13 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 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: 14 672 673 674 675 676 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: 15 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 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: 16 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 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: 17 829 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: 18 882 883 884 885 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: 19 935 936 937 938 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): 20 988 989 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 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: 21 1039 1040 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: 22 1092 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: . 23 11 46 11 47 11 48 11 49 11 50 11 51 115 2 11 53 11 54 11 55 11 56 11 57 11 58 11 59 11 60 11 61 116 2 11 63 11 64 11 65 11 66 11 67 11 68 11 69 11 70 11 71 117 2 11 73 To be severe upon sb: 11 74 11 75 11 76 11 77 11 78 11 79 11 80 11 81 118 2 11 83. 22 10 92 10 93 10 94 10 95 10 96 10 97 10 98 10 99 11 00 To be put out about sth: 11 01 110 2 11 03 11 04 To be quartered with sb: 11 05 11 06 11 07 11 08 11 09 11 10 11 11 111 2 11 13 11 14 11 15 11 16 11 17 11 18 11 19 11 20 11 21 112 2 11 23. 11 05 11 06 11 07 11 08 11 09 11 10 11 11 111 2 11 13 11 14 11 15 11 16 11 17 11 18 11 19 11 20 11 21 112 2 11 23 To be reduced to beggary: 11 24 11 25 11 26 11 27 11 28 11 29 11 30 11 31 113 2 11 33 11 34 11 35 11 36 11 37 11 38 11 39 11 40 To be right in a conjecture: 11 41 114 2 11 43 11 44 11 45