! +HE-double-toothpicks/! +HRU/! +Hallmark moment/! +Happy Easter/! +Happy Holidays/! +Happy New Year/! +Happy New Year's/! +Happy Ramadan/! +Hawaiian goose/! +Hollywood moment/! +Holy of Holies/! +Homer nods/! +Houston, we have a problem/! +Humpty Dumptyism/! +I am English/! +I am HIV positive/! +I am blind/! +I am hungry/! +I am thirsty/! +I am tired/! +I am twenty years old/! +I am what I am/! +I approve this message/! +I beg your pardon/! +I believe you, thousands wouldn't/! +I came, I saw, I conquered/! +I can tell you/! +I could eat a horse/! +I couldn't have said it better myself/! +I do/! +I don't care/! +I don't eat fish/! +I don't eat meat/! +I don't eat pork/! +I don't fancy yours/! +I don't know/! +I don't speak English/! +I don't think so/! +I don't understand/! +I hate you/! +I have AIDS/! +I have a cold/! +I have a fever/! +I have a question/! +I have asthma/! +I have cancer/! +I have diabetes/! +I have high blood pressure/! +I have low blood pressure/! +I have no money/! +I have to love you and leave you/! +I haven't the foggiest/! +I knew someone when/! +I know/! +I know you are but what am I/! +I like pie/! +I like you/! +I live in Melbourne/! +I lost my backpack/! +I lost my bag/! +I lost my glasses/! +I lost my handbag/! +I lost my keys/! +I lost my wallet/! +I love you/! +I miss you/! +I must go/! +I need .../! +I need a battery/! +I need a compass/! +I need a condom/! +I need a dictionary/! +I need a doctor/! +I need a drink/! +I need a guide/! +I need a lawyer/! +I need a pen/! +I need a razor/! +I need a taxi/! +I need a towel/! +I need an interpreter/! +I need aspirin/! +I need food/! +I need gas/! +I need money/! +I need petrol/! +I need shampoo/! +I need shelter/! +I need sunblock/! +I need toilet paper/! +I need toothpaste/! +I need water/! +I need your help/! +I never did/! +I rest my case/! +I see, said the blind man/! +I see what you did there/! +I smell where you're stepping/! +I take it/! +I tell a lie/! +I think so/! +I think therefore I am/! +I told you so/! +I want my money back/! +I want to go to the toilet/! +I want to know/! +I was born in .../! +I wish/! +I would/! +IANAL/! +ICCL/! +ISTR/! +I'd like to kiss you/! +I'd like to know/! +I'd say/! +I'll be/! +I'll be a monkey's uncle/! +I'll be blowed/! +I'll be bound/! +I'll call the police/! +I'll say/! +I'll see you and raise you/! +I'm Jewish/! +I'm a Buddhist/! +I'm a Catholic/! +I'm a Christian/! +I'm a Muslim/! +I'm a Protestant/! +I'm a girl/! +I'm a guy/! +I'm a vegetarian/! +I'm afraid not/! +I'm afraid so/! +I'm agnostic/! +I'm all right, Jack/! +I'm allergic to aspirin/! +I'm allergic to nuts/! +I'm allergic to penicillin/! +I'm allergic to pollen/! +I'm an atheist/! +I'm ashamed/! +I'm bisexual/! +I'm bleeding/! +I'm blind/! +I'm cold/! +I'm confused/! +I'm deaf/! +I'm divorced/! +I'm dying/! +I'm easy/! +I'm fine/! +I'm fine, thank you/! +I'm full/! +I'm gay/! +I'm hot/! +I'm hungry/! +I'm illiterate/! +I'm in love with you/! +I'm looking for a grocery store/! +I'm looking for a job/! +I'm lost/! +I'm married/! +I'm mute/! +I'm not religious/! +I'm rubber, you're glue/! +I'm scared/! +I'm sick/! +I'm single/! +I'm sorry/! +I'm straight/! +I'm thirsty/! +I'm tired/! +I'm transsexual/! +I'm twenty years old/! +Indian sign/! +Internets/! +I've been raped/! +I've been robbed/! +I've been shot/! +I've burned myself/! +I've lost my keys/! +I've never heard it called that before/! +Jack Tar/! +Jane Doe/! +Jesus, Mary and Joseph/! +Joe Average/! +Joe Public/! +Joe Sixpack/! +John Doe/! +John Hancock/! +John Henry/! +John Q. Public/! +John Thomas/! +Johnny-come-lately/! +Johnny-one-note/! +KISS/! +Kilroy was here/! +King Shit of Turd Island/! +Klaatu barada nikto/! +LMK/! +Last Supper/! +L-bomb/! +Lion of Judah/! +Lord willing and the creek don't rise/! +Lord's Supper/! +MTFBWY/! +M.Y.O.B./! +Main Street/! +Mary Celeste/! +Master of the Universe/! +Merry Andrew/! +Merry Christmas/! +Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year/! +Merry Eid/! +Merry Xmas/! +Mexican breakfast/! +Mexican standoff/! +Mickey Mouse/! +Midas touch/! +Miller of Dee/! +Miss Right/! +Mister Right/! +Monday-morning quarterback/! +Monopoly money/! +Nantucket sleigh ride/! +Nikon choir/! +Number 10/! +Number Ten/! +Nuremberg defense/! +OK yah/! +Oreo cookie/! +PO'd/! +Polish parliament/! +Portuguese man-of-war/! +Potemkin village/! +Pretty Polly/! +Promised Land/! +Q quotient/! +Quaker gun/! +Queer Street/! +RSN/! +Red Baron/! +Richard of York gave battle in vain/! +Roland for an Oliver/! +Rome wasn't built in a day/! +Russian bar/! +Russian roulette/! +SLBSTM/! +Semper Gumbi/! +Semper Gumby/! +Sieg Heil/! +Speedy Gonzales/! +Spock ears/! +Sunday best/! +Sunday driver/! +Sussex Drive/! +TANSTAAFL/! +TEOTWAWKI/! +TINSTAAFL/! +TS girl/! +Thatcher's children/! +The End/! +Tinker to Evers to Chance/! +Tom, Dick or Harry/! +Trojan-horse/! +Turkish bread/! +Tweedledum and Tweedledee/! +UTSL/! +Uncle Joe/! +Virtue is her own reward/! +WYSIWYG/! +Wall Street/! +White House/! +X factor/! +X marks the spot/! +X's and O's/! +YOLO/! +YOYO/! +Yankee dime/! +Yankee go home/! a bit much/! a lot/! -Aaron's beard/! abandon ship/! abate of/! able for/! @@ -63,20 +427,17 @@ act up/! actions speak louder than words/! activist judge/! activist justice/! -Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve/! -Adam Tiler/! add fuel to the fire/! add insult to injury/! add up/! adrenaline junkie/! -AFAIU/! affluence of incohol/! +after Saturday comes Sunday/! after all/! after due consideration/! after one's own heart/! -after Saturday comes Sunday/! -after the fact/! after the Lord Mayor's show/! +after the fact/! again and again/! against all odds/! against the clock/! @@ -196,7 +557,6 @@ amber gambler/! amber nectar/! amen curler/! american as apple pie/! -American Dream/! an apple a day/! an axe to grind/! an offer one can't refuse/! @@ -252,10 +612,10 @@ apron-string hold/! apropos of nothing/! arch dell/! arch doxy/! +are you OK/! are you allergic to any medications/! are you deaf/! are you married/! -are you OK/! are you religious/! are you single/! are you taking any medications/! @@ -269,10 +629,10 @@ arm to the teeth/! arm up/! arm's length/! around Robin Hood's barn/! +around the Horn/! around the bend/! around the clock/! around the corner/! -around the Horn/! arrive at/! arse about/! arse about face/! @@ -281,6 +641,7 @@ arse over tit/! arsy varsy/! arsy versy/! art imitates life/! +as I was saying/! as a matter of fact/! as a rule/! as a whole/! @@ -290,7 +651,6 @@ as best one can/! as far as/! as far as i know/! as far as one knows/! -as I was saying/! as if/! as if there were no tomorrow/! as is/! @@ -390,15 +750,12 @@ at this moment in time/! at this point in time/! at will/! at work/! -Athanasian wench/! atta girl/! attaboy/! attagal/! attagirl/! attention whore/! -Attic salt/! audi alteram partem/! -Aunt Sally/! auspicious occasion/! autem bawler/! autem cackler/! @@ -509,7 +866,6 @@ balls-out/! balls-up/! balum rancum/! banana republic/! -Banbury story of a cock and a bull/! band together/! bang away/! bang for the buck/! @@ -541,7 +897,6 @@ barge in/! bark is worse than his bite/! bark up the wrong tree/! barking up the wrong tree/! -Barmacide feast/! barn find/! barnburner/! barrel of laughs/! @@ -621,11 +976,11 @@ bear up/! bear with/! beard the lion in his den/! beast with two backs/! +beat Banaghan/! beat a dead horse/! beat a hasty retreat/! beat a retreat/! beat around the bush/! -beat Banaghan/! beat feet/! beat it/! beat off/! @@ -709,7 +1064,6 @@ behind time/! being that/! belay my last/! belemnite battlefield/! -Belgravian/! believe it or not/! believe one's ears/! believe one's eyes/! @@ -763,8 +1117,8 @@ better than sex/! better the devil you know/! better to be late than be dead on time/! better to have loved/! -between a rock and a hard place/! between Scylla and Charybdis/! +between a rock and a hard place/! between sixes and sevens/! between the devil and the deep blue sea/! between the hammer and the anvil/! @@ -781,7 +1135,6 @@ beyond repair/! beyond the black stump/! beyond the call of duty/! beyond the pale/! -BFD/! biblical/! bide one's time/! big boy/! @@ -980,7 +1333,6 @@ blush is off the