Found 1,092 phrases starting with A:

a brand new me	a 'lotta baloney'	a bad carpenter bla…
a bad penny always …	a bad penny always …	a bad workman alway…
a bean counter	a bed of nails	a big blow hard
a bird in the hand …	a bird may love a f…	a bird of ill-omen
a bird of passage	a bit iffy	a bit much
a bleeding heart	a blessing and a cu…	a blind squirrel fi…
a boon and a bane	a boon or a bane	a breeze
a bridge too far	a bright future	a camel is a horse …
a camel is a horse …	a carpet-bagger	a cat can look at a…
a cat in gloves cat…	a cat may look at a…	a cauliflower ear
a chain is only as …	a chip on your shou…	a closed mouth gath…
a cloud of uncertai…	a codpiece for the …	a cold day in hell
a cold day in July	a conniption fit	a cut above
a cut below	a cut dog ain't got…	a dark horse
a day late and a do…	a day late and a do…	a devil-may-care at…
a different ballpark	a dime a dozen	a dime's worth
a drop in the bucket	a drop in the ocean	a drowning man will…
a dumb priest never…	a fair season	a few bulbs short o…
a few sandwiches sh…	a flag should norma…	a fly by night
a fly in the ointme…	a fool and his mone…	a fools' paradise
a force for good	a force of ha it	a force to reckon w…
a fresh fucked fox …	a friend in need is…	a gentleman and a s…
a goal without a pl…	a golden key can op…	a good beginning ma…
a good deal	a good deal	a good man is hard …
a good voice to beg…	a goose has wandere…	a great deal
a hail mary	a hair's breadth	a hit dog will holla
a hornet's nes…	a horny handed son …	a hot potato
a hot potato	a house divided aga…	a house is not a ho…
a hundred and ten p…	a hundred and ten p…	a into g
a journey of a thou…	a la carte	a leopard cannot ch…
a lie comes back so…	a lie has no legs	a life of its own
a lifeboat	a lifestyle overhaul	a little bird told …
a little bit of bre…	a little from colum…	a little knowledge …
a load of old codsw…	a load of shit	a lot
a lot	a lot	a lot
a lot of malarkey	a magician never re…	a magician never re…
a man hasn’t lost w…	a man is known by t…	a man's home is his…
a man/woman after y…	a marathon is not a…	a method to one’s m…
a million times	a miss is as good a…	a morning bird
a needle in a hayst…	a new broom sweeps …	a nod is as good as…
a notch above	a number of	a page turner
a party animal	a penny saved is a …	a penny saved is a …
a pick-up	a picture is worth …	a picture paints a …
a pig might have a …	a pint’s a pound th…	a plain jane
a pull of the hair …	a purple patch	a pyrrhic victory
a question of	a quick drop and a …	a real hotdogger
a real knock out!	a riddle wrapped up…	a rising tide lifts…
a risk taker	a Roland for an Oli…	a rolling stone gat…
a scholar and a gen…	a seat of learning	a sense of belonging
a shit load	a short drop and a …	a side glance!
