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a babe in the woods a babe	a bad taste in my mouth
a bare-faced lie	a barrel of laughs
a bee in her bonnet	a big shot(1) a big shot(2)
a big wheel	a big wig a big wig (2)
a bit at sea
a bit off/a bit mental	a bite to eat(1) a bite to eat (2) a bite to eat(3)
a bitter pill(1) a bitter pill(2)	a black mark
a blackout (TV)	a blackout (war) a blackout (2)
a blank look	a blast(1) a blast(2)
a breath of wind	a brick
a brick short	a bull in a China shop
a bun in the oven
a bunch of malarkey	a bundle of nerves
a card(1) a card (2)	a card(2)
a case of
a caution	a checkup
a chicken in every pot	a chin wag
a chip off the old block	a chunk of change
a clean bill of health	a cliff-hanger
a close call(1) a close call(2)	a close shave
A Doggy Bag	a clutch hitter (baseball)
a common thread
a contract out on	a coon's age
a crash course	a crush on
a crying shame	a cut above
a cut-up(1) a cut up(2)	a daredevil (1) a daredevil(2)
a dead giveaway	a dead heat
a dead loss	a dead ringer
a different kettle of fish	a dime a dozen
a doggy bag	a dog's age(1) a dog's age (2)
a dog's breakfast(1) a dog's breakfast(2)	a dog's life(1) a dog's life (2)
a double-edged sword	a downer (sadness)
a drag	a dressing down
a drop in the bucket	a duke's mixture
a dust-up	a fair shake
a falling out	a false move
a far cry	a faraway look
a fat lip	a feather in your cap
a fifth wheel	a fighting chance
a fill-up	a fine line(1) a fine line(2)
a fine-toothed comb	a firm hand
a fish out of water
a flash in the pan	a fleeting glance
a fly on the wall(1)	a fool and his money are soon parted
a foregone conclusion	a free hand(1) a free hand(2)
a free-for-all	a freeze on
a fresh pair of eyes	a fresh start
a full house (cards)	a full plate
a gaggle of geese	a game one
a ghost of a chance	a go
a go-getter	a going concern
a golden opportunity	a goner
a good arm	a good egg
a good head(1) a good head(2)	a good sport
a grain of salt	a grain of truth
a grandfather clause	a handful
a handout	a hard day
a hard row to hoe	a hard time
a hassle	a head start
a heavy day	a heavy hitter
a heavyweight	a helping hand
a hill of beans	a hit
a holy pile	a hoot
a horse of a different color	a hot hand
a hot ticket(1) a hot ticket (2) a hot ticket(3)	a hotdog(1) a hot dog(2)
a hothead	a hotshot
a household name	a howling blizzard
a humdinger	a jim dandy
a keeper	a leg up
a level playing field	a lick and a promise
a lift	a little birdy told me
a little off	a little off
a little steep	a little thick
a long shot	a loose cannon
a losing streak	a lost cause
a lot of bunk	a lot of falderal
a lot on the ball	a lucky break
a lucky streak(1) a lucky streak(2)	a major
a man of few words	a man of the cloth
a marked man	a mental block
a month of Sundays	a nail-biter
a new broom sweeps clean	a new lease on life
a no brainer
a notch below	a pack of lies(1) a pack of lies(2)
a paltry sum	a paper trail
a party to that	a pat answer
a penny for your thoughts	a penny pincher
a perfect stranger	a pick-me-up
a picture is worth a thousand words
a piece of cake (1) a piece of cake(2)
a piece of my mind	a piece of the action
a pig in a poke	a pinch of salt
a pinch to grow an inch	a pine float
a play on words	a pocket of resistance
a poker face	A Riot
a pretty penny	a question of
a quick study	a raw deal
a red-letter day	a redneck
a regular guy	a pop (1) a pop(2)
a rip-off(1) a rip off(2)	a rough time
a rough time of it	a run for your money
a sack of hammers	a sad sack
a score to settle	a send-up
a shadow of his former self	a sharp tongue
a sharp wit	a shogun
a shoo-in	a shot in the arm
a shot in the dark	a sick building
a sight for sore eyes	a silver spoon(1) a silver spoon(2) a silver spoon(3)
a sitting duck	a slim chance
a slip of the tongue	a slippery slope
a slow day	a slug (1) a slug(2)
a snap	a snow job
a soft touch	a spot of tea
a state secret	a steal
a stiff upper lip	a stitch in time saves nine
a stitch of clothes	a stone's throw
a sucker for punishment	a suicide pass (hockey)
a sure bet	a sure thing
a sweet tooth	a takeoff on
a talking to	a tempest in a teapot
a thorn in my side	a three-bagger
a three-bagger (baseball)	a titch
a token gesture	a tongue-lashing
a total stranger	a touch of
a tough act to follow	a tough call
a tough row to hoe	a tough time of it
a tower of strength	a wake-up call(1) a wake-up call(2)
a wash	a wash-out
a way with words	a whale of a game
a wild goose chase	a window of opportunity
a wolf in sheep's clothing	a word to the wise is sufficient
a wordsmith	a yawner
about time	above and beyond the call of duty
above board	above the law
absence makes the heart grow fonder	according to Hoyle
ace in the hole	Achilles heel
across the board	act out
act up	act up
actions speak louder than words	ad lib (ad libitum)
add fuel to the fire	add insult to injury
afraid so	after all
against all odds	against the grain
age before beauty	ahead of the game
ain't	air rage
air was blue	airhead
all around Robin Hood's barn	all decked out
all ears	all eyes(1) all eyes(2)
all fired up	all goes well
all hat and no cattle	all his marbles(1) all his marbles(2)
all in	all in a day's work
all in all	all it's cracked up to be
all over but the shouting	all set(1) all set(2)
all shook up	all show
all spruced up	all teed up
all that jazz	all the bells and whistles
all the livelong day	all His marbles
all the tea in China	all the way to Egery and back
all the world's a stage	all things being equal
all things to all people	all thumbs
all walks of life	all washed up
all wet	all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
all your eggs in one basket	all-out
all's fair in love and war	all's well that ends well
along those lines	american as apple pie
an ace up your sleeve	an airhead
an apple a day keeps the doctor away	an attitude
an axe to grind	an earful
an easy mark	an even keel
an eye for an eye (a tooth for a tooth)	an offer I couldn't refuse
an old hand at	an old warhorse
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure	anchor you
and how	and stuff
and that's that	and then some
angels fear to tread	ante up
any old thing	any way you slice it
any word	anything goes
A-OK	apple a day...
apple of his eye	armed to the teeth
around Robin Hood's barn	around the bend
around the clock	as a matter of fact
as all get-out	as American as apple pie
as busy as a beaver	as clean as a whistle
as dumb as a sack of hammers	as far as I know
as if	as luck would have it
as new	as poor as a church mouse
as right as rain	as scarce as hen's teeth
as sick as a dog	as sick as a parrot
as slow as a dead snail	as slow as molasses in January
as the crow flies	as useless as a fifth wheel
ask for it	asking price
asleep at the switch	at a glance
at a good clip	at a loss for words
at a moment's notice	at all(1) at all(2)
at bay	at death's door
at face value	at fault
at first glance	at first light
at heart	at it again
at least	at liberty
at loggerheads