Sign Idioms

 

 

 

Search  Inquiry Net

[ Back ] [ Home ] [ Up ] [ Next ]

Sign Dictionary
Introductory Notes
Asking Names
Moons/Months
Sign Simplified
Top 200 Signs
40 Native American Signs
Indian Blessing
Boy Scout Oath in Sign
Sentence Formation
Practice Sentences
Sign Synonyms
Telling Directions
Pictographs
Pictographic Story
Correspondence
Sign&Pictography
Smoke Signals
Sign History
Sign Idioms
Song "Taps" in Sign
Troop Meeting
Council Fire
Camp Ideas
Sign Play
Sign Playlet
Boy Scout Initiation
Sign Exercises
Advanced Students
Immortality Poem
Photos

Scout Books

Site Contents

by William Tomkins

While the idiom is held in small esteem by some schoolmasters and old-fashioned grammarians, good writers in general admire and use it, for it is, in truth, "the life and spirit of language."

Throughout this work various examples are shown of seemingly peculiar idiomatic construction. This is no different from the English language, which is just as idiomatic in its construction and use. The writer has found over 2100 idioms in the English language, some of which follow:

bullet
At beck and call.
bullet
On his high horse.
bullet
To cut and run.
bullet
To take the bit in one's teeth.
bullet
Fits and starts.
bullet
At one fell swoop.
bullet
Over head and ears.
bullet
To take with a grain of salt.
bullet
At sixes and sevens.
bullet
In a nutshell.
bullet
By hook or by crook.
bullet
Be there with bells on.
bullet
To sink or swim.
bullet
A chip off the old block.
bullet
Off and on.
bullet
He is a bad egg.
bullet
As bold as brass.
bullet
All roads lead to Rome.
bullet
As cool as a cucumber.
bullet
To cudgel one's brains.
bullet
To cool one's heels.
bullet
To lend a hand.
bullet
Right off the reel.
bullet
As fit as a fiddle.
bullet
To show one's colors.
bullet
To take heart.
bullet
To keep your head.
bullet
To lose heart.
bullet
To keep your head above water.
bullet
To take to heart.
bullet
To lose your head.
bullet
To set your heart on.
bullet
To hold your head high.
bullet
To have at heart.
bullet
To hang your head.
bullet
To be the heart and soul of.
bullet
To have a head on your shoulders.
bullet
To have a soft (or hard) heart.
bullet
To have your head turned.
bullet
To give one's heart.
bullet
To have a swelled head.
bullet
To lose your heart.
bullet
To take into your head.
bullet
To win someone's heart.
bullet
To put out of your head.
bullet
To touch the heart of.
bullet
To put into someone's head.
bullet
To make one's heart leap.
bullet
To talk your head off.
bullet
To have a soft place in your heart.
bullet
To bite your head off.
bullet
To do your heart good.
bullet
To beat your head against a wall.
bullet
To have your heart in your mouth.
bullet
To throw yourself at the head of.
bullet
To wear your heart on your sleeve.
bullet
To put your head in a noose.
bullet
From the bottom of the heart.
bullet
To put your heads together.
bullet
With all one's heart.
bullet
To come to a head.
bullet
Sick at heart.
bullet
To bring--on your head.
bullet
Heavy of heart.
bullet
Head over heels.
bullet
Down hearted.
bullet
Head and shoulders above.
bullet
Heart-broken.
bullet
From head to foot.
bullet
Heart whole.

Universal Indian Sign Language

 

 

   

 

 


Additional Information:

Peer- Level Topic Links:
 [ Sign Dictionary ] [ Introductory Notes ] [ Asking Names ] [ Moons/Months ] [ Sign Simplified ] [ Top 200 Signs ] [ 40 Native American Signs ] [ Indian Blessing ] [ Boy Scout Oath in Sign ] [ Sentence Formation ] [ Practice Sentences ] [ Sign Synonyms ] [ Telling Directions ] [ Pictographs ] [ Pictographic Story ] [ Correspondence ] [ Sign&Pictography ] [ Smoke Signals ] [ Sign History ] [ Sign Idioms ] [ Song "Taps" in Sign ] [ Troop Meeting ] [ Council Fire ] [ Camp Ideas ] [ Sign Play ] [ Sign Playlet ] [ Boy Scout Initiation ] [ Sign Exercises ] [ Advanced Students ] [ Immortality Poem ] [ Photos ]

Parent- Level Topic Links:
[ Native Skills ] [ Totem Poles ] [ Indian Sign Language ] [ Indian Ceremonies ] [ Indian Dance ] [ Indian Songs ] [ Birch Bark Dances ] [ Birch Bark Songs ] [ Birch Bark Plays ] [ Indian Games for Boys ]

The Inquiry Net Main Topic Links:
 [Outdoor Skills]  [Patrol Method]  [Old-School]  [Adults]  [Advancement]  [Ideals]  [Leadership]  [Uniforms]

Search This Site:

Search Amazon.Com:

When you place an order with Amazon.Com using the search box below, a small referral fee is returned to The Inquiry Net to help defer the expense of keeping us online.  Thank you for your consideration!

Search:

Keywords:

Amazon Logo

 

 

Scout Books Trading Post

Dead Bugs, Blow Guns, Sharp Knives, & Snakes:
What More Could A Boy Want?

Old School Scouting:
What to Do, and How to Do It!

To Email me, replace "(at)" below with "@"
Rick(at)Kudu.Net

If you have questions about one of my 2,000 pages here, you must send me the "URL" of the page!
 This "URL" is sometimes called the "Address" and it is usually found in a little box near the top of your screen.  Most URLs start with the letters "http://"

The Kudu Net is a backup "mirror" of The Inquiry Net.  

©2003, 2011 The Inquiry Net, http://inquiry.net  In addition to any Copyright still held by the original authors, the Scans, Optical Character Recognition, extensive Editing,  and HTML Coding on this Website are the property of the Webmaster.   My work may be used by individuals for non-commercial, non-web-based activities, such as Scouting, research, teaching, and personal use so long as this copyright statement and a URL to my material is included in the text. 
The purpose of this Website is to provide access  to hard to find, out-of-print documents.  Much of the content has been edited to be of practical use in today's world and is not intended as historical preservation.   I will be happy to provide scans of specific short passages in the original documents for people involved in academic research.  

 

Last modified: October 15, 2016.