I
Idioms beginning with "I"
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[if you can't lick them, join them]
If you cannot defeat an opponent or get him to change his attitude, plans, or ways of doing things, the best thing to do is to change your ideas, plans, etc.
* /"The small car manufacturers are winning over the big […]
[ill]
See:
[IT'S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD],
[TAKE ILL].
[ill at ease] {adj. phr.}
Not feeling at ease or comfortable; anxious; worried; unhappy.
Donald had never been to a big party before and he was ill at ease.
When Joe first went to dancing school, he was ill at ease, not knowing how to act.
[…]
[ill-favored] {adj.}
Ugly; unprepossessing.
Oddly enough, the father had less trouble in marrying off his ill-favored daughter than her prettier sister.
[ill-gotten gains] {n. phr.}
Goods or money obtained in an illegal or immoral fashion.
The jailed criminal had plenty of time to think about his ill-gotten gains.
[impose on] {v.}
To try to get more from (a person who is helping you) than he or she intended to give.
Don't you think you are imposing on your neighbor when you use his telephone for half an hour?
* /You may swim in the Allens' pool so long as […]
[improve on] or [improve upon] {v.}
To make or get one that is better than (another).
Dick made good marks the first year, but he thought he could improve on them.
* /Charles built a new model racer for the derby race, because he knew he could […]
[in] or [into orbit] {adj. phr.}
Thrilled; exuberantly happy; in very high spirits.
When Carol won the lottery she went right into orbit.
[in] or [into the clear] {adj. phr.}
Free; cleared of all responsibility and guilt.
Because of the new evidence found, Sam is still in the clear, but Harry is still behind bars.