I
Idioms beginning with "I"
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Contents of I:
[in a lather] {adj.}, {slang}
In great excitement; all worked up; extremely agitated.
I couldn't get across to Joe, he was all in a lather.
[in a nutshell] {adv. phr.}, {informal}
In a few words; briefly, without telling all about it.
We are in a hurry, so I'll give you the story in a nutshell.
In a nutshell, the car is no bargain.
Compare: [IN SHORT].
[in a pickle] {adv. phr.}, {informal}
In a quandary; in a difficult situation.
I was certainly in a pickle when my front tire blew out.
[in a pig's eye] {adv.}, {slang}, {informal}
Hardly; unlikely; not so.
Would I marry him? In a pig's eye.
[in a pinch] {adv. phr.}, {informal}
In an emergency.
Dave is a good friend who will always help out in a pinch.
[in a sense] {adv. phr.}
In some ways but not in all; somewhat.
Mr. Smith said our school is the best in the state, and in a sense that is true.
In a sense, arithmetic is a language.