| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| as all get-out |
very much, a lot, like crazy, to the max
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Tracy is not only beautiful. She's as talented as all get-out.
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| as American as apple pie |
very American, like an American custom
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Jeans and T-shirts are American, as American as apple pie!
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| as busy as a beaver |
very busy, working steadily
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When the teacher returned, the students were as busy as beavers.
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| as clean as a whistle |
without any dirt or marks, smooth and clean
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The hen squeezed, and out popped an egg as clean as a whistle.
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| as drunk as a skunk |
very drunk, polluted, sloshed
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You don't remember the party because you were as drunk as a skunk!
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| as dumb as a sack of hammers |
very dumb, ignorant, dumbbell
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If your dog doesn't learn your tricks, who is as dumb as a sack of hammers?
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| as far as I know |
based on my knowledge, to the best of my...
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As far as I know, the company will pay your travel expenses.
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| as full as a tick |
(See full as a tick)
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| as if |
unlikely, unbelievable
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As if we'd leave for Banff without you. We'd never do that!
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| as luck would have it |
as luck is sometimes good and sometimes bad
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By the time we arrived, as luck would have it, the fight was over.
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