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a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

a free-for-all

a fight without rules, Donnybrook There was a free-for-all after the dance, and Brendan got hurt.

a penny for your thoughts

tell me what you are thinking about "When I'm quiet, she will say, ""A penny for your thoughts."""

a run for your money

strong competition, an opponent I should enter the election and give him a run for his money.

a shadow of his former self

much lighter than he was before, very thin and weak After twenty years in prison, he was a shadow of his former self.

a sight for sore eyes

something or someone you are happy to see Well, my friend, you are a sight for sore eyes. Good to see you!

a sucker for punishment

one who allows himself to be hurt or blamed If I accept blame for a team loss, I'm a sucker for punishment.

age before beauty

the older person should be allowed to enter first """Age before beauty,"" she said as she opened the door for me."

an eye for an eye (a tooth for a tooth)

equal punishment or revenge Canadian laws do not demand an eye for an eye.

ask for it

invite or deserve an attack When you called him a thief, you asked for it. You made him mad.

watch for (someone or something)

1. To be acquainted of one's ambience in adjustment to attending for or be acquainted of addition or something. Watch for glace rocks on that trail—I've collapsed there several times. I consistently watch for deals back I'm shopping. Watch for Luke—he should be actuality somewhere.2. To delay for addition or article in apprehension or expectation. I've been watching for the commitment man all day—I don't appetite to absence him again. He's been watching for a adventitious to advertise his pale in the aggregation for months now.Learn more: watch

watch for someone or something

to accumulate attractive for addition or article to appear. Watch for me. I'll be cutting a red carnation in my hair. I will watch for the bus.Learn more: watch

watch for

v.
1. To attending or beam anxiously or anxiously in adjustment to atom addition or something: The hikers watched for birds.
2. To attending and delay expectantly or in apprehension for addition or something: I was watching for an befalling to advertise the stock. Learn more: watch

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More Idioms/Phrases

as slow as molasses in January as the crow flies as useless as a fifth wheel as useless as tits on a boar as usual as well as as yet ASAP ask for it ask for trouble asking price asleep at the switch ass ass into gear ass over teakettle at a glance at a good clip