620
621
622
623
624
625
626 To be in charge with an important misson:
627 To be in charge:
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648 To be in doubt:
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662 To be in full rig:
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671 To be in harmony with:
To be in an offside position:
To be in apple-pie order:
To be in besetment with rivers on every side:
To be in bud:
To be in cahoot(s) with sb:
To be in cash:
To be in chafe:
To be in clink:
To be in comfortable circumstances:
To be in command of a troop:
To be in commission:
To be in communication with sb:
To be in concord with :
To be in confinement:
To be in conflict with sb:
To be in connivance with sb:
To be in contact with sb:
To be in control:
To be in correspondence,
have correspondence with sb:
To be in danger:
To be in debt:
To be in deep water:
To be in despair:
To be in direct communication with:
To be in direct contradiction:
To be in disagreement with sb:
To be in disfavour with sb:
To be in drink (under the influence of drink):
To be in evidence:
To be in fear of sb (of sth):
To be in fine, (in good) fettle:
To be in flesh:
To be in focus:
To be in for trouble:
To be in for:
To be in force:
To be in form, out of form:
To be in front of the church:
To be in full bearing:
To be in full feather:
To be in gaol:
To be in good health:
To be in good odour with sb:
To be in good spirits:
To be in good, bad odour:
To be in good, bad repute:
To be in great form:
To be in great want:
Trang 2672
673
674
675
676 To be in irons:
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
687
688
689
690
691
692
693
694
695
696
697
698
699
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709 To be in Queen's street:
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718 To be in sb's company:
719
720
721
722
To be in high feather:
To be in high mood:
To be in high spirit:
To be in hot water:
To be in jeopardy:
To be in juxtaposition:
To be in keeping with sth:
To be in leading-strings:
To be in league with:
To be in line with:
To be in liquor; to be the worse for liquor:
To be in love with sb:
To be in love with:
To be in low spirit:
To be in low water:
To be in luck, in luck's way:
To be In manuscript:
To be in narcotic state:
To be in necessitous circumstances:
To be in necessity:
To be in negotiation with sb:
To be in no hurry:
To be in no mood for jollity:
To be in occupation of a house:
To be in one's cups:
To be in one's element:
To be in one's minority:
To be in one's nineties:
To be in one's second childhood:
To be in one's senses:
To be in one's teens:
To be in one's thinking box:
To be in place:
To be in pop:
To be in prison:
To be in process of removal:
To be in rags:
To be in rapport with:
To be in recollections:
To be in relationship with sb:
To be in retreat:
To be in sb's bad books:
To be in sb's black books:
To be in sb's clutches:
To be in sb's confidence:
To be in sb's good books:
To be in sb's good graces:
To be in sb's goodwill:
Trang 3724
725
726
727
728
729
730
731
732
733
734
735
736
737
738
739
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760 To be in the shipping way:
761
762
763
764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
To be in sb's train:
To be in search of sth:
To be in season:
To be in serious strait:
To be in shabby clothes:
To be in soak:
To be in solution:
To be in sore need of sth:
To be in terror:
To be in the band-wagon:
To be in the can:
To be in the cart:
To be in the clouds:
To be in the cold:
To be in the conspiracy:
To be in the dark:
To be in the death agony:
To be in the dog-house:
To be in the doldrums:
To be in the employ of sb:
To be in the enjoyment of good health:
To be in the first flight:
To be in the flower of one's age:
To be in the front line:
To be in the full flush of health:
To be in the habit of doing sth:
To be in the humour to do sth:
To be in the know:
To be in the late forties:
To be in the late twenties:
