Idioms Beginning with e

• easy as pie

  Very easily completed or accomplished.
  That puzzle was as easy as pie.

• easy come, easy go

  Easily won and easily lost.
  The government took half of my lottery winnings in taxes. Oh well, easy come, easy go.

• easy on the eyes

  Attractive; beautiful.
  Mary is quite easy on the eyes.

• eat like a bird

  To eat very little.
  How does Mary keep such a nice figure? I bet she eats like a bird.

• eat like a pig

  To eat noisily, with one's mouth open; to eat a lot.
  Don't invite Max to your dinner party; he eats like a pig.

• egg on your face

  Feeling embarrassed or foolish because of a mistake.
  Max claimed he knew everything about the topic, but when he got the facts wrong, he had egg on his face.

• elbow grease

  hard work or physical effort.
  The floor is filthy. It will take some elbow grease to get it clean.