Idioms

according to Hoyle
doing something strictly by the rules, doing something the usual and correct way (Hoyle was a writer who was an expert on the rules of card games)
"According to Hoyle, we should not use this room but probably nobody will complain if we do use it."

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  • account for (something)
  • acid test
  • acquire a taste for (something)
  • across the board
  • act as a guinea pig
  • act high and mighty
  • act one's age
  • act up
  • add fuel to the fire
  • add insult to injury
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  • in (someone's) clutches
  • touch a sore spot/point
  • be up
  • break a record
  • regain one's feet
  • reach a compromise
  • rope (someone) into (doing something)
  • for the time being
  • have an ace up one's sleeve
  • have rocks in one's head


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