Idioms
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| Eager
beaver |
A
person who is extremely keen to do something is an eager beaver |
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| Eagle
eyes |
Someone who has eagle eyes sees everything; no detail is too
small |
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| Early
bird catches the worm |
The
early bird catches the worm means that if you start something
early, you stand a better chance of success |
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| Easy
as ABC |
Something
that is as easy as ABC is very easy or simple |
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| Easy
come easy go |
This
idiom means that money or other material gains that come without
much effort tend to get spent or consumed as easily |
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| Eat
crow |
If
you eat crow, you have to admit that you were wrong about
something |
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| Eat
humble pie |
If someone apologizes and shows a lot of regret for something
they have done, they eat humble pie |
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| Eat
your heart out |
If
someone tells you to eat your heart out, they are saying they
are better than you at something |
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| Eat
your words |
If
you eat your words, you accept publicly that you were wrong
about something you said |
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| Egg
on your face |
If
someone has egg on their face, they are made to look foolish
or embarrassed |
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| Elbow
grease |
If something requires elbow grease, it involves a lot of hard
physical work |
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| Empty
vessels make most sound |
Those
who know nothing often speak the most |
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| Even
keel |
If something is on an even keel, it is balanced |
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| Every
cloud has a silver lining |
Means
sometimes even bad things can turn out for the better |
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| Every
dog has it's day |
This
means that everyone gets their moment to shine |
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| Every
trick in the book |
If you try every trick in the book, you try every possible
way, including dishonesty and deceit, to get what you want |
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| Explore
all avenues |
If
all avenues are being explored, then every conceivable approach
is being tried that could possibly get the desired result |
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| Eye
candy |
When a person is very attractive, they can be described as
eye candy |
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| Eye
for an eye |
Is
when something is done back to a person as retribution for
what they did |
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| Eyes
bigger than their stomach |
If
someone's eyes are bigger than their stomach, they are greedy
and take on more than they can consume or manage |
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