Idioms starting with “F”
474 idioms
- F in the chat
- face down
- face like the back end of a bus
- face that would stop a clock
- face the music
- face value
- faceless bureaucrat
- faceless man
- fact is
- fact of life
- factor in
- factor space
- facts on the ground
- fade out
- fail at life
- fail to do sth
- fail upwards
- failure to launch
- fair coin
- fair crack of the whip
- fair enough
- fair game
- fair-haired boy
- fair sex
- fair shake
- fair share
- fair to middling
- fair-weather fan
- fair-weather friend
- fairy money
- faith can move mountains
- fall apart
- fall around
- fall asleep
- fall at the last hurdle
- fall behind
- fall between the cracks
- fall between two stools
- fall by the wayside
- fall for
- fall foul
- fall from grace
- fall in line
- fall in love
- fall in love with sb
- fall into
- fall into a trap
- fall into place
- fall into the wrong hands
- fall off
- fall off a truck
- fall off one's chair
- fall off one's perch
- fall off sth
- fall off the back of a lorry
- fall off the back of a truck
- fall off the turnip truck
- fall off the wagon
- fall on a grenade
- fall on one's face
- fall on one's sword
- fall on someone's neck
- fall out
- fall out of the ugly tree and hit every branch
- fall over
- fall short
- fall through
- fall through the cracks
- fall victim
- falling out
- false alarm
- false light
- false note
- familiarity breeds contempt
- family jewels
- family member
- fan dance
- fan the flames
- fancy one's chances
- far and away
- far away
- far be it
- far cry
- far from doing sth
- far from sth
- far more
- far more important
- far more opportunities
- far post
- far too
- far too much homework
- fare thee well
- farm nigger
- farm out
- farmers
- farmer's tan
- fart fan
- fart in a windstorm
- fart in an elevator
- fash one's thumb
- fashionably late
- fast and furious
- fast asleep
- fast sheet
- fast times
- fat chance
- fat finger
- fat lip
- fat of the land
- Faustian bargain
- Faustian deal
- Faustian dilemma
- faux queen
- feast or famine
- feather in one's cap
- feather one's nest
- feathered friend
- feathered oof-bird
- featherless biped
- fed up
- federal case
- fee simple absolute in possession
- feed off
- feed the dragon
- feed the fire
- feed the meter
- feed two birds with one scone
- feeding frenzy
- feel around
- feel for
- feel free
- feel good
- feel like sth
- feel one's way
- feel out
- feel someone's collar
- feel the pinch
- feel up
- feet first
- feet of clay
- fence in
- fence the tables
- fend and prove
- fend away
- fetch a compass
- fetch and carry
- fetch way
- fever pitch
- few and far between
- few cards shy of a full deck
- few sandwiches short of a picnic
- fickle mistress
- fiddle while Rome burns
- field day
- fifth wheel
- fifty-cent tour
- fight a losing battle
- fight fire with fire
- fight fires
- fight for one's life
- fight one's corner
- fight shy
- fight the good fight
- fighting chance
- fighting spirit
- figure sb/sth out
- file away
- file off the serial numbers
- fill in
- fill in the blank
- fill one's boots
- fill one's face
- fill one's hand
- fill someone's shoes
- fill sth in
- fill up
- filter down
- filter up
- filthy lucre
- filthy rich
- final cut
- final nail in the coffin
- final say
- find another gear
- find fault
- find it difficult to do sth
- find it in one's heart
- find no bones in
- find one's ass with both hands and a flashlight
- find one's feet
- find one's place
- find one's tongue
- find one's voice
- find oneself
- find out
- find out about sth
- find out more
- find the net
- find yourself doing sth
- fine-feathered friend
- fine feathers make fine birds
- fine line
- fine print
- finer things
- finest hour
- finger in the pie
- finger to the wind
- finish with
- fire drill
- fire hose
- fire in the belly
- fire on all cylinders
- fire sale
- fire the starting gun
- firing line
- firm up
- first among equals
- first and last
- first annual
- first come, first served
- first loser
- first love
- first mile
- first-mover disadvantage
- first of all
- first of never
- first off
- first port of call
- first up
- fish-eating grin
- fish in troubled waters
- fish or cut bait
- fish out
- fish out of water
- fish to fry
- fishing expedition
- fist magnet
- fit as a fiddle
- fit for a king
- fit out
- fit the bill
- fit to be tied
- fit to wake the dead
- fits and starts
- five will get you ten
- fix someone's wagon
- fix the roof while the sun is shining
- flag down
- flame up
- flannelled fool
- flap one's gums
- flash back
- flash for cash
- flash the cash
- flat chat
- flat on one's back
- flat out
- flat strap
- flatten out
- flavor of the week
- flea in one's ear
- flesh one's maiden sword
- flesh out
- flight of fancy
- flip one's lid
- flip one's wig
- flip shit
- flip the bird
- float someone's boat
- flog a dead horse
- flog a dead pony
- flog the dolphin
- flog the log
- flood the zone
- floor it
- floor one could eat off
- floppy infant syndrome
- flower of the flock
- Flowery Dell
- flunk out
- flush out
- flutter in the dovecote
- flutter the dovecote
- fly blind
- fly by
- fly by the seat of one's pants
- fly in the face of
- fly in the ointment
- fly low
- fly off
- fly off at a tangent
- fly off the handle
- fly off the shelves
- fly on the wall
- fly out of the blocks
- fly out of the traps
- fly solo
- fly the flag
- fly too close to the sun
- fly under the radar