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mad (as) mad as a hatter
mad (as) mad as a hornet
mad (as) mad as a March hare
mad (as) mad as a wet hen
mad (as) mad as hell
mad drive someone mad
mad get mad (at someone or something)
mad in a mad rush
mad like mad
mad mad about someone or something
mad mad as a hatter
mad mad as a hornet
mad mad as a March hare
mad mad as a wet hen
mad mad as hell
mad mad enough to chew nails
mad mad for someone or something
mad so mad I could scream
mad stark raving mad
mad steaming (mad)
made Have I made myself clear?
made have something made
made made for each other
made made from the same mold
made made to measure
made made to order
made not made of money
madness have method in one’s madness
maiden maiden voyage
mail by return mail
main main strength and awkwardness
main might and main
mainstream in the mainstream (of something)
make able to make something
make can’t make heads or tails (out) of someone or
something
make kiss and make up
make make a bed
make make a beeline for someone or something
make make a big deal about something
make make a break for something or somewhere
make make a bundle
make make a check out (to someone)
make make a clean breast of something
make make a clean sweep
make make a comeback
make make a day of doing something
make make a day of it
make make a dent in something
make make a face
make make a fast buck
make make a federal case out of something
make make a fool out of someone
make make a friend
make make a fuss (over someone or something)
make make a go of it
make make a great show of something
make make a hit (with someone or something)
make make a killing
make make a laughingstock of oneself or something
make make a living
make make allowance(s) (for someone or something)
make make a long story short
make make a meal of something
make make amends (for something)
make make a monkey out of someone
make make a mountain out of a molehill
make make an all-out effort
make make a name (for oneself)
make make an appearance
make make an appointment (with someone)
make make an example of someone
make make an exception (for someone)
make make an exhibition of oneself
make make a night of doing something
make make an impression (on someone)
make make an issue of someone or something
make make a note of something
make make a nuisance of oneself
make make an uproar
make make a pass at someone
make make a pile
make make a pitch (for someone or something)
make make a play (for someone)
make make a point
make make a practice of something
make make a quick buck
make make a reservation
make make arrangements (for someone or something)
make make a run for it
make make a scene
make make as if to do something
make make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear
make make a stink (about something)
make make away with someone or something
make make book on something

make make (both) ends meet
make make chin music
make make cracks (about someone or something)
make make do (with someone or something)
make make eyes (at someone)
make make fast work of someone or something
make make for somewhere
make make free with someone or something
make make friends
make make fun (of someone or something)
make make good as something
make make good (at something)
make make good money
make make good on something
make make good time
make make hamburger out of someone or something
make make it
make make life miserable for someone
make make light of something
make make little of someone or something
make make love (to someone)
make make merry
make make mincemeat out of someone or something
make make mischief
Make Make no bones about it.
make make no difference (to someone)
make make no mistake (about it)
make make nothing of something
make make off with someone or something
make make oneself at home
make make oneself conspicuous
make make oneself heard
make make oneself or something a laughingstock
make make oneself scarce
make make (oneself) up
make make one’s mind up
make make one’s way through something
make make or break someone
make make out (with someone or something)
make make over someone or something
make make overtures
make make peace (with someone)
make make points (with someone)
make make reservations
make make sense
make make short work of someone or something
make make someone or something available to someone
make make someone or something over
make make someone sick
make make someone’s bed
make make someone’s blood boil
make make someone’s blood run cold
make make someone’s flesh crawl
make make someone’s gorge rise
make make someone’s hair curl
make make someone’s hair stand on end
make make someone’s head spin
make make someone’s head swim
make make someone’s mouth water
make make someone’s position clear
make make someone eat crow
make make someone look good
make make someone look ridiculous
make make someone the scapegoat for something
make make someone up
make make something
make make the bed
make make the best of something
make make the feathers fly
make make the fur fly
make make the grade
make make the most of something
make make the scene
make make time (for someone or something)
make make time (with someone)
make make up for lost time
make make up for someone or something
make make up (with someone)
make make use of someone or something
make make waves
make make way
make Many hands make light work.
make not able to make anything out of someone or
something
make on the make
make They don’t make them like they used to.