a sideways approach	a silver lining is …	a smoke screen
a spoonful of sugar…	a stich in time sav…	a stitch in time sa…
a stopped clock is …	a stormy petrel	a story written is …
a tear jerker	a thing of beauty i…	a Tinkers Damn
a vicious circle	a watched kettle ne…	a watched pot never…
a week from next Tu…	a week from next Tu…	a week is a long ti…
a whopper	a whopper-dooper	a wild goose never …
a wrench in the wor…	a.o.b.	a/the picture of he…
aaby	Aaron's beard	Aaron's beard
Aaron's beard	Aaron's beard	Aaron's beard
Aaron's beard	Abbot's Priory	ABC
ABC	ABC	ABC
ABC	ABC	abide by
abide by	abide with	able for
able seaman	able to get a word …	abominable snowman
abound in	abound with	about home
about time	about time	about to
about turn	about turn	about us
above and beyond	above and beyond th…	above board
above one's bend	above one's station	above par
above par	above par	above the curve
above the fold	above the law	above the salt
above water	absence makes the h…	absent minded
absente reo	absolutely taxing	absorb oneself in
absque hoc	absque impetitione …	abstemious in
abstract away	abstract away	abstract idea
abstract idea	abstract nonsense	abstract verb
abstract verb	abuse of distress	abut on
academy award	accident of birth	accident waiting to…
accidentally on pur…	according to	according to
according to	according to	according to
according to Cocker	according to hoyle	account for
account of	account to	accredit with
ACDNR	ace in the hole	ace into
ace of spades	ace out	ace out
ace up one's sleeve	Ace up Your Sleeve	aces in my book
ache for	achilles' heel	acid drop
acid test	acid test	ack ack
acknowledge the corn	acquired taste	acquired taste
across the board	across the board	across the pond
act as tourch bearer	act in	act like a bull in …
act of Congress	act on	act one's age
act out	act out	act up
act up	act up to	act upon
acting funny	actions speak loude…	activist judge
activist justice	actors more & s…	acts of violence
ad fontes	ad infinitum	ad infinitum
ad nauseam	ad valorem	Adam and Eve not Ad…
Adam Tiler	adams ale	add fuel to fire
add fuel to the fire	Add Fuel to the Fire	add insult to injury
add oil	add on	add up
add up	add up	add up to
add-on	adding machine	addle pate
adds up	adhoc	admiral of the blue
admire to	adopt a positive ag…	adopt out
adopt out	adrenaline junkie	adroit
AFAIAC	AFAICMO	AFAICS
AFAICT	AFAIR	AFAIR
AFAIU	AFAIUI	AFFORDABLE UTILITY …
Afraid of Your Own …	after all	after all
after all is said a…	after one's own hea…	after Saturday come…
after Saturday come…	after the fact	after the jump
after the Lord Mayo…	after you	after you, Alphonse
again and again	against all odds	against the clock
against the clock	against the collar	against the grain
against the grain	against the grain	against the law
against the law	against the run of …	against the world
age before beauty	age out	age out
agree to disagree	agree with	agree with
agreement in princi…	aha moment	ahead of one's time
ahead of the curve	ahead of the curve	ahead of the curve
ahead of the game	AICMFP	aide-de-camp
aim at	aim to	aim to
ain't that som…	ain't no hill for a…	ain't no mountain h…
AINEC	air bag	air bed
air commodore	air one's dirty lau…	air out
air out	air rage	Air Your Dirty Laun…
airmail	airmail	airmail
airmail	airs and graces	AITYD
AKICIF	al-fresco	alarm bell
alarm bell	alarums and excursi…	alarums and excursi…
albatross	albatross	albatross
albatross around on…	Albatross Around Yo…	albatross round one…
ale post	alive and kicking	all aboard
all along	all and some	all and sundry
all and sundry	all at once	all at once
all bark and no bite	all bets are off	all but
all but	all cats are gray a…	all cats are gray i…
all cats are grey a…	all cats are grey b…	all cats are grey i…
all clear	all correct	all correct
all dressed	all dressed up and …	all duck or no dinn…
all ears	all ears	All Ears
all eyes	all eyes	all eyes
all eyes and ears	all fired up	all for naught
all fur coat and no…	all good	all good things com…
all hands on deck!	all hat and no catt…	all hat, no cattle
all hell breaks loo…	all hell broke loose	all holiday
all hollow	all hollow	all important
all in	all in	all in a day's work
all in all	all in all	all it's cracked up…
all kidding aside	all mouth and no tr…	all mouth and trous…
all nations	all of a sudden	all of a sudden
all of one's taste …	all of the sudden	all one's eggs in o…
all one's eggs in o…	all one's life's wo…	all one's taste is …
all out	all out	all over
all over but the sh…	all over grumble	all over grumble
all over hell's hal…	all over oneself	all over the board