peach/! blush is off the rose/! blushing bride/! board out/! -Bob's your uncle/! body English/! body of water/! bog in/! @@ -1034,11 +1386,9 @@ born tired/! born with a silver spoon in one's mouth/! borrowed time/! bosom buddy/! -Boston brahmin/! bottle away/! bottle drive/! bottle man/! -Bottle of Dog/! bottle out/! bottle up/! bottom bitch/! @@ -1052,8 +1402,8 @@ bottom of the ninth/! bottom out/! bottom rung/! bottom the house/! -bought the farm/! bought the T-shirt/! +bought the farm/! bounce back/! bounce off/! bounce off the walls/! @@ -1137,6 +1487,7 @@ break ranks/! break somebody's fall/! break somebody's heart/! break someone's heart/! +break the Sabbath/! break the back of/! break the bank/! break the buck/! @@ -1145,7 +1496,6 @@ break the fourth wall/! break the ice/! break the mold/! break the record/! -break the Sabbath/! break the seal/! break the silence/! break through/! @@ -1213,12 +1563,10 @@ broad in the beam/! broad shoulders/! broad strokes/! broaden someone's horizons/! -Broadway/! broken dreams/! broken record/! broken vessel/! broken-hearted/! -Bronx cheer/! broom closet/! brought to book/! brown bag/! @@ -1228,7 +1576,6 @@ brown power/! brown study/! brown thumb/! browned off/! -Brownie point/! brownie points/! brownnose/! brown-noser/! @@ -1244,7 +1591,6 @@ brush up/! brush up on/! brush with death/! brush with the law/! -Brussels/! bubble over/! buck fever/! buck for/! @@ -1257,8 +1603,6 @@ bucket of bolts/! buckle down/! buckle under/! buckle up/! -Buckley's and none/! -Buckley's chance/! budding genius/! buff out/! buff the muffin/! @@ -1267,7 +1611,6 @@ bug off/! bug out/! bugger all/! bugger off/! -Buggins's turn/! build a better mousetrap/! build bridges/! build castles in the air/! @@ -1414,9 +1757,9 @@ by one's lights/! by one's own hand/! by oneself/! by rights/! +by the Grace of God/! by the book/! by the by/! -by the Grace of God/! by the numbers/! by the same token/! by the seat of one's pants/! @@ -1461,10 +1804,10 @@ calm before the storm/! calm your tits/! camel through the eye of a needle/! camel's nose/! -can help it/! can I buy you a drink/! can I come in/! can I use your phone/! +can help it/! can it/! can of worms/! can we say/! @@ -1563,7 +1906,6 @@ catalogue of misery/! catalogue of misfortune/! cat-and-mouse/! catbird seat/! -Catch 22 situation/! catch a buzz/! catch a cold/! catch a glimpse/! @@ -1598,9 +1940,7 @@ catch you off guard/! catch you on the flip side/! catch your death/! catch your eye/! -Catch-22/! catholic tastes/! -Catholic twins/! cat's cradle/! cat's meow/! cat's out of the bag/! @@ -1734,13 +2074,6 @@ chill out/! chime in/! chin up/! chin wag/! -China syndrome/! -Chinaman on one's back/! -Chinaman's chance/! -Chinese compliment/! -Chinese overtime/! -Chinese puzzle/! -Chinese Wall/! chink up/! chip away/! chip in/! @@ -1768,13 +2101,6 @@ chorus of approval/! chorus of dispproval/! chosen few/! chow down/! -Christ on a crutch/! -Christ on a stick/! -Christmas disease/! -Christmas graduate/! -Christmas is coming/! -Christmas present/! -Christmas tree bill/! chrome dome/! chrome horn/! chuck in/! @@ -1931,6 +2257,7 @@ come the acid/! come thick and fast/! come through/! come to/! +come to Jesus/! come to a close/! come to a head/! come to an end/! @@ -1938,7 +2265,6 @@ come to blows/! come to fruition/! come to grief/! come to grips with/! -come to Jesus/! come to life/! come to light/! come to mention it/! @@ -2039,11 +2365,11 @@ cotton to/! cotton to that/! cotton-picking/! cough up/! +could I see the menu, please/! could be written on the back of a postage stamp/! could care less/! could fit on the back of a postage stamp/! could have, would have, should have/! -could I see the menu, please/! could not get elected dogcatcher/! couldn't believe my ears/! couldn't care less/! @@ -2126,9 +2452,9 @@ cross that bridge when one comes to it/! cross that bridge when one gets there/! cross that bridge when one gets to it/! cross that bridge when we come to it/! +cross the Rubicon/! cross the aisle/! cross the line/! -cross the Rubicon/! cross your fingers/! cross-purpose/! crowd-pleaser/! @@ -2218,23 +2544,20 @@ cut up/! cut-and-thrust/! cutie pie/! cutting edge/! -CYLOR/! dafuq/! daily grind/! damaged goods/! +damn Yankee/! damn by association/! damn the torpedoes/! damn with faint praise/! -damn Yankee/! damned if one does and damned if one doesn't/! damned if you do and damned if you don't/! damnum absque injuria/! damp squib/! dampen your spirits/! dance with the one who brought you/! -Daniel come to judgement/! dapper dan/! -Darby and Joan/! dark horse/! dark secret/! darken a church door/! @@ -2249,7 +2572,6 @@ darning needle/! dash off/! date with destiny/! dates you/! -Davy Jones's locker/! dawn of a new day/! dawn on/! dawn on me/! @@ -2329,7 +2651,6 @@ deep-six/! deer in the headlights/! deke you/! deked out of his jock/! -Delhi belly/! deliver the goods/! deliver the message to Garcia/! den of iniquity/! @@ -2382,7 +2703,6 @@ dig up/! dig up dirt/! dig your own grave/! dig yourself in/! -DILLIGAFF/! dim and distant past/! dim bulb/! dimber damber upright man/! @@ -2417,8 +2737,7 @@ dismal science/! ditch him/! dive in/! divvy up/! -DNAR/! -DNR/! +do I know you/! do a/! do a 180/! do a bunk/! @@ -2432,7 +2751,6 @@ do bears shit in the woods/! do down/! do drugs/! do for/! -do I know you/! do in/! do it the hard way/! do it tough/! @@ -2497,9 +2815,9 @@ do your utmost/! do yourself proud/! doctors make the worst patients/! dodge a bullet/! +does Macy's tell Gimbel's/! does a bear shit in the woods/! does anyone here speak English/! -does Macy's tell Gimbel's/! does not compute/! does the Pope shit in the woods/! doesn't add up/! @@ -2600,10 +2918,10 @@ dormitive virtue/! doss about/! doss around/! dot the i's and cross the t's/! +double Dutch/! double back/! double booked/! double down/! -double Dutch/! double entendre/! double or nothing/! double over/! @@ -2643,7 +2961,6 @@ down under/! down with/! down with his apple-cart/! down-and-outer/! -Downing Street/! down-to-earth/! draft dodger/! drag it out/! @@ -2785,15 +3102,11 @@ dummy spit/! dump on/! dump one's load/! dumpster diving/! -Dunkirk spirit/! dust bunny/! dust mouse/! dust off/! dust off a batter/! dusty miller/! -Dutch act/! -Dutch courage/! -Dutch reckoning/! duty calls/! dye in the wool/! dyed in the wool/! @@ -2827,7 +3140,6 @@ easy on the eyes/! easy pickings/! easy street/! easy time of it/! -Eat at Joe's/! eat crow/! eat for two/! eat high off the hog /! @@ -2836,12 +3148,12 @@ eat it up/! eat my shorts/! eat one for breakfast/! eat one out of house and home/! +eat one's Wheaties/! eat one's fill/! eat one's gun/! eat one's hat/! eat one's heart out/! eat one's own dog food/! -eat one's Wheaties/! eat one's words/! eat one's young/! eat out/! @@ -2858,7 +3170,6 @@ eat up/! eat your heart out/! eating you/! economical with the truth/! -Eddie would go/! edge out/! edible frog/! egg me on egg on or egg somebody on/! @@ -2876,9 +3187,6 @@ elephant ear/! elephant ears/! elephant in the room/! eleventh hour/! -Elvis has left the building/! -Elysian/! -Elysian Fields/! embarrassment of riches/! embrace, extend and extinguish/! emmetism/! @@ -2902,7 +3210,6 @@ enjoy your meal/! enough is enough/! enough to choke a horse/! enough to make the angels weep/! -Erin go bragh/! err on the side of/! err on the side of caution/! escape fire/! @@ -2925,7 +3232,6 @@ etcetera/! eternal triangle/! ethically challenged/! eureka moment/! -Evel Knievel/! even a blind pig can find an acorn/! even keel/! even money/! @@ -3077,7 +3383,6 @@ fan dance/! fan the flames/! fancy footwork/! fanny about/! -Fanny Adams/! far and away/! far and wide/! far be it/! @@ -3106,7 +3411,6 @@ fat lip/! fat of the land/! fate is sealed/! fate worse than death/! -Faustian bargain/! faux queen/! faze me/! faze me out/! @@ -3329,7 +3633,6 @@ fly out of the traps/! fly the coop/! fly the freak flag/! fly-by-night/! -Flying Dutchman/! flying start/! flying visit/! fold one's tent/! @@ -3351,6 +3654,8 @@ fool's paradise/! foot the bill/! foot-in-mouth disease/! footloose and fancy free/! +for Pete's sake/! +for XYZ reasons/! for a change/! for a dog's age/! for a song/! @@ -3384,7 +3689,6 @@ for once/! for one's