I
Idioms beginning with "I"
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[if anything] {adv. phr.}
More likely; instead; rather.
The weather forecast is not for cooler weather; if anything, it is expected to be warmer.
Joe isn't a bad boy. If anything he's a pretty good one.
Compare: [MATTER OF FACT].
[if it's not one thing it's another]
If a certain thing doesn't go wrong, another most probably will.
When John lost his keys and his wallet, and his car wouldn't start, he exclaimed in despair, "If it's not one thing it's another."
Compare: [ONE […]
[if need be] {adv. phr.}
If the need arises.
If need be, I can come early tomorrow and work overtime.
[if only]
I wish.
If only it would stop raining!
If only Mother could be here.
Syn.: [WOULD THAT].
[if the hill will not come to Muhammad, Muhammad will go to the hill]
If one person will not go to the other, then the other must go to him. — A proverb.
* /Grandfather won't come to visit us, so we must go and visit him. If the hill won't come to […]
[if the shoe fits, wear it]
If what is said describes you, you are meant. — A proverb.
I won't say who, but some children are always late. If the shoe fits, Wear it.
[if worst comes to worst]
If the worst thing happens that be imagined; if the worst possible thing happens; if troubles grow worse.
If worst comes to worst and Mr. Jones loses the house, he will send his family to his mother's farm.
* /If worst […]