Phrases Starting with "A" (48 Total)

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Found 48 phrases starting with the letter "A". Click on any phrase to view its detailed meaning, origin, and usage examples.

Group 1 - 16 phrases
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Bird in hand
Two in the bush
A cat on a hot tin roof
Cat on tin
A chip off the old block
Chip off block
A dark horse
Dark horse
A dime a dozen
A drop in the bucket
In the bucket
A feather in your cap
A feather in one's cap
Another feather in your cap
A flash in the pan
Flash-in-the-pan
No more than a flash in the pan
A fly in the ointment
In the ointment
A fool and his money are soon parted
A fool and his money are easily parted
A fool and his money is soon parted
A fool and their money are soon parted
A foregone conclusion
A foregone result
Foregone conclusion
A friend in need is a friend indeed
A friend is known in time of need
A labour of love
A work of love
Labor of love
Labour of love
A laughing stock
Laughingstock
The laughing stock of
A law unto themselves
A law unto herself
A law unto himself
Be a law unto oneself
A leopard can't change its spots
Can't change spots
Group 2 - 16 phrases
A month of Sundays
Not in a month of Sundays
A needle in a haystack
Finding a needle in a haystack
Like looking for a needle in a haystack
Looking for a needle in a haystack
Needle in a haystack
A rolling stone gathers no moss
Rolling stone
Stone no moss
A sair fecht
A sair fecht for a half-loaf
It's a sair fecht
A sea change
Sea-change
Suffer a sea change
Undergo a sea change
A soft answer turns away wrath
A gentle answer turns away wrath
A stitch in time saves nine
Stitch in time
A stone's throw
A stumbling block
A cause of stumbling
A thorn in your side
A thorn in one's side
A tower of strength
Be a tower of strength
Tower of strength
A voice crying in the wilderness
A voice in the wilderness
A watched pot never boils
Pot never boils
Watched pot
A wild-goose chase
Go on a wild-goose chase
Lead someone on a wild-goose chase
Wild goose chase
A wolf in sheep's clothing
Wolf in sheep
Above board
Above the board
Group 3 - 16 phrases
According to Cocker
Quite according to Cocker
Acting the maggot
Act the maggot
Play the maggot
Stop acting the maggot
Aid and abet
Aiding and abetting
All and sundry
All fur coat and no knickers
All fur and no knickers
All fur coat, no knickers
Fur coat and no knickers
All hat and no cattle
Big hat, no cattle
All Lombard Street to a China orange
Lombard Street to a China orange
All mouth and no trousers
All mouth and trousers
Be all mouth
All my eye and Betty Martin
All my eye
My eye and Betty Martin
All that glitters is not gold
Glitters not gold
All's well that ends well
All is well that ends well
All was well that ended well
Apple of your eye
The apple of my eye
At daggers drawn
At daggers drawing
Be at daggers drawn
With daggers drawn
At His Majesty's pleasure
At Her Majesty's pleasure
During Her Majesty's pleasure
During His Majesty's pleasure
At your wits' end
Be at your wits' end
Away with the fairies
Be away with the fairies
Gone away with the fairies
Off with the fairies