A Idioms (2)

(English Idioms & Sayings)
allow for (someone or something)

- to plan to have enough of something, to plan on the possibility of something
We must allow for enough time to go to the stadium.

along with (someone or something)

- in addition to someone or something
I went to the concert along with my friend.

amount to (something)

- to become successful
The boy will never amount to anything if he does not change his behavior.

amount to the same thing

- to be the same or have the same effect as something
Going by taxi or bus amounts to the same thing. We are still going to be late for the concert.

an arm and a leg

- (to cost) a large amount of money
His new car cost him an arm and a leg.

answer to (someone)

- to explain or justify one's actions to someone
The manager had to answer to the company president about the problems in the office.

any number of (someone or something)

- a sufficiently large number
I had any number of reasons not to buy the computer.

appear out of nowhere

- to appear suddenly, to appear without warning
The dog appeared out of nowhere during our walk on the beach.

apple of (someone`s) eye

- to be someone`s favorite
His youngest daughter is the apple of his eye.

argue for the sake of arguing/argument

- to argue only to be different and to not agree
My friend's brother always argues for the sake of arguing.

arm in arm

- to be linked together by the arms
The young girls walked arm in arm to school.

armed and dangerous

- to have a weapon that may be used (usually by a suspected criminal)
The criminal was armed and dangerous when the police arrested him.

armed to the teeth

- to be armed with many weapons
The police were armed to the teeth during the drug raid.

around the clock

- all day and all night
We worked around the clock to get the store ready to open.

arrive on the scene

- to appear in a certain place
When the fire department arrived on the scene the fire was almost out.

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