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tail between his legs

 tail lights

tailgate

 take a back seat

take a boo

 take a bow

take a break

take a bullet

take a chance

 take a dive

take a drive/trip

 take a flight

take a flight

 take a gander

take a guess

 take a hike

take a joke

 take a load off your feet

take a look

 take a picture

take a poke at

 take a poke at

take a poll 

 take a powder

take a round out of

 take a shine to

take a shot

 take a shot

take a snap shot

 take a stand

take a strip off

 take action

take advantage of

 take advantage of

take after 

 take after

take by storm

 take calls

take care

 take care of

take care of business

 take chances

take charge

 take cover

take effect

 take exception to

take five

 take for granted

take heart

 take him down a peg

take him out

 take in

take in

 take it

take it

 take it and run

take it back  

take it easy

take it easy on

 take it for a spin

take it in stride

 take it like a man

take it or leave it

 take it out on

take it personally

 take it the wrong way

take it to heart

 take it with a grain of salt

take its course

 take leave of your senses

take me seriously

 take my hat off to

take my head off      

 take my place

take oath

 take off

take off eh

 take offense

take on

 take on

take on

 take on a new light

take out

 take over

take pains

 take part in

take place

 take possession

take revenge

 take risks

take sides

 take solace

take that

 take the blame

take the bull by the horns

 take the bus/plane

take the cake   

 take the chill off

take the flack

 take the heat

take the pulse

 take the rap

take the stage

 take the stand

take the trouble

 take time to smell the roses

take umbrage

 take up

take up cudgels

 take up the slack

take you for all you've got

 take you in

take you to court

 take you to task

take you to the cleaners

 take your lumps

take your pick

 take your pulse

take your seat

 take your sweet time

take your time

 take your turn

take your word for it

 taken

taken for a ride

 taken in

take-out restaurant

 talk a mile a minute

talk about

 talk away

talk back

 talk big

talk into

 talk is cheap

talk it over

 talk it up

talk shop

 talk the leg off the lamb of God

talk through your hat

 talk to the hand

talk turkey

 talk your ear off

talk your head off

 tall tale

tangle with

 teach you the tricks of the trade

taste of your own medicine

team player

 team up

tear around

 tear me apart

tearjerker

 teed off

teed up 

 teeny-weeny

tell all

 tell him a thing or two

tell him off

 tell him where to get off

tell me another one

 tell on

tempt fate

 ten-four (CB radio)

test drive

 test the water

test your metal

 TGIF

thank goodness

 thank heavens

thanks a bunch

 thanks a million

that a boy/that a girl

 that takes the cake

that'll be the day

 that'll be the frosty Friday

that's a corker

 that's all she wrote

that's cool

 that's his bible

that's a Duesey

 that's life

that's that

 that's stretching it

that's the ticket

 that's the spirit

that's the way the cookie crumbles

 that's the way the ball bounces

the age of majority

 the acid test

the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

 the air was blue

the balance of power

 the apple of his eye

the be-all and end-all

the ball's in your court

the benefit of the doubt

 the bee's knees

the best of both worlds     

the best-laid plans of mice and men go oft astray

The Big Apple

 the best things in life are free

The Big O

 the big cheese

the big picture

 the big 0

the bitter end

 the bigger they are the harder they fall

the bottom fell out

 the blind leading the blind

the breaking point

 the bottom line

the buck stops here

 the brush-off

the burbs

 the bum's rush

the butt of the joke

 the burning question

the calm before the storm

 the call of duty

the cart before the horse

 the can

the cat's out of the bag

 the cat's meow

the crux of the matter

 the crunch

the cutting edge

 the customer is always right

the devil makes work for idle hands

 the day of the family farm

the dickens you say

 the devil you say

the dying seconds

 the downside

the end justifies the means

 the early bird gets the worm

the eye of a needle

 the end of the line

the fat hit the fire

 the eye of the storm

the fifth column

 the fickle finger of fate

the first pancake is always spoiled

 the first leg

the gloves are off

 the gift of the gab (the gift of gab)

the going gets rough

 the goat

The Golden Rule 

 the going rate

the grass is greener on the other side of the fence

 the gospel truth

The Great White Hope

 The Great One

The Grim Reaper

 The Great White North

The Group of Seven       

 The Group of Five/The Regina Five

the hard way

 the handwriting is on the wall

 

 the heat is on

the in's and out's

 the in-crowd

the inside track

 the inside story

the john

 the jig's up

the key to success

 the joke is on you

the lap of luxury

 the knock against

the last straw

 the last of it

the last word

 the last word

the life of Riley

 the laughing stock

the lights are on but nobody's home

 the life of the party

the living daylights

 the lion's share

the long and the short of it

 the living end

the loo

 the long arm of the law

the lowdown

 the Lord helps those who help themselves

the luck of the Irish

the luck of the draw

the man in the middle

 the makings of

the middleman

 the Man in the Moon

the more the merrier

 the moment of truth

the naked eye

 the most

the odd one

 the nitty-gritty

the odd bill

the old college try

 the odds-on favorite

the one that got away

 the old man

the Peter Principle

 the past is slipping by without a trace

the picture of health

 the pick of the litter

the pit of my stomach

 the pill

the point of no return

 the pits

the powers that be

 the pope's nose

the proof of the pudding is in the eating

 the price you have to pay

the rest is gravy

 the real McCoy

the right stuff

 the rest is history

The Rock(1) The Rock(2)