all over the map	all over the place	all over the place
all over the place …	all over the shop	all over with
all piss and wind l…	all right, my lover	all rights reserved
all roads lead to r…	all rounder	all set
all sixes and nines	all sizzle and no s…	all sizzle and no s…
all smoke and no fi…	all star	all students take c…
all systems go	all talk and no act…	all talk and no cid…
all that	all that and a bag …	all that glisters i…
all that glitters i…	All that Glitters i…	all that jazz
all the marbles	all the rage	all the same
all the tea in china	all the time	all the time
all the way to eger…	all the while	all the world's a s…
all there	all there	all things being eq…
all things come to …	all things consider…	all things to all p…
all thumbs	All Thumbs	all to smash
all to the better	all told	all very well
all very well	all walks of life	all washed-up
all well and good	all wet	all wet
all wool and a yard…	all work and no pla…	all y'all
all y'all's	all your base are b…	all's fair in love …
all's one	all's well that end…	all-a-mort
all-a-mort	all-conquering	all-out brawl
all-over oneself	alles anderes ist M…	allow for
alma mater	almighty dollar	almost doesn't count
almost went into a …	alone in a crowd	along about
along the lines	alright me babber	alright me lover
alright my babber	alright my lover	also known as
also ran	Also-Ran	alternative facts
aluminum shower	aluminum shower	aluminum shower
aluminum shower	always a bridesmaid…	always be yourself
always late and a p…	always the bridesma…	am I right
am i right or am i …	am I under arrest	am scray
amana amana	amateur hour	ambassador of Moroc…
amber gambler	amber nectar	amen curler
amen to that!	American as apple p…	American Dream
American Dream	an apple a day keep…	an apple for the te…
an army marches on …	an awesome teacher	an axe to grind
an englishman's hom…	an explosion of fla…	an insult to one is…
an offer one can't …	an offer one can't …	an old fuddy, duddy
an ounce of prevent…	an umbrella policy	anaconda mortgage
analysis paralysis	ancient history	ancient history
and all	and all	and all
and all that	and all the rest of…	and all this
and be done with it	and change	and counting
and crap	and don't play one …	and finally
and his mother	and how	and shit
and so forth	and so on	and that
and that	and the horse you r…	and the horse you r…
and the like	and then some	and then there were…
and whatnot	and your little dog…	angapooay problema
angel passes	angel's advocate	angle for
angle for farthings	angle of attack	angle of attack
angle of attack	ankle socks	another country hea…
another day, anothe…	another nail in one…	another one in the …
another string to o…	answer back	answer back
answer back	answer for	answer for
answer for!	answer on a postcard	answer to
answer to	answer to	answer to
ante in	ante up	ante up
ants in my pants	ants in one's pants	ants in one's pants
Ants in Your Pants	any fule kno	any more for any mo…
any nook or cranny	any old	any old
any old nook or cra…	any old thing	any other business
any port in a storm	any press is good p…	any time now
any time soon	any way one slices …	anybody who is anyb…
anyone can make art…	anyone's guess	anything goes
anything goes	AOB	AOB
apa sâmbetei	APDTA	APDTA
APDTA	ape leader	apothecary's Latin
Appendix:Glossary o…	Appendix:Glossary o…	Appendix:Glossary o…
Appendix:Glossary o…	Appendix:Glossary o…	Appendix:Harry Pott…
Appendix:Snowclones…	Appendix:Snowclones…	Appendix:Snowclones…
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Appendix:Snowclones…	Appendix:Snowclones…	Appendix:Snowclones…
Appendix:Snowclones…	Appendix:Star Wars/…	apple does not fall…
apple does not fall…	apple does not fall…	apple dumplin shop
apple never falls f…	apple of somebody's…	apple of someone's …
Apple of Your Eye	apples and oranges	apply oneself
april showers bring…	apron string	apron string
apron string hold	apron-string hold	apropos of nothing
apropos of nothing	arc up	arch dell
arch doxy	are you a man or a …	are you allergic to…
are you blind	are you blind	are you deaf
are you deaf	are you doing anyth…	are you feeling bet…
are you for real?	are you married	are you OK
are you religious	are you single	are you taking any …
are you taking any …	are your ears burni…	area of influence
area of influence	ARF	ARF
argle-bargle morble…	argue down	argue down
argue down	argue down	argue out
argue round and rou…	ark at ee	ark at ee
ark ruffian	arm and a leg	arm candy
arm to the teeth	arm up	arm's length
arm's length	arm's length	armchair quarterback
armed forces	armoured car	army volunteer
around robin hood's…	around robin hood's…	around the bend
