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Sayings that start with the letter I

Sayings that start with the letter I

I bear a charmed life

I have not slept one wink

I have nothing to declare but my genius

I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat

I haven't got a clue

I see no ships

I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips

I spy with my little eye

I told you is was ill

I will swing for you

I will wear my heart upon my sleeve

Identity theft

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(Beware) the Ides of March

If I had my druthers

If it ain't broke, don't fix it

If music be the food of love, play on

If the cap fits

If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain

If the shoe fits

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas

If you think that, you have another think coming

Ill wind

I'll be there with bells on

I'll go to the foot of our stairs

I'll have your guts for garters

I'm stumped

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

In a blue funk

In a cleft stick

In a pickle

In a pig's eye

In a quandary

In a nutshell

In a trice

In an interesting condition

In for a penny, in for a pound

In like Flynn

In limbo

In my minds eye

In someone's bad books

In spades

In stitches

In the bag

In the box-seat

In the buff

In the cart

In the catbird seat

In the club

In the doghouse

In the doldrums

In the limelight

In the nick of time

In the pink

In the red

In the same boat

In the sticks

In your face

Including, but not limited to

Indian giver

Indian summer

Infra dig

Innocent until proven guilty

Inside out

For all intents and purposes

Iron hoof

Is the Pope Catholic?

Is the Pope Polish?

Is this a dagger which I see before me?

It ain't over till the fat lady sings

It came like a bolt from the blue

It is meat and drink to me

It never rains but it pours

It's all Greek to me

It's all grist to the mill

It's better to give than to receive

It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all

It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness

It's not rocket science

It's that man again

Itty-bitty

Ivory tower

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By Gary Martin

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