Sayings that start with the letter S
Sacred cow
Safe as houses - As
Safe pair of hands - A
Safe sex
Sailing close to the wind
Salad days
Salt of the earth - The
San fairy Ann
Sandwich short of a picnic
Save face
Save one's bacon
Saved by the bell
Savoir faire
Say cheese
Say goodnight Gracie
Scapegoat
Scarper
Scot-free
Scott (Sir Walter - phrases coined by)
Scraping the barrel
Screw your courage to the sticking place
'Scuse me while I kiss this guy
Sea change
Sealed with a loving kiss
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
(Play) second fiddle
Second-guess
Security blanket
See a man about a dog
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day
See red
See the wood for the trees - Can't
Selling like hot cakes
Seek and you shall find
Seen better days
Send packing
Senior citizen
Sent to Coventry
Separate the sheep from the goats
Set one's cap at
Set your teeth on edge
Sex and shopping
Seven-year itch
Sexton Blake
Shebang - The whole
Shaggy dog story
Shake a leg
Shakers and movers
Shakespeare - Phrases coined by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare - Words coined by William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Shambles
Shanks' mare/shanks' pony
Share and share alike
Shilly-shally
Ship shape and Bristol fashion
S*** end of the stick - The
S*** for brains
Shiver my timbers
Shoddy
Shoemaker always wears the worst shoes - The
Shoot through
Short end of the stick - The
Short shrift
Shot across the bows
Shot heard 'round the world - The
Shot in the arm
Shot in the dark
Show a leg
Show your mettle
Shrinking violet
Shuffle off this mortal coil
Shut your cake-hole
Siamese twins
(As) Sick as a parrot
Sick puppy (A)
Sight for sore eyes (A)
Similes
Silence is golden
Silly Billy
Silly season
Silver bullet
Silver lining - every cloud has a
(Born with a) Silver spoon
A list of 200 'As X as Y' Similes
Sir Walter Scott (phrases coined by)
Sitting pretty
Six ways to Sunday
Sixes and sevens - At
Skeleton in the closet
Skid row
Skin and blister
(By the) skin of your teeth
(The) sky's the limit
Sledgehammer to crack a nut - A
Sleep like a top
Sleep on a clothesline
Sleep tight
Sleeveless errand
Sloane Ranger
Slogans which have become commonplace phrases
Slush fund
Smallest room in the house - The
Smart casual
Smoke and mirrors
Snug as a bug in a rug
So sue me
Soap-dodger
Sod's Law
Sold down the river
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men, have mediocrity thrust upon them
Someone is walking over my grave
Something for the weekend sir?
Something nasty in the woodshed
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue
Son of a bitch
Son of a gun
Sorry sight
Sound bite
Sound out
Sour grapes
Space, the final frontier
Spanner in the works - A
Spare the rod and spoil the child
Speak of the Devil
Speak softly and carry a big stick
Special relationship
Spelling-bee
Spend a penny
Spick and span
Spill the beans
Spin doctor
Spirit of the staircase
Spitting feathers
Spitting image
Spoonerisms
Spring forward, fall back
Spruce-up
Square meal
Squeaky bum time
Stand and deliver
Stand up guy
Standing on the shoulders of giants
Star-crossed lovers
Stark, raving mad
Stars and garters - My
Start from scratch
Steal a march
Steal my thunder
Step up to the plate
Stick in the mud
Stick your oar in
Sticks and stones may break my bones
Sticky wicket
Stiff upper lip
Stiffen the sinews
Stinking rich
Stitch in time saves nine - A
Stone the crows
Stone's throw
Stony-hearted
Stool pigeon
Storm in a teacup
Straight as a die
Straight from the horse's mouth
Strain at the leash
Strait-laced
Strait and narrow
Stranger danger
Stranger than fiction - Truth is
The - Straw that broke the camel's back
Strike while the iron is hot
Stuck fast
Stuff and nonsense
Stump up
Such is life
Super-duper
Surf and turf
Surfing the Net/surfing the Internet/surfing the Web
Survival of the fittest
Suspension of disbelief
Swan song
Sweet Fanny Adams
Swing for you
Swing the lead
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