Category: metaphor (184 terms)
- ball and chain
- begging bowl
- bird of passage
- black hole
- black swan
- blank canvas
- blazoned trail
- blind alley
- blue pill
- blunt instrument
- bottomless pit
- brick wall
- broken bird
- broom closet
- bucket of sunshine
- busted valise
- buzz saw
- call bird
- car crash
- card house
- catch a falling knife
- chain reaction
- closet of the heart
- coin of the realm
- conga line
- cotton wool
- crazy quilt
- crystal ball
- dance of the seven veils
- death rattle
- death spiral
- death throe
- double-edged sword
- dry hole
- dry light
- dumping ground
- eagle eye
- elephants' graveyard
- escape hatch
- family roof
- fast forward
- fault line
- fenced in
- fig leaf
- finish line
- fish bowl
- flood tide
- follow the wind
- fool's gold
- forcing house
- foundation stone
- front seat
- glide path
- golden calf
- golden chain
- goldfish bowl
- gold mine
- greasy pole
- guiding star
- gun lap
- hall of mirrors
- hamster wheel
- hawk's eye
- hidden gem
- high bar
- high-hanging fruit
- hold hostage
- hole card
- home ground
- home straight
- horse pill
- hot bed
- house of cards
- hunting ground
- illicit darkness
- in nubibus
- iron fist
- ivory tower
- last trump
- launch pad
- law of the jungle
- layer cake
- leading edge
- leading strings
- lightning rod
- line drawn on water
- litmus test
- living dead
- loaded dice
- loose fish
- lord of the flies
- lotus land
- low-water mark
- lunch pail
- magic wand
- master key
- message in a bottle
- miner's canary
- missing link
- monkey trap
- moon shot
- musical chairs
- obstacle course
- one-way street
- open goal
- open sunshine
- other end of the ball
- palate cleanser
- panic button
- paper wall
- patchwork quilt
- perpetuum mobile
- ping pong
- plague spot
- plate spinning
- playing field
- play pendulum
- point of no return
- pons asinorum
- poor man's diamond
- powder keg
- pressure cooker
- punching bag
- puppet master
- rabbit hole
- ray of sunshine
- reach past
- rearguard action
- rise from the dead
- roach motel
- rogue elephant
- run adrift
- running sore
- sacrificial lamb
- safety valve
- sausage factory
- second gear
- seed corn
- shallow end
- sheet anchor
- short circuit
- shouting fire in a crowded theater
- sign of life
- slave of the lamp
- slings and arrows
- slow lane
- spaghetti junction
- special sauce
- speed bump
- sponge out
- squirrel cage
- starting gun
- stepping stone
- stormy petrel
- swaddling clothes
- swan dive
- terra incognita
- the cure is worse than the disease
- three-point landing
- time bomb
- tip of the spear
- tofu dregs
- top gear
- towering inferno
- treasure house
- true north
- trump card
- tug of war
- tunnel vision
- two-edged sword
- two swords
- umbilical cord
- uncharted territory
- uncharted water
- underpants gnome
- upward spiral
- valley of the shadow of death
- wake-up call
- warning bell
- warp and woof
- wet job
- whipping boy
- wind egg
- with training wheels