life/! for one's particular/! for openers/! -for Pete's sake/! for pity's sake/! for sure/! for that matter/! @@ -3399,7 +3703,6 @@ for the love of/! for the most part/! for the nonce/! for the time being/! -for XYZ reasons/! forbidden fruit/! force of habit/! force someone's hand/! @@ -3419,7 +3722,6 @@ foul up/! found money/! found out/! fountain of youth/! -Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse/! four score and seven years ago/! four sheets to the wind/! four-eyes/! @@ -3448,8 +3750,6 @@ free-for-all/! freeze on/! freeze wages/! freezing cold/! -French kiss/! -French letter/! frenzy of activity/! fresh country eggs/! fresh legs/! @@ -3468,10 +3768,10 @@ friendship with benefits/! frig it/! frightened to death/! frog in one's throat/! -from a mile away/! from A to B/! -from A to izzard/! from A to Z/! +from A to izzard/! +from a mile away/! from can see to can't see/! from cover to cover/! from day one/! @@ -3486,9 +3786,9 @@ from sea to shining sea/! from soup to nuts/! from square one/! from stem to stern/! +from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious/! from the bottom of my heart/! from the bottom of one's heart/! -from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious/! from the frying pan into the fire/! from the get-go/! from the ground up/! @@ -3532,10 +3832,10 @@ fudge factor/! fudge it/! fudge packer/! fudge the issue/! +full English/! full blast/! full blown/! full circle/! -full English/! full marks/! full monty/! full of beans/! @@ -3570,7 +3870,6 @@ funny in the head/! funny money/! funny stuff/! fuss over/! -F-word/! fyfi/! gag me with a spoon/! gagging for it/! @@ -3592,7 +3891,6 @@ gapers' block/! garage kept/! garden path/! garden variety/! -Gary Glitter/! gather dust/! gathering dust/! gave his life/! @@ -3611,9 +3909,6 @@ gentle giant/! gentleman of the back door/! gentleman's agreement/! gentler sex/! -German goitre/! -German virgin/! -German wheel/! get a bang out of/! get a charge out of/! get a fix/! @@ -3757,8 +4052,8 @@ get one's tits in a wringer/! get one's wires crossed/! get out/! get out of/! -get out of bed on the wrong side/! get out of Dodge/! +get out of bed on the wrong side/! get out of here/! get out of jail free card/! get out of my face/! @@ -3873,10 +4168,8 @@ ghetto blaster/! ghetto lottery/! ghost at the feast/! ghost of a chance/! -GI can/! gift horse/! gift of the gab/! -GIGO/! gild the lily/! gimme a break/! gimme a five/! @@ -3952,6 +4245,7 @@ give one's head a shake/! give or take/! give out/! give some skin/! +give someone Hail Columbia/! give someone a big head/! give someone a bloody nose/! give someone a hand/! @@ -3959,7 +4253,6 @@ give someone a hard time/! give someone a piece of one's mind/! give someone an earful/! give someone grief/! -give someone Hail Columbia/! give someone his head/! give someone pause/! give someone the boot/! @@ -4024,9 +4317,10 @@ glowing terms/! glowing tribute/! glued to the set/! glutton for punishment/! -GLWT/! gnashing of teeth/! gnaw someone's vitals/! +go Dutch/! +go Galt/! go a long way/! go a-begging/! go about to/! @@ -4075,7 +4369,6 @@ go down the tubes/! go down the wrong way/! go downhill/! go downtown/! -go Dutch/! go easy on/! go figure/! go fly a kite/! @@ -4090,7 +4383,6 @@ go for your life/! go from strength to strength/! go from zero to hero/! go fuck yourself/! -go Galt/! go great guns/! go halfsies/! go halves/! @@ -4163,9 +4455,9 @@ go through the motions/! go through the roof/! go through with/! go to/! +go to Canossa/! go to any trouble/! go to bat for/! -go to Canossa/! go to great lengths/! go to ground/! go to hell in a handbasket/! @@ -4199,17 +4491,9 @@ go without saying/! go wrong/! god awful/! god bless the duke of argyle/! -God does not play dice with the universe/! god forbid/! -God is in the detail/! -God knows/! -God only knows/! god rest his soul/! gods bless you/! -God's gift to man/! -God's gift to women/! -God's green earth/! -God's honest truth/! goes from strength to strength/! goes without saying/! go-getter/! @@ -4247,6 +4531,7 @@ gone to pot/! gone to the dogs/! gone with the wind/! gong show/! +good God/! good afternoon/! good and/! good arm/! @@ -4262,7 +4547,6 @@ good enough to eat/! good for a loan/! good for nothing/! good for you/! -good God/! good going/! good golly/! good graces/! @@ -4313,9 +4597,9 @@ got my eye on/! got my hands full/! got no business/! got rocks in your head/! +got the T-shirt/! got the blues/! got the hots for/! -got the T-shirt/! got what it takes/! got you by the short hairs/! got you cornered/! @@ -4362,7 +4646,6 @@ great unwashed/! great white hope/! great white north/! greatest thing since sliced bread/! -Greek calends/! greek to me/! green about the gills/! green around the gills/! @@ -4444,7 +4727,6 @@ hair's breadth/! hair-splitting/! hair-splittingly/! hairy molly/! -HAL/! halcyon days/! hale and hearty/! half a mind/! @@ -4453,7 +4735,6 @@ half-baked/! half-naked/! half-pint/! halfway decent/! -Hallmark moment/! ham hands/! ham it up/! hammer and tongs/! @@ -4484,9 +4765,9 @@ hands on/! hands up/! handwriting is on the wall/! handwriting on the wall/! -hang a leg/! hang a Louie/! hang a Ralph/! +hang a leg/! hang about/! hang an arse/! hang around/! @@ -4516,16 +4797,11 @@ happily ensconced/! happily ever after/! happy accident/! happy camper/! -Happy Easter/! happy event/! -Happy Holidays/! happy hour/! happy hunting ground/! happy medium/! happy motoring/! -Happy New Year/! -Happy New Year's/! -Happy Ramadan/! hard and fast rule/! hard at it/! hard cheese/! @@ -4582,6 +4858,7 @@ haul his ashes/! haul off/! haul someone over the coals/! haul up on the carpet/! +have I got news for you/! have a ball/! have a bird/! have a bite/! @@ -4661,7 +4938,6 @@ have had it/! have had it up to here/! have had one's chips/! have half a mind to/! -have I got news for you/! have in mind/! have it both ways/! have it coming/! @@ -4748,7 +5024,6 @@ haven't the foggiest/! having a field day/! having said that/! havoc strikes/! -Hawaiian goose/! hay is for horses/! hazard a guess/! he could be her father/! @@ -4816,9 +5091,6 @@ heavy-footed/! heavy-hearted/! hedge one's bets/! hedge your bets/! -HE-double-hockey-sticks/! -HE-double-L/! -HE-double-toothpicks/! heebie-jeebies/! hell and half of Georgia/! hell bent for election/! @@ -5012,7 +5284,6 @@ hold-up play/! hole in one/! hole up/! hollow leg/! -Hollywood moment/! holy cow/! holy crap/! holy crap on a cracker/! @@ -5021,7 +5292,6 @@ holy fuck/! holy mackerel/! holy moley/! holy moses/! -Holy of Holies/! holy pile/! holy shit/! holy smoke/! @@ -5038,7 +5308,6 @@ home stretch/! home sweet home/! home team/! homeless dumping/! -Homer nods/! honest injun/! honest truth/! honesty is the best policy/! @@ -5116,7 +5385,6 @@ house of ill fame/! house poor/! house warming/! household name/! -Houston, we have a problem/! how about that/! how are you/! how are you doing/! @@ -5162,14 +5430,12 @@ how's that again/! how's the weather/! how's things/! how's tricks/! -HRU/! huckleberry/! huckleberry above a persimmon/! hugs and kisses/! hum and haw/! humble pie/! hump day/! -Humpty Dumptyism/! hundred and ten percent/! hungry thirties/! hunker down/! @@ -5182,118 +5448,18 @@ hush up/! hushed up/! hustle and bustle/! hydrogen ion/! -I am blind/! -I am English/! -I am HIV positive/! -I am hungry/! -I am thirsty/! -I am tired/! -I am twenty years old/! -I am what I am/! -I approve this message/! -I beg your pardon/! -I believe you, thousands wouldn't/! -I came, I saw, I conquered/! -I can tell you/! -I could eat a horse/! -I couldn't have said it better myself/! -I do/! -I don't care/! -I don't eat fish/! -I don't eat meat/! -I don't eat pork/! -I don't fancy yours/! -I don't know/! -I don't speak English/! -I don't think so/! -I don't understand/! -I hate you/! -I have a cold/! -I have a fever/! -I have a question/! -I have AIDS/! -I have asthma/! -I have cancer/! -I have diabetes/! -I have high blood pressure/! -I have low blood pressure/! -I have no money/! -I have to love you and leave you/! -I haven't the foggiest/! -I knew someone when/! -I know/! -I know you are but what am I/! -I like pie/! -I like you/! -I live in Melbourne/! -I lost my backpack/! -I lost my