Idioms starting with “A”
425 idioms
- a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
- a bit
- a bit more
- a bit of a
- a bit of sth
- a blessing in disguise
- a boon and a bane
- a bridge too far
- a cigar is just a cigar
- a cold day in July
- a couple of sth
- a cross to bear
- a crown of thorns
- a day late and a dollar short
- a day or two
- a decline in student numbers
- a dime a dozen
- a dream come true
- a drop in the bucket
- a few
- a few minutes
- a few times
- a few years
- a fly in the ointment
- a good deal
- a good idea
- a great deal
- a great deal better
- a great deal of sth
- a house built on sand
- a house divided
- a hundred and ten percent
- a job for life
- a kind of
- a labor of love
- a land flowing with milk and honey
- a large number of sth
- a leopard cannot change its spots
- a little
- a little bird told me
- a little bit
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- a little from column A, a little from column B
- a little help
- a little learning is a dangerous thing
- a little money
- a little more
- a little of something goes a long way
- a long time
- a long time ago
- a long way
- a lot
- a lot more
- a lot of sth
- a lot to do
- a means of communication
- a means of sth
- a means of transport
- a millstone around your neck
- a mite
- a moment or two
- a notch above
- a number of sth
- a penny saved is a penny earned
- a perfect storm
- a period of time
- a picture is worth 1000 words
- a pound or two
- a pound to a penny
- a Pyrrhic victory
- a range of sth
- a rise in the number of visitors
- a Roland for an Oliver
- a short drop and a sudden stop
- a still small voice
- a stitch in time saves nine
- a storm in a teacup
- a thorn in the side
- a two-edged sword
- a variety of sth
- a voice crying in the wilderness
- a week from next Tuesday
- a week is a long time in politics
- a wide range of sth
- a wild goose never laid a tame egg
- a wolf in sheep's clothing
- a year and a day
- able to do sth
- abound in one's own sense
- about time
- above all
- absence makes the heart grow fonder
- abuse of distress
- access to sth
- accident of birth
- accident waiting to happen
- account for sth
- accused of sth
- ace in the hole
- ace up one's sleeve
- Achilles' heel
- acknowledge the corn
- acquired taste
- act as sth
- act of Congress
- act one's age
- act one's age, not one's shoe size
- act out
- act the hypocrite
- act up
- actions speak louder than words
- ad hoc
- ad nauseam
- Adam and Eve
- Adam Tiler
- Adam's ale
- add fuel to the fire
- add insult to injury
- add oil
- add to sth
- add up
- added value
- adorn oneself with borrowed plumes
- adrenaline rush
- adversarial collaboration
- affair Partner
- afraid of one's own shadow
- after all
- again and again
- age before beauty
- agree to disagree
- agree with sb
- aha moment
- ahead of the pack
- aim at
- aim to do sth
- aimed at doing sth
- aimed at sb
- ain't what it used to was
- air one's dirty laundry in public
- air one's dirty linen in public
- air out
- air rage
- air sandwich
- alarums and excursions
- albatross around one's neck
- albatross round one's neck
- alive and kicking
- all about
- all at once
- all bark and no bite
- all bedlam breaks loose
- all bets are off
- all but
- all day
- all dressed up and nowhere to go
- all duck or no dinner
- all ears
- all ends up
- all eyes
- all eyes and ears
- all fingers and thumbs
- all fur and no knickers
- all fur coat and no knickers
- all good
- all hat and no cattle
- all hat and no cowboy
- all heart
- all hell breaks loose
- all holiday
- all hollow
- all it's cracked up to be
- all kidding aside
- all kinds of
- all mouth and no trousers
- all mouth and trousers
- all night
- all of a heap
- all one's born days
- all one's life's worth
- all one's taste is in one's mouth
- all over
- all over bar the shouting
- all over but the shouting
- all over hell's half acre
- all over the world
- all points of the compass
- all rights reserved
- all roads lead to Rome
- all set
- all sizzle and no steak
- all sorts of
- all systems go
- all talk and no cider
- all that jazz
- all the gear and no idea
- all the marbles
- all the more
- all the rage
- all the tea in China
- all the time
- all the way
- all the way to Egery and back
- all there
- all things considered
- all things to all people
- all thumbs
- all to smash
- all told
- all very well
- all-weather friend
- all wet
- almighty dollar
- almond Rocks
- along with sb/sth
- Alpha and Omega
- alter ego
- alternative to sth
- amateur hour
- amber gambler
- amber light
- amber nectar
- American Dream
- an apple a day keeps the doctor away
- an arm and a leg
- an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
- an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure
- an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
- anaconda mortgage
- ancient history
- and change
- and counting
- and crap
- and finally
- and his mother
- and I don't mean maybe
- and shit
- and so forth
- and so on
- and the like
- and whatnot
- angel's advocate
- angle for farthings
- annus horribilis
- annus mirabilis
- another nail in someone's coffin
- another string to one's bow
- answer on a postcard
- answer someone's prayers
- answer the call of nature
- answer to someone's prayers
- ants in one's pants
- any given Sunday
- any nook or cranny
- any old nook or cranny
- any port in a storm
- any time now
- any time soon
- anybody who is anybody
- anyone else
- anyone's guess
- anything else
- anything goes
- apart from
- ape leader
- apothecary's Latin
- appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober
- appeal to sb
- appetite comes with eating
- apple of someone's eye
- apple polisher
- apples and oranges
- apples and pears
- apples to apples
- apples to apples, oranges to oranges
- apply for sth
- apply oneself
- apply to sb/sth
- apron string
- apron-string hold
- arch doxy
- are you deaf
- are your ears burning
- Ariadne's thread
- aris
- arm candy
- arm to the teeth
- arm up
- armchair quarterback
- arm's length
- army and navy
- army volunteer
- around the clock
- around the corner
- around the world
- arrive at
- arrive in
- arrow in the quiver
- arse end of nowhere
- arse over tip