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Idioms beginning with "A"
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[all the same] (2) or [just the same] {adv. phr.}, {informal}
As if the opposite were so; nevertheless; anyway; anyhow; still.
Everyone opposed it, but Sally and Bob got married all the same.
* /Mary is deaf, but she takes tap dancing lessons just […]
[all the thing] or [all the rage], [the in thing] {n. phr.}
The fashionable or popular thing to do, the fashionable or most popular artist or form of art at a given time.
After "The Graduate" Dustin Hoffman was all the rage in the movies.
* /It […]
[all the time] {adv. phr.}
1. or [all the while]
During the whole period; through the whole time.
Mary went to college in her home town and lived at home all the while.
* /Most of us were surprised to hear that Mary and Tom had been engaged all […]
[all the way] or [the whole way] {adv. phr.}
1. From start to finish during the whole distance or time.
Jack climbed all the way to the top of the tree.
Joe has played the whole way in the football game and it's almost over.
2. In complete […]
[all thumbs] {adj.}, {informal}
Awkward, especially with your hands; clumsy.
Harry tried to fix the chair but he was all thumbs.
[all told] {adv. phr.}, {informal}
Counting or including everything.
Including candy sale profits we have collected $300 all told.
[all up] {adj. phr.}, {informal}
Near to certain death or defeat without any more chance or hope.
With their ammunition gone the patrol knew that it was all up with them.
[all very well] {adj.}
All right; very good and correct; very true. — Usually followed by a "but" clause.
It's all very well for you to complain but can you do any better?
* /It's all very well if Jane comes with us, but how will she get back […]
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