Modern Idioms - List of Idioms

Alphabetical list of idioms

All quiet on the Western Front

All singing, all dancing

All the information's on the task

Brave new world

Break the internet

Can I phone a friend?

Catch-22 / a Catch-22 situation

Collateral knowledge / collateral information

Collateral misinformation

Computer says no

Corridor of uncertainty

Dead cat strategy

Deep bench / bench strength

Difficult difficult, lemon difficult

Does (exactly) what it says on the tin

Drink the Koolaid

Drop the mic / mic drop

First world problems

Flat track bully

Friends with benefits

Gardening leave

Go big or go home

The hairdryer treatment

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Keyboard warrior

Know where the bodies are buried

Know where your towel is

Life, the Universe and everything

Move the goalposts

Netflix and Chill

No shit, Sherlock

Not rocket science

Nudge nudge, wink wink

Nuke the fridge

Release the Kraken

Screw the pooch

Sleep with the fishes

Sliding doors moment

Something from the Twilight Zone

Sophie's choice

Squeaky bum time

Starter for ten

Swings and roundabouts

Take one for the team

Take the red pill

The 64,000 dollar question

The Streisand Effect

The usual suspects

Throw someone under the bus

Trigger's broom

Walter Mitty / a Walter Mitty personality

Wardrobe malfunction

Water cooler moment

X is my middle name

You're gonna need a bigger boat

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