Common Idioms (I)
An idiom is a phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal meanings of its individual words. Instead, it has a figurative meaning that is culturally understood by native speakers. "In hot water" is an example of an idiom beginning with I.- In hot water means being in trouble or facing difficult consequences.
- She was in hot water after missing the deadline.
- I can tell you
- I can't hear you over the sound of
- ice calm
- ice cool
- ice maiden
- ice queen
- I choose violence
- icing on the cake
- I could eat a horse
- idiot box
- idiot mittens
- I'd like to see someone try
- I don't fancy yours
- I don't know about that
- I'd say
- if anything
- if I'm honest
- if it's all the same
- if looks could kill
- if need be
- if only
- if the shoe fits
- I have a bridge to sell you
- if I'm not there, start without me
- if needs be
- if nothing else
- if pigs had wings
- if these walls could talk
- if the shoe fits, wear it
- I just work here
- I'll be
- I'll be a monkey's uncle
- I'll be bound
- I'll be damned
- I'll be danged
- ill health
- I'll say
- I'll tell you
- I'm not being funny
- I'm not the one
- I'm sure
- I'm telling you
- in and of itself
- in for a dime, in for a dollar
- in for a penny, in for a pound
- in for an inch, in for a mile
- in the face of
- in the groove
- in thunderation
- in a bake
- in a big way
- in a bind
- in a box
- in Abraham's bosom
- in addition
- in a flash
- in a heartbeat
- in a hen's hiney
- in a league of one's own
- in all honesty
- in all one's born days
- in all one's glory
- in and out
- in a nutshell
- in any way, shape, or form
- in a pig's arse
- in a pig's eye
- in a pig's patoot
- in a pinch
- in a right state
- in a state
- in at the deep end
- in a walk
- in bad odor
- in bed
- in black and white
- in business
- in character
- in chorus
- inch perfect
- in cold blood
- in control
- in detail
- Indian sign
- in Dickie's meadow
- in Dutch
- in effigy
- I never did
- in every sense of the word
- in evidence
- in fee
- in fighting trim
- in focus
- in for it
- in for the kill
- in front of one's nose
- in full force
- in full gear
- in good odor
- in heaven's name
- in high dudgeon
- in high gear
- in jest
- ink in
- in kind
- in layman's terms
- in layperson's terms
- in laywoman's terms
- in light of
- in line
- in living memory
- inner circle
- inner strength
- in no small measure
- in no small part
- in nothing flat
- in no time
- in no uncertain terms
- in no way, shape, or form
- in one foul swoop
- in one go
- in one's altitudes
- in one's back pocket
- in one's bones
- in one's cups
- in one's dreams
- in one's head
- in one's hip pocket
- in one's own little way
- in one's pocket
- in one's right mind
- in one's wildest dreams
- in order
- in other news
- in other words
- in plain sight
- in plain view
- in rare form
- in recent memory
- in safe hands
- ins and outs
- in shape
- in short trousers
- inside out
- inside baseball
- inside job
- inside joke
- inside the box
- in someone's face
- in someone's pocket
- in someone's shoes
- in spades
- in spite of
- installed base
- in stitches
- in stride
- interpret away
- in the act
- in the altogether
- in the black
- in the blink of an eye
- in the books
- in the buff
- in the business of
- in the can
- in the cards
- in the clear
- in the crosshairs
- in the dark
- in the dock
- in the drink
- in the driver's seat
- in the driving seat
- in the fast lane
- in the final analysis
- in the first place
- in the flower of one's youth
- in the front row
- in the game
- in the green tree ... in the dry
- in the here and now
- in the hole
- in the hopper
- in the hospital
- in the hot seat
- in the interest of justice
- in the lead
- in the least
- in the limelight
- in the line of duty
- in the long run
- in the long term
- in the making
- in the money
- in the nick of time
- in the nip
- in the offing
- in the pink of health
- in the post
- in the raw
- in the red
- in the reign of Queen Dick
- in the right place at the right time
- in the running
- in the sack
- in the same boat
- in the same breath
- in the same shoes
- in the short run
- in the spotlight
- in the swim
- in the tank
- in the thick of
- in the thick of it
- in the toilet
- in the twinkling of an eye
- in the wake of
- in the way
- in the way of
- in the weeds
- in the wind
- in the wink of an eye
- in the works
- in the world
- in the worst way
- in the wrong place at the wrong time
- in the zone
- in this day and age
- into detail
- in token of
- in too deep
- into thin air
- in touch
- in two shakes
- in vain
- in view of
- in virtue of
- in with a chance
- in words of one syllable
- in your dreams
- in your face
- I rest my case
- iron curtain
- iron eagle
- iron fist
- ironing board
- irons in the fire
- I see, said the blind man
- I take it
- it can't be helped
- itch the ditch
- itchy feet
- itchy trigger finger
- I tell a lie
- I tell you
- it figures
- it is what it is
- it's about time
- it's all good
- it's all Greek to me
- it's five o'clock somewhere
- it's none of your business
- it takes all kinds to make a world
- it takes two to make a quarrel
- it takes two to tango
- ivory tower
- I wish
- I would
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