Maker gone to meet one’s Maker.
makes All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
makes Early to bed, early to rise(, makes a man
healthy, wealthy, and wise.)
makes Haste makes waste.
makes That makes two of us.
makes what makes someone tick
makes what makes something tick
makings have the makings of something
man dirty old man
man Early to bed, early to rise(, makes a man
healthy, wealthy, and wise.)
man high man on the totem pole
man low man on the totem pole
man man-about-town
man man to man
man odd man out
man see a man about a dog
man the man in the street
manger dog in the manger
manner all manner of someone or something
manner devil-may-care manner
manners mind your manners
man’s One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
man’s One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
many have too many irons in the fire
many in many respects
many in so many words
Many Many hands make light work.
many many is the time
many Too many cooks spoil the broth.
many Too many cooks spoil the stew.
marble (as) cold as marble
marble cold as marble
marbles do not have all one’s marbles
marbles lose one’s marbles
March (as) mad as a March hare
March mad as a March hare

march march to (the beat of) a different drummer
march steal a march (on someone)
mare by shank’s mare
mare go (somewhere) by shank’s mare
marines tell it to the marines
mark leave one’s mark on someone
mark mark my word(s)
mark mark someone or something down
mark mark something up
mark off the mark
mark toe the mark
mark wide of the mark
market drug on the market
market in the market (for something)
market on the market
market play the market
marks X marks the spot
married get married
marvel a marvel to behold
mast at half-mast
master a past master at something
match meet one’s match
match mix and match
match strike a match
match a match for someone, something, or some creature
match the whole shooting match
matter as a matter of course
matter as a matter of fact
matter for that matter
matter get at the heart of the matter
matter get to the heart of the matter
matter gray matter
matter matter-of-fact
matter no laughing matter
matter no matter what happens
matter a matter of life and death
matter a matter of opinion
matter the crux of the matter
may be that as it may
may come what may
may devil-may-care attitude
may devil-may-care manner
may have one’s finger in too may pies
may to whom it may concern
me be the death of me (yet)
me between you, me, and the lamppost
me Do you read me?
me far be it from me to do something
me Greek to me
me hand-me-down
me have a pick-me-up
me It’s (all) Greek to me.
me Life’s been good (to me).
me my gut tells me (that) something is so
me What do you want me to say?
me Woe is me!
me You got me there.
me Your secret is safe with me.
me You scared me out of my wits.
me You scared the crap out of me.
me You scared the devil out of me.
me You scared the dickens out of me.
me You scared the hell out of me.
me You scared the pants off (of) me.
me A little bird told me.
meal eat (a meal) out
meal Enjoy your meal.
meal make a meal of something
meal square meal
mean mean business
mean mean for someone to do something
mean mean nothing (to someone)
mean mean something (to someone)
mean mean to (do something)
means beyond one’s means
means by all means
means by any means
means by means of something
means by no means
means live beyond one’s means
means live within one’s means
means ways and means
meant meant to be
meantime in the meantime
measure beyond measure
measure for good measure
measure made to measure
measure measure up (to someone or something)
measure measure up (to someone’s expectations)
meat measure up to someone’s standards
meat meat-and-potatoes
meat One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
Mecca a Mecca for someone
medication on medication
medicine get a taste of one’s own medicine
medicine take one’s medicine
medicine a dose of one’s own medicine
medium find a happy medium
medium hit a happy medium
medium strike a happy medium
meek (as) meek as a lamb
meek meek as a lamb
meet gone to meet one’s Maker.
