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fish for compliments

Definition: To try to induce someone to make a compliment. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

finding your feet

Definition: To become more comfortable in whatever you are doing.? Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

field day

Definition: An enjoyable day or circumstance.? Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

feel blue

Definition: to feel sad. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

feeding frenzy

Definition: An aggressive attack on someone by a group.? Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

feast for the eyes

Definition: visually pleasing sight. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

fan the flames

Definition: to make a bad feeling or situation become worse or more intense. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

fall through the cracks

Definition: to be missed, to escape the necessary notice or attention Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

fall prey to

Definition: (also fall victim to) to become a victim. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

fall on deaf ears

Definition: Of a request, complaint, etc, to be ignored. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

fall in love

Definition: to begin feeling attracted to someone and love him or her. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

fair-weather friend

Definition: someone who is your friend only when the times are good. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

fair-haired boy

Definition: (also blue-eyed boy) a person highly regarded and by someone or a group and treated with special favor Discuss this Idiom …

facts of life

Definition: the details about sex and reproduction. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

face the music

Definition: said when someone accepts to confront the unpleasant consequences of one’s actions. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

eye candy

Definition: A very attractive person or persons or any object or sight with considerable visual appeal. Discuss this Idiom in the comments …

expectant mother

Definition: a pregnant woman. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

excuse my french

Definition: Please forgive me for cussing. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

every trick in the book

Definition: said when you try every possible way to achieve something. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

every tom, dick and harry

Definition: said about something that is common knowledge to everybody. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

every minute

Definition: describing the whole period that something lasted. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

every dog has its day

Definition: everyone has a time of success and satisfaction. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

ethnic cleansing

Definition: Killing of a certain ethnic or religious group on a massive scale. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

eighty six

Definition: A certain item is no longer available. Or this idiom can also mean, to throw away. Discuss this Idiom in the …

eat humble pie

Definition: (also eat humble crow) said when you admit that you were wrong. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

easy on the eye

Definition: attractive, pleasant to look at. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

easy on the ear

Definition: something (music, voice…) pleasant to listen to. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

easy come, easy go

Definition: said about something which is easily won or obtained and then soon spent or lost. Discuss this Idiom in the comments …

dry run

Definition: Rehearsal. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

dropping like flies

Definition: A large number of people either falling ill or dying. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

drop the subject

Definition: to stop discussing a subject. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

drop in the bucket

Definition: Something so strong that it doesn’t count or doesn’t have any importance or significance. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

drop a dime

Definition: Make a telephone call; to be an?informant. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

drink like a fish

Definition: to drink alcohol excessively. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

dressed up to the nines

Definition: when someone is dressed up to the nines, they are wearing fashionable or formal clothes for a special occasion. Discuss this …

draw the shortest straw

Definition: To be selected to do an undesirable task (by drawing the shortest straw or otherwise). Discuss this Idiom in the comments …

drag one’s feet

Definition: To procrastinate, put off, to dawdle, avoid, or make progress slowly and reluctantly. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

down to the wire

Definition: Something that ends at the last minute or last few seconds. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.

doozy

Definition: Something outstanding. Discuss this Idiom in the comments below.