bag/! -I lost my glasses/! -I lost my handbag/! -I lost my keys/! -I lost my wallet/! -I love you/! -I miss you/! -I must go/! -I need .../! -I need a battery/! -I need a compass/! -I need a condom/! -I need a dictionary/! -I need a doctor/! -I need a drink/! -I need a guide/! -I need a lawyer/! -I need a pen/! -I need a razor/! -I need a taxi/! -I need a towel/! -I need an interpreter/! -I need aspirin/! -I need food/! -I need gas/! -I need money/! -I need petrol/! -I need shampoo/! -I need shelter/! -I need sunblock/! -I need toilet paper/! -I need toothpaste/! -I need water/! -I need your help/! -I never did/! -I rest my case/! -I see, said the blind man/! -I see what you did there/! -I smell where you're stepping/! -I take it/! -I tell a lie/! -I think so/! -I think therefore I am/! -I told you so/! -I want my money back/! -I want to go to the toilet/! -I want to know/! -I was born in .../! -I wish/! -I would/! -IANAL/! -ICCL/! ice cool/! ice cube/! ice queen/! ice-calm/! icing on the cake/! -I'd like to kiss you/! -I'd like to know/! -I'd say/! idiot box/! idiot light/! idiot lights/! idiot mittens/! +if I were you/! if a mussel doesn't open don't eat it/! if anything should happen/! -if I were you/! if it ain't broke, don't fix it/! if it's all the same/! if it's not one thing it's another/! @@ -5326,69 +5492,12 @@ if you've got it, flaunt it/! ifs, ands, or buts/! ignorance is bliss/! ignorantia juris non excusat/! -I'll be/! -I'll be a monkey's uncle/! -I'll be blowed/! -I'll be bound/! -I'll call the police/! ill health/! -I'll say/! -I'll see you and raise you/! ill-gotten gains/! ill-starred venture/! -I'm a Buddhist/! -I'm a Catholic/! -I'm a Christian/! -I'm a girl/! -I'm a guy/! -I'm a Muslim/! -I'm a Protestant/! -I'm a vegetarian/! -I'm afraid not/! -I'm afraid so/! -I'm agnostic/! -I'm all right, Jack/! -I'm allergic to aspirin/! -I'm allergic to nuts/! -I'm allergic to penicillin/! -I'm allergic to pollen/! -I'm an atheist/! -I'm ashamed/! -I'm bisexual/! -I'm bleeding/! -I'm blind/! -I'm cold/! -I'm confused/! -I'm deaf/! -I'm divorced/! -I'm dying/! -I'm easy/! -I'm fine/! -I'm fine, thank you/! -I'm full/! -I'm gay/! -I'm hot/! -I'm hungry/! -I'm illiterate/! -I'm in love with you/! -I'm Jewish/! -I'm looking for a grocery store/! -I'm looking for a job/! -I'm lost/! -I'm married/! -I'm mute/! -I'm not religious/! -I'm rubber, you're glue/! -I'm scared/! -I'm sick/! -I'm single/! -I'm sorry/! -I'm straight/! -I'm thirsty/! -I'm tired/! -I'm transsexual/! -I'm twenty years old/! impossible dream/! +in Abraham's bosom/! +in Dutch/! in a bad way/! in a bake/! in a big way/! @@ -5426,7 +5535,6 @@ in a tight spot/! in a tizzy/! in a walk/! in abatement/! -in Abraham's bosom/! in addition/! in agreement/! in aid to this fact/! @@ -5458,7 +5566,6 @@ in deep trouble/! in detail/! in dire straits/! in dribs and drabs/! -in Dutch/! in effigy/! in evidence/! in fact/! @@ -5656,7 +5763,6 @@ in your mind's eye/! in your prime/! inch-by-inch search/! inch-perfect/! -Indian sign/! information leak/! ink slinger/! inner circle/! @@ -5672,7 +5778,6 @@ inside out/! inside story/! inside track/! installed base/! -Internets/! into detail/! into g/! into hock/! @@ -5697,7 +5802,6 @@ is there a grocery store/! is there a smaller size/! is you is, or is you ain't my baby/! isn't it so/! -ISTR/! it ain't over till it's over/! it ain't over till the fat lady sings/! it appears to me/! @@ -5746,8 +5850,8 @@ it's a whole nother world out there/! it's a whole other world out there/! it's a zoo in there/! it's about time/! -it's all good/! it's all Greek to me/! +it's all good/! it's all over but the crying/! it's all over but the shouting/! it's an emergency/! @@ -5771,12 +5875,6 @@ it's your move/! it's your turn/! itsy bitsy/! itty bitty/! -I've been raped/! -I've been robbed/! -I've been shot/! -I've burned myself/! -I've lost my keys/! -I've never heard it called that before/! ivory tower/! jack around/! jack in/! @@ -5785,12 +5883,10 @@ jack of all trades/! jack of all trades and master of none/! jack off/! jack o'lantern/! -Jack Tar/! jam sandwich/! jam session/! jam tart/! jam tomorrow/! -Jane Doe/! jaundiced eye/! jaw away/! jazz up/! @@ -5799,7 +5895,6 @@ jerk around/! jerk me around/! jerk off/! jerk-off/! -Jesus, Mary and Joseph/! jet set/! jet-setter/! jet-setting/! @@ -5810,22 +5905,12 @@ jim dandy/! jimminy crickets/! jive turkey/! jockey for position/! -Joe Average/! joe job/! -Joe Public/! -Joe Sixpack/! joe who/! jog on/! jog your memory/! -John Doe/! -John Hancock/! -John Henry/! -John Q. Public/! -John Thomas/! johnny canuck/! johnny on the spot/! -Johnny-come-lately/! -Johnny-one-note/! join the club/! join up/! join you/! @@ -6054,7 +6139,6 @@ kill two birds with one stone/! kill with kindness/! killer instinct/! killing me/! -Kilroy was here/! kind of/! kind regards/! kindest regards/! @@ -6062,9 +6146,7 @@ kindred soul/! kindred spirit/! king of beasts/! king of the hill/! -King Shit of Turd Island/! king's ransom/! -KISS/! kiss and make up/! kiss arse/! kiss ass/! @@ -6084,7 +6166,6 @@ kit and caboodle/! kitchen sink/! kitchen table software/! kitty bar the door/! -Klaatu barada nikto/! knacker's yard/! knee high to a grasshopper/! knee slapper/! @@ -6095,9 +6176,9 @@ knight in shining armor/! knit one's brows/! knit one's eyebrows/! knob-gobbler/! +knock Anthony/! knock a buzzard off a shit wagon/! knock against/! -knock Anthony/! knock around with/! knock down/! knock flat/! @@ -6198,7 +6279,6 @@ last minute/! last of the big spenders/! last resort/! last straw/! -Last Supper/! last thing/! last thing one needs/! last trump/! @@ -6262,7 +6342,6 @@ lay you/! laze about/! laze around/! lazy bones/! -L-bomb/! lead a life/! lead by the nose/! lead foot/! @@ -6414,8 +6493,8 @@ life in the fast lane/! life is just a bowl of cherries/! life is not all guns and roses/! life is short/! -life of its own/! life of Riley/! +life of its own/! life of the party/! life on the edge/! life you lead/! @@ -6445,7 +6524,6 @@ line one's pockets/! line up/! link whore/! link whoring/! -Lion of Judah/! lion's den/! lion's share/! lip off/! @@ -6489,7 +6567,6 @@ liven up/! living daylights/! living end/! living impaired/! -LMK/! lo and behold/! load up/! loaded dice/! @@ -6579,8 +6656,6 @@ loosen the apron strings/! loosen the purse strings/! lord it over/! lord of the flies/! -Lord willing and the creek don't rise/! -Lord's Supper/! lose a family member/! lose count/! lose face/! @@ -6679,7 +6754,6 @@ magic bullet/! mail it in/! main drag/! main man/! -Main Street/! mainland China/! make a beeline/! make a big deal of it/! @@ -6877,9 +6951,7 @@ market day/! marry me/! marry off/! marsh grass/! -Mary Celeste/! mass destruction/! -Master of the Universe/! match day/! match made in heaven/! match made in hell/! @@ -6925,12 +6997,7 @@ mend fences/! mend one's ways/! mental block/! mercy bucket/! -Merry Andrew/! -Merry Christmas/! -Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year/! merry dance/! -Merry Eid/! -Merry Xmas/! mess around/! mess of pottage/! mess up/! @@ -6939,18 +7006,13 @@ messed up/! mete out/! method in his madness/! method to the madness/! -Mexican breakfast/! -Mexican standoff/! mi casa, su casa/! -Mickey Mouse/! -Midas touch/! middle for diddle/! middle ground/! middle of nowhere/! middle of the road/! milk it/! milk run/! -Miller of Dee/! millstone around your neck/! mince words/! mind boggles/! @@ -6960,8 +7022,8 @@ mind games/! mind go blank/! mind in neutral/! mind of his own/! -mind one's own business/! mind one's P's and Q's/! +mind one's own business/! mind over matter/! mind the store/! mind you/! @@ -6978,7 +7040,6 @@ mint condition/! misery loves company/! miss out/! miss out on/! -Miss Right/! miss the boat/! miss the mark/! miss the point/! @@ -6987,7 +7048,6 @@ miss you/! miss your chance/! mission creep/! mission is to drain the swamp/! -Mister Right/! mix apples and oranges/! mix it up/! mix up/! @@ -7004,7 +7064,6 @@ modest proposal/! mom and apple pie/! moment in the sun/! moment of truth/! -Monday-morning quarterback/! money doesn't grow on trees/! money for jam/! money for old rope/! @@ -7022,7 +7081,6 @@ monkey see, monkey do/! monkey wrench/! monkeys might