Collins English Dictionary: English Words Starting With “A”
- a flea in one's ear
- a foot in the door
- a fortiori
- a free hand
- a frog in one's throat
- a full plate
- à gogo
- a good few
- a good one
- a hand's turn
- a hard nut to crack
- a hard row to hoe
- a heavy hand
- a high hand
- a hollow leg
- a home from home
- A horizon
- a horse of another colour
- A into G
- a king's ransom
- à la
- à la carte
- à la king
- à la mode
- a la plancha
- a law unto itself
- a leap in the dark
- A level
- a lick and a promise
- A list
- a little bird
- a load of
- a lump in one's throat
- a matter of life and death
- a matter of opinion
- a mensa et thoro
- a mite
- a month of Sundays
- a mountain to climb
- a mug's game
- a nail in one's coffin
- a name to conjure with
- A number 1
- a piece of crumpet
- a piece of goods
- à pied
- a pig in a poke
- a pop
- a posteriori
- a pox on someone
- a pressurized environment