| A | B |
| Dot your i’s and cross your t’s | -to take great care over details |
| Dressed to the nines | -wearing fashionable clothing; dressed to attract attention |
| Eat your words | -to have to take back what you said; to admit humbly that you were wrong |
| Feet of clay | -a hidden fault of character; a weak point |
| Fifth wheel | -an unneeded, extra person |
| Fight tooth and nail | -to fight fiercely, furiously, and ferociously |
| Fish or cut bait | -do one thing or another, but stop delaying; make a choice; act now or give someone else a turn |
| Get your goat | -to annoy very badly; to make a person angry |
| Have your heart in your mouth | -to be extremely frightened about something |
| Head honcho | -the person in charge, the chief, boss, leader |