I
Idioms beginning with "I"
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[in one's right mind] {adj. phr.}
Accountable; sane and sober.
If you were in your right mind, you wouldn't be saying such stupid things to our boss.
[in one's shell] or [into one's shell] {adv.} or {adj. phr.}, {informal}
In or into bashfulness; into silence; not sociable; unfriendly.
After Mary's mother scolded her, she went into her shell.
* /The teacher tried to get Rose to talk to her, but […]
[in one's shoes] also [in one's boots] {adv. phr.}
In or into one's place or position.
How would you like to be in a lion tamer's boots?
Compare: [PUT ONESELF IN ANOTHER'S PLACE], [STEP INTO ONE'S SHOES].
[in one's tracks] {adv. phr.}, {informal}
1. Just where one is at the moment; abruptly; immediately.
The hunter's rifle cracked and the rabbit dropped in his tracks.
Mary stopped dead in her tracks, turned around, and ran back home.
Syn.: [ON […]
[in one's way] {adv.} or {adj. phr.}
1. Within reach; likely to be met; before you.
The chance to work for a printer was put in my way.
Compare: [PUT IN THE WAY OF].
2. or [in the way]
In your path as a hindrance; placed so as to block the way.
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[in order] {adv.} or {adj. phr.}
1. In arrangement; in the proper way of following one another.
Come to my desk in alphabetical order as I call your names.
Line up and walk to the door in order.
Name all the presidents in order.
Compare: […]
[in order to] or [so as to] {conj.}
For the purpose of; to. — Used with an infinitive.
In order to follow the buffalo, the Indians often had to move their camps.
We picked apples so as to make a pie.
Compare: [SO THAT].