To be in the limelight:
To be in the mood for doing sth:
To be in the pouts:
To be in the running:
To be in the same box:
To be in the secret:
To be in the seventies:
To be in the soup:
To be in the suds:
To be in the swim:
To be in the utmost poverty:
To be incapacitated from voting:
To be incensed at sb's remarks:
To be inclusive of sth:
To be incompetent to do sth:
To be incumbent on sb to do sth:
To be indebted to a large amount to sb:
To be independent of sb:
To be indignant at sth:
To be indiscriminate in making friends:
To be indulgent towards one's children's faults;
to look on one's children with an indulgent eye:
Trang 4775
776
777
778
779
780
781
782
783
784
785 To be inundated with requests for help:
786
787
788
789
790
791
792
793 To be just doing sth:
794
795
796 To be kin to sb:
797
798
799
800
801
802
803
804
805
806
807
808
809
810
811
812
813
814 To be live, on friendly, on good terms with sb:
815
816
817
818
819
820
821
822
823
824
825
826
827
828
To be infatuated with a pretty girl:
To be infatuated with sb:
To be influential:
To be informed of sb's doings:
To be instant with sb to do sth:
To be intelligent of a fact:
To be intent on one's work:
To be into the red:
To be intoxicated with success:
To be intrigued by the suddenness of an event:
To be inward-looking:
To be irresolute:
To be jealous of one's rights:
To be jealous of sb:
To be joined to sth:
To be juiced:
To be jumpy:
To be kept in quarantine for six months:
To be killed on the spot:
To be kind to sb:
To be knee-deep trouble:
To be knocked out in an exam:
To be lacking in personality:
To be lacking in:
To be lavish in praises:
To be lavish in spending the money:
To be lax in (carrying out)one's duties:
To be learned in the law:
To be leery of sb:
To be left out in the cold:
To be left over:
To be letter perfect in:
To be licensed to sell sth:
To be lifted up with pride:
To be light-headed:
To be like a bear with a sore head:
To be living in want:
To be loath for sb to do sth:
To be loath to do sth:
To be located in a place:
To be loss of shame:
To be lost in meditation:
To be lost to all sense of shame:
To be loved by sb:
To be low of speech:
To be lucky:
To be lured into the trap:
To be mad (at) missing the train:
To be mad about (after, on) sth:
To be made in several sizes:
Trang 5829 To be man enough to refuse:
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837
838
839
840
841
842
843
844
845
846
847
848
849
850
851
852
853
854
855
856
857
858
859
860
861
862
863
864
865
866
867
868
869
870
871
872
873
874
875
876
877
878 To be of sb's mind, to be of a mind with sb:
879
880
881 To be of the last importance:
To be mashed on sb:
To be mass of:
To be master of oneself:
To be master of the situation:
To be match for sb:
To be mauled by a tiger:
To be mindful of one's good name:
To be mindful to do sth:
To be mindless of danger:
To be misled by bad companions:
To be mistaken about sb's intentions:
To be mistrusful of one's ability to make
the right decision
To be mixed up in an affair:
To be more exact :
To be much addicted to opium:
To be much cut up by a piece of news:
To be mulcted of one's money:
To be mured up in a small room all day:
To be mutually assistant:
To be near of kin:
To be near one's end:
To be near one's last:
To be neat with one's hands:
To be neglectful of sth:
To be neglectful to do sth:
To be negligent of sth:
To be nice to sb:
To be no disciplinarian:
To be no mood for:
To be no picnic:
To be no respecter of persons:
To be no skin of sb's back:
To be no slouch at sth:
To be not long for this world:
To be noticed to quit:
To be nutty (up) on sb:
To be nutty on sb:
To be of a cheerful disposition:
To be of a confiding nature:
To be of frequent occurrence:
To be of generous make-up:
To be of good cheer:
To be of good descent:
To be of good stock:
To be of humble birth:
To be of kinship with sb:
To be of limited understanding:
To be of noble birth:
To be of sterling gold:
