friend or foe
Someone who is either an ally or an enemy
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friend with benefits
A friend with whom one has a sexual relationship
friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
friends are thieves of time. (17th century)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
friends in low places
acquaintances who are not of high social status
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears! (William Shakespeare)
Listen to what I have to say
friendship with benefits
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
frig it
to give something up or abandon it
frig pig
A trifling, fiddle-faddle fellow.
frigate
A well-rigged frigate; a well-dressed wench.
frigger
The penis.
frisk
To dance the Paddington frisk; to be hanged.
frisk
To search; FRISKED, searched by a constable or other officer.
fritz up
to decorate or dress up something
frog
A policeman. Because, by a popular delusion, he is supposed to pounce suddenly on delinquents.
frog and toad
A fixed-order word pair (irreversible binomial); full definition pending editorial review.
frog in one's throat
a hoarse or sore throat
frog's march
Carrying an obstreperous prisoner, face downwards, by his four limbs.
frog’s march
The manner in which four or more policemen carry a drunken or turbulent man to the station-house. The victim is held face downwards, one constable being at each shoulder, while the others hold on above the knees. Often there is another active and intelligent officer who beats time to the march on the recalcitrant hero’s posteriors.
from a mile away
easily noticeable or recognizable
from A to izzard
knowing something thoroughly
from away
not from the local area
from big oaks little acorns grow
Great things can develop from small beginnings
from can see to can't see
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
from central casting
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
from cover to cover
to read a book entirely
From Dan to Beersheba
From one end of the kingdom to the other; all over the world; everywhere. The phrase is Scriptural, Dan being the most northern and Beersheba the most southern cities of the Holy Land. We have a similar expression, "From Land's End to John o' Groats.
from fascinating charms
Theocritus. Countrymen spit for luck on a piece of money given to them; boxers spit on their hands, and costermongers on the first money they take in the day for the same reason.
from hand to hand
Passed from person to person
from here to Sunday
for a very long time
from home
from one's own location
from hunger
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
from its fruit the tree is known
A person's character is revealed by their actions
from my cold, dead hands
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
from post to pillar
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
from scratch
to start something from the beginning with no prior basis
From Serrahona
Thwart of these, as fierce, Forth rush .... Eurus and Zephyr .... Sirocco and Libecchio [Libycus].
from stem to stern
From one end to the other, completely and thoroughly
from the cradle to the grave
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious
Something is very obvious or self-evident
from the East German judge
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
from the gecko
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
from the get-go
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
from the ground up
Completely, starting from the basic elements or foundation
from the rooter to the tooter
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
from the sublime to the ridiculous there is but a step
Traditional English proverbial phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
From those to whom much is given, much is expected. (Luke 12:48
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
from time to time
Occasionally or at irregular intervals
from womb to tomb
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
front and center
Given the most attention or prominence
front of mind
At the forefront of one's thoughts or concerns
front to back
Completely or thoroughly
frosty face
One pitted with the small pox.
frow
A girl, or wife. German, FRAU; Dutch, VROUW.
frown at
disapprove or show dislike of something
Frozen Words
Everyone knows the incident of the "frozen horn" related by Munchausen, also how Pantagruel and his friends, on the con- fines of the Frozen Sea, heard the uproar of a battle, which had been frozen the preceding winter, released by a thaw (Rabelais: Bk. iv, ch. 56).
fruit of one's loins
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
fruit of the poisonous tree
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
fruit of the union
Children resulting from a marriage or relationship
fruit up
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.