meet make (both) ends meet
meet meet one’s death
meet meet one’s end
meet meet one’s match
meet meet one’s Waterloo
meet meet someone halfway
meet meet the requirements (for something)
meeting call a meeting
meeting call the meeting to order
meeting hold a meeting
meeting Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes
meeting a meeting of minds
meets more (to something) than meets the eye
melt look as if butter wouldn’t melt in one’s mouth
melt melt in one’s mouth
memory commit something to memory
memory in memory of someone
memory in recent memory
memory jog someone’s memory
memory know something from memory
men be all things to all men

men separate the men from the boys
men the best-laid plans of mice and men
men the best-laid schemes of mice and men
mend mend (one’s) fences
mend mend one’s ways
mend on the mend
mention mention someone or something in passing
mentioning not worth mentioning
mercy at someone’s mercy
mercy at the mercy of someone
mercy throw oneself at the mercy of the court
mercy throw oneself on the mercy of the court
merits judge one on one’s own merit(s)
merits judge something on its own merit(s)
merrier the more the merrier
merry (as) merry as a cricket
merry (as) merry as the day is long
merry lead someone on a merry chase
merry make merry
merry merry as a cricket
merry merry as the day is long
mess get into a mess
mess get out of a mess
mess mess about (with someone or something)
mess mess around (with someone or something)
mess mess someone or something up
message get the message
met hail-fellow-well-met
method have method in one’s madness
mice When the cat’s away, the mice will play.
mice the best-laid plans of mice and men
mice the best-laid schemes of mice and men
midair in midair
midair keep someone or something hanging in midair
midair leave someone or something hanging in midair
Midas have the Midas touch
middle caught in the middle
middle change horses in the middle of the stream
middle in the middle of nowhere
middle middle-of-the-road
middle play both ends (against the middle)
middle smack-dab in the middle
middling fair to middling
midnight burn the midnight oil
might might and main
mighty act high-and-mighty
mighty high-and-mighty
mildly to put it mildly
mile by a mile
mile Give one an inch, and one will take a mile.
mile go the extra mile
mile miss (something) by a mile
mileage get a lot of mileage out of something
miles be a million miles away
milestone milestone in someone’s life
milk coffee, tea, or milk
milk cry over spilled milk
milk milk of human kindness
milk milk someone for something
mill grist for someone’s mil l
mill have been through the mill
mill run-of-the-mill
million be a million miles away
million feel like a million (dollars)
million look like a million dollars
million one in a million
millstone millstone about one’s neck
mince mince (one’s) words
mincemeat make mincemeat out of someone or
something
mind bear in mind that something is so
mind bear someone or something in mind
mind blow someone’s mind
mind boggle someone’s mind
mind change someone’s mind
mind come to mind
mind cross someone’s mind
mind enter one’s mind
mind get a load off one’s mind
mind get someone or something out of one’s mind
mind give someone a piece of one’s mind
mind have a (good) mind to do something
mind have a lot on one’s mind
mind have a mind like a steel trap
mind have a one-track mind
mind have half a mind to do something
mind have someone or something on one’s mind
mind have something in mind
mind have the presence of mind to do something
mind in one’s right mind
mind keep someone or something in mind
mind lose one’s mind
mind make one’s mind up
mind mind one’s own business
mind mind one’s p’s and q’s
mind mind the store
mind mind you
mind never mind
mind on one’s mind
mind out of one’s mind
mind Out of sight, out of mind.
mind pass through someone’s mind
mind put one’s mind to something
mind put someone or something out of one’s mind
mind read someone’s mind
mind slip one’s mind
mind speak one’s mind
mind weigh on someone’s mind
mind’s in one’s mind’s eye
minds a meeting of minds
mine Your guess is as good as mine.
mine a gold mine of information
mine a mine of information
mines back to the salt mines
mint in mint condition
minute at the last minute
minute every minute counts
minute in (just) a minute
minute up-to-the-minute
minute the minute something happens
mirror able to fog a mirror
mirrors smoke and mirrors