Idioms & Expressions A-Z

"F"

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Face the music: 　; "After the stolen money was found at his place, he chose to disappear rather than face the music."

Faculty and staff: 　; "The faculty and staff are holding a meeting right now, so please wait outside if you want to meet one of them."

Faculty members: 　; "The faculty members propose a raise and better facilities to the board of directors."

Fair and square: 　; "We won the match fair and square."

Fair-weather friend: 　; "I had a lot of money and I knew a lot of people, but most of them turned out to be fair-weather friends."

Fall behind: 　; "She hurt her ankle and had fallen behind the others."

Fall for look: 　; "After dating with so many girls, Johnny has no choice but to draw a conclusion that girls fall for money and look."

Fall out with somebody: 　; "Carrie often falls out with her parents."

Fall through: 　; "The studio planned to make the novel into a movie, but the project fell through due to the lack of budget."

Family man: 　; "In the neighborhood, he is not only known as a devoted family man but an enthusiastic resident who often involved himself in the community life."

Fast one: 　; "It’s said he is a fast one, so be careful."

Fat chance!: 　; "Will Hal make you laugh?""Fat chance!"

Fathead: 　; "No one likes to be called a fathead."

Favorite son: 　; "Mary hoped they would treat her as a favorite son and nominate her for state senator."

Feed somebody a big line: 　; "In order not to get punished, the little boy breaking the window fed his mother a big line. "

Fed up (with something): 　; "Anna got fed up with reading how women should dress to please men."

Feel up to: 　; " I just don't feel up to going."

Few and far between: 　; "Job opportunities are few and far between at the moment."

Fight it/ something out: 　; "The two sides couldn't agree on a budget but were determined to fight it out to the end. "

Figure out: 　; "Can you figure out how to do it?"

Fill in for somebody: 　; "I'm filling in for Joe for a few days."

Fill out: 　; "Please fill out the form before you call for an appointment."

Find a sugar daddy: 　; "She is pretty but has no brain. To find a sugar daddy might be a way to support her lavish lifestyle."

Find a way out: 　; "To lower the current rate of unemployment is not easy. The government needs a period of time to find a way out."

Fire sale: 　; "They are likely to hold big fire sales to liquidate their inventory."

First in line: 　; "He must be first in line for the editor's job."

Fish story: 　; "He came up with some fish story about his winnings in the contest."

Flat tire: 　; "He is such a flat tire. No one likes to work as team with him. "

Flicker out: 　; "I’m writing by the light of a lone, dying candle. I do not know when it will flicker out, but I fear that may happen soon."

Fly by: 　; "A black limousine flied by when she looked out the window."

Fly off the handle: 　; "Calm down, Terry - there's no need to fly off the handle."

Fold up: 　; "The company finally folds up because of lacking sponsors. "

Follow in somebody's footsteps: 　; "My father is very proud that I followed in his footsteps and became a doctor."

Fool around with: 　; "Never fool around with the clients’ wives."

Fool around: 　; "We spent the afternoon fooling around on the beach."

For all I know: 　; "Where is John?""I am not sure. He might be in the garage for all I know. "

For good (also for good and all): 　; "I am moving to England for good."

For nothing: 　; "I got this picture for nothing from a friend."

For one thing: 　; "Why won't you come to New York with me?""For one thing, I don't like flying, and for another, I can't afford it."

For the love of Mike (also For the love of God/Christ): 　; "For the love of Mike, get some work to do! Don’t be such a couch potato!"

For the time being: 　; "Leave the ironing for the time being - I'll do it later."

Four-letter words: 　; "The player was suspended after spitting a couple of four-letter words at the umpire."

Frame-up: 　; "The whole thing was a frame-up. He was framed by his competitors."

Free hand: 　; "The company's given me a free hand to negotiate a deal with the Japanese."

Frightened to death: 　; "To tell the truth, I was frightened to death!"

From scratch: 　; "We lost all our files in the fire and had to start from scratch. "

Full of bull (also full of crap/shit): 　; "She doesn't know what she's talking about; she's full of bull."

Full to the brim with: 　; "The cup was filled to the brim with coffee."

Fuss over somebody/something: 　; "She's always fussing over that son of hers as if he were a little boy."

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