around the clock	around the corner	around the Horn
around the Horn	around the horn	arrive at
arrows in your quiv…	arse about	arse about
arse about	arse about face	arse around
arse end of nowhere	arse has gone clean…	arse has gone out o…
arse has gone right…	arse is clean out o…	arse is gone right …
arse is out of 'er	arse is right out o…	arse over tip
arse over tit	arsy varsey	arsy varsy
arsy versy	art class	art college
art imitates life	art school	artful dodger
artful dodger	as a dog returns to…	as a rule
as a rule	as a whole	as above, so below
as agile as a monkey	as agile as a monkey	as all get-out
as best one can	as brown as a berry	as close as an oyst…
as cross as two sti…	as English as apple…	as ever
as ever trod shoe-l…	as far as	as far as
as far as	as far as one knows	as fine as Dick's h…
as for	as good as	as good as it gets
as good as one's wo…	as happy as a lark	as hard as a rock
as hungry as a hunt…	as I was saying	as if
as if	as if there is no t…	as if there was no …
as if there were no…	as in	as in
as is	as it happens	as it is
as it is	as it is	as large as life
as light as a feath…	as like as not	as long as
as long as	as long as	as loud as thunder
as luck may have it	as luck would have …	as much
as much	as much	as much
as much use as a ch…	as much use as a ch…	as of
as of late	as often as not	as one does
as queer as Dick's …	as she's as co…	as sly as a fox
as soon as	as soon as	as soon as
as soon as is human…	as the actress said…	as the case may be
as the crow flies	As the Crow Flies	as the day is long
as the fella said	as the fella says	as the next girl
as the next guy	as the saying goes	as the twig is bent…
as the wind blows	as they say	as tight as Dick's …
as to	as true as a toucher	as well
as well	as well as	as well as
as well as	as white as a sheet	as yet
as yet	as you do	as you know
as you sow, so shal…	asaltacunas	asf
ash wednesday	ashes to ashes, dus…	ask after
ask around	ask for	ask for
ask for	ask for	ask for it
ask for the moon	ask in	ask me one on sport
ask my arse	ask out	ask round
ask round	ask the question	ask the question
asking for a friend	asking for a friend	asleep at the switch
Asleep at the Switch	asleep at the wheel	asphalt jungle
asposta	ass into gear	ass over teakettle
ass over teakettle	ass-backwards	ass-backwards
ass-backwards	ass-backwards	assault and battery
assembly line	asspussy	assume the mantle
assume the position	assume the position	at a canter
at a glance	at a loss	at a loss for words
at a moment's notice	at a pinch	at a pinch
at a stand	at all	at all hours
at arm's length	at arm's length	at bay
at bay	at best	at bottom
at cross purposes	at cross-purposes	at death's door
at each other's thr…	at ease with nudity	at first
at first blush	at full tilt	at hand
at hand	at hand	at heart
at home	at home	at home
at it	at it	at large
at large	at large	at last
at last	at latter lammas	at loggerheads
at long last	at loose ends	at odds
at odds	at once	at once
at one with	at one's beck and c…	at one's fingertips
at pains	at peace	at peace
at peace with	at peace with	at places
at rest	at risk	at sea
at sea	at sixes and sevens	at sixes and sevens
at sixes and sevens	at someone's dispos…	at stake
at that	at that	at the best of times
at the coal face	at the disposal of	at the drop of a hat
At The Drop of a Hat	at the end of one's…	at the end of one's…
at the end of one's…	at the end of the d…	at the end of the d…
at the end of the r…	at the end of the r…	At the End of Your …
at the feet of	at the feet of	at the helm
at the high port	at the high port	at the mercy of
at the moment	at the momont	at the push of a bu…
at the ready	at the receiving end	at the top of one's…
at the top of one's…	at the very least	at the wheel
at the wheel	at this point in ti…	at times
at variance	at will	at work
at work	Athanasian wench	atom bomb
atomic cocktail	atomic cocktail	atta girl
attaboy	attaboy	attack is the best …
attagal	attend to	attend to
attention whore	attention whore	attic salt
au fait	auction off	audi alteram partem
auld lang syne	aunt flo	aunt fucker
aunt fucker	aunt sally	autem bawler
autem cackler	autem dipper	autem diver
autem gogler	autem mort	autem quaver
auto fill form	autumn romance	avant la lettre
avast there!	average bear	average joe
average out	average up	avoid like the plag…
avoir du pois lay	aw14	await prince charmi…
AWALT	away game	away with the fairi…
awesome possum	awesome sauce	awesome sauce
awesome sauce	ax to grind	ay up me duck
AYBABTU	aye aye, sir	AYT

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