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Winfield College - Idiom Page
'Make ends meet' and 7 other idioms. 1 idiom per page along with an ad.

www.englishbaby.com - Slang
Has 1 slang expression. Apparently changes each week. Includes advertising.

www.englishclub.com - English Slang (EnglishClub.com)
Slang words, with definitions, sample sentences, notes and quizzes.

www.englishclub.com - Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions - A through Z (Selected)
English idioms with explanations, examples and quizzes.

www.EnglishDaily626.com - Learn American Idioms (Hon Long)
Examples and definitions.

www.EnglishDaily626.com - Learn American Slang Expressions (Hon Long)
Examples and definitions. (eye-opener, have a screw loose, dry run, ...)

www.EnglishForum.com - Today's English Idiom (Aaron Aardvark)
Get a randomly-chosen idiom and its meaning each time you visit.

www.ESL-Resources.com - Idioms and Expressions and Slang to Go (Paul Forde)
12 idioms: canon arm, rock star, hit the lights, hot chick, two left feet,

www.ESLmania.com - Business Idioms (Nancy Gregory)
belt-tightening, bite the bullet, work down to the wire, and others

www.ESLmania.com - Everyday Idioms [FRAME] (Nancy Gregory)
rule of thumb, stab someone in the back, pull an all-nighter, and others.

www.ESLstudyGuide.com - Idiom Dictionary (Amanda Wu)
The interface is a bit slow. It requires Flash.

www.FactMonster.com - Idioms and Proverbs (Kenneth Simmons)
A short list with explanations. The page is for native English speakers, not ESL

www.gepc.org - Ask Mr. ESL (Idioms) (Clay Belcher)
Many of the links on this page get NOT FOUND errors. However, there is some material here.

www.idiomeanings.com/idioms
Online English idiom dictionary

www.infosquares.com's American Slang (Robert McAlister and Harmon Abilene)
Dime a Dozen, All Ears, Ammo, Around-the-Clock, etc.

www.learn-english-today.com - Alphabetical List of Phrasal Verbs (Kathleen Beke)
Phrasal verbs listed with their meanings

www.learn-english-today.com - Idioms & Proverbs (Kathleen Beke)
Idioms, proverbs and wordgames for esl.efl students.

www.learn4good.com - List of Business English Idioms
Across the board, at a loss, bail a company out, deliver the goods, ...

www.Learn4Good.com - Phrasal Verbs (Patrick Thompson)
See the meaning and example sentences.

www.LearnEnglish.org.uk - Animal Idioms (Drag and Drop Quiz) (Requires Java)
escape the ___ race, get the ___ share, flog a dead ___, get paid ___ feed, ...

www.LetsLearnEnglish.co.uk - 52 Idioms (Educational Software Products)
with a pinch of salt, touch and go, toe the line, fly off the handle, ...

www.myenglishzone.com's Phrasal Verb Lesson (Cuauhtemoc Zepeda Arriola)
Requires Flash.

www.OpenEnglishWorld.com - The Weekly Idiom
Sample dialogues and audio: As a Rule, To Bug Somebody, ...

www.peakenglish.com's Slang Dictionary
searchable or browsable by category

www.perfect-english.com - Idioms for ESL Students [FRAME] (Masataka Aoki)
decked out, wrap it up, give in, sleep on it, get back to, ...

www.PhrasalVerbDemon.com (Juan Antonio Prez)
Listening, Corpus, Dictionary, Particles, Quizzes, Reading, Games, Grammar, ...

www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary (George Ivanov)
8,000 idioms with sentence examples.

www.slang-dictionary.org (Pee Yush)
Mostly Australian Slang; Not designed for ESL

www.SlangCity.com (A. C. Kemp)
Online guide to adult American slang.

www.speak-read-write.com - Idioms, Slang, Phrasal Verbs, and Proverbs (Sally Jennings)
About 700 Expressions, each with an example.

www.teacherjoe.us - 25 Common English Idioms (Joseph DeVeto)
as easy as pie, be sick and tired, bend over backwards, change one's mind, ...

z_Dictionary of American Idioms (George Ivanov)
One idiom per page with ads.
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web.archive.org/http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/idioms

z_Ellie's English - Idioms (Charles Shell)
A red herring, Agony Aunt, All Right, Alright, All that glitters is not gold, ... (Voice by Marta Rubio)
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z_LearnEnglishNow.com - Idioms (Mark McCracken)
a heart to heart talk, ball park figure, basket case, bean-counter, ...
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z_Tigtag's List of Idioms (A-C) (Huang Ting)
The idiom, what it means and an example of how it is used.

z_Tigtag's List of Idioms (G-I) (Huang Ting)
The idiom, what it means and an example of how it is used.

z_Tigtag's List of Idioms (M-O) (Huang Ting)
The idiom, what it means and an example of how it is used.

z_Wayne Magnuson's English Idioms, Sayings and Slang (Wayne Magnuson)
Look for idioms by sections, ... containing a specific word, ...

z_www.aussieslang.com (Warwick Bone)
Australian Slang Dictionary and Customs.

z_www.butte.cc.ca.us - About 100 Idioms (Butte College Reading Department)
Idioms with definitions: acid test, back to square one, hammer it out, ...
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z_www.eslquest.com (Richard Scott)
Slang, phrasal verbs, homonyms synonyms and antonyms, teaching jobs

z_z_American English Idioms (Paul and Bernice Noll)
600 selected American idioms. 25 idioms per page with their meanings.
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web.archive.org/http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Teach/English-idioms-01.html

z_z_College Slang Top 20 - 1997 (Judi Sanders)
A list of words containing: 'cool', 'kick it', 'dope', and so on.
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z_z_College Slang Top 20 -- 1998 (Judi Sanders)
A list of words containing 'dude', 'chill out', 'kick it', 'grub on' and so on.
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z_z_Mini-dictionary from Da Bomb (Judi Sanders)
American college slang words and their definitions.
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web.archive.org/http://www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~jasanders/slang/gloss.html

z_z_The English Page
The Idiom of the Week (has been 'to look down on' for a long time)
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web.archive.org/http://dwds.net/theenglishpage/

z_z_Tigtag's List of Idioms (D-F) (Huang Ting)
The idiom, what it means and an example of how it is used.

z_z_Tigtag's List of Idioms (J-L) (Huang Ting)
The idiom, what it means and an example of how it is used.

z_z_z_Cobuild Idiom of the Day
Each day, get a random entry from the Cobuild Dictionary of Idioms.
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web.archive.org/*/http://titania.cobuild.collins.co.uk/Idiom.html

z_z_z_Sayings & Everyday Expressions (Ron Clark)
Idioms etc.: babe in the woods, back to square one, dark horse, dead of night, .
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