fly out of my butt/! monkey's uncle/! -Monopoly money/! month of Sundays/! moon on a stick/! moon them/! @@ -7034,8 +7092,8 @@ moral compass/! moral high ground/! moral low ground/! moral support/! -more after the jump/! more Catholic than the Pope/! +more after the jump/! more cry than wool/! more equal/! more haste, less speed/! @@ -7078,7 +7136,6 @@ move you to tears/! move your ass/! mover and shaker/! movers and shakers/! -MTFBWY/! much ado about nothing/! much less/! much obliged/! @@ -7119,7 +7176,6 @@ my old man/! my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins/! my way or the highway/! my word/! -M.Y.O.B./! na na na na boo boo/! na na na na na na/! naff off/! @@ -7138,7 +7194,6 @@ name names/! name of the game/! na-na na-na boo-boo/! na-na na-na na-na/! -Nantucket sleigh ride/! narrow down/! nary a/! nary a word/! @@ -7206,7 +7261,6 @@ night owl/! night person/! nighty night/! nighty-night/! -Nikon choir/! nine day wonder/! nine lives/! nine times out of ten/! @@ -7335,8 +7389,8 @@ not happy, Jan/! not have a leg to stand on/! not have the faintest/! not if I see you first/! -not in a million years/! not in Kansas anymore/! +not in a million years/! not in the least/! not in the slightest/! not invented here/! @@ -7400,13 +7454,10 @@ nugget of truth/! null and void/! nulla pœna sine lege/! nulla poena sine lege/! -Number 10/! number games/! number is up/! number one/! number one with a bullet/! -Number Ten/! -Nuremberg defense/! nut bar, nut case/! nut case/! nut house/! @@ -7511,7 +7562,6 @@ oh noes/! oh well/! oil burner/! oil trash/! -OK yah/! okay, ok/! okey dokey smokey/! okey-dokey, Smokey/! @@ -7630,6 +7680,7 @@ on someone's account/! on steroids/! on sufferance/! on tenterhooks/! +on the Q.T./! on the anvil/! on the back burner/! on the back foot/! @@ -7692,7 +7743,6 @@ on the plus side/! on the point of/! on the prowl/! on the pull/! -on the Q.T./! on the radar/! on the rag/! on the rails/! @@ -7861,7 +7911,6 @@ or so/! or something/! or what/! or words to that effect/! -Oreo cookie/! other fish to fry/! other half/! other head/! @@ -8233,6 +8282,7 @@ place in the sun/! place on a pedestal/! plan b/! plate is full/! +play Old Harry/! play a big part/! play a joke on/! play a mean game/! @@ -8270,7 +8320,6 @@ play it safe/! play it up/! play musical chairs/! play my cards right/! -play Old Harry/! play on my heart strings/! play on words/! play one against another/! @@ -8314,7 +8363,6 @@ poachers gun/! pocket hercules/! pocket of resistance/! pocket-sized/! -PO'd/! poetry in motion/! point a finger at/! point blank/! @@ -8334,7 +8382,6 @@ poker face/! poles apart/! police beat/! polish off/! -Polish parliament/! polite fiction/! political football/! politically correct/! @@ -8359,13 +8406,11 @@ pop your buttons/! popcorn movie/! pope's nose/! porch monkey/! -Portuguese man-of-war/! poster boy/! poster child/! poster girl/! pot calling the kettle black/! potato chaser/! -Potemkin village/! potter/! potter's clay/! potter's field/! @@ -8414,7 +8459,6 @@ pressed for time/! pretty penny/! pretty pictures/! pretty please with sugar on top/! -Pretty Polly/! pretty up/! prevail upon/! price is right/! @@ -8435,7 +8479,6 @@ private eye/! problem child/! progressive love/! promise the moon/! -Promised Land/! proof of the pudding/! prop up the bar/! prophet of doom/! @@ -8682,9 +8725,7 @@ put yourself through college/! putting me on/! putting on the ritz/! putty in someone's hands/! -Q quotient/! quake in one's boots/! -Quaker gun/! quality of life/! quantum leap/! quarter of/! @@ -8695,7 +8736,6 @@ queen of beasts/! queer bashing/! queer fish/! queer someone's pitch/! -Queer Street/! queer the pitch/! question mark/! quiche-eater/! @@ -8743,9 +8783,9 @@ rain or shine/! rain pitchforks/! raining cats and dogs/! rainy day/! +raise Cain/! raise a hand/! raise a stink/! -raise Cain/! raise eyebrows/! raise hell/! raise one's hand/! @@ -8804,10 +8844,10 @@ read you/! ready, set, go/! ready, steady, go/! ready up/! -real deal/! real Macoy/! real McCoy/! real McKoy/! +real deal/! real superhero/! real time/! reality check/! @@ -8822,7 +8862,6 @@ reasonable person/! rebound relationship/! recent memory/! reckon without/! -Red Baron/! red carpet/! red dog/! red face test/! @@ -8876,7 +8915,6 @@ rhyme or reason/! rib-tickler/! rice chaser/! rice queen/! -Richard of York gave battle in vain/! rickle o' banes/! rid out/! rid up/! @@ -8968,7 +9006,6 @@ rocks socks/! rocky road/! rod for one's back/! rogues' gallery/! -Roland for an Oliver/! roll around/! roll back the years/! roll in one's grave/! @@ -8989,7 +9026,6 @@ rolling in dough/! rolling in it/! rolling in the aisles/! rolling stone/! -Rome wasn't built in a day/! romp home/! room-temperature IQ/! root around/! @@ -9028,7 +9064,6 @@ row of beans/! royal bumps/! royal pain/! royal treatment/! -RSN/! rub down/! rub elbows/! rub in/! @@ -9052,9 +9087,9 @@ ruffle someone's feathers/! ruffle your feathers/! ruffled feathers/! rug up/! +rule OK/! rule in/! rule of thumb/! -rule OK/! rule out/! rule over/! rule the roost/! @@ -9145,8 +9180,6 @@ run-of-the-mill/! runt of the litter/! rush hour/! rush out/! -Russian bar/! -Russian roulette/! rustle up/! rye seed/! sabre rattling/! @@ -9335,8 +9368,6 @@ sell yourself short/! sell-by date/! seller's market/! selling point/! -Semper Gumbi/! -Semper Gumby/! send a bouquet/! send away/! send away for/! @@ -9388,10 +9419,10 @@ set out for/! set out to/! set pulses racing/! set straight/! +set the Thames on fire/! set the bar/! set the stage/! set the table/! -set the Thames on fire/! set the wheels in motion/! set the world alight/! set the world on fire/! @@ -9596,7 +9627,6 @@ side effect/! side issue/! side wall/! sides reversed is/! -Sieg Heil/! sigh of relief/! sight for sore eyes/! sight to behold/! @@ -9695,7 +9725,6 @@ slap on the wrist/! slash and burn/! slave to fashion/! slaving over a hot stove all day/! -SLBSTM/! sleep around/! sleep in/! sleep it off/! @@ -9849,9 +9878,9 @@ sock-knocking/! sod all/! sod off/! soda jerk/! +soft Mick/! soft in the head/! soft market/! -soft Mick/! soft pedal/! soft sawder/! soft sell/! @@ -9934,7 +9963,6 @@ speculative bubble/! speed freak/! speed queen/! speed up/! -Speedy Gonzales/! spell disaster/! spell out/! spell you off/! @@ -9982,7 +10010,6 @@ split one's sides/! split second/! split the difference/! split up/! -Spock ears/! spoil for a fight/! spoiled brat/! spoilt for choice/! @@ -10295,8 +10322,6 @@ suits you/! sum of its parts/! sum up/! summer and winter/! -Sunday best/! -Sunday driver/! sunset years/! super mint/! supposed to/! @@ -10308,7 +10333,6 @@ surf the net/! surprise surprise/! survival of the fittest/! suspend one's disbelief/! -Sussex Drive/! swaddling clothes/! swallow one's pride/! swallow that/! @@ -10331,12 +10355,12 @@ sweep someone off their feet/! sweep something under the rug/! sweep under the carpet/! sweep you off your feet/! -sweet dreams/! -sweet fuck all/! -sweet hereafter/! sweet Jesus/! sweet Mary/! sweet Mary mother of God/! +sweet dreams/! +sweet fuck all/! +sweet hereafter/! sweet nothings/! sweet on/! sweet spot/! @@ -10530,10 +10554,11 @@ take something as read/! take something in one's stride/! take something in stride/! take that/! +take the Browns to the Super Bowl/! +take the Michael/! take the bait/! take the biscuit/! take the blame/! -take the Browns to the Super Bowl/! take the bull by the horns/! take the cake/! take the chill off/! @@ -10547,7 +10572,6 @@ take the heat/! take the hint/! take the lead/! take the liberty/! -take the Michael/! take the mick/! take the mickey/! take the offensive/! @@ -10643,7 +10667,6 @@ tall order/! tall tale/! tan someone's hide/! tangle with/! -TANSTAAFL/! taper off/! tar with the same brush/! tarred with the same brush/! @@ -10707,7 +10730,6 @@ tender age of/! tender loving care/! tender mercies/! tentpole movie/! -TEOTWAWKI/! terminal leaves/! terms of use/! terra firma/! @@ -10744,7 +10766,6 @@ that said/! that ship has sailed/! that takes the cake/! that was it/! -Thatcher's children/! that'll be the day/! that'll be the frosty friday/! that'll do/! @@ -10769,6 +10790,7 @@ that's wassup/! that's what I'm talking about/! that's what she said/! that's what's