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Sayings that start with the letter R

Sayings that start with the letter R

Rabbit and pork

Rack and ruin

Rack your brains

Rag-and-bone man

Rag, tag and bobtail

Raining cats and dogs

Raining stair-rods

Raise Cain

Rank and file

Raspberry tart

Rat arsed

Raze to the ground

Razzle-dazzle

Read between the lines

Read the riot act

Real McCoy

Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic

Red-handed (caught)

Red-letter day

Red herring

Red in tooth and claw

Red rag to a bull - A

Red sky at night ...

Red tape

Reduplicated phrases

Religion is the opium of the people

Rest on his laurels

Revenge is a dish best served cold

Rhyme nor reason

Rhyming slang

Richard of York gave battle in vain

Richard the Third

Riddle wrapped up in an enigma - A

Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross

Riding shotgun

Riff-raff

Riley - the life of

[That] Rings a bell

Ring a ring o'roses, a pocketful of posies, atishoo, atishoo, all fall down

Ring down the curtain

Ring-fencing

Ring the changes

Rinky-dink

Rise and shine

Road less travelled - The

Road apples

Road rage

Road to hell is paved with good intentions - The

Roasted to a turn

Rob Peter to pay Paul

Rock and roll

(It's not) rocket science

(Make a) rod for your own back

A rolling stone gathers no moss

Roly-poly

Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

Rootin' tootin'

Rose by any other name would smell as sweet - A

Rose is a rose is a rose

Rosie Lea

Rough diamond

Round Robin

Route one

Rub of the green

Rule of thumb

Rum do

Rumpy-pumpy

Run a mile

Run amok

Run of the mill

Run out of steam

Run rings around

Run the gauntlet

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