English idioms starting with "E"

 Each to his own 

Different people have different preferences. 

Eager beaver 

A person who is extremely keen is an eager beaver. 

Eagle eyes 

Someone who has eagle eyes sees everything; no detail is too small. 

Early bird catches the worm 

The early bird catches the worm means that if you start something early, you stand a better chance of success. 

Easier said than done 

If something is easier said than done, it is much more difficult than it sounds. It is often used when someone advises you to do something difficult and tries to make it sound easy.

Easy as pie 

If something is easy as pie, it is very easy indeed. 

Easy come, easy go 

This idiom means that money or other material gains that come without much effort tend to get spent or consumed as easily. 

Eat crow 

If you eat crow, you have to admit that you were wrong about something. 

Eat humble pie 

If someone apologises and shows a lot of contrition for something they have done,they eat humble pie. 

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English Idioms with D Words

 Drag your feet 

If someone is dragging their feet, they are taking too long to do or finish something, usually because they don't want to do it. 

Draw a blank 

If you try to find something out and draw a blank, you don't get any useful information. 

Draw the line 

When you draw the line, you set out limits of what you find acceptable, beyond which you will not go. 

Dressed to the nines 

If you are in your very best clothes, you're dressed to the nines. 

Drink like a fish 

If someone drinks like a fish, they drink far too much alcohol. 

Drive a wedge 

If you drive a wedge between people, you exploit a small issue so that people start to disagree. 

Drop in the Ocean 

A drop in the ocean implies that something will have little effect because it is small and mostly insignificant. 

Dry as a bone 

If your lawn is as dry as a bone, the soil is completely dry. 

Duck to water 

If you take to something like a duck to water, you find when you start that you have a natural affinity for it. 

Dwell on the past 

If you thinking too much about the past, so that it becomes a problem, is to dwell on the past. 

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