up/! +the British are coming/! the acid test/! the age of majority/! the air was blue/! @@ -10796,7 +10818,6 @@ the boot is on the other foot/! the bottom fell out/! the bottom line/! the breaking point/! -the British are coming/! the brush-off/! the buck stops here/! the bum's rush/! @@ -10826,7 +10847,6 @@ the die is cast/! the downside/! the dying seconds/! the early bird gets the worm/! -The End/! the end all-be all/! the end justifies the means/! the end of one's rope/! @@ -11084,8 +11104,8 @@ those who can't do, teach/! though but/! thrash out/! thread the needle/! -three green/! three Rs/! +three green/! three sheets to the wind/! three skips of a louse/! three-martini lunch/! @@ -11228,8 +11248,6 @@ times were hard/! tin ear/! tin god/! tin lizzie/! -Tinker to Evers to Chance/! -TINSTAAFL/! tip a few/! tip of my tongue/! tip of the hat/! @@ -11254,11 +11272,11 @@ tit for tat/! tits in a wringer/! tits up/! tits-up/! +to a T/! to a fare-thee-well/! to a fault/! to a man/! to a nicety/! -to a T/! to a turn/! to all intents and purposes/! to be continued/! @@ -11295,6 +11313,7 @@ to say the least/! to tell the truth/! to that end/! to the/! +to the T/! to the best of one's knowledge/! to the bone/! to the brim/! @@ -11305,7 +11324,6 @@ to the max/! to the moon/! to the nth degree/! to the point/! -to the T/! to the tee/! to the tonsils/! to the tune of/! @@ -11323,7 +11341,6 @@ toes up/! toe-to-toe/! toke up/! token gesture/! -Tom, Dick or Harry/! tomato juice/! tomato tomato/! tomorrow is another day/! @@ -11470,7 +11487,6 @@ trigger-happy/! trip balls/! trip out/! trip to the woodshed/! -Trojan-horse/! trot out/! trouble in paradise/! true believer/! @@ -11488,7 +11504,6 @@ try that on for size/! try your darndest/! try your hand at/! try your luck/! -TS girl/! tub of guts/! tube head/! tube him/! @@ -11510,7 +11525,6 @@ turf out/! turf war/! turkey shoot/! turkey slap/! -Turkish bread/! turn a blind eye/! turn a corner/! turn a deaf ear/! @@ -11577,7 +11591,6 @@ turning point/! turn-off/! turn-on/! twatfaced/! -Tweedledum and Tweedledee/! twelve-ounce curls/! twenty to/! twenty to the dozen/! @@ -11597,9 +11610,9 @@ twist someone's balls/! twist the knife/! twist your words/! twisted him around her little finger/! +two Americas/! two a penny/! two abreast/! -two Americas/! two beers, please/! two birds with one stone/! two bits/! @@ -11630,7 +11643,6 @@ unacceptable face of/! unalloyed delight/! unavailable energy/! unavoidable delay/! -Uncle Joe/! unconscionable liar/! unconscionable time/! under a cloud/! @@ -11750,7 +11762,6 @@ use one's head/! use one's noggin/! used to/! user friendly/! -UTSL/! vale of tears/! valley of death/! valley of the shadow of death/! @@ -11774,7 +11785,6 @@ victory at sea/! vide infra/! vide supra/! virgin territory/! -Virtue is her own reward/! virtue is its own reward/! vis comica/! visit a spell/! @@ -11837,7 +11847,6 @@ walk up/! walking on broken glass/! wall flower/! wall of silence/! -Wall Street/! wallow in the mire/! wanker's cramp/! want a piece of me/! @@ -11933,13 +11942,13 @@ weigh down/! weigh in/! weighed in the balance and found wanting/! welfare Cadillac/! +well, I never/! well ain't that the catfish in the trap/! well alone/! well and good/! well and truly/! well done/! well heeled/! -well, I never/! well in hand/! well off/! well taken/! @@ -11987,8 +11996,8 @@ what do you mean/! what do you say/! what do you want, a cookie/! what do you want, a medal/! -what does that have to do with the price of tea in China/! what does XX mean/! +what does that have to do with the price of tea in China/! what else is new/! what for/! what gives/! @@ -12012,8 +12021,8 @@ what of it/! what say you/! what someone said/! what the/! -what the deuce/! what the Devil/! +what the deuce/! what the dickens/! what the eff/! what the fuck/! @@ -12066,9 +12075,9 @@ whatsamatta/! wheel away/! wheels fall off/! wheels within wheels/! +when Hell freezes over/! when all is said and done/! when, as, and if/! -when Hell freezes over/! when it comes to/! when it rains it pours/! when it's at home/! @@ -12119,7 +12128,6 @@ white coat hypertension/! white elephant/! white hat/! white hole/! -White House/! white knuckles/! white lie/! white magic/! @@ -12375,15 +12383,9 @@ written in stone/! wrong end of the stick/! wrong place at the wrong time/! wrong side of the tracks/! -WYSIWYG/! -X factor/! x generation/! -X marks the spot/! -X's and O's/! yada yada yada/! yak shaving/! -Yankee dime/! -Yankee go home/! yardarm to yardarm/! yawning gulf/! ye gods/! @@ -12408,7 +12410,6 @@ yes man/! yes to death/! yield the ghost/! yin yang/! -YOLO/! yonder over there/! you all/! you and the horse you rode in on/! @@ -12504,9 +12505,1372 @@ yours truly/! youth is wasted on the young/! you've got to be kidding/! you've got to laugh/! -YOYO/! zero in on/! zig when one should zag/! zip one's lip/! zip up/! zonk out/! +Aaron’s beard/! +Bob’s your uncle/! +Buckley’s and none/! +Buckley’s chance/! +Buggins’s turn/! +Chinaman on one’s back/! +Chinaman’s chance/! +Davy Jones’s locker/! +Eat at Joe’s/! +God’s gift to man/! +God’s gift to women/! +God’s green earth/! +God’s honest truth/! +Happy New Year’s/! +I believe you, thousands wouldn’t/! +I couldn’t have said it better myself/! +I don’t care/! +I don’t eat fish/! +I don’t eat meat/! +I don’t eat pork/! +I don’t fancy yours/! +I don’t know/! +I don’t speak English/! +I don’t think so/! +I don’t understand/! +I haven’t the foggiest/! +I smell where you’re stepping/! +I’d like to kiss you/! +I’d like to know/! +I’d say/! +I’ll be/! +I’ll be a monkey’s uncle/! +I’ll be blowed/! +I’ll be bound/! +I’ll call the police/! +I’ll say/! +I’ll see you and raise you/! +I’m Jewish/! +I’m a Buddhist/! +I’m a Catholic/! +I’m a Christian/! +I’m a Muslim/! +I’m a Protestant/! +I’m a girl/! +I’m a guy/! +I’m a vegetarian/! +I’m afraid not/! +I’m afraid so/! +I’m agnostic/! +I’m all right, Jack/! +I’m allergic to aspirin/! +I’m allergic to nuts/! +I’m allergic to penicillin/! +I’m allergic to pollen/! +I’m an atheist/! +I’m ashamed/! +I’m bisexual/! +I’m bleeding/! +I’m blind/! +I’m cold/! +I’m confused/! +I’m deaf/! +I’m divorced/! +I’m dying/! +I’m easy/! +I’m fine/! +I’m fine, thank you/! +I’m full/! +I’m gay/! +I’m hot/! +I’m hungry/! +I’m illiterate/! +I’m in love with you/! +I’m looking for a grocery store/! +I’m looking for a job/! +I’m lost/! +I’m married/! +I’m mute/! +I’m not religious/! +I’m rubber, you’re glue/! +I’m scared/! +I’m sick/! +I’m single/! +I’m sorry/! +I’m straight/! +I’m thirsty/! +I’m tired/! +I’m transsexual/! +I’m twenty years old/! +I’ve been raped/! +I’ve been robbed/! +I’ve been shot/! +I’ve burned myself/! +I’ve lost my keys/! +I’ve never heard it called that before/! +Lord willing and the creek don’t rise/! +Lord’s Supper/! +PO’d/! +Rome wasn’t built in a day/! +Thatcher’s children/! +X’s and O’s/! +abound in one’s own sense/! +above one’s bend/! +ace up one’s sleeve/! +act one’s age/! +after one’s own heart/! +after the Lord Mayor’s show/! +ahead of one’s time/! +ain’t half-bad/! +albatross around one’s neck/! +albatross round one’s neck/! +all hell’s breaking loose/! +all in a day’s work/! +all it’s cracked up to be/! +all one’s eggs in one basket/! +all one’s life’s worth/! +all over hell’s half acre/! +all the world’s a stage/! +all y’all/! +all y’all’s/! +an offer one can’t refuse/! +angel’s advocate/! +another nail in one’s coffin/! +ants in one’s pants/! +anyone’s guess/! +apothecary’s Latin/! +apple of someone’s eye/! +arm’s length/! +around Robin Hood’s barn/! +at a moment’s notice/! +at arm’s length/! +at death’s door/! +at one’s fingertips/! +at the end of one’s tether/! +at the top of one’s lungs/! +at the top of one’s voice/! +back of one’s hand/! +back on one’s feet/! +bad taste in one’s mouth/! +baker’s dozen/! +baker’s half dozen/! +ball in one’s court/! +ball’s in your court/! +banker’s dozen/! +bankers’ hours/! +bare one’s soul/! +bare one’s teeth/! +bat one’s eyelashes/! +bat one’s eyes/! +be in one’s altitudes/! +be one’s guest/! +be one’s undoing/! +beat one’s brain/! +beat one’s head against a stone wall/! +beat one’s head against a wall/! +beat one’s meat/! +beat one’s time/! +beat someone’s brains out/! +bee in one’s bonnet/! 