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Idiom of the Week - All Idioms
Week Idiom
(1) 1 Jan With a pinch of salt
(2) 8 Jan A hair of the dog (that bit me)
(3) 15 Jan It's touch and go
(4) 22 Jan Toe the line
(5) 29 Jan To whet one's appetite
(6) 5 Feb To set the cat among the pigeons
(7) 12 Feb To make one's blood boil
(8) 19 Feb To know the ropes/show someone the ropes
(9) 26 Feb To give one's right arm
(10) 5 Mar To fly off the handle
(11) 12 Mar The world is your oyster
(12) 19 Mar The third degree
(13) 26 Mar The thin end of the wedge
(14) 2 Apr The last straw
(15) 9 Apr The cold shoulder
(16) 16 Apr The bottom line
(17) 23 Apr The acid test
(18) 30 Apr Strike while the iron is hot
(19) 7 May Room to swing a cat
(20) 14 May Rings a bell
(21) 21 May Pass with flying colours
(22) 28 May Out on a limb
(23) 4 Jun Out of the blue
(24) 11 Jun One for the road
(25) 18 Jun On the dole
(26) 25 Jun Not all it's cracked up to be
(27) 2 Jul Loose cannon
(28) 9 Jul Lock stock and barrel
(29) 16 Jul Kiss of death
(30) 23 Jul Kick the bucket
(31) 30 Jul Keep your shirt on
(32) 6 Aug Jump on the bandwagon
(33) 13 Aug In the red
(34) 20 Aug In the pink
(35) 27 Aug In the nick of time
(36) 3 Sep Hold a candle
(37) 10 Sep Gordon Bennett!
(37) 17 Sep Go against the grain
(38) 24 Sep Get the sack
(39) 1 Oct Get out of the wrong side of bed.
(40) 8 Oct Dead as a door nail
(41) 15 Oct Brass Monkey Weather/Brass Monkeys
(42) 22 Oct Bold as brass
(43) 29 Oct Beyond the pale
(44) 5 Nov Bells and whistles
(45) 12 Nov Beat around the bush
(46) 19 Nov Back to the drawing board
(47) 26 Nov Armed to the teeth
(48) 3 Dec Above board
(49) 10 Dec A mug's game
(50) 17 Dec A dark horse
(51) 24 Dec A baptism of fire
(52) 31 Dec Back to square one
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