List of Idioms from The World Traveler
 
 
1. beat around the bush 

2. go under 

3. get in on the ground floor 

4. not bat an eye 

5. brush up on 

6. not up his alley 

7. had him over a barrel 

8. get the axe 

9. crossed his fingers 

10. foot the bill 

11. Airedale 

12. half-baked 

13. by hook or by crook 

14. tickled with 

15. in the nick of time 

16. get cold feet 

17. n the same boat 

18. just around the corner 

19. time to kill 

20. make heads or tails

21. out of the question 

22. follow suit 

23. out of line 

24. as luck would have it 

25. right off the bat 

26. a fish out of water 

27. bent over backwards 

28. made short work of 

29. wound up 

30. out of hand 

31. went from bad to worse 

32. helped himself 

33. in hot water 

34. keep his head 

35. at his wits' end 

36. his cup of tea 

37. know the ropes 

38. in a bind 

39. gotten off on the wrong foot