Terrifically big list of T clichés

Tail between his legs

Take a back seat to

Take a bath

Take a breather

Take a dump

Take a hike

Take a leak

Take a long walk off a short plank/pier

Take a picture, it will last longer

Take a running jump

Take a step back

Take care of your knitting

Take five

Take it easy

Take it from me

Take it to the limit

Take it with a grain of salt

Take one for the team

Take stock of

Take the bull by the horns

Take the crowd out of the game

Take the easy way out

Take the gloves off

Take the plunge

Take the wind out of your sail

Take the world by storm

Take your life in your own hands

Taken for a ride

Takes its toll on you

Takes two to tango

Taking the scenic route

Talk/Speak to the hand

Talk shop

Talk until you are blue in the face

Talking behind his back

Tall tale

Tanked

Tarred with the same brush

Taste of your own medicine

Teach him to fish

Teacher’s pet

Team player, A

Tear you a new asshole

Technicolor Yawn, The

Tell a prokie  (New Zealand)

Tell it to me straight

Tempest in a teapot

Ten to one

Tend the garden

Test the waters

Testing one’s mettle

Thank goodness

Thank your lucky stars

That and a quarter will get you a cup of coffee

That burns me up

That chaps my hide

That dog won’t hunt

That gets my goad

That hits the spot

That takes the cake

That was cold-blooded

That which does not kill you makes you stronger

That’s a doozy

That’s a joke

That’s a load off my mind

That’s a wrap

That’s bogus

That’s for the birds

That’s how the cow eats the cabbage

That’s just peachy

That’s just wrong!

That’s no joke

That’s the sixty-four thousand dollar question

That’s the ticket

That’s the way lady luck dances

That’s the way the ball bounces

That’s the way the cookie crumbles

That’s water under the bridge

The best things in life are free

The bomb

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself

Their ace

There is a god

There is more than one way to skin a cat

There is no cow on the ice  Sweden

There is no I in team

There is no time like the present

There now, that wasn’t so bad, was it?

There ought to be a law against that

There, but for the grace of God, go I

There’ll be hell to pay

There’s a sucker born every minute

There’s gold in them there hills

There’s no place like home

There’s no such thing as a free lunch

There’s no time like the present

There’s something fishy about that

They can’t buy a basket/run/score

They need to take care of the rock

They play good D

Thick as a brick

Thick as a ditch Ireland

Thick as pea soup

Thick headed

Things aren’t what they used to be

Think like a man, act like a woman  Australia

Think outside the box

Thinking with the wrong head

Third time’s a charm, The

Third wheel

Thirty thousand foot level

This time next year we’ll be millionaires (Rodney)

Thorn in my side

Those who do not look back from where they come from, will not reach their destination  Philippines

Three sheets to the wind

Threw a curve ball

Threw it with a little something on it

Through thick and thin

Throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick

Throw me a bone

Throw me some scraps

Throw your hat in the ring

Throw cold water on it

Throw down

Throw fuel on the fire

Throw in the towel

Throw the baby out with the bathwater

Throw the book at him

Throw to the wolves

Throwing aspirin tablets

Thumb your nose at

Thumbs up

Tickled pink

Tie the knot

Tie the know

Tight as a drum, Wound

Tight as the bark on a tree

Tight wad

Tighten your belt (Belt tightening)

Tighter than a gnat’s ass

Tilting at windmills

Timber!

Time after time

Time and again

Time flies when you’re having fun

Time heals all wounds

Time is money

Time is running out

Time of your life, The

Time on your hands

Time out

Time’s up

Times, they are a changing

To be all wet

To be honest with you

To each his own

To the victor go the spoils

To toy with

Today is the first day of the rest of your life

Toe the line

Tongue in cheek

Tongue lashing

Tongue tied

Too many chiefs and not enough Indians

Too many chefs/cooks spoil the soup/broth

Too much information (TMI)

Too much sail for a small boat/craft/hull

Too rich for my blood

Took off like a bat out of hell

Took off like a shot

Took something off that one

Toot his own horn

Tooth and nail

Top banana

Top dog

Tore up from the floor up

Toss your cookies

Touch and go

Tow the line

Tread lightly

Trial by fire

Tried and true

Trip over your tongue

Trojan horse

Truth is stranger than fiction

Tugging at heartstrings

Tune out

Turn on a dime

Turn over a new leaf

Twiddling your thumbs

Twist my arm

Twist of fate

Two faced

Two heads are better than one

Two left feet

Two ships passing in the night

Two wrongs don’t make a right

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