| Number of Idioms: |
19 |
| 1 |
Quart into a pint pot |
(UK) If you try to put or get a quart into a pint pot, you try to put too much in a small space. (1 quart = 2 pints) |
| 2 |
Queen bee |
The queen bee is a woman who holds the most important position in a place. |
| 3 |
Queen of Hearts |
A woman who is pre-eminent in her area is a Queen of Hearts. |
| 4 |
Queer fish |
(UK) A strange person is a queer fish. |
| 5 |
Queer Street |
If someone is in a lot of trouble, especially financial, they are in Queer Street. |
| 6 |
Queer your pitch |
If someone queers your pitch, they interfere in your affairs and spoil things. |
| 7 |
Question of time |
If something's a question of time, it's certain to happen, though we don't know exactly when. |
| 8 |
Queue jumping |
Someone who goes to the front of a queue instead of waiting is jumping the queue. |
| 9 |
Quick as a flash |
If something happens quick as a flash, it happens very fast indeed. |
| 10 |
Quick buck |
If you make some money easily, you make a quick buck. |
| 11 |
Quick fix |
A quick fix is an easy solution, especially one that will not last. |
| 12 |
Quick off the mark |
If someone is quick off the mark, they are very quick to use, start or do something new. |
| 13 |
Quick on the trigger |
Someone who is quick on the trigger acts or responds quickly. |
| 14 |
Quids in |
(UK) If somebody is quids in, they stand to make a lot of money from something. |
| 15 |
Quiet as a cat |
If somebody is as quiet as a cat they make as little noise as possible and try to be unnoticeable. |
| 16 |
Quiet as a mouse |
If someone's as quiet as a mouse, they make absolutely no noise. |
| 17 |
Quiet before the Storm |
When you know that something is about to go horribly wrong, but hasn't just yet, then you are in the quiet before the storm. |
| 18 |
Quitters never win; winners never quit |
If you quit you will never get what you want, but if you keep trying you will find a way to get what you want. ('Quitters never win, winners never quit, but those who never win and never quit are idiots' is a variation accredited to Larry Kersten) |
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