To be of tender age:
Trang 6882
883
884
885 To be off (with) one's bargain:
886
887 To be off like a shot:
888
889
890
891
892
893
894
895
896
897 To be offensive to sb:
898
899
900
901
902
903
904
905
906
907
908
909
910
911
912
913
914
915
916
917
918 To be on loaf:
919
920
921
922
923
924
925
926
927
928
929
930
931
932
933
934 To be on patrol:
To be of the Roman Catholic persuasion:
To be of use for:
To be of value:
To be off colour:
To be off one's base:
To be off one's chump:
To be off one's food:
To be off one's guard:
To be off one's nut:
To be off one's rocker:
To be off the hinges:
To be offended at, with, by sth:
To be offended with sb:
To be on a bed of thorns:
To be on a diet:
To be on a good footing with sb:
To be on a good wicket:
To be on a level with sb:
To be on a par with sb:
To be on a razor-edge:
To be on a sticky wicket:
To be on boardwages:
To be on decline:
To be on distant terms with sb:
To be on duty:
To be on duty:
To be on edge:
To be on equal terms with sb:
To be on familiar ground:
To be on fighting terms:
To be on furlough:
To be on guard (duty):
To be on holiday:
To be on low wage:
To be on nettle:
To be on one's back:
To be on one's beam-ends:
To be on one's bone:
To be on one's game:
To be on one's guard:
To be on one's guard:
To be on one's legs:
To be on one's lone(s), by one's lone(s):
To be on one's lonesome:
To be on one's mettle:
To be on one's own dunghill:
To be on pain of death:
To be on parole:
Trang 7936
937
938 To be on reflection:
939
940
941
942
943
944
945
946
947
948 To be on the anvil:
949
950
951 To be on the cadge:
952
953
954 To be on the down-grade:
955
956
957
958
959
960
961
962
963 To be on the high rope:
964
965 To be on the hike:
966
967
968
969 To be on the lurk:
970
971
972
973
974
975 To be on the point of starting:
976
977
978
979
980
981 To be on the safe side:
982
983
984 To be on the tramp:
985
986
987
To be on pins and needles:
To be on post:
To be on probation.:
To be on remand:
To be on sentry duty:
To be on sentry-go:
To be on short commons:
To be on short leave, on leave of absence:
to be on short time:
To be on street:
To be on the alert against an attack:
To be on the alert:
To be on the beat:
To be on the booze:
To be on the decrease:
To be on the dole:
To be on the downward path:
To be on the firm ground:
To be on the froth:
To be on the fuddle:
To be on the gad:
To be on the go:
To be on the grab:
To be on the gridiron:
To be on the highway to success:
To be on the listen:
To be on the loose:
To be on the loose:
To be on the march:
To be on the mend:
To be on the night-shift:
To be on the pad:
To be on the point of departing:
To be on the rampage:
To be on the rampage:
To be on the right side of fortv:
To be on the rise:
To be on the rove:
To be on the straight:
To be on the tip-toe with curiosity:
to be on the verge of forty:
To be on the waggon: (Lóng)
To be on the wallaby (track):
Trang 8988
989
990
991
992
993
994
995
996 To be on, up stump:
997
998
999
1000
1001
1002
1003
1004 To be opposed to the intervention of a third nation
1005
1006
1007
1008
1009
1010
1011 To be out in one's reckoning:
1012
1013
1014 To be out of alignment:
1015
1016
1017
1018
1019
1020
1021
1022
1023 To be out of one's mind:
1024
1025 To be out of one's wits, to have lost one's wits:
1026
1027
1028
1029
1030
1031 To be out of training:
1032
1033
1034 To be out of vogue:
1035
1036
1037
1038
To be on the wane:
To be on the watch for sb:
To be on the watch for:
To be on the wrong side of forty:
To be on the wrong side of forty:
To be on the wrong side of the door:
to be on visiting terms with;
to have a visiting acquaintance with:
To be on watch:
To be one's own enemy:
To be one's own man:
To be one's own trumpeter:
To be onto:
To be oofy:
To be open to conviction:
To be open-minded on political issues:
To be or not to be:
To be ordained:
To be out at elbow(s):
To be out for seven seconds:
To be out for sth:
To be out in one's reckoning:
