Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

airair one’s pores
airbear in the air
aircome up for air
airfull of hot air
airhot air
airup in the air (about someone or
something)
AlHerb and Al
Altalk to Herb and Al
alarm five-alarm fire
alarm three-alarm fire
AlbertPrince Albert
aleck smart aleck
aliveLook alive!
alkied alkied (up)
all all meat and no potatoes
all all over someone like a cheap suit
all all over something
all all right
all (all) shook up
all all that and then some
all all that jazz
all all (that) meat and no potatoes
all all the way
all all the way live
all call (all) the shots
all can’t win (th)em all
all daddy (of them all)
all Dash it all!
all drool (all) over someone or something
all dump all over someone or something
all for all I know
all for (all) one’s trouble
all free for all
all Fuck it (all)!
all get it (all) together
all go all the way
all (grand)daddy (of them all)
all Hang it all!
all have all one’s marbles
all have it all together
all hold all the aces
all If that don’t fuck all!
all know all the angles
all let it all hang out
all lose (all) one’s marbles
all not all that
all not all there
all Of all the nerve!
all once and for all
all pull out all the stops
all run on all cylinders
all That’s all she wrote.
all That’s all someone needs.
all warts and all
all You can’t win them all.

alley alley apple

alley (right) up one’s alley

alley up one’s alley

alligator See you later, alligator.

almighty almighty dollar

alongbuzz along

alonghump (along)

alongtootle along

alongzip along

alpha Alpha Charlie

alphabetalphabet soup

already Enough, already!

altarbow to the porcelain altar

ambulance ambulance chaser

amok run amok

amount pull down an amount of money

amount shell an amount of money out

amount shell out (an amount of money)

anal anal applause

anchor boat anchor

ancient ancient history

angel angel dust

angel angel hair

angel dust of angels

anger cage of anger

angle know all the angles

animal party animal

animal study animal

ankle ankle biter

ankle sprain one’s ankle

anotheranother peep (out of you)

anotherTell me another (one)!

anotherYou’ve got another think coming.

ant have ants in one’s pants

any cannot see (any) further than the end of

one’s nose

any Getting any?

apart take someone or something apart

apart tear someone or something apart

ape ape hangers

ape go ape (over someone or something)

apeshit go apeshit over someone or

something

applause anal applause

apple alley apple

apple Big Apple

apple one smart apple

apple road apple

apple rotten apple

apple square apple

are Are we away?

armbang in the arm

armlong arm of the law

armput the arm on someone

armshot in the arm

armstrong-arm man

NTC’s Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions