American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks
An Easy Way to Understand English Expressions and Improve Speaking


Free American English Online Idiom Lessons



Arranging English idioms into easy-to-understand categories is an effective learning tool to assist the English language learner in acquiring an understanding of these distinctive American expressions.

A classification system places the large number of American idioms into logical and functional groups that is both manageable and productive for the English language learner. American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks is an innovative book providing an easy to understand strategy for learning the collection of 3200 different English idioms commonly used in English speaking.

American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks uses a helpful, week-by-week methodology in which to learn American idioms.

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Completeness Idioms: The extent of wholeness or having enough of something
as far as as long as as well as
at the end of one’s rope blow over by and large
by far by the skin of one’s teeth carry over
come full circle count out cover one's tracks
cover up day and night day in and day out 
deep-six die down die off
die out do away with don't know the half of it
double-check draw the line each and every
fall behind fall by the wayside fill (something) in
flat-out from stem to stern full-fledged
in a way ghost of a chance gift of gab
give out go out the window go the distance
go the whole hog go through with head over heels
honeymoon is over hook, line and sinker inside and out
into thin air just about lick and a promise
made up of age on the whole
on top of pile up played out
polish off right under one’s nose rough and ready
run out (of something) run over skin of one’s teeth
skin deep sort of take down
to a fault to a T to the bone
to the hilt to the nth degree tone down
turn down under cover vicious circle
wear thin what with work into