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+plumber’s helper/! +poop one’s pants/! +pop a cap in someone’s ass/! +pop one’s clogs/! +pop someone’s cherry/! +pope’s nose/! +potter’s clay/! +potter’s field/! +pour one’s heart out/! +price on one’s head/! +prick up one’s ears/! +p’s and q’s/! +pull in one’s horns/! +pull one’s finger out/! +pull one’s punches/! +pull one’s socks up/! +pull one’s weight/! +pull oneself up by one’s bootstraps/! +pull out of one’s ass/! +pull someone’s bacon out of the fire/! +pull someone’s leg/! +pull the other one, it’s got bells on/! +pull the wool over someone’s eyes/! +punch above one’s weight/! +punch below one’s weight/! +push one’s luck/! +push someone’s buttons/! +put all one’s eggs in one basket/! +put ’em up/! +put ’er there/! +put hair on someone’s chest/! +put one through one’s paces/! +put one’s ass on the line/! +put one’s back into/! +put one’s best foot forward/! +put one’s cards on the table/! +put one’s feet up/! +put one’s finger on/! +put one’s foot down/! +put one’s foot in it/! +put one’s foot in one’s mouth/! +put one’s hands together/! +put one’s house in order/! +put one’s mind to it/! +put one’s money where one’s mouth is/! +put one’s name in the hat/! +put one’s pants on one leg at a time/! +put one’s shoulder to the wheel/! +put one’s trousers on one leg at a time/! +put oneself in someone’s shoes/! +put out of one’s misery/! +put someone’s back up/! +put up one’s dukes/! +putty in someone’s hands/! +quake in one’s boots/! +queer someone’s pitch/! +rack one’s brain/! +rain on one’s parade/! +rain on someone’s parade/! +raise one’s hand/! +raise someone’s hackles/! +rattle someone’s cage/! +read someone’s lips/! +read someone’s mind/! +rest on one’s laurels/! +rickle o’ banes/! +ride one’s luck/! +ride someone’s ass/! +ring one’s bell/! +ring someone’s bell/! +rock out with one’s cock out/! +rod for one’s back/! +rogues’ gallery/! +roll in one’s grave/! +roll one’s eyes/! +roll up one’s sleeves/! +rub salt in someone’s wounds/! +ruffle someone’s feathers/! +run for one’s money/! +run one’s course/! +save one’s breath/! +save someone’s bacon/! +save someone’s skin/! +say it, don’t spray it/! +scare out of one’s wits/! +school’s out/! +scout’s honor/! +scout’s honour/! +scratch one’s head/! +scream one’s head off/! +see someone’s point/! +sell my clothes, I’m going to heaven/! +sell one’s soul/! +seller’s market/! +send shivers down someone’s spine/! +set in one’s ways/! +set one’s cap at/! +set one’s heart on/! +set one’s shoulder to the wheel/! +settle someone’s hash/! +sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll/! +shadow of one’s former self/! +shanks’ mare/! +shanks’ nag/! +shanks’ pony/! +she’ll be apples/! +she’ll be right/! +she’s apples/! +she’s unconscious/! +shit one’s pants/! +shoot ’em up/! +shoot one’s bolt/! +shoot one’s load/! +shoot one’s mouth off/! +shoot one’s wad/! +should’ve would’ve could’ve/! +show one’s butt/! +show one’s cards/! +show one’s face/! +show one’s true colors/! +show one’s true stripes/! +shut one’s face/! +shut one’s mouth/! +sink one’s teeth into/! +sit on one’s hands/! +sky isn’t blue/! +sleeves from one’s vest/! +sling one’s hook/! +slip someone’s mind/! +smell where you’re stepping/! +snail’s pace/! +snap someone’s head off/! +snowball’s chance in hell/! +sophie’s choice/! +sorry, I’m late/! +sow one’s wild oats/! +spare someone’s blushes/! +speak one’s mind/! +spill one’s guts/! +spill one’s seed/! +spin one’s wheels/! +split one’s sides/! +sprain one’s ankle/! +spring in one’s step/! +stack z’s/! +stand in someone’s shoes/! +stand on one’s own two feet/! +stand one’s ground/! +stars in one’s eyes/! +steal someone’s thunder/! +step on someone’s toes/! +stew in one’s juices/! +stick ’em up/! +stick in someone’s craw/! +stick one’s neck out/! +stick one’s nose in/! +stick one’s oar in/! +stick to one’s guns/! +stick to one’s knitting/! +stone’s throw/! +straight from the horse’s mouth/! +straw that broke the camel’s back/! +stretch one’s legs/! +strike out on one’s own/! +strike while the iron’s hot/! +strut one’s stuff/! +stuff one’s face/! +suck someone’s cock/! +suspend one’s disbelief/! +swallow one’s pride/! +sweat of one’s brow/! +tail between one’s legs/! +take a leaf out of someone’s book/! +take leave of one’s senses/! +take matters into one’s own hands/! +take one’s ball and go home/! +take one’s chance/! +take one’s eye off the ball/! +take one’s hat off to/! +take one’s lumps/! +take one’s pick/! +take one’s time/! +take one’s tongue out of someone’s ass/! +take somebody’s word for it/! +take someone’s head off/! +take something in one’s stride/! +take the wind out of someone’s sails/! +take to one’s heels/! +take you for all you’ve got/! +talk out one’s ass/! +talk over someone’s head/! +talk someone’s ear off/! +talk through one’s hat/! +tan someone’s hide/! +taste of one’s own medicine/! +teacher’s pet/! +tear one’s hair out/! +thank goodness it’s friday/! +thank one’s lucky stars/! +that dog won’t hunt/! +that’ll be the day/! +that’ll be the frosty friday/! +that’ll do/! +that’s a corker/! +that’s a wrap/! +that’s all/! +that’s all she wrote/! +that’s cool/! +that’s for me to know and you to find out/! +that’s his bible/! +that’s it/! +that’s just me/! +that’s life/! +that’s stretching it/! +that’s that/! +that’s the bunny/! +that’s the spirit/! +that’s the ticket/! +that’s the way the ball bounces/! +that’s the way the cookie crumbles/! +that’s wassup/! +that’s what I’m talking about/! +that’s what she said/! +that’s what’s up/! +the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree/! +the ball is in someone’s court/! +the ball’s in your court/! +the bee’s knees/! +the bum’s rush/! +the cat’s meow/! +the cat’s out of the bag/! +the end of one’s rope/! +the in’s and out’s/! +the jig’s up/! +the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing/! +the lights are on but nobody’s home/! +the lion’s share/! +the pope’s nose/! +the sky isn’t blue/! +the straw that broke the camel’s back/! +the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach/! +them’s the breaks/! +them’s the facts/! +there isn’t any easy way to say this/! +there’s a catch to it/! +there’s a grain of truth in every joke/! +there’s been an accident/! +there’s many a slip twixt the cup and the lip/! +there’s more than meets the eye/! +there’s more than one way to skin a cat/! +there’s more where that came from/! +there’s no love lost/! +there’s no such thing as a free lunch/! +there’s no tomorrow/! +there’s no two ways about it/! +there’s not much to choose between them/! +there’s nothing to it/! +there’s one born every minute/! +there’s only one/! +there’s something fishy/! +there’s something rotten in the state of denmark/! +think on one’s feet/! +think one’s shit doesn’t stink/! +think with one’s little head/! +thorn in one’s side/! +thorn in someone’s side/! +those who can’t do, teach/! +throw one’s cap over the windmill/! +throw one’s hat in the ring/! +throw one’s hat over the windmill/! +throw one’s toys out of the pram/! +throw one’s weight around/! +thumb one’s nose/! +tickle someone’s fancy/! +tickle someone’s funny bone/! +tie someone’s hands/! +tied to your mother’s apron strings/! +tighten one’s belt/! +tighter than Dick’s hatband/! +till you’re blue in the face/! +time flies when you’re having fun/! +time’s a wasting/! +time’s up/! +tip one’s hand/! +tip one’s hat/! +to one’s heart’s content/! +to one’s mind/! +to save one’s life/! +to the best of one’s knowledge/! +too big for one’s boots/! +too big for one’s britches/! +too rich for one’s blood/! +toot one’s own horn/! +top of one’s game/! +top of one’s voice/! +touch the hem of someone’s garment/! +trick up one’s sleeve/! +true to one’s colors/! +try one’s hand/! +try one’s luck/! +turn in one’s grave/! +turn on one’s heel/! +turn one’s back/! +turn one’s nose up/! +turn someone’s crank/! +turn someone’s head/! +turn up one’s nose/! +twiddle one’s thumbs/! +twist someone’s arm/! +twist someone’s balls/! +two cents’ worth/! +two pennies’ worth/! +two penn’orth/! +two’s company, three’s a crowd/! +under one’s belt/! +under one’s breath/! +under one’s care/! +under one’s hat/! +under one’s