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all eyes are on
Watching alertly or attentively
“ALL EYES ARE ON the chairman after his comments.”
all hands on deck
Everyone must help
“ALL HANDS ON DECK”
all hell breaks loose
The situation becomes chaotic
“ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE”
all in a day's work
That's what I'm here for; although accomplished, it's expected
“Cleaning up their mistakes? ALL IN A DAY'S WORK apparently.”
all in good time
Eventually; at a more favorable time in the future
“ALL IN GOOD TIME”
all in one piece
Safely
“We arrived ALL IN ONE PIECE”
all it's cracked up to be
As good as claims or reputation would suggest
“It's not ALL IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE”
all of a sudden
Suddenly; without warning
“ALL OF A SUDDEN, the power went out”
all set
Ready, prepared, finished
“I'm ALL SET”
all talk
Prone to empty boasts
“He's ALL TALK”
all that
Something that is very good or impressive
“She thinks she's ALL THAT”
all the rage
Very fashionable
“It's ALL THE RAGE”
all the same
Anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless
“It's ALL THE SAME to me”
all things considered
Taking all factors into consideration
“ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, it could've been worse.”
all thumbs
Clumsy; awkward with your hands
“I'm ALL THUMBS today”
all wet
Completely mistaken
“You're ALL WET”
along the lines of
In general accordance with
“It's ALONG THE LINES OF this”
an arm and a leg
Very expensive
“That car cost AN ARM AND A LEG”
an axe to grind
A grievance, a disagreement with someone
“He has AN AXE TO GRIND”
an early bird
A person who gets up early or starts work early
“She's AN EARLY BIRD”
an eye for an eye
Justice in which reparation exactly matches the harm caused
“AN EYE FOR AN EYE”
an indian summer
A period of warm weather in late autumn
“We're having AN INDIAN SUMMER this year”
an offer one can't refuse
An extremely attractive offer
“It's AN OFFER YOU CAN'T REFUSE”
and all that
Et cetera, and so on
“She likes music AND ALL THAT”
and counting
The number just mentioned is increasing
“That's 100 days AND COUNTING”
and then some
And even more than what has been mentioned
“It cost that AND THEN SOME”
another nail in one's coffin
Something that leads to someone's failure
“That's ANOTHER NAIL IN HIS COFFIN”
ants in your pants
Restlessness
“He has ANTS IN HIS PANTS”
any port in a storm
If you're in trouble, you'll turn to anything that helps
“It's ANY PORT IN A STORM”
any tom, dick or harry
Any ordinary person
“Not JUST ANY TOM, DICK OR HARRY can do this”
apple of my eye
Someone you cherish above all others
“She is THE APPLE OF MY EYE”
apple of one's eye
A favorite person or thing
“She's THE APPLE OF HIS EYE”
apples and oranges
Of two different classes, not comparable
“You're comparing APPLES AND ORANGES”
arm candy
An attractive woman accompanying a powerful man
“She's just ARM CANDY”
armed to the teeth
Carrying many weapons
“They were ARMED TO THE TEETH”
around the clock
At all times
“We work AROUND THE CLOCK”
as american as apple pie
Very or typically American
“She's AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE”
as brown as a berry
Very suntanned
“She's AS BROWN AS A BERRY after her holiday”
as fit as a fiddle
To be healthy and physically fit
“He's AS FIT AS A FIDDLE”
as good as gold
To behave very well (usually said of children)
“The baby was AS GOOD AS GOLD”
as mad as a hatter
Completely crazy or insane
“You're AS MAD AS A HATTER if you think that will work”
as pale as a ghost
Extremely pale
“She was AS PALE AS A GHOST”
as poor as a church mouse
Very poor
“They're AS POOR AS A CHURCH MOUSE”
asleep at the wheel
Not paying attention to responsibilities
“The manager was ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL”
at a crossroads
At a point where a decision must be made
“The company IS AT A CROSSROADS”
at death's door
Very near death
“He was AT DEATH'S DOOR”
at each other's throats
Constantly and strongly arguing
“They're AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS”
at loggerheads
In a state of persistent disagreement
“They're AT LOGGERHEADS”
at loose ends
Without anything to do; uncertain
“I've been AT LOOSE ENDS since the redundancy.”
at my wit's end
So worried, confused, or annoyed that you don't know what to do next
“I'm AT MY WIT'S END with this problem”