Idioms:

Each and every
Meaning: every
Eager beaver
Meaning: a person who is always eager to work hard or do extra work
Eagle eye
Meaning: an eye with sharp visual powers
Earful
Meaning: a scolding, much talking in the form of complaints
Early bird
Meaning: a person who gets up early or arrives early for something
Early bird catches the worm
Meaning: a person who gets up early in the morning has the best chance of success
Early on
Meaning: at an early stage
Earn one's keep
Meaning: to earn one's pay or a place to live by doing some work
Ease off on
Meaning: to put less pressure on someone or something, to relax
Ease up on
Meaning: to put less pressure on someone or something, to relax
Easier said than done
Meaning: to be easier to talk about than to do
Easy come, easy go
Meaning: something that you get easily can be lost easily
Easy does it
Meaning: doing something slowly or without sudden movements
Easy-going
Meaning: to be tolerant and relaxed
Easy to come by
Meaning: easy to find
Eat and run
Meaning: to eat a meal quickly and then leave
Eat away at
Meaning: to bother someone, to worry someone
Eat away at
Meaning: to rot or destroy something
Eat crow
Meaning: to admit that one is mistaken or defeated or wrong
Eat dirt
Meaning: to accept another`s insults or bad treatment
Eat humble pie
Meaning: to admit one`s error and apologize
Eat in
Meaning: to eat at home, to eat in a restaurant where you have a choice to either eat in the restaurant or take the food out
Eat like a bird
Meaning: to eat very little
Eat like a horse
Meaning: to eat a lot
Eat one`s cake and have it too
Meaning: to use or spend something but still keep it
Eat one`s heart out
Meaning: to be envious, to be very sad
Eat one`s words
Meaning: to admit being wrong in something that one has said
Eat out
Meaning: to eat in a restaurant
Eat out of hand
Meaning: to do what someone else wants
Eat out of house and home
Meaning: to eat much food in someone's home
Eat up
Meaning: to enjoy something, to absorb something
Eating
Meaning: to be bothering or worrying someone
Ebb and flow
Meaning: the decrease and increase of something like the tide
Edge out
Meaning: to win a competition against someone and get a job or position
Egg on
Meaning: to urge or push someone to do something
Eighty six
Meaning: a certain item is no longer available; or this idiom can also mean, to throw away
Either feast or famine
Meaning: to be or have either too much or not enough of something
Eke out
Meaning: to earn one's living with difficulty
Elbow grease
Meaning: the effort and strength to clean something
Elbow room
Meaning: enough space to be comfortable
Elbow out of
Meaning: to pressure someone out of somewhere
Eleventh-hour decision
Meaning: a decision that is made at the last possible minute
Elvis has left the building
Meaning: the show has come to an end; it's all over
End of one`s rope
Meaning: the last of one`s ability or ideas about how to do something
End up
Meaning: to do something that one had not planned to do
Engage in
Meaning: to be busy with something, to be occupied with something
Engage in small talk
Meaning: to talk about minor things rather than more important things
Enough to go around
Meaning: to be enough of something to serve everybody
Enter one's mind
Meaning: to come into one's consciousness (an idea)
Equal to
Meaning: to be able to deal with something
Escape notice
Meaning: to go unnoticed
Ethnic cleansing
Meaning: killing of a certain ethnic or religious group on a massive scale
Even so
Meaning: nevertheless, however
Even steven
Meaning: even with (someone or something)
Every cloud has a silver lining
Meaning: there is something good in every bad thing
Every dog has his day
Meaning: everybody will have a chance for success someday
Every inch a
Meaning: completely, in every way
Every last one
Meaning: every single one
Every living soul
Meaning: everybody
Every minute counts
Meaning: time is very important
Every nook and cranny
Meaning: every small hiding place where you can put something
Every other
Meaning: every second one
Every so often
Meaning: occasionally
Every time one turns around
Meaning: frequently
Every Tom, Dick and Harry
Meaning: the average person
Every which way
Meaning: in all directions
Everything but the kitchen sink
Meaning: almost everything
Everything humanly possible
Meaning: everything in the range of human powers
Excuse
Meaning: to forgive someone
Explain
Meaning: to give an explanation for something wrong that you have done
Explain away
Meaning: to explain something so that it seems less important
Express anger
Meaning: to release one's anger
Extend credit to
Meaning: to permit someone to buy something on credit
Extend one's sympathy to
Meaning: to express sympathy to someone
7 extenuating circumstances
Meaning: the special circumstances that cause something to happen
Eye of the storm
Meaning: the center of a problem
Eyeball-to-eyeball
Meaning: face to face
Eyes are bigger than one`s stomach
Meaning: one takes or wants more food than he or she can eat
Eyes in the back of one`s head
Meaning: the ability to know what is happening behind one`s back
Eyes pop out
Meaning: much surprised
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