Comprehensive Idioms List

[ASKajan]

Erin...can we make a sticky which contains a comprehensive list of idioms. Additionally...we need to be careful in what we post....I have caught quite a few incorrect idioms posted in this forum. I think having this one main list would help with quality control in making sure we are studying the correct material. Here are the idioms I have so far. If anyone sees any errors PLEASE let me know!

 

[a] native of, [in an] effort to, [the] responsibility to, [the] same as, [the] use of, [x] expected to [y], [x] forbids [y] to do [z, ][x] prohibits [y] from, ability to, able to, accede to, acclaimed as (not to be), according to, account for, accuse of, acquaint with, acquiesce in, adapted for, afflicted with, aid in (not aid for), allergy to (not of), allocated to, allow for, amount to, angry about, angry at, angry with, appear to, apply to, as a result of, ask of, associate with, assure that, at a disadvantage, at least as strong as (as least as great as), attempt to, attend to, attention to, attest to, attribute to, available to, averse to, based on, because of, believe to be, believed to have, between [a] and , both [x] and [y] (not as well as), call for, choice of, choose from, choose to, claim to, collaborate with, compare to, compare with, compensate for, comply with, composed of, conclude that, conform to, consequence of, consider (not consider to be), consist inconsist of, consist with, consistent with, contend that [x] be [y], continue to, contrast [a] with , contribute to, convert to, correspond to, correspond with, cost of (something), cost to (someone), craving for, credit for x…y, credit to, credit with, crucial in, date from, deal with, debate over, decide on, decide to, defend against, define as, delighted by, demonstrate that, depend on, depict as, descend from, desirous of, different from, difficult to, distinguish [a] from (this is wrong?), divergent from, draw on, due to, either…or, enamored with, encourage to, equal to, estimate to be, exchange [a] for , expose to, extend to, extent of, fail in, fear that, fluctuations in, forbid to, force to, frequency of, from [a] to (not up to), hypothesize that, ignorant of, in danger of, in order to, in search of, in violation of, inclined to, infected with, instead of, intent on, intent to, introduce to, isolate from, just as…so too, lavish on, less than, likely to, liken to, meet with, mistake for, model after, more than, move away from, native to, necessity for, necessity of, neither…nor, no sooner…than, not [a] but , not [x] but rather [y] (rather redundant?), not in [x] but in [y], not only…but also, not so much…as, on account of, opportunity for, opportunity to, opposed to, opposite of, ought to, partake of, permit to, persuade to, potential for causing, practice for, practice of, practice to, predisposed to, prefer [a] to , preferable to, prejudiced against, pressure to, prevent from, prior to, prized by, prohibit from, protect against, provide with, question whether, range from [a] to , rates for (not of), rather than, regard as, replace with, require that [x] be [y] (not require that x is y), require to, required of, responsible for, result from, result in, result of, rule that, sales of, save for, see as, send to, sense of, separate from, so [x] as to be [y], so [x] that [y], so…that, spend on, subject to, substitute [a] for , suffer from, superior to, supplant by, suspicious of, sympathize with, sympathy for, tamper with, target at, tend to, think of…as, threaten to, tie to, to ratify, to try to fix (not to try and fix), train to, try to, type of, use as, view as, vote for, warned of, way to (not way for), willing to, worry about, worry over