Idioms starting with “S”
1071 idioms
- sack drill
- sack of crap
- sackcloth and ashes
- sacked out
- sacred cow
- sad drunk
- sad panda
- saddle tramp
- safe and sound
- safe in the knowledge
- sail the high seas
- sail the Red Sea
- sail under false colors
- salad days
- salad year
- salami slicing
- salmon and Trout
- salt away
- salt in the wound
- salt of the earth
- salt the earth
- salty tooth
- same difference
- same old story
- same, same, but different
- Santa's workshop
- satin and silk
- save by the bell
- save face
- save for a rainy day
- save it
- save money
- save one's breath
- save one's strength
- save someone's face
- save someone's life
- save something for a rainy day
- save the day
- save the furniture
- saved by the bell
- saw wood
- sawdust trail
- say again
- say cheese
- say goodbye
- say grace
- say it all
- say no more
- say one's prayers
- say someone's prayers
- say the quiet part loud
- say the word
- say uncle
- say what
- say when
- scalding hot
- scare someone to death
- scare story
- scare straight
- scare the life out of
- scare the living daylights out of
- scare the pants off
- scared green
- scared shitless
- scared to death
- scarper
- scholar and gentleman
- school of hard knocks
- schoolboy error
- science fiction
- scope out
- score off
- Scotch mist
- Scotch mist
- scrape along
- scrape someone off the ceiling
- scrape the bottom of the barrel
- scrape through
- scrape together
- scratch an itch
- scratch beneath the surface
- scratch by
- scratch one's head
- scratch one's own itch
- scratch that
- scratch the itch
- scratch the surface
- scratch together
- scream bloody murder
- scream loudest
- scream one's head off
- screaming trots
- screen door on a submarine
- screw it
- screw off
- screw the pooch
- screw this
- screw you
- screwed, blued and tattooed
- screwed up
- scum of the earth
- sea change
- sea legs
- sea load
- seagull manager
- seal the deal
- search engine
- search for sth/sb
- second banana
- second childhood
- second fiddle
- second gear
- second nature
- second string
- second Tuesday of the week
- secondary school
- secretary spread
- see a man
- see a man about a dog
- see a man about a horse
- see daylight
- see eye to eye
- see for oneself
- see into a millstone
- see one's way clear to
- see past the end of one's nose
- see red
- see someone's etchings
- see something green in one's eye
- see stars
- see the dark side of the moon
- see the forest for the trees
- see the light
- see the light of day
- see the trees through the forest
- see the wood for the trees
- see things
- see through
- see what sticks
- see which way the cat jumps
- see with half an eye
- see yellow
- see you
- see you around
- see you later
- see you next Tuesday
- see you soon
- Seed Phrase
- seeing is believing
- seek to do sth
- seismic shift
- seize the day
- seize the opportunity
- sell bargains
- sell-by date
- sell dearly
- sell down
- sell down the river
- sell ice to Eskimos
- sell like hot cakes
- sell one's birthright for a mess of pottage
- sell one's life dearly
- sell one's own grandmother
- sell one's soul
- sell someone a bill of goods
- sell the family silver
- sell the pass
- seller's market
- selling point
- semper fidelis
- send a message
- send away
- send away for
- send for a toss
- send shivers down someone's spine
- send someone packing
- send someone to the showers
- send to Coventry
- send to dorse
- send to the glue factory
- send word
- sense of craft
- separate the sheep from the goats
- separate the wheat from the chaff
- septic
- serve notice
- serve someone right
- serve the turn
- serve time
- serve two masters
- serve up
- set a spell
- set back
- set by the ears
- set down
- set eyes on
- set foot
- set for life
- set in motion
- set in one's ways
- set in stone
- set of pipes
- set of wheels
- set off
- set one's cap at
- set one's hair on fire
- set one's heart on
- set one's shoulder to the wheel
- set one's watch back
- set one's watch by someone
- set out
- set out one's stall
- set pulses racing
- set sth up
- set store by
- set straight
- set the bar
- set the pace
- set the record straight
- set the stage
- set the Thames on fire
- set the wheels in motion
- set the world on fire
- set to do sth
- set to work
- set up one's staff
- set up shop
- settle a score
- settle for
- settle in
- settle into
- settle one's account
- settle someone's hash
- settle upon
- settle with
- sew buttons
- sex machine
- sex on legs
- sex pact
- sex talk
- Sexton Blake
- sexual congress
- sexual relation
- sexual relations
- sexual tension
- shacked up
- shadow of one's former self
- shake a leg
- shake a stick at
- shake like a leaf
- shake off the dust from one's feet
- shake out
- shake the pagoda tree
- shake the plum tree
- shake up
- sham Abraham
- shanks' mare
- shanks' nag
- shanks' pony
- shape up
- shape up or ship out
- share and share alike
- shark bait
- sharp cookie
- sharp elbows
- sharp tongue
- shatter the ice
- shave down
- sheathe the sword
- shed a tear
- shed blood
- shed find
- shed light upon
- she'll be right
- sherbet Dab
- shift gears
- shift the dial
- shimmy on down
- shit a brick
- shit-eating grin
- shit in someone's cereal
- shit in someone's Cheerios
- shit on toast
- shit one's pants
- shit or get off the can
- shit or get off the pot
- shit out of luck
- shit sandwich
- shit stain
- shit the bed
- shitting match
- shiver me timbers
- shock to the system
- shoot down
- shoot 'em up
- shoot first and ask questions later
- shoot from the lip
- shoot holes
- shoot off
- shoot off at the mouth