F
Idioms beginning with "F"
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[favorite son] {n.}
A man supported by his home state for President.
At a national convention, states often vote for their favorite sons first; then they change and vote for another man.
[fear and trembling] or [fear and trepidation] {n. phr.}
Great fear.
He came in fear and trembling to tell his father he had a bad report card.
[feast one's eyes on] {v. phr.}
To look at and enjoy very much.
He feasted his eyes on the beautiful painting.
[feast or a famine] {n. phr.}
Plenty or very little; big success or bad failure.
In this business it's either a feast or a famine.
He is very careless with his money, it is always a feast or a famine with him.
[feather]
See:
[BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER],
[TAR AND FEATHER],
[FINE FEATHERS DO NOT MAKE FINE BIRDS],
[FUSS AND FEATHERS],
[MAKE THE FEATHERS FLY],
[RUFFLE FEATHERS].
[feather in one's cap] {n. phr.}
Something to be proud of; an honor.
It was a feather in his cap to win first prize.
(From the medieval practice of placing a feather in the helmet of one who won honors in battle.)
[feather one's nest] {v. phr.}, {informal}
1. To use for yourself money and power, especially from a public office or job in which you are trusted to help other people.
* /The rich man told his lawyer to use his money after he died to build a hospital […]
[fed up] {informal} also {slang} [fed to the gills] or [fed to the teeth] {adj. phr.}
Having had too much of something; at the end of your patience; disgusted; bored; tired.
People get fed up with anyone who brags all the time.
* /I've had enough […]
[feed]
See:
[BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS ONE],
[CHICKEN FEED],
[OFF FEED] or [OFF ONE'S FEED],
[SPOON FEED].