Here is a list of idiomatic expressions built around words beginning with A.<\/p>\n
Take someone aback<\/strong><\/p>\n To take someone aback is to shock or surprise them.<\/p>\n He looked taken aback.<\/p>\n Abandon yourself to<\/strong><\/p>\n To abandon yourself is to give in to something completely.<\/p>\n Cannot abide<\/strong><\/p>\n If you cannot abide something, you dislike it very much.<\/p>\n Be about to<\/strong><\/p>\n When you are about to do something, you are on the point of doing it.<\/p>\n Of your own accord<\/strong><\/p>\n When you do something off your own accord, you are doing it willingly.<\/p>\n Call someone to account<\/strong><\/p>\n To call someone to account is to ask them to explain poor performance.<\/p>\n On account of<\/strong><\/p>\n Because of<\/p>\n On no account<\/strong><\/p>\n Under no circumstances<\/p>\n Take account of<\/strong><\/p>\n To take account of something is to take that into consideration.<\/p>\n Ace up one\u2019s sleeve<\/strong><\/p>\n When you have an ace up your sleeve, you have a trick or piece of information that you keep secret until it is needed.<\/p>\n Act of God<\/strong><\/p>\n An event caused by natural forces beyond human control<\/p>\n Get in on the act<\/strong><\/p>\n To get in on the act is to become involved in something to share the profits.<\/p>\n Airs and graces<\/strong><\/p>\n Pretentious behavior intended to impress people.<\/p>\n Up in the air<\/strong><\/p>\n If an issue is up in the air, it is not yet resolved or settled.<\/p>\n Walk on air<\/strong><\/p>\n You walk on air when you feel very happy or pleased.<\/p>\n All and sundry<\/strong><\/p>\n To invite all and sundry is to invite everyone.<\/p>\n All for<\/strong><\/p>\n When you are all for something, you are strongly in favor of it.<\/p>\n All in<\/strong><\/p>\n When you are all in, you are exhausted.<\/p>\n On all fours<\/strong><\/p>\n When you are on all fours, you are standing on your hands and legs.<\/p>\n Leave someone \/something alone<\/strong><\/p>\n To leave someone or something alone is to stop interfering with them.<\/p>\n Keep up appearances<\/strong><\/p>\n To keep up appearances is to keep up an impression of well-being or wealth.<\/p>\n Cost an arm and a leg<\/strong><\/p>\n If something costs an arm and a leg, it is very expensive.<\/p>\n Keep someone at arm\u2019s length<\/strong><\/p>\n To keep someone at arm\u2019s length is to avoid close contact with them.<\/p>\n Up in arms<\/strong><\/p>\n When you are up in arms, you are protesting about something vigorously.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here is a list of idiomatic expressions built around words beginning with A. Take someone aback To take someone aback is to shock or surprise them. He looked taken aback. Abandon yourself to To...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[186],"class_list":["post-1380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idioms","tag-idioms-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1381,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380\/revisions\/1381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}