Idioms starting with “R”
401 idioms
- rabbit
- rabble rouser
- raccoon eyes
- race against time
- race of truth
- race out of the traps
- race queen
- race riot
- rack and ruin
- rack up
- rafter snapper
- rag bagger
- rain buckets
- rain cats and dogs
- rain death
- rain down
- rain fire and brimstone
- rain off
- rain on someone's parade
- rain or shine
- rain pitchforks
- rain stopped play
- rainbow baby
- rainbows and unicorns
- rainy day
- raise Cain
- raise eyebrows
- raise hell
- raise money
- raise money for sth
- raise one's eyebrows
- raise one's voice
- raise someone's hackles
- raise someone's shag
- raise someone's spirits
- raise the bar
- raise the flag and see who salutes
- raise the line
- raise the roof
- raise the spectre
- raise the stakes
- raise to the purple
- rake over
- rake over the coals
- rake together
- rally around
- rally round
- rally round the flag
- ram something down someone's throat
- ranging from
- rank and file
- rank and riches
- rant and rave
- rap and rend
- rap someone's knuckles
- rare animal
- raspberry
- rat run
- rather than
- rats and mice
- rat's nest
- rattle and clank
- rattle off
- rattle through
- raw deal
- ray of light
- razz someone's berries
- reach for the sky
- reach for the stars
- reaction to sth
- read between the lines
- read in
- read lips
- read minds
- read oneself in
- read out
- read someone the riot act
- read someone to filth
- read someone's lips
- read someone's mind
- read the car
- read the green
- read the room
- ready and waiting
- ready or not
- ready to roll
- ready up
- real deal
- real live
- real McCoy
- real quick
- reality check
- reality distortion field
- really enjoy
- really good
- really like
- reap the harvest
- reap the whirlwind
- reap what one sows
- reap what you sow
- rear one's head
- rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic
- reason with
- reasons why
- rebound relationship
- recipe for disaster
- reckon without one's host
- reclaim one's time
- record book
- Red Baron
- red face test
- red flag
- red ink
- red letter day
- red light
- red meat
- red rider
- red tape
- redeem oneself
- rediscover fire
- reduce someone to tears
- reel in
- reel off
- refer to sb/sth
- refer to sb/sth as sth
- reflect upon
- refrigerator mom
- refrigerator mother
- regarded as sth
- reheat someone's nachos
- reign supreme
- reinvent the wheel
- relate to sth/sb
- related to sth/sb
- relating to sth/sb
- release the kraken
- relevant to sb/sth
- rely on sb/sth
- remain to be seen
- rend one's garments
- render unto Caesar
- rent out
- reopen old wounds
- report on sth
- reset the dial
- respect for sb/sth
- respond to sth/sb
- rest assured
- rest easy
- rest his soul
- rest on one's laurels
- rest one's soul
- result in sth
- retrace one's steps
- return the favor
- return to form
- return to one's muttons
- returns to scale
- rev up
- reverse course
- revolve around
- revolving door syndrome
- rhyme off
- rhyme or reason
- rice chaser
- rich bitch
- Richard
- Richard Roe
- rickle o' banes
- rid out
- rid up
- ridden hard and put away wet
- riddle me that, Batman
- riddle wrapped in an enigma
- ride down
- ride hard and put away wet
- ride herd on
- ride high
- ride off into the sunset
- ride on a rail
- ride on the back of
- ride one's bumper
- ride one's luck
- ride out
- ride roughshod over
- ride shotgun
- ride tall in the saddle
- ride the coattails
- ride the crest of the wave
- ride the pine
- ride the rails
- ride the short bus
- ride the tiger
- ride the wave
- rig out
- right away
- right now
- right of Genghis Khan
- right on
- ring a bell
- ring down the curtain
- ring false
- ring hollow
- ring off the hook
- ring one's bell
- ring someone's bell
- ring true
- ring up
- ringside seat
- rip into
- rip it up
- rip off the band-aid
- rip off the bandage
- rip-snorting mad
- rip someone's face off
- rip someone's head off
- rip to shreds
- ripe old age
- ripen up
- rise and shine
- rise from the ashes
- rise in sth
- rise to the challenge
- rise to the occasion
- rise to the purple
- rise up
- rise with the lark
- risk it for the biscuit
- rivet counter
- roach coach
- road hog
- road less traveled
- road to Damascus
- roar back
- roar on
- rob Peter to pay Paul
- rob the cradle
- robber baron
- rock bottom
- rock hound
- rock on
- rock out with one's cock out
- rock the boat
- rocket science
- rocket scientist
- rocket surgery
- rocking horse shit
- rod for one's back
- rod in pickle
- roger that
- rogues' gallery
- role model
- roll back the years
- roll in the aisles
- roll in wealth
- roll of the dice
- roll off the tongue
- roll one's eyes
- roll one's own
- roll out the red carpet
- roll tape
- roll the pitch
- roll up on
- roll up one's sleeves
- roll up the sidewalks
- roll with it
- rolling in it
- rolling stone
- Roma locuta est, causa finita est
- a Roman holiday
- Rome wasn't built in a day
- romp home
- roof over one's head
- room for doubt
- root around
- root cause
- rooting interest
- rope of sand
- rose-colored glasses
- rose garden
- Rosie
- rot in hell
- rotten apple
- rotten egg
- rough and ready
- rough around the edges
- rough justice
- rough out
- rough patch
- rough sledding
- rough sleeper
- rough trot
- roughen up
- round of applause
- round the clock
- round the houses
- round up
- roving eye
- row back
- row in the same boat