Idioms Beginning with a

• add fuel to the fire

  To make a bad situation worse
  Max was already upset. Your teasing him just added fuel to the fire.

• add insult to injury

  To make a bad situation worse
  Max was already upset. Your teasing him just added insult to injury.

• against the grain

  Contrary to what is expected or preferred.
  Mary has difficulty getting along with others as she is inclined to go against the grain in everything she does.

• ahead of one's time

  In advance of current ideas and trends.
  Some people describe Albert Einstein as a physicist ahead of his time.

• all ears

  Listening intently; eager to hear something.
  So, you have some new gossip about Mary. I'm all ears.

• all fired up

  Excited; highly enthusiastic
  I'm all fired up about the party next week.

• arm and a leg

  A very high cost; a large amount of money.
  Many people are complaining that gas costs an arm and a leg nowadays.

• at the end of one's rope

  At the limit of one's patience.
  Mary is at the end of her rope with Max. She can't take his nagging any longer.

• at the top of one's lungs

  In an extremely loud voice.
  Max called out to Mary at the top of his lungs, but she didn't hear him.