nose/! +under one’s own steam/! +under one’s skin/! +under one’s thumb/! +under one’s wing/! +up one’s own ass/! +up one’s sleeve/! +up shit’s creek/! +up shit’s creek without a paddle/! +up someone’s alley/! +up someone’s street/! +use one’s head/! +use one’s noggin/! +vote with one’s feet/! +walk a mile in someone’s shoes/! +wanker’s cramp/! +warm the cockles of someone’s heart/! +wash one’s hands of/! +wasn’t born yesterday/! +watch one’s mouth/! +watch one’s step/! +watch your p’s and q’s/! +water to one’s mill/! +we haven’t got all day/! +wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve/! +wear out one’s welcome/! +well ain’t that the catfish in the trap/! +wet one’s beak/! +wet one’s pants/! +wet one’s whistle/! +wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am/! +what is this I don’t even/! +what’s cooking/! +what’s doing/! +what’s eating/! +what’s eating you/! +what’s going down/! +what’s going on/! +what’s good/! +what’s in it for me/! +what’s it to you/! +what’s new/! +what’s on your mind/! +what’s that/! +what’s the big idea/! +what’s the crack/! +what’s the craic/! +what’s the difference/! +what’s the good of/! +what’s the matter/! +what’s the poop/! +what’s the time/! +what’s up/! +what’s up with/! +what’s what/! +what’s with/! +what’s your beef/! +what’s your job/! +what’s your name/! +what’s your phone number/! +what’s your poison/! +what’s yours/! +when it’s at home/! +when up to one’s neck in alligators/! +where it’s at/! +where the sun doesn’t shine/! +where the sun don’t shine/! +where’s the beef/! +who’d have thunk it/! +who’s a pretty boy then/! +who’s asking/! +who’s calling/! +who’s ’she’, the cat’s mother?/! +who’s who/! +who’s your daddy/! +why don’t you pick on someone your own size/! +why in God’s name/! +will o’ the wisp/! +wind up one’s bottoms/! +wipe someone’s eye/! +with one’s bare hands/! +with one’s head held high/! +wolf in sheep’s clothing/! +won’t see you stuck/! +won’t tell a soul/! +work one’s butt off/! +work one’s fingers to the bone/! +work one’s magic/! +work one’s tail off/! +work someone’s arse off/! +work someone’s ass off/! +world’s your oyster/! +worm’s-eye view/! +worth a Jew’s eye/! +worth one’s salt/! +worth one’s while/! +wouldn’t be seen dead in/! +wouldn’t hurt a fly/! +wouldn’t say boo to a goose/! +wouldn’t shout if a shark bit him/! +wouldn’t touch with yours/! +wouldn’t work in an iron lung/! +wouldn’t you know/! +wouldn’t you know it/! +wrap around one’s little finger/! +wrap one’s head around/! +write one’s own ticket/! +writer’s block/! +writer’s cramp/! +writing’s on the wall/! +written all over someone’s face/! +yeoman’s service/! +you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink/! +you can run but you can’t hide/! +you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear/! +you can’t say fairer than that/! +you can’t sell anybody if you don’t love everybody/! +you can’t spell something without something else/! +you can’t teach an old dog new tricks/! +you can’t tell a book by its cover/! +you can’t win ‘em all/! +you don’t dip your pen in the company inkwell/! +you don’t miss the water till the well runs dry/! +you don’t say/! +you shouldn’t have/! +you’d complain if you were hung with a new rope/! +you’ll be late for your own funeral/! +you’ll never guess/! +you’re breaking my heart/! +you’re damned if you do/! +you’re damned if you don’t/! +you’re fired/! +you’re kidding/! +you’re on/! +you’re only as good as your last shift/! +you’re only young once/! +you’re right/! +you’re telling me/! +you’re welcome/! +you’ve got to be kidding/! +you’ve got to laugh/! +zip one’s lip/! diff --git a/data/en/prob.dic b/data/en/prob.dic index 0f0a6c1..6a44f71 100644 --- a/data/en/prob.dic +++ b/data/en/prob.dic @@ -190,3 +190,4 @@ who/! whom/! wreak/! wreck/! +they’re/! diff --git a/data/en/puff.dic b/data/en/puff.dic index 07af69d..c748671 100644 --- a/data/en/puff.dic +++ b/data/en/puff.dic @@ -87,3 +87,4 @@ visionary/! wonderful/! wonderfully/! world-class/! +don’t-miss/! diff --git a/data/en/simi.dic b/data/en/simi.dic index 2713131..8761ef4 100644 --- a/data/en/simi.dic +++ b/data/en/simi.dic @@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ different as chalk and cheese/! drink like a fish/! drop him like a hot potato/! drop like flies/! +drunk as Chloe/! drunk as a cunt/! drunk as a lord/! drunk as a skunk/! -drunk as Chloe/! dry as a bone/! dry as a dead dingo's donger/! dull as dishwater/! @@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ eat like a pig/! fat as a cow/! fine as frog hair/! finer than frog hair/! +fit as a Mallee bull/! fit as a butcher's dog/! fit as a fiddle/! fit as a lop/! -fit as a Mallee bull/! fit like a glove/! flat as a pancake/! float like a butterfly/! @@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ grin like a Cheshire cat/! grinning like a bushel basketful of possum heads/! guilty as sin/! hanged for a sheep as a lamb/! +happy as Larry/! happy as a box of birds/! happy as a clam/! happy as a lark/! happy as a peacock/! happy as a pig in shit/! -happy as Larry/! hard as nails/! hateful as a toad/! have a mind like a sieve/! @@ -181,17 +181,17 @@ like the devil/! like the new time/! like the wind/! like there is no tomorrow/! -like turkeys voting for an early Christmas/! like turkeys voting for Christmas/! +like turkeys voting for an early Christmas/! like two peas in a pod/! like water off a duck's back/! like white on rice/! limber as a dishrag/! long as my arm/! +mad as a March hare/! mad as a cut snake/! mad as a hatter/! mad as a hornet/! -mad as a March hare/! make it up as one goes along/! make like a banana and split/! make like a tree and leave/! @@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ pretty as a picture/! proud as a peacock/! pure as the driven snow/! quack like a duck/! -queer as a clockwork orange/! queer as Dick's hatband/! +queer as a clockwork orange/! quick as a flash/! quiet as a mouse/! read like a book/! @@ -305,3 +305,26 @@ white as driven snow/! white as snow/! work like a charm/! work like a horse/! +as fine as Dick’s hatband/! +as queer as Dick’s hatband/! +as tight as Dick’s hatband/! +clean as a hound’s tooth/! +cold as a witch’s tit/! +cute as a bug’s ear/! +dry as a dead dingo’s donger/! +fit as a butcher’s dog/! +good as one’s word/! +like dog’s breath/! +like it’s going out of style/! +like nobody’s business/! +like one’s life depended on it/! +like water off a duck’s back/! +nod’s as good as a wink to a blind bat/! +off like a bride’s nightie/! +plain as the nose on one’s face/! +queer as Dick’s hatband/! +scarce as hen’s teeth/! +smooth as a baby’s bottom/! +soft as a baby’s bottom/! +there’s nowt so queer as folk/! +tight as a duck’s arse/! diff --git a/data/en/tobe.dic b/data/en/tobe.dic index 9a6e86d..e5a3173 100644 --- a/data/en/tobe.dic +++ b/data/en/tobe.dic @@ -1,6 +1,16 @@ # forms of 'to be', to identify where an active verb might be better # http://darlingmionette.deviantart.com/art/Words-To-Avoid-152886782 /encoding=utf-8 +I am/! +I have been/! +I have not been/! +I haven't been/! +I was/! +I wasn't/! +I'dn't've/! +I'm/! +I've been/! +I've not been/! ain't/! am/! are/! @@ -12,18 +22,8 @@ has not been/! hasn't been/! have/! haven't/! -I am/! -I have been/! -I have not been/! -I haven't been/! -I was/! -I wasn't/! -I'dn't've/! -I'm/! is/! isn't/! -I've been/! -I've not been/! they are/! they aren't/! they have been/! @@ -57,3 +57,34 @@ you weren't/! you're/! you've been/! you've not been/! +# forms of ’to be’, to identify where an active verb might be better +I haven’t been/! +I wasn’t/! +I’dn’t’ve/! +I’m/! +I’ve been/! +I’ve not been/! +ain’t/! +aren’t/! +hasn’t been/! +haven’t/! +isn’t/! +they aren’t/! +they haven’t been/! +they weren’t/! +they’re/! +they’ve been/! +they’ve not been/! +wasn’t/! +we aren’t/! +we haven’t been/! +we weren’t/! +weren’t/! +we’ve been/! +we’ve not been/! +you aren’t/! +you haven’t been/! +you weren’t/! +you’re/! +you’ve been/! +you’ve not been/! diff --git a/data/en/weak.dic b/data/en/weak.dic index 8c9f95d..c26a8ef 100644 --- a/data/en/weak.dic +++ b/data/en/weak.dic @@ -371,3 +371,6 @@ wondered/! wonderful/! would like/! you know/! +I’m trying to/! +ain’t/! +what’s up with/!