To be out of a job:
To be out of a situation:
To be out of business:
To be out of cash:
To be out of employment:
To be out of harmony:
To be out of humour:
To be out of measure:
To be out of one's depth:
To be out of one's element:
To be out of one's mind:
To be out of patience:
To be out of sorts:
To be out of the question:
To be out of the red:
To be out of the straight:
To be out of trim:
To be out of tune with one's surrounding:
To be out of work: T
To be out on a dike:
To be out shooting:
To be out with one's mash:
Trang 91040
1041
1042
1043
1044
1045
1046
1047 To be pally with sb:
1048
1049
1050
1051
1052
1053
1054
1055
1056
1057 To be perturbed by that news:
1058
1059
1060
1061
1062
1063 To be placed in leader of the troop:
1064
1065 To be plainly dressed:
1066
1067
1068
1069
1070
1071
1072
1073
1074 To be possessed of:
1075
1076
1077
1078
1079
1080
1081
1082
1083
1084
1085
1086
1087
1088
1089
1090
1091
To be outspoken:
To be over hasty in doing sth:
To be over hump:
To be over the hill:
To be over-staffed:
To be paid a good screw:
To be paid by the quarter:
To be paid montly:
To be parched with thirst:
To be partial to music:
To be partial to sb:
To be particular about one's food:
To be past master in a subject:
To be past one's prime:
To be perfect in one's service:
To be perished with cold:
To be persuaded that:
To be pervious to the right words:
To be pinched with cold/ poverty:
To be pinched with cold:
To be pinched with hunger:
To be pitchforked into an office:
To be plain with sb:
To be plastered:
To be pleased with sth:
to be ploughed in the viva voce:
To be poles apart:
To be poor at mathematics:
To be poorly housed:
To be poorly off:
To be possessed by the devil:
To be practised upon:
To be preoccupied by family troubles:
To be prepared to:
To be present in great strength:
To be prey to sth; to fall prey to:
To be privy to sth:
To be proficient in Latin:
To be profuse in one's praises:
To be promoted (to be) captain:
To be promoted by seniority:
To be promoted to the rank of :
To be prone to sth:
To be prostrated by the heat:
To be prostrated with grief:
To be proud of having done sth:
To be public knowledge:
To be pumped by running:
Trang 101092
1093
1094
1095
1096
1097
1098
1099
1100 To be put out about sth:
1101
1102
1103
1104 To be quartered with sb:
1105
1106
1107
1108
1109
1110
1111
1112
1113
1114
1115
1116
1117
1118
1119
1120
1121
1122
1123 To be reduced to beggary:
1124
1125
1126
1127
1128
1129
1130
1131
1132
1133
1134
1135
1136
1137
1138
1139
1140 To be right in a conjecture:
1141
1142
1143
1144
1145
To be punctual in the payment of one's rent:
To be punished by sb:
To be purged from sin:
To be purposed to do sth:
To be pushed for money:
To be put in the stocks:
To be put into (reduced to)a dilemma:
To be put off eggs:
To be put to fire and sword:
To be qualified for a post:
To be quarrelsome in one's cup:
To be queer:
To be quick at accounts:
To be quick of apprehension:
To be quick of hearing,
to have a keen sense of hearing
To be quick on one's pin:
To be quick on the draw:
To be quick on the trigger:
To be quick to sympathize:
To be quit of sb:
To be quite frank with sb:
To be quite innocent of English grammar:
To be raised to the bench:
To be raised to the purple:
To be rather puffed:
To be ravenous:
To be ready for any eventualities:
To be red with shame:
To be reduced by illness:
To be reduced to extremes:
To be reduced to the last extremity:
To be regardful of the common aim:
To be related to :
To be relentless in doing:
To be reliant on sb to do sth:
To be reluctant to do sth:
To be remanded for a week:
To be resigned to one's fate:
To be resolute in one's demands for peace:
To be responsible for sth:
To be responsible for the expenditure:
To be reticent about sth:
To be rich in imagery:
To be ridden by sth:
To be rife with sth:
To be robbed of the rewards of one's labo(u)r:
To be rolling in cash:
To be rosy about the gills:
To be round with sb:
To be roundly abused: