Idioms and Fixed Expressions
Fixed expressions and proverbs in their established wording, with the corruptions that displace them identified and corrected.
- all intents and purposes / all intensive purposes
- all of a sudden / all of the sudden
- as follow / as follows
- beside the point
- blood is thicker than water
- bona fide
- by accident / on accident
- case and point / case in point
- chomping at the bit / champing
- come to a head / bring to a boil
- compare and contrast
- could care less / couldn’t care less
- cut and dry / cut and dried
- deep-seated / deep-seeded
- desert island / just deserts
- do’s and don’ts
- double down
- due diligence
- economical with the truth
- eke out
- extract revenge / exact revenge
- false pretense / pretenses
- far from the madding crowd
- first come first serve / served
- free rein / free reign
- gild the lily
- hand and hand / hand in hand
- home in / hone in
- ipso facto
- mixed metaphor
- more honored in the breach
- one and the same
- per se
- pull yourself up by your bootstraps
- quantum leap
- spitting image / spit and image
- steep learning curve
- the exception proves the rule
- wreak havoc / wreck havoc