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Search this index of English idioms. Each idiom has its own page with meaning, examples, and related expressions.
To be closely connected.
To experience financial difficulty.
Affecting everyone or everything.
Improve your behavior or leave.
When everything is considered; ultimately.
To make something clearer or easier to understand.
A fight or effort that is unlikely to succeed.
Said when two people have the same idea.
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“Rome wasn’t built in a day”
Important things take time.
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To take care of things while someone is away.
To fail completely and dramatically.
A situation where you must wait patiently.
Something that will certainly happen eventually.
Not paying attention to reality.
In a situation where every choice is difficult.
A controversial issue that is difficult to handle.
Both people involved are responsible for a situation.
To challenge someone to prove that what they say is true.
To proceed carefully without full knowledge.
To be unable to understand something.
A situation with no progress or solution.
Informed about what is happening.
Unable to act because of rules or restrictions.
To ask for help when there is no real danger, so people stop believing you.
At a point where an important decision must be made.