F
Idioms beginning with "F"
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Contents of F:
[foot]
See:
[AT ONE'S FEET],
[COLD FEET],
[DEAD ON ONE'S FEET],
[DRAG ONE'S FEET],
[FROM HEAD TO FOOT],
[GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT],
[GET ONE'S FEET WET],
[HAND AND FOOT],
[KEEP ONE'S FEET],
[KNOCK OFF ONE'S FEET],
[LAND ON ONE'S FEET],
[LET […]
[foot in the door] {n. phr.}, {informal}
The first step toward getting or doing something; a start toward success; opening.
Don't let Jane get her foot in the door by joining the club or soon she'll want to be president.
[foot the bill] {v. phr.}
To cover the expenses of; pay for something.
The bride's father footed two-thirds of the bill for hix daughter's wedding.
Compare: [PICK UP THE TAB].
[footloose and fancy-free] {adj. phr.}
Free and free to do what one wants (said of unmarried men).
Ron is a merry bachelor and seems to enjoy greatly being footloose and fancy-free.
[for all]
1. In spite of; even with, despite. — Used for contrast.
For all his city ways, he is a country boy at heart.
There may be mistakes occasionally, but for all that, it is the best book on the subject.
* /For all his money, he was […]
[for all one cares] {adv. phr.}
In the opinion of one who is not involved or who does not care what happens.
For all Jane cares, poor Tom might as well drop dead.