Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms
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in vivo was found in the Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms at the entries listed below.
- an ace in the hole
- catch sb in the act
- get in on the act
- What's sth in aid