Idioms & Expressions A-Z

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Rain or shine: 　; "He runs every morning, rain or shine."

Rainy day: 　; "We must learn to keep away part of the salary for rainy days."

Raise hell: 　; "I'll raise hell with whoever is responsible for this mess."

Raise the roof: 　; "The crowd's cheers raised the roof."

Really something: 　; "Running your own company at 21 is really something."

Red tape: 　; "The new rules should help cut the red tape for farmers."

Reflect on: 　; "He had time to reflect on his successes and failures."

Released from, be: 　; "He was released from the hospital yesterday."

Remember somebody to another: 　; "I asked my boyfriend to remember me to his mother."

Right up one's alley: 　; "The job sounds right up your alley."

Right or wrong: 　; "This work need to be completely done by tonight no matter right or wrong."

Right-hand man: 　; "How will the director cope without his right-hand man, who resigned yesterday due to ill health?"

Ring a bell with somebody: 　; "Does the name 'Fitzpatrick' ring a bell?""No, I'm sorry, that description doesn't ring any bells with me."

Road hog: 　; "Most of the road accidents are caused by the road hog, which are insensitive and inhuman."

Rock the boat: 　; "He kept his feelings to himself, not wanting to rock the boat."

Roll out the red carpet: 　; "They rolled out the red carpet to welcome the VIPs."

Rotten to the core: 　; "The whole government is rotten to the core."

Rough hours: 　; "When we were students, we consider rough hours tough; but once in society, we looked back and remember it with fond memory."

Rough somebody up: 　; "It is reported that police officers roughed up several protesters."

Round-about way: 　; "Try to use round-about way to approach your goal this time."

Row in one boat: 　; "Jim and Henry hit it off instantly, later they find out they row in one boat too."

Royal road: 　; "Don’t you know that there’s no royal road in learning?"

Rubber check: 　; "The woman was accused of writing more than $100, 000 in rubber checks to pay for expensive jewelry."

Rubber stamp: 　; "It was the first and biggest step in changing the council from a legislative body to a rubber stamp for his administration."

Run across: 　; "I ran across him at a conference in Milan."

Run down: 　; "Their daughter was run down by a car."
"There's a lot of good things about homeopathic treatment. I'm certainly not running it down."

Run into: 　; "I ran into Mike on Seventh Avenue."

Run of the town: 　; "Patrick became the run of the town after he rescued and saved a drowning boy."

Run out of something: 　; "They ran out of money and had to abandon the project."

Run somebody out of the town: 　; "They decided to run him out of the town."

Run up against: 　; "Sometimes you run up against a colleague who just doesn't want you to succeed."

Run wild: 　; "Football fans ran wild through the city."

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