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Personal
description category idioms: Referring to traits, features or
attributes of a person |
| absent-minded |
achilles heel |
against the grain |
| age of majority |
all decked out |
all ears |
| all spruced up |
all spruced up |
all talk and no and no action |
| all there |
all thumbs |
ask for trouble |
| asleep at the switch |
at heart |
babe in arms |
| babe in the woods |
bag of tricks |
bar none |
| bend the rules |
back on one’s feet |
bar fly (a) |
| bar star (a) |
bark is worse than one’s bite |
bark up the wrong tree |
| bark up the wrong tree |
bark up the wrong tree |
basket case (a) |
| be real |
be straight up |
be to blame |
| bee in her bonnet (a) |
been around |
behind someone’s back |
| big dog |
a big shot |
a big wheel |
| a big wig |
a bimbo |
birthday suit |
| a blank look |
bleeding heart |
born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth |
| budding genius (a) |
butt of the joke |
a cheap drunk |
| cool under pressure |
crackpot |
crazy like a fox |
| curiosity killed the cat |
curry favor |
cut off one's nose to spite one's face |
| dark horse |
dead tired |
deadbeat |
| doll up |
done for |
done with |
| do-or-die |
dork |
down-to-earth |
| dressed to kill |
dressed to the nines |
drop your drawers |
| drown one’s sorrows |
drugstore cowboy |
dumb bunny |
| dweeb |
dyed in the wool |
eager beaver |
| easy-going |
eat like a bird |
eat like a horse |
| eat one’s cake and have it too |
every Tom, Dick and Harry |
eyes are bigger than one’s stomach |
| eyes in the back of one’s head |
eyes pop out |
faded |
| faint of heart |
feet on the ground |
few bricks short of a full load |
| five o'clock shadow |
free and easy |
go straight |
| go to one’s head |
a go-getter |
good sport |
| green |
green thumb |
had a bellyful |
| hang one on |
hard nut to crack |
hard on (someone/something) |
| hard-nosed |
has the makings |
hat in hand |
| hatchet man |
have (something) going for one |
have a head on one’s shoulders |
| have a screw loose |
have a way with |
have an eye for |
| have one’s feet on the ground |
have rocks in one’s head |
have something up one’s sleeve |
| have sticky fingers |
head shrinker |
heart of gold |
| heart of stone |
hell-on-wheels |
high and mighty |
| high maintenance |
tower of strength (a) |
high spirits |
| hit the sauce |
hold a candle to |
hold all the trump cards |
| hold court |
hold out |
holier-than-thou |
| holy terror |
hopped up |
horse sense |
| in character |
in-your-face |
keep one’s nose clean |
| knockout |
lady’s man |
lame duck |
| look like a million dollars |
look like the cat that ate (swallowed) the
canary |
loopy |
| loose cannon (a) |
lot on the ball (a) |
man on the street |
| mental |
name is mud |
show one’s (true) colors |
| new person |
nobody’s fool |
nose in something (have one’s) |
| nose in something (have one’s) |
nutty as a fruitcake |
oddball |
| off one’s rocker |
on one’s high horse |
on the level |
| on the up and up |
out to lunch |
pip squeak |
| regular guy |
road hog |
rolling stone |
| save face |
screw loose (a) |
have a screw loose |
| sell out |
shadow of his former self (a) |
sitting duck |
| smart alec |
son of a bitch |
spring chicken |
| stick in the mud |
sticky fingers |
straight |
| straight out |
stuck up |
stuffed shirt |
| sucker list |
tower of strength |
know what’s what |
| ugly duckling |
wet behind the ears |
wet blanket |
| what it takes |
will power |
wise guy |
| wolf in sheep’s clothing |
yellow streak |
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