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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  • open up on (someone or something)
  • for days on end
  • ahead of the game
  • by the day
  • turn tail
  • get off to a flying start
  • gut feeling/reaction
  • come into fashion
  • do one's duty
  • flunk out


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