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My Top 100 Least Favorite Idioms


Dennis Reynolds

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100. Happy now? (if someone else is saying it)
99. Word to the wise
98. Above and beyond
97. On pins and needles
96. Keep your chin up
95. Son of a gun
94. As good as done
93. When God closes a door, he opens a window
92. May lightning strike me
91. Lose your marbles
90. Crafty as a fox
89. Says you!
88. To the ends of the Earth
87. Wine and dine
86. Twenty three skidoo
85. Shooting fish in a barrel
84. Bob's your uncle
83. Where did I go wrong?
82. Hit the road
81. Pardon my French
80. A walk down memory lane
79. There's no such thing as a free lunch
78. In his/her heyday
77. Show them the ropes
76. Need I say more?
75. Are we having fun yet?
74. You can't take it with you
73. Lightning in a bottle
72. Find your feet
71. Sleep like a baby
70. Weather the storm
69. Walk a mile in my shoes
68. All's fair in love and war
67. Crocodile tears
66. Knock my socks off
65. Shoot for the moon
64. Bust my hump
63. When it rains, it pours
62. Throw like a girl
61. Long in the tooth
60. Use your loaf
59. What's the scoop?
58. The bigger they are, the harder they fall
57. Dead on my feet
56. Level with me
54. Writer's block
55. Hit the books
56. In the buff
55. Act a fool
54. Blood is thicker than water
53. Change your tune
52. This is how we do
51. Broaden your horizons
50. On fleek (unironically)
49. Early bird gets the worm
48. Indian giving
47. The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
46. Off their rocker
45. Flash in the pan
44. Bite off more than you can chew
43. Chow down
42. Eating out of my hand
41. You can't judge a book by its cover
40. Straight from the horse's mouth
39. Done dirty
38. Break a leg
37. Sell yourself short
36. Bring home the bacon
35. Home is where the heart is
34. Pig in a poke
33. Caught my fancy
32. Make mincemeat of
31. Raining cats and dogs
30. Wouldn't hurt a fly
29. No room to swing a cat
28. Waste of breath
27. I'll drink to that!
26. Haste makes waste
25. Hit the sack
24. Crying over spilt milk
23. Get it out of your system
22. Grind my gears
21. My cup runneth over
20. From rags to riches
19. A feast for the eyes
18. Down to brass tacks
17. Stick and stones
16. Cutting his/her teeth
15. Sick as a dog
14. Who's to say?
13. A blessing in disguise
12. On the reg
11. Someone got up on the wrong side of the bed
10. Third time's the charm
9. A little hard work never killed anybody
8. On the way
7. Hold your horses
6. A blessing in disguise
5. You can't have your cake and eat it too
4. I'm rubber, you're glue
3. It's a small world
2. Takes one to know one
1. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger

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I've never heard of no. 4 rip4 It seems so useless.

By the way, quite a few of these are simply phrases, not idioms jj2

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