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• (boy,) am I glad to see you!
• (from) hand to mouth
• (Go) tell it/that to Sweeney!
• (in) up to (one's) elbows
• (in) up to (one's) eye(ball)s
• (not) half the person/man/woman (one) used to be
• (one) would do well to (do something)
• (someone) (just) doesn't know when to quit
• (someone) could sell an icebox to an Eskimo
• (someone) could sell ice to Eskimos
• (someone) could sell sawdust to a lumber mill
• a (sudden) rush of blood (to the head)
• a bite to eat
• a bitter pill
• a bone to pick
• a bone to pick with
• a cross to bear
• a crow to pluck
• a Daniel come to judgement
• a force to be reckoned with
• a good voice to beg bacon
• a hard egg to crack
• a hard nut to crack
• a hard pill to swallow
• a hard row to hoe
• a heart-to-heart
• a hostage to fortune
• a joy to behold
• a leg to stand on
• a licence to print money
• a little off Go to a bit
• a long row to hoe
• A man's got to do what a man's got to do
• a means to an end
• a mind is a terrible thing to waste
• a mountain to climb
• a mouth to feed
• a mystery to
• a mystery to (one)
• a name to conjure with
• a one-way ticket to
• a one-way ticket to (somewhere or something)
• a part to play
• a place to call own
• a red flag to a bull
• a red rag to a bull
• a score to settle
• a shoulder to cry on
• a sight to behold
• a sop to Cerberus
• a stick to beat with
• a tough act to follow
• a tough nut
• a tough nut to crack
• a tough pill to swallow
• a tough row to hoe
• a word to the wise
• a word to the wise is enough
• abandon (oneself) to
• abandon oneself to
• abandon to
• abbreviate (something) to
• abbreviate to
• able to breathe again
• able to cut
• able to cut it
• able to cut something
• able to do
• able to do (something) standing on (one's) head
• able to do blindfolded
• able to do it
• able to do with eyes closed
• able to fog a mirror
• able to get a word in edgewise
• able to make (something)
• able to make an event
• able to take a joke
• able to take just so much
• able to take only so much
• about to
• about to (do something)
• about to do
• absorb (something/someone) in(to)
• accede to
• accede to pressure
• access to
• acclimate (someone/something) to
• acclimate to
• accommodate (oneself) to
• accommodate oneself to
• according to
• according to (one's) own lights
• according to (someone/something)
• according to all accounts
• according to Cocker
• according to Gunter
• according to Hoyle
• according to own lights
• accredit (something) to (someone)
• accredit to
• accrue to
• accustom (one) to
• accustom to
• accustomed to
• acknowledge (one) to be right
• acknowledge to be right
• acquiesce to
• adapt (something) to
• adapt to
• add fuel to the fire
• add fuel to the flame(s)
• add fuel to the flames
• add insult to injury
• add to
• add up to
• addict (one) to
• addict to
• address (oneself) to
• address (something) to
• address comments or remarks to
• address oneself to
• address to
• adhere to
• adjourn to
• adjust (oneself/something) to
• adjust to
• administer (something) to
• administer to
• admire to
• admire to do
• admit (one) to
• admit to
• advance (something) to
• advance to
• affix (one's) signature to
• affix (something) to
• affix signature to
• affix to
• agree to
• agree to disagree
• Aim for the stars!
• aim to
• aim to do
• ain't fittin' to roll with a pig
• alive to
• alive to (something)
• all dressed up and nowhere to go
• all good things come to an end
• all good things must (come to an) end
• all hands on deck
• all hands to the pumps
• all is fish that comes to his net
• all it's cracked up to be
• all out
• all over creation
• All roads lead to Rome
• all set to go
• all the more reason for
• all the more reason to
• all the way to Egery and back
• all things come to those who wait
• all things to all men
• all things to all people
• all things to all people, be
• all to smash
• all to the good
• allocate (something) to
• allocate to
• allot (something) to
• allot to
• allow (someone or something) in(to)
• allow nature to take its course
• allude to
• ally (oneself) to
• ally oneself to
• Am I glad to see you!
• Ambassador of Morocco
• amen to that
• amount to
• amount to a hill of beans
• amount to much
• amount to nothing
• amount to the same thing
• an accident waiting to happen
• and (something) to spare
• and to spare
• annex (something) to
• annex to
• announce (something) to
• announce to
• another lie nailed to the counter
• another string to (one's) bow
• another string to bow
• answer to
• answer to the description (of)
• answer to the description of
• answer to the name
• answer to the name (of)
• appeal to
• appear to
• append (something) (on)to
• append to
• appertain to
• apples to oranges
• apply oneself to
• apply to
• appoint (one) to
• appoint to
• apprentice (one) to
• apprentice to
• arm to the teeth
• armed to the teeth
• as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his folly
• as a duck takes to water
• as far as anyone knows
• as far as is concerned
• as for
• as opposed to
• as the actress said to the bishop
• As the actress said to the bishop...
