R Series Flashcards
Rank and file
Ordinary members of an
organisation or society
Raining cats and
dogs
Raining very heavily.
Raise a person’s dander (get a person’s dander up)
Make a person angry.
Read between the lines
Infer a meaning which is not obvious from available information.
Read the riot act
Reprimand.
Real brick
A good, helpful or trustworthy person.
Red carpet
Honorary treatment, lavish
hospitality.
Red herring
Something that diverts attention from, and is irrelevant to, the main issue.
Red letter day
A special day.
A red rag to a bull
Something that is certain to
make somebody angry.
Red tape
Bureaucracy
Ride a high horse
Be arrogant.
Ride roughshod
Act with utter disregard of other considerations.
Rigmarole
A long complicated and confusing procedure.
Ring of truth
Sound true.
Rise to the challenge (occasion)
To meet a challenge.
Rolling stone
A person who does not settle
down for long in one place
Rob Peter to pay Paul
To discharge one debt by
incurring another.
Diverting resources from somewhere that they are already used well.
Rock the boat
Disturb a situation which is
otherwise stable
Royal road
An easy or direct way of
achieving something.
Rub up the wrong way
Irritate.
Ruling the roost
Being in charge.
Run around in circles
A lot of activity without
accomplishing anything
Run the gauntlet
Endure a series of criticisms or harsh treatments of some kind
Run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
Supporting two sides at once.
