Английские идиомы

A

A for effort

AA

Abide by (something)

Abide by a decision

Able to (do something) standing on one's head

Able to (do something) with one's eyes closed/shut

Able to breathe easily again

Able to breathe easily/freely again

Able to do (something) blindfolded

Able to take a joke

About time

About to (do something)

Above and beyond

Above average

Above board

Above par

Above reproach

Above suspicion

Absent-minded

According to Hoyle

Ace in the hole

Achilles' heel (of someone or something)

Aching heart

Acid test

Acquire a taste for (something)

Across the board

Act high and mighty

Act of God

Act one's age

Act up

AD

Add fuel to the fire

Add insult to injury

Add up

Add up (to something)

Adjourn a meeting

Advise against (something)

Afraid of one's own shadow

After a fashion

After all

After all is said and done

After hours

After one's own heart

After the fact

Against one's will

Against the clock

AGM

Ahead of one's time

Ahead of the game

Ahead of the pack

Ahead of time

AI

AIDS

Air (something) out

Air one's dirty laundry/linen in public

Air one's dirty linen in public

Air one's grievances

Albatross (around someone's neck)

Alive and well/kicking

All along

All at once

All day long

All ears

All eyes

All eyes are on (someone or something)

All for (someone or something)

All hands on deck

All in

All in (someone's) mind

All in a day's work

All in all

All in one breath

All in one piece

All manner of (someone or something)

All night long

All of a sudden

All over but the shouting

All over the place

All right

All rolled up in one

All set

All sweetness and light

All systems go

All talk (and no action)

All the rage

All the time

All thumbs

All to the good

All told

All-in-one

All-out-effort

Alley cat

Allow for (someone or something)

Almighty dollar

Along with (someone or something)

AM

Amount to (something)

Amount to the same thing

Answer to (someone)

Ante up

Any number of (someone or something)

AOB

AOK

APB

Appear out of nowhere

Apple of (one's) eye

Apple of (someone's) eye

Argue for the sake of arguing/argument

Arm and a leg

Arm in arm

Armed and dangerous

Armed to the teeth

Armpit of (somewhere)

Around the clock

Arrive on the scene

Arrow in one's quiver

As a duck takes to water

As a last resort

As a matter of fact

As a result of (something)

As a rule

As awkward as a cow on roller skates

As bald as a baby's backside

As bald as a coot

As black as a skillet

As black as a stack of black cats

As black as a sweep

As black as coal

As black as night

As black as pitch

As black as the ace of spades

As blind as a bat

As broad as a barn door

As busy as a beaver

As busy as a bee

As busy as a one-armed paperhanger

As busy as popcorn on a skillet

As calm as a toad in the sun

As clean as a hound's tooth

As conceited as a barber's cat

As cool as a cucumber

As crazy as a bedbug

As crazy as a loon

As crooked as a dog's hind leg

As dead as a dodo

As drunk as a skunk

As dry as a bone

As easy as ABC

As easy as apple pie

As easy as duck soup

As far as

As far as possible

As fat as a pig

As flat as a pancake

As free as a bird

As full/tight as a tick

As gaudy as a butterfly

As gentle as a lamb

As good as one's word

As graceful as a swan

As gruff as a bear

As happy as a clam

As happy as a lark

As hard as nails

As hoarse as a crow

As hungry as a bear

As innocent as a lamb

As long as

As luck would have it

As mad as a hornet

As mad as a wet hen

As meek as a lamb

As merry as a cricket