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Mad as a March hare Someone who is excitable and unpredictable is as mad as a March hare
Made of money If you are made of money, you have a lot of money
Major league Something major league is very important
Make a clean breast If someone makes a clean breast, they confess in full to something they have done
Make a killing If you make a killing, you do something that makes you a lot of money
Make a meal of something If someone makes a meal of something, they spend too long doing it or make it look more difficult than it really is
Making a mint If someone is making a mint, they are making a lot of money
Make a monkey of someone If you make a monkey of someone, you make them look foolish
Make a mountain out of a molehill If somebody makes a mountain out of a molehill, they exaggerate the importance or seriousness of a problem
Make a pigs ear If you make a pig's ear of something, you make a mess of it
Make a pitch If you make a pitch for something, you make a bid, offer or other attempt to get it.
Make a song and dance If someone makes a song and dance, they make an unnecessary fuss about something unimportant
Make ends meet If somebody finds it hard to make ends meet, they have problems living on the money they earn
Make headway If you make headway, you make progress
Make waves If someone makes waves, they cause a lot of trouble
Make your blood boil If something makes your blood boil, it makes you very angry
Make your flesh crawl If something makes your flesh crawl, it really scares or revolts you
Make your hair stand on end If something makes your hair stand on end, it terrifies you
Make yourself scarce If someone makes themselves scarce, they go away from a place, especially to avoid trouble or so that they can't be found
Man of his word A man of his word is a person who does what he says and keeps his promises
Man of letters A man of letters is someone who is an expert in the arts and literature, and often a writer too
Man or woman of means A man, or woman, of means is wealthy
Man of the cloth a man of the cloth refers to a religious leader i.e a vicar or pastor etc
Mans best friend This is an idiomatic term for dogs
Many moons ago A very long time ago
Mark my words Mark my words is an expression used to lend an air of seriousness to what the speaker is about to say when talking about the future
Mark someone's card If you mark someone's card, you correct them in a forceful and prompt manner when they say something wrong
Marked man A marked man is a person who is being targeted by people who want to do them harm or cause them trouble
Matter of life and death If something is a matter of life and death, it is extremely important
Mealy mouthed A mealy-mouthed person doesn't say what they mean clearly
Meet someone halfway If you meet someone halfway, you accept some of their ideas and make concessions
Meet your expectations If something meets your expectations, it means that it was as good as you had thought it was going to be
Meet your maker If someone has gone to meet their Maker, they have died
Meet your match If you meet your match, you meet a person who is at least as good if not better than you are at something
Memory like a sieve If somebody can't retain things for long in his or her memory and quickly forgets, he or she has a memory like a sieve
Memory like an elephant An elephant never forgets' is a saying, so if a person has a memory like an elephant, he or she has a very good memory indeed
Mend fences When people mend fences, they try to improve or restore relations that have been damaged by disputes or arguments
Method in his madness If there's method in someone's madness, they do things in a strange and unorthodox way, but manage to get results
Mexican standoff When there is a deadlock in strategy and neither side can do anything that will ensure victory, it's a Mexican standoff
Mickey Mouse If something is Mickey Mouse, it is intellectually trivial or not of a very high standard
Midas touch If someone has the Midas touch, they make a lot of money out of any scheme they try
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow Big or great things start very small
Millstone around your neck A millstone around your neck is a problem that prevents you from doing what you want to do
Mince words If people mince words, or mince their words, they don't say what they really mean clearly
Mind over matter This idiom is used when someone uses their willpower to rise above adversity
Mind your P's and Q's If you are careful about the way you behave and are polite, you mind Your P's and Q's
Misery guts A misery guts is a person who's always unhappy and tries to make others feel negative
Miss is as good as a mile A miss is as good as a mile means that if you fail, even by the smallest margin, it is still a failure
Miss the boat If you miss the boat, you are too late to take advantage of an opportunity
Money doesn't grow on trees This means that you have to work to earn money; it doesn't come easily or without effort
Money for old rope If something's money for old rope, it's a very easy way of making money
Money to burn If someone is very rich, they have money to burn
Monkey business If children get up to monkey business, they are behaving naughtily or mischievously
Monkey see monkey do This idiom means that children will learn their behavior by copying what they see happening around them
Moot point If something's a moot point, there's some disagreement about it: a debatable point
Moral fibre Moral fibre is the inner strength to do what you believe to be right in difficult situations
Moral high ground If people have/take/claim/seize, etc, the moral high ground, they claim that their arguments, beliefs, etc, are morally superior to those being put forward by other people
More front than Brighton If you have more front than Brighton, you are very self-confident, possibly excessively so
More haste less speed The faster you try to do something, the more likely you are to make mistakes that make you take longer than it would had you planned it
More holes than Swiss cheese If something has more holes than a Swiss cheese, it is incomplete,and lacks many parts
More than meets the eye If there is more than meets the eye to something, it is more complex or difficult than it appears
More than one string to their bow A person who has more than one string to their bow has different talents or skills to fall back on
More than one way to skin a cat When people say that there is more than one way to skin a cat, they mean that there are different ways of achieving the same thing
More than you can shake a stick at If you have more of something than you can shake a stick at, then you have a lot
Mountain to climb If you have a mountain to climb, you have to work hard or make a lot of progress to achieve something
Move heaven and earth This expression indicates a person's determined intention of getting a work done in spite of all odds he may face
Move mountains If you would move mountains to do something, you would make any effort to achieve your aim
Move the goal posts When people move the goalposts, they change the standards required for something to their advantage
Much ado about nothing If there's a lot of fuss about something trivial, there's much ado about nothing
Mud in your eye This is a way of saying 'cheers' when you are about to drink something, normally alcohol
Mud slinging If someone is mud-slinging, they are insulting someone and trying to damage that person's reputation
Muddy the waters If somebody muddies the waters, he or she makes the situation more complex or less clear
Mum's the word When people use this idiom, they mean that you should keep quiet about something and not tell other people
Music to my ears If something someone says is music to your ears, it is exactly what you had wanted to hear
Mutton dressed as lamb Mutton dressed as lamb is term for middle-aged or elderly people trying to look younger
My foot This idiom is used to show that you do not believe what someone has just said
My hands are full If your hands are full, you have so much to do that you cannot take on any more work, responsibilities and so on
My hands are tied If your hands are tied, you are unable to act for some reason
My heart bleeds If your heart bleeds for someone, you feel genuine sympathy and sadness for them
My heart goes out them If your heart goes out to someone, you feel genuine sympathy for them