Idioms beginning with A
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Meaning: Failing to pay attention to important duties or responsibilities.
Example: The management was asleep at the wheel when the company's security issues went unnoticed for months. Read more ➺
Meaning: To behave in a way that is likely to cause problems or difficulties.
Example: Ignoring repeated safety warnings is asking for trouble because accidents can easily happen. Read more ➺
Meaning: Noisy confusion and frantic activity.
Example: The office was full of alarums and excursions when the servers suddenly went down. Read more ➺
Meaning: Weak, lacking strength, force, or effectiveness.
Example: The proposal sounded milk-and-water, offering no real solution. Read more ➺
Meaning: Feeling comfortable, confident, or relaxed in a particular situation or environment.
Example: She felt at home speaking with clients after years of experience in sales. Read more ➺
Meaning: A good final result makes the earlier problems unimportant.
Example: After days of stressful revisions, the book launch was a success—all's well that ends well. Read more ➺
Meaning: To listen with very strong interest to everything someone says.
Example: The students hung on every word as the coach explained the winning plan. Read more ➺
Meaning: Completely confused, puzzled or out of ideas about what to do next.
Example: After trying every possible way to fix the computer, he was at one's wits' end. Read more ➺
Meaning: Used to ask if someone is acting crazy, irrational, or unreasonable.
Example: He wants to drive through a snowstorm just for fun—are you nuts? Read more ➺
Meaning: A confident, energetic way of working or pushing to get ahead—working fast and hard to make things happen.
Example: She showed real American hustle at the street fair, setting up two booths and selling out before lunch. Read more ➺
