Thursday 29 April 2010

ribs

ribs stick to one’s ribs
rich rich in something
rich rich with something
rich strike it rich
riches from rags to riches
rid get rid of someone or something
riddance good riddance (to bad rubbish)
ride go along for the ride
ride hitch a ride
ride let something ride
ride ride herd on someone or something
ride ride off in all directions
ride ride on someone’s coattails
ride ride roughshod over someone or something
ride ride something out
ride ride the gravy train
ride take someone for a ride
ride thumb a ride
ridiculous make someone look ridiculous
riding riding for a fall
right acknowledge someone to be right
right all right
right (as) right as rain
right get right on something
right go right through someone
right hang a right
right have a right to do something
right have one’s heart in the right place
right have the right-of-way
right have the right to do something
right hit someone (right) between the eyes
right hit the nail (right) on the head
right in one’s right mind
right in the right
right left and right
right make something right
right one’s heart is in the right place
right on the right track
right play one’s cards right
right put something right
right right and left
right right as rain
right right at a specific time
right right away
right right down someone’s alley
right right off the bat
right right on time
right right side up
right (right) under someone’s (very) nose
right right up someone’s alley
right sail (right) through something
right say something (right) to someone’s face
right serve someone right
right set something right
right step (right) up
right strike the right note
right turn out (all right)
right when it comes right down to it
right work out (all right)
right would give one’s right arm (for someone or
something)
right yield the right-of-way
rights have someone dead to rights
rights read one one’s rights
Riley lead the life of Riley
ring give someone a ring
ring have a familiar ring
ring like a three-ring circus
ring ring a bell
ring ring down the curtain (on something)
ring ring in the New Year
ring ring something up
ring ring true
ring toss one’s hat into the ring
ringing one’s ears are ringing
rings run rings around someone

riot read someone the riot act
riot run riot
rip let her rip
rip rip into someone or something
rip rip someone or something off
ripe when the time is ripe
ripe a ripe old age
ripe the time is ripe
ripple a ripple of excitement
ripple a ripple of protest
rise Early to bed, early to rise(, makes a man healthy,
wealthy, and wise.)
rise feel one’s gorge rise
rise get a rise out of someone
rise give rise to something
rise make someone’s gorge rise
Rise Rise and shine!
rise rise to the bait
rise rise to the occasion
risk at risk
risk risk of rain
risk risk of showers
risk risk of thunder(storms)
risk risk one’s neck (to do something)
risk run a risk (of something)
risk run the risk (of something)
risk take a risk
river sell someone down the river
river send someone up the river
rivet rivet someone’s attention
road get the show on the road
road have one for the road
road hit the road
road middle-of-the-road
road road-hog
road the end of the road
rob rob Peter to pay Paul
rob rob the cradle
robbery daylight robbery
Robin all around Robin Hood’s barn
Robinson before you can say Jack Robinson
rock (as) hard as a rock
rock (as) solid as a rock
rock (as) steady as a rock
rock between a rock and a hard place
rock hard as a rock
rock rock the boat
rock solid as a rock
rock steady as a rock
rocker off one’s rocker
rocks have rocks in one’s head
rocks on the rocks
roll call (the) roll
roll heads will roll
roll let it roll
roll roll in
roll roll one’s sleeves up
roll roll out the red carpet for someone
roll roll (over) in one’s grave
roll roll something back
roll take (the) roll
roller (as) awkward as a cow on roller skates
roller awkward as a cow on roller skates
rolling (as) easy as rolling off a log
rolling easy as rolling off a log
rolling get rolling
rolling get the ball rolling
rolling have them rolling in the aisles
rolling keep the ball rolling
rolling rolling in something
rolling set the ball rolling
rolling start the ball rolling
rolling A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Romans When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
Rome fiddle while Rome burns
Rome Rome wasn’t built in a day.
Rome When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
roof (as) busy as a cat on a hot tin roof
roof busy as a cat on a hot tin roof
roof go through the roof
room Don’t let it out of this room.
room not enough room to swing a cat
room room and board
room take up room
roost come home (to roost)
roost rule the roost
roost The chickens have come home to roost.
root get to the root of the problem
root Money is the root of all evil.
root root for someone or something
root root something out
root take root
rooted rooted in something
rooted rooted to the spot
rope at the end of one’s rope
rope rope someone into doing something
rope skip rope
ropes know the ropes
ropes learn the ropes
ropes show someone the ropes
rose (as) red as a rose
rose red as a rose
roses come up smelling like roses
roses Everything’s coming up roses.
roses a bed of roses
rote learn something by rote
rotten rotten to the core
rough get a rough idea (about something)
rough get a rough idea (of something)
rough give someone a rough idea (about something)
rough give someone a rough idea (of something)
rough have a rough time (of it)
rough rough-and-ready
rough rough-and-tumble
rough rough it
rough rough someone up
rough when the going gets rough
rough a diamond in the rough
roughshod ride roughshod over someone or something

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