Special interest
Phrase has meaning to a special interest
Aircraft and aviation
Balls
to the wall
Flying
by the seat of your pants
Pushing
the envelope
Wing
and a prayer
Gambling
Dead
ringer
Dicey
situation
Pass
the buck
Put
my two cents in
Shoe
inNew
Straight
from the horse's mouth
The
buck stops here
When
the chips are down
Hunting and guns
Barking
up the wrong tree
Cold
enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
Drop
the hammer
Flash
in the pan
Half
cocked
In
the pinkNew
Loaded
for bear
Lock
and load
Lock
stock and barrel
Loose
cannon
Sitting
duckNew
Turkey
shoot
Under
the gun
Military
Bang
for the buck
Bite
the bullet
Bought
the farm
Boot
camp
Called
on the carpet
Feather
in your cap
Hunky
dory
King
of the hill
Loose
lips sink ships
Over
the topNew
The
whole nine yards
Three
squares
Nautical
Above
board
Clean
bill of health
Down
the hatch
From
stem to stern
In
the doldrums
Passed
with flying colors
Room
to swing a cat
Show
your true colors
Square
meal
The
smoking lamp is out
Three
sheets to the wind
Toe
the line
Under
the weather
Religion
For
the love of Pete
Knock
on wood
Straight
and narrow
The
writing is on the wallNew
Tie
the knot
White
elephant
Sports and games
Down
to the short strokes
Down
to the wire
Get
a leg up
Hat
trick
On
the ball
Put
English on it
Roll
with the punchesNew
Take
a dive
Upper
hand
Obsolete references
The world has changed
yet the phrase hasn't
Armed
to the teeth
Busting
your chopsNew
Can't
hold a candle to
Clear
as a bellNew
Close
but no cigarNew
Cooking
with gas
Dead
as a door nail
Dressed
to the nines
Dressed
to a teaNew
Drop
a dime
Hold
your feet to the fire
Irons
in the fire
Jump
on the bandwagon
Keep
your pants on
Keep
your shirt on
Let
the cat out of the bag
Living
hand to mouth
Mind
you P's and Q's
One
red cent
Pan
out
Pot
to piss in
Reading
the riot act
Rings
a bellNew
Rule
of thumb
Sleep
tight
Strike
while the iron is hot
Thumbs
up
With
a grain of saltNew
Worth
its salt
Obscure facts
Makes sense if you
know some little known fact
At
the eleventh hour
Back
handed compliment
Bleed
like a stuck pig
Blow
off some steam
Blowing
smoke
Brand
spanking new
Break
a legNew
Bust
your ballsNew
Catbird
seat
Chew
the fat
Cold
Turkey
Crocodile
tears
Cut
from the same cloth
Don't
look a gift horse in the mouth
Face
the music
Hell's
half acre
High
on the hog
Horse
of a different colorNew
Horse
sense
In
the blackNew
In
the redNew
Kiss
of death
Long
in the tooth
Once
in a blue moon
Paint
the town redNew
Pardon
my French
Piss
like a race horse
Pissing
and moaning
Pull
out all the stopsNew
Raining
cats and dogs
Red
letter day
Red-light
district
Read
between the lines
Sell
yourself short
Sucking
hind tit
The
bottom lineNew
The
cold shoulder
The
third degree
Wet
behind the ears
Widow's
peak
Stories and events
Reference to events
and stories
Albatross
around your neck
Battling
windmills
Between
a rock and a hard place
Bread
is buttered
Brownie
points
Draw
the line
Find
the pony
Fifth
Beatle
I'll
be a monkey's uncle
In
like Flynn
Katy
bar the door
Keeping
up with the Jones's
Living
the life of Riley
Name
will be MuddNew
Pie
in the sky
Salad
days
Skeletons
in the closet
Smart
alec
Wearing
your heart on your sleeve
Rhymes and slang
Meant to entertain
through rhyme
Cool
as a cucumberNew
Even
steven
Fat
city
In
a pig's eye
Kit
and caboodle
Lay
it out in lavenderNew
Mind
your own bee's wax
Right
as rainNew
To
hell in a handbasketNew
Obscure definitions
Words with obscure
definitions
Beyond
the pale
Box
your ears
By
hook or by crook
Chock
Full
Chink
in the armorNew
Cracker
jack
Cut
to the quick
Easy
as pie
Eating
crow
Hell
bent for leather
Hit
the sack
Hurts
like the dickens
Jig
is up
Lo
and beholdNew
Lord
willing and the creek don't riseNew
Lucky
stiff
Not
all it's cracked up to be
On
a lark
On
the lamNew
Pig
in a poke
Scot
free
Slow
poke
The
world is your oyster
Tit
for tat
Topsy
turvy
With
bated breath
Altered phrases
Phrase is changed or
abbreviated
Can
it
Cock
and bull story
Con
artist
Cut
the mustard
Eat
your heart out
Eating
humble pie
Cet
your goatNew
Happy
as a clamNew
In
high cotton
It's
a doozy
Kick
the bucket
Make
no bones about it
Making
hay
On
the fly
On
the wagon
Ring
of truthNew
Spittin
image
Straight
as an arrowNew
To
skin a catNew
The
proof is in the pudding
What's
the skinny
Obvious
Reasonably obvious
yet interesting
All
wet
At
the end of my rope
Bite
your tongue
Brown
nosing
By
the short hairs
Can't
get a word in edgewise
Charm
the pants off
Cut
to the chaseNew
Dog's
breakfast
Down
in the mouth
Down
to the gnat's ass
Dot
your 'i's and cross your 't's
Ducks
in a row
Egg
on your face
Fish
or cut baitNew
Fit
to be tied
Going
SouthNew
Hog
washNew
Keep
it under your hat
Laid
an egg
Making
money hand over fist
Mark
my words
Over
the hill
One
for the road
Quit
your belly aching
Raise
the roofNew
Rub
it in
Smoke
and mirrors
Stink
to high heaven
Take
a powder
Tongue
in cheek
Under
my wing