• as the actress said to the pope
• as to
• as to be
• ascribe to
• ask (one) in(to)
• ask for
• aspire to
• assent to
• assign (something) to
• assign to
• at pains to
• attach oneself to
• attach to
• attached to
• attend to
• attest to
• attract to
• attribute to
• attune to
• average out (to)
• average out to
• awake to
• award to
• ax to grind
• axe to grind
• back in(to) (the) harness
• back in(to) circulation
• back to back
• back to basics
• back to earth
• back to square one
• back to the drawing board
• back to the salt mines
• back to the wall
• back up to
• back-to-back
• back-to-back-to-back
• bad to the bone
• badger to death
• balls to the wall
• bang dead to rights
• bang to rights
• bare (something) to (someone)
• bare to
• barge in(to)
• bark out at
• barrel in(to)
• be (of) no use to man or beast
• be [glad etc.] to see the back of
• be a (something) to (one's) fingertips
• be a credit to
• be a force to be reckoned with
• be a hard act to follow
• be a licence to print money
• be a license to print money
• be a slave to (something)
• be all (the) one (to someone)
• be all dressed up and nowhere to go
• be all it's cracked up to be
• be all things to all men
• be an [artist.] to fingertips
• be armed to the teeth
• be below par
• be blasted to smithereens
• be blind to
• be blown to smithereens
• be bored to death
• be brought to account
• be burnt to a crisp
• be chilled to the bone
• be chilled to the marrow
• be close to home
• be close to the bone
• be close to the mark
• be cocksure of (oneself)
• be cooked to a turn
• be cut to the bone
• be dead to the world
• be done to a turn
• be done to death
• be doped to the gills
• be down to (do something)
• be down to (someone)
• be down to (something)
• be dressed (up) to the nines
• be dressed to kill
• be dressed up to the nines
• be fed up to the back teeth
• be fit to be tied
• be gathered to (one's) fathers
• be glad to see the back of (someone)
• be had
• be half the (something) (one) used to be
• be half the [dancer etc.] used to be
• Be happy to
• be here to stay
• be honor-bound to do (something)
• be just the same (to someone)
• be kicked to the curb
• be knee-high to a grasshopper
• be laid to rest
• be laughing all the way to the bank
• be left to (one's) own devices
• be left to (one's) own resources
• be like a red flag to a bull
• be like a red rag to a bull
• be like talking to a brick wall
• be meat and drink to
• be meat and drink to (someone)
• be much to look at
• be music to (one's) ears
• be music to ears
• be near to impossible
• be new to the game
• be no good to man or beast
• be not much to look at
• be not what it's cracked up to be
• be nothing (much) to write home about
• be nothing much to write home about
• be nothing to shout about
• be off to a false start
• be on a hiding to nothing
• be on to
• be on to (someone)
• be on to (something)
• be on to a good thing
• be one flesh
• be open to (something)
• be open to [abuse etc.]
• be out to lunch
• be pipped at the post
• be pipped to the post
• be pissing in(to) the wind
• be put to rights
• be put to the sword
• be raring to go
• be ready to roll
• be ripped to shreds
• be rotten to the core
• be scattered to the four winds
• be second to none
• be set to rights
• be shot to hell
• be sick and tired of
• be sick to death of (something)
• be sleeping with the fishes
• be sloshed to the gills
• be smashed to smithereens
• be so bold as to do
• be soaked to the bone
• be soaked to the skin
• be stuffed to the gills
• be swimming with the fishes
• be taken to task (by someone)
• be taken to the cleaners (by someone)
• be the way to go
• be three sheets to the wind
• be thrilled to bits
• be thrilled to death
• be thrilled to pieces
• be tickled pink death
• be tied to mother's apron strings
• be tired to death of (something)
• be too good to be true
• be too hot to handle
• be up to
• be up to ears in
• be up to much
• be up to neck in
• be up to ninety
• be up to no good
• be up to scratch
• be up to the mark
• be wide open to (something)
• be wise to
• be wise to (someone or something)
• bear a resemblance to
• bear testimony to
• bear witness to
• beat (someone) to the draw
• beat (something) to death
• beat a path to door
• beat a path to someone's door
• beat down to size
• beat one’s brains out to do something
• beat to
• beat to a pulp
• beat to it
• beat to the punch
• beat to within an inch of life
• beckon to
• beef to (the) heel
• beef to (the) heel like a Mullingar heifer
• beef to the hoof
• been to hell and back
• been to the rodeo
• been to the wars
• beg to differ
• begin to see daylight
• begin to see the light
• beholden to (someone)
• behoove one to do
• belly up to something
• belly up to the bar
• belong to
• bequeath to
• bet a huckleberry to a persimmon
• bet dollars to doughnuts
• bet someone dollars to doughnuts
• betroth to
• better fish to fry
• better get used to it
• better things to do
• bid adieu to
• bigger fish to fry
• bitter end
• bitter pill to swallow
• blast to kingdom come
• blast to smithereens
• bleed to death
• blind spot
• blind to
• blow someone to
• blow someone to something
• blow to
• blow to bits
• blow to kingdom come
• blow to smithereens
• boil (something) down to (something)
• boil down
• boil down to
• bomb
• bone to pick
• bone to pick, have a
• boogie down to somewhere
• bore (someone) to tears
• bore stiff
• bore to death
• bored silly
• bored to tears
• born in the purple
• born to
• born to be
• born to the purple
• Bottoms up!
• bound and determined to
• bound to do
• bound to, be
• bow down to (someone)
• bow to
• bow to demands
• bow to the porcelain altar
• break balls to do something
• break one’s balls to do something
• break to
• break to pieces
• bring (one) to the test
• bring (one's) arse to an anchor
• bring (one's) ass to an anchor
• bring (someone) to task
• bring (someone) to terms
• bring a dog to heel
• bring a knife to a gunfight
• bring a lump to throat
• bring about
• bring around
• bring back to life
• bring back to reality
• bring down to
• bring down to earth
• bring home to
• bring one to oneself
• bring over to
• bring owls to Athens
• bring sand to the beach
• bring to
• bring to a boil
• bring to a close
• bring to a dead end
• bring to a halt