F
Idioms beginning with "F"
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[ferret out] {literary} or [smell out] or [sniff out] {v.}
To hunt or drive from hiding; to bring out into the open; search for and find.
John ferreted out the answer to the question in the library.
* /Jane smelled out the boys' secret hiding […]
[few]
See:
[MAN OF FEW WORDS],
[NOT A FEW],
[QUITE A FEW].
[few and far between] {adj. phr.}
Not many; few and scattered; not often met or found; rare. — Used in the predicate.
People who will work as hard as Thomas A. Edison are few and far between.
* /Places where you can get water are few and far […]
[fiddle with] {v. phr.}
To carelessly play with something.
If Jimmy continues to fiddle with our computer, he is liable to ruin it.
[field]
See:
[CENTER FIELD],
[LEFT FIELD],
[OUT IN LEFT FIELD],
[PLAY THE FIELD],
[RIGHT FIELD].
[field goal] {n.}
1. A score in football made by kicking the ball over the bar between the goal posts.
The Giants were not able to make a touchdown but they kicked two field goals.
Compare: [EXTRA POINT].
2. A score in basketball made by a […]