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fetch a good price
To be sold for a lot of money
“The painting FETCHED A GOOD PRICE”
few and far between
Scarce/rare
“They're FEW AND FAR BETWEEN”
field day
A very enjoyable time; a time of great success
“She had A FIELD DAY”
fifth wheel
A superfluous person
“I felt like A FIFTH WHEEL”
fight fire with fire
Use the same measures that are being used against you
“Sometimes you need to FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE.”
fight like cat and dog
Continually arguing with each other
“They FIGHT LIKE CAT AND DOG”
fight tooth and nail
To fight very hard for something
“She FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL for the promotion”
figure out
To find the solution to a problem
“Can you FIGURE IT OUT?”
fill someone's shoes
To take someone's place and do their job
“Impossible to FILL HER SHOES, frankly.”
fill the bill
To be exactly what is needed
“That should FILL THE BILL”
fill your boots
To take as much as you want; to help yourself generously
“FILL YOUR BOOTS with the buffet food”
find common ground
To find shared interests or opinions
“We need to FIND COMMON GROUND, apparently.”
find your feet
To adjust to a new place or situation
“She's FINDING HER FEET”
fine and dandy
Excellent; satisfactory
“That's FINE AND DANDY”
fine line
A very small difference
“THERE'S A FINE LINE between confidence and arrogance”
fine tuning
Small adjustments to improve something
“The engine needs SOME FINE TUNING”
finger in every pie
To be involved in many things
“He has A FINGER IN EVERY PIE”
finger on the pulse
To be aware of the latest developments
“She has HER FINGER ON THE PULSE”
fire in your belly
Strong motivation and determination
“He has FIRE IN HIS BELLY”
first come, first served
The person who arrives first will be served first
“It's FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED”
first out of the gate
The first to take action
“They were FIRST OUT OF THE GATE”
fish for compliments
To try to get people to say nice things about you
“Stop FISHING FOR COMPLIMENTS”
fish in troubled waters
To try to take advantage of a difficult situation
“He's FISHING IN TROUBLED WATERS, as usual.”
fish out of water
A person who is in unfamiliar, confusing surroundings
“He's A FISH OUT OF WATER”
fishy
Suspicious; not honest
“Something smells FISHY”
fit as a fiddle
To be healthy and physically fit
“He's FIT AS A FIDDLE”
fit for a king
Very excellent or luxurious
“This meal is FIT FOR A KING”
fit like a glove
To fit perfectly
“The dress FITS LIKE A GLOVE”
fit the bill
To be suitable for something
“She FITS THE BILL perfectly”
five finger discount
Stealing; shoplifting
“He tried A FIVE FINGER DISCOUNT”
fix someone up
To arrange a romantic date for someone
“Can you FIX ME UP?”
fix someone's wagon
To get revenge on someone
“I'LL FIX HIS WAGON, don't worry.”
flash in the pan
A one-time occurrence, not a permanent phenomenon
“It was just A FLASH IN THE PAN”
flat broke
Having no money at all
“I'm FLAT BROKE”
flat out
At maximum speed or effort
“I've been working FLAT OUT”
flea in your ear
To talk to someone sharply
“He sent him away WITH A FLEA IN HIS EAR”
flesh and blood
Blood relatives, close relatives
“She's my own FLESH AND BLOOD”
flex your muscles
To show off your power or influence
“He's FLEXING HIS MUSCLES”
flip a coin
To make a decision by chance
“Let's FLIP A COIN”
flip out
To suddenly become unable to behave or think in a sensible way
“He FLIPPED OUT”
fly by night
Unreliable; not trustworthy
“That's A FLY BY NIGHT operation”
fly by the seat of your pants
To improvise, to make decisions without planning or preparation
“We were FLYING BY THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS”
fly high
Be very successful, especially temporarily
“She's FLYING HIGH”
fly in the face of
To contradict; to go against
“This FLIES IN THE FACE OF logic”
fly off the handle
Lose one's temper suddenly and unexpectedly
“He FLEW OFF THE HANDLE”
fly on the wall
See/hear something in a situation which does not involve you
“I wish I were A FLY ON THE WALL”
foam at the mouth
To be extremely angry
“He was FOAMING AT THE MOUTH”
follow in someone's footsteps
To do what someone else did
“He FOLLOWED IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS, inevitably.”
food for thought
Something that makes you think deeply
“The lecture gave us plenty of FOOD FOR THOUGHT”
fool's gold
Something that appears valuable but isn't
“That scheme was FOOL'S GOLD”