 

the root of the problem

 the room is so small you have to go outside turn around

the runt of the litter

 the runaround

the school of hard knocks

 the salt of the earth

the sin bin (hockey)

 the short end of the stick

the spice of life

 the sky isn't blue

the squeaky wheel gets the grease

 the spitting image

the straight goods

 the straight dope

the sweet spot

 the strong, silent type

the take

 the tail wagging the dog

the tender age of

 the talk of the town

the tide turned

 the third degree

the tricks of the trade

 the tip of the iceberg

the turning point

 the turn of the century

the upper hand

 the underground

the way to a man's heart is through his stomach

 the way I see it

the wheels fall off

 the way you hold your mouth

the whole nine yards

 the whole ball of wax

the whole shooting match

 the whole shebang

the wolf is at the door

 the whole works

then and there

 the world is your oyster

there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so

 there are two sides to every story

there's a catch to it

 there you go

there's more than meets the eye

 there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip

there's no love lost

 there's more than one way to skin a cat

there's no two ways about it

 there's no tomorrow

there's nothing to it

 there's not much to choose between them

there's one born every minute

 there's nothing to it

there's something rotten in the state of Denmark

 there's something fishy

thick as a brick

 these parts

things are looking up

 thing-a-ma-bob / thing-a-ma-jig

thin ice

think nothing of it

 think better of it

think over

 think outside the box

think tank

 think straight(1)   think straight(2)

think through

 think the world of

this one is on me

 think up

threads   

 thrash

through the mill

 through the grapevine

three dog night

through thick and thin

 through the wringer

throw a game

 throw a curve

throw a monkey wrench into the works

 throw a kiss

throw a tantrum

 throw a party

throw caution to the wind

 throw away

throw cold water on

 throw chunks

throw good money after bad

 throw down your arms

throw insults

 throw in the towel

throw on a dog for you

 throw me for a loop

throw some light on

 throw out

throw the baby out with the bath water

 throw that in

throw up

 throw the book at

throw you to the dogs

 throw you

throw yourself at him

 throw your weight around

tick over

 thrown in

ticketed

 ticked off

tickled pink

 tickety-boo

tide me over

 tiddly

tied up

 tie in

tied to your mother's apron strings

 tie up loose ends

tight race

 tied up

tight/tight fisted

 tight spot

                                                                                            

 tighten our belts

till you're blue in the face

 till the cows come home

time flies when you're having fun

 time and again

time is of the essence

 time is money

time on your hands

 time off

time ran out

 time out

time to kill

 time stands still

time's up

 time's a wasting

tin ear

 times were hard

tip of the hat

 tin Lizzie

tip the scales

 tip of the iceberg

tip your hand

 tip the scales at

tired out

 tired of

to a fault

 tit for tat

to the T

 to a man

to beat the band

 to be perfectly honest

to boot  

 to blame

to each his own

 to coin a phrase

to egg on

 to go

to grass on  someone

to the best of my knowledge

 to perfection

to the nth degree

 to the max

toe the line

 to top it off

tone down

 together

tongue in cheek

 toney neighborhood

tonsil hockey

 tons

too big for his britches

 too bad

too little too late

 too deep for me

too many cooks spoil the broth

 too many chiefs and not enough Indians

tool around

 toodles/toodle-oo

top dog

 toot your own horn

top it off

 top drawer

top notch

 top it up

top secret

 top of the morning

toss it around

 top that

touch and go

 totally awesome

touch it with a ten-foot pole

 touch base

touch on

 touch off

touch wood

 touch up

touched in the head

 touch you

tough bananas

 touchy

tough luck

 tough customer

tough sledding

 tough on me

toughen up

 tough times

track record

 toy with

trade secret

 trade insults

tranny

 traffic jam

trash the place

 trash

trial and error

 trendy

trial run

 trial balloon

tried and true

 trickle-down economics

true blue

 trifle with me

try it

 true colors

try it out

 try it on

try out

 try me

try that on for size

 try that

try your hand at

 try your darndest

tube head

 try your luck

tubular

 tube him

tump

 tuckered out

tune me out

 tune in

tuned in

 tune up

turf it

 tunnel vision

turn a profit

 turn a blind eye

turn down

 turn about is fair play

turn in

 turn in

turn on a dime

 turn into

turn out

 turn on you

turn over a new leaf

 turn out

turn the other cheek

 turn the corner

turn the tables on

 turn the other way

turn up

 turn ugly

turn up your nose at

 turn up

turn your back on

 turn you around

turn your stomach

 turn your crank

turncoat

 turn yourself in

tweak

 turnout

twig to that

 twerp

twilight years

 twiggy

twist my arm

 twinkle toes

twist your words

 twist of fate

two abreast

 twit

two cents' worth

 two bits

two for one

 two-fisted attack

two left feet

 two heads are better than one

two's company three's a crowd

 typo

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