Thursday 29 April 2010

J

Jack All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Jack before you can say Jack Robinson
jack jack someone up
jack jack something up
jack a jack-of-all-trades
jackpot hit the jackpot
jam get into a jam

jam get out of a jam
jam get someone out of a jam
jam in a jam
jam in(to) a jam
January (as) slow as molasses in January
January slow as molasses in January
January slower than molasses in January
jaw have a glass jaw
jaybird (as) naked as a jaybird
jaybird naked as a jaybird
jazz jazz something up
Jekyll Jekyll and Hyde
jeopardy in jeopardy
jetsam flotsam and jetsam
jiffy in a jiffy
jig The jig is up.
jig The jig is up.
Job (as) patient as Job
job do a job on someone or something
job do a snow job on someone
job Don’t quit your day job.
job fall down on the job
job lay down on the job
job lie down on the job
job on the job
Job patient as Job
job a devil of a job
job a nine-to-five job
job the devil’s own job
jockey jockey for position
jog jog someone’s memory
Johnny Johnny-come-lately
Johnny Johnny-on-the-spot
join join forces (with someone)
join join hands
Join Join the club!
join join the fray
joint put someone’s nose out of joint
joke able to take a joke
joke crack a joke
joke no joke
joke play a joke on someone
joke a standing joke
joking (all) joking aside
joking joking aside
jolt jolt to a start
jolt jolt to a stop
Joneses keep up (with the Joneses)
Jones’s Davy Jones’s locker
Jones’s go to Davy Jones’s locker
jowl cheek by jowl
joy burst with joy
joy pride and joy
judge (as) sober as a judge
judge judge one on one’s own merit(s)
judge judge something on its own merit(s)
judge sober as a judge
judging judging by something
juice juice and cookies
juice stew in one’s own juice
jump get the jump on someone
jump Go jump in the lake!
jump jump all over someone
jump jump at something
jump jump at the chance
jump jump at the opportunity
jump jump bail
jump jump down someone’s throat
jump jump into the fray
jump jump off the deep end
jump jump on someone
jump jump on the bandwagon
jump jump out of one’s skin
jump jump the gun
jump jump the track
jump jump through a hoop
jump jump through hoops
jump jump to conclusions
jump one jump ahead (of someone or something)
jump a hop, skip, and a jump
jumping jumping-off place
jumping jumping-off point
jumpstart get a jump(start)
juncture at this juncture
jury The jury is still out (on someone or something).
just able to take just so much
just get one’s just deserts
just get one’s just reward(s)
just had (just) as soon do something
just I just have this feeling
just in (just) a minute
just in (just) a second
just (just) as I expected
just (just) a stone’s throw away (from something)
just just in case (something happens)
just just one of those things
just just so
just just the same
just just what the doctor ordered
just You just don’t get it!
justice do justice to something
justice poetic justice
justice a miscarriage of justice
justice a travesty of justice

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