Short positive sayings, idioms and phrases
Idioms starting with A
A 1
À la mode
A to B
A to Z
Across the board
Agony aunt
Ahead of the game
Ahead of your (it’s) time
Aid and abet
Airs and graces
Alive and kicking
Alive and well
All and sundry
All comers
All-dancing
All ears
All heart
All out
All right
All round
All set
All-singing
All systems go
All there
An admirable Crichton
An Aladdin’s cave
An Aladdin’s lamp
Annus Mirabilis
Apple of one's eye
Arm candy
As easy as ABC
Au fait
Idioms starting with B
Ball of fire
Be across something
Be all that
Bent on
Best girl
Best of both worlds
Best seller
Big cheese
Big enchilada
Big fish
Big gun
Big league
Big wheel
Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Blessing in disguise
Bon vivant
Bona fide
Brace up
Break a leg
Bundle of energy
Bundle up
Idioms starting with C
Cared for
Come around (round)
Cooking with gas
Count your blessings
Idioms starting with D
Doll up
Dolled up
Doted on
Driving force
Drop-dead gorgeous
Idioms starting with E
Eager beaver
Easy on the eyes
Every cloud has a silver lining
Everything’s coming up roses
Idioms starting with F
Fellow worker
Fight tooth and nail
Flat out
For real
Idioms starting with G
Game plan
Get something out of your system
Get up and go
Get your act together
Give a good account of yourself
Give (or get) the all-clear
Give someone the benefit of the doubt
Glad rags
Go back to the drawing board
Golden goal
Golden goose
Golden handcuffs
Golden handshake
Golden hello
Golden jubilee
Golden oldie
Golden wedding
Gold standard
Good egg
Good form
Good health
Good Samaritan
Good spirit
Gung ho
Idioms starting with H
Hang in there
Happy as a clam
Happy camper
Happy hour
Happy-go-lucky
Happy medium
Hard worker
Have an ace up your sleeve
Have people rolling in the aisles
Head honcho
Heart's desire
Heavy hitter
High spirits
Highly regarded
Highly seasoned
Highly valued
Hit the sack
Hold all the aces
Honey pie
Idioms starting with I
In a good mood
In Abrahams bosom
In aid of
In good spirits
In on the act
In seventh heaven
In tune
It's not rocket science
Idioms starting with J
Jazz up
Jewel Tone
Idioms starting with K
Keep your chin up
Idioms starting with L
Lady’s man
Lap of honour
Leading figure
Leading light
Life force
Lift up
Little one
Live one
Live wire
Love affair
Love match
Loved up
Lucky dip
Idioms starting with M
Made man
Magnum opus
Maid of honor
Make a long story short
Matron of honor
May queen
Midas touch
Milch Cow
Miracle worker
Miss right
Moral sense
Moral support
Most excellent
Motivating force
Mover and shaker
Mystery tour
Idioms starting with N
Never been better
No pain, no gain
Number one
Numero uno
Idioms starting with O
Object lesson
Objet d’art
Old stager
Olive branch
On cloud nine
On hand
On the air
On the ball
On the top of the world
One and only
One of a kind
Open sesame
Idioms starting with P
Par excellence
Piece of cake
Peace of mind
Peace pipe
Peace sign
Peace time
Peachy keen
People person
Pick up
Play your ace
Policy maker
Prime mover
Problem solver
Power broker
Press on
Psyched up
Pull someone's leg
Pull yourself together
Pumped up
Idioms starting with Q
Quality Control
Quality time
Queen bee
Queen of the may
Qui Vive
Quick fix
Quid pro quo
Idioms starting with R
Right stuff
Idioms starting with S
Salt of the earth
Secret weapon
Significant other
Slaphappy
Small fry
Smart set
Smoking hot
So far so good
Soup up
Spark plug
Spinner of yarns
Spot on
Straight shooter
Super angel
Idioms starting with T
Take the air
Teller of tales
The acceptable face of
There is light at the end of the tunnel
Tickled pink
Top dog
Top drawer
Traffic stopper
Idioms starting with U
Under control
Up to code
Up to snuff
Up to speed
Idioms starting with W
Walk on air
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade
When one door closes, another one opens
Where the action is
White hope
Widely used
With it
Within an ace of
Within reach
Without equal
Idioms starting with Y
Yom tov
You can say that again
You’ve got nothing to lose
Your actual
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