Index Of

Chronicled Idioms

A

Ace Up Your Sleeve

All Ears

April Fools

B

Birthday Idioms

Bury The Hatchet

Bust A Gut

C

Catch 22

Chew The Fat

Cooking With Gas

Cut Someone Some Slack

Cut Your Teeth

D

Daylight Robbery

Dead As A Doornail

Dollars To Donuts

Don't Burn Your Bridges

Drop The Ball

E

Eat Humble Pie

Eye Opener

F

Fit As A Fiddle

Flash In The Pan

Foot In The Door

From The Horses Mouth

G

Get Someones Goat

Get The Ball Rolling

Get The Lead Out

H

Hair Of The Dog

Harp On Something

Hell Bent

Hold Your Tongue

Hope Springs Eternal

I

I'll Eat My Hat

In A Nutshell

In A Pickle

In Hot Water

J

Jack Of All Trades

Jump The Gun

K

Keep It Under Your Hat

Kick In The Teeth

Kicked To Curb

L

Labor Of Love

Learn The Ropes

Lipstick On A Pig

M

Man Of The People

Mind Your P's And Q's

More Then One Way To Skin A Cat

My Dogs Are Barking

N

Nail Biter

Nitty Gritty

No Pain No Gain

O

Off The Rails

On The Ball

Out Of Your League

P

Pass The Buck

Pillar Of Strength

Pull Wool Over Your Eyes

Q

Quick Buck

Quick And Dirty

R

Raining Cats And Dogs

Riding Shotgun

Rule Of Thumb

S

Safe And Sound

Seal Of Approval

Snowed Under

Snug As A Bug In A Rug

T

The Bandwagon

The Walls Have Ears

Turn A Blind Eye

Turn The Tables

U

Under The Radar

Up In The Air

Use Your Noggin

V

Vanish In Thin Air

Vicious Circle

W

Walking On Eggshells

Wild Goose Chase

Worth Its Weight In Gold

Wrong Side Of The Tracks

Y

You Reap What You Sow

Your Sunday Best

Z

Zip Your Lip

About Durocacy

So why DUROCACY right. Well it is easy to remember, and funny when you see what it really means.

Growing up in the greater Los Angeles area had me around many walks of life. Some even from different areas of the world. I always noticed when happy or sad or upset these idioms would emerge. I would often think. What dose that really mean anyways? Does that traslate to a good thing or a bad thing? Well getting into my 40's and bored. I figured why not find out. So please feel free to join me. As I deep dive into books and many online sources to get to the bottom of. What the origins and sometimes geographic locations of idioms commonly used really mean. I feel this will be a lot of fun. This is just a project for enjoyment and educational perposess. Even a bit of relaxation. I look forward to the answers I will find.

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What are idioms?

An idiom is a group of words with a special meaning. You might already know the meaning of every word in an idiom, but this doesn’t mean you’ll know what the idiom means. For example, if you haven’t learned the idiom "In The Dog House", You won’t know what your partner means if they say “you are in the dog house”. Even if you know what the words in the dog house mean, you won’t know what they’re saying. But if you’ve learned the idiom, you’ll know that they’re saying is. You are in some really deep trouble.

Is learning idioms important?

Yes. Idioms are very common in both spoken and written languages, so learning them is very important. Native speakers of different areas of the world often use idioms when they’re speaking, so if you haven’t studied idioms you’ll have trouble understanding what they’re saying. Idioms are also very common in written languages. They’re used in textbooks and novels, comics and news feeds, business letters and work emails, and so on. If you need to understand written languages, or if you want to write natural-sounding languages, you have to learn idioms.

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