O
Idioms beginning with "O"
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[on the block] {adj. phr.}
To be sold; for sale.
The vacant house was on the block.
Young cattle are grown and sent to market to be placed on the block.
[on the brain] {adj. phr.}, {slang}
Filling your thoughts; too much thought about; almost always in mind.
Mary Ann has boys on the brain.
Joe's hobby is ham radio and he has radio on the brain most of the time.
[on the brink of] {adv. phr.}
Facing a new event that's about to happen.
"I am on the brink of a new discovery," our physics professor proudly announced.
[on the button] {adv., adj.}, {slang}
At the right place; at the heart of the matter.
John's remark was right on the button.
Compare: [ON THE DOT].
[on the cheap] {adv. phr.}
Inexpensively; on a tight budget.
She buys most of her clothes on the cheap in secondhand stores.
[on the contrary] {adv. phr.}
Exactly the opposite; rather; instead.
The principal thought that the children went to the zoo; on the contrary, they went to the bakery.
"You don't like football, do you?" "On the contrary, I like it very much."
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[on the cuff] {adj.} or {adv. phr.}, {informal}
Agreeing to pay later; to be paid for later; on credit.
Peter lost the money that Mother gave him to buy meat, and the store would not let him have meat on the cuff.
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