List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences

1. (one's) chickens have come home to roost
2. a foregone conclusion
3. a kick-off
4. a nine day/day's wonder
5. a sight for sore eyes
6. a tower of strength
7. afraid of one's own shadow
8. all of a sudden
9. answer to (someone)
10. as usual
11. at home
12. at the present time
13. bag of tricks
14. be out
15. beat up (someone) or beat (someone) up
16. best part of (something)
17. bite the hand that feeds you
18. bog down
19. break fresh/new ground
20. bring (something) home to (someone) or bring home (something) to (someone) or bring home to (someone) (something)
21. build up to (something)
22. butter (someone) up or butter up (someone)
23. by the hour
24. call off (something) or call (something) off
25. cash in on (something)
26. catch-22
27. cheek by jowl
28. clear sailing
29. cold turkey
30. come into (some money)
31. come to believe (something)
32. conk out
33. crack a smile
34. cry over spilt milk
35. cut out the deadwood
36. dead on one's feet
37. dig in one's heels or dig one's heels in
38. do or die
39. down in the dumps
40. dressed to kill
41. drum up (something) or drum (something) up
42. eat (something) up or eat up (something)
43. engage in (something)
44. eyeball-to-eyeball
45. fall ill
46. fast talker
47. ferret out (something) from (someone) or ferret (information or something) out of (someone)
48. fire a gun
49. fix up (something) or fix (something) up
50. follow orders
51. for kicks
52. forever and ever
53. from scratch
54. get (someone or something) out of one's mind/head
55. get a move on
56. get back
57. get into (something)
58. get on (someone) to do (something)
59. get out of bed on the wrong side or get out on the wrong side of bed
60. get the lowdown on (someone or something)
61. get up on the wrong side of the bed
62. give (someone) a run for their money
63. give away (a secret) or give (a secret) away
64. glad hand
65. go begging
66. go off (somewhere)
67. go straight
68. go up
69. grain of truth
70. gut feeling/reaction
71. hang (someone) in effigy
72. harken back to (something)
73. have (something) up one's sleeve
74. have a head for (something)
75. have a thing going with (someone)
76. have eyes bigger than one's stomach
77. have one for the road
78. have the courage of one's convictions
79. head out
80. hem (someone or something) in or hem in (someone or something)
81. hit bottom
82. Hobson's choice
83. hold one's own (in an argument)
84. hook, line and sinker
85. hustle and bustle
86. in a kind of way
87. in all one's born days
88. in contempt of court
89. in good shape/condition
90. in luck
91. in one's salad days
92. in receipt of (something)
93. in tatters
94. in the hole
95. in the saddle
96. in unison
97. jockey for position
98. just so
99. keep abreast of (something)
100. keep one's head
101. keep up with the Joneses
102. kiss of death
103. know (something) inside out
104. lame duck
105. lay down the law
106. lead a dog's life
107. leave (something) on or leave on (something)
108. let (someone) know (about something)
109. let out a rope
110. like a bolt out of the blue
111. listen to reason
112. lock horns with (someone)
113. look out for (someone)
114. lose sleep over (someone or something)
115. maiden voyage
116. make a day of it
117. make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
118. make it
119. make out (a report/application)
120. make way for (someone or something)
121. mend fences with (someone)
122. monkey around (with someone or something)
123. muster up the courage
124. new lease on life
125. no picnic
126. not able to go on
127. not know one's own strength
128. not worth one's while
129. odds and ends
130. off the beam
131. on a shoestring
132. on hand
133. on sale
134. on the horizon
135. on the tip of one's tongue
136. one foot in the grave
137. open up on (someone or something)
138. out of gas
139. out of the hole
140. over and over
141. partial to (someone or something)
142. pay a call on (someone)
143. perspective on (something)
144. piggyback
145. plain and simple
146. play possum
147. poised to do (something)
148. preach to the converted
149. pull a boner
150. put (someone or something) out to pasture or put out (someone or something) to pasture
151. put (something) on paper
152. put in (somewhere)
153. put one's thinking cap on or put on one's thinking cap
154. queer as a three-dollar bill
155. raise one's sights
156. read (something) over or read over (something)
157. reputed to be/do something
158. right under one's nose
159. rotten to the core
160. run (something) into the ground
161. run into a brick wall
162. sack out
163. say the word
164. second nature to (someone)
165. see the world through rose-colored glasses
166. serve (someone) right
167. set out (somewhere)
168. shake hands with (someone)
169. shoot up (someone or something)
170. shut out (a team)
171. sit back
172. skip out on (someone or something)
173. smack into (someone or something)
174. so soon
175. sound as if
176. spitting image of (someone)
177. stake a claim to (something)
178. stars in one's eyes
179. step out of line
180. stone-broke
181. strike a match
182. such as
183. sweet and sour
184. take (someone) for granted
185. take a course in (something)
186. take a vacation
187. take it
188. take one's leave of (someone)
189. take the initiative to (do something)
190. talk (someone) down in price
191. tear one's hair out
192. the honeymoon is over
193. thin-skinned
194. through the mill
195. throw oneself at (someone's) feet
196. tie up (someone) or tie (someone) up
197. to a T
198. to the contrary
199. top (someone or something)
200. travel light
201. try one's luck at (something)
202. turn on one's heel
203. two bits
204. under the influence of (someone or something)
205. up to (a certain amount or number)
206. use one's head/bean/noodle/noggin
207. walk all over (an opponent)
208. watch over (someone or something)
209. well and good
210. when one is good and ready
211. wind things up
212. with it
213. work out (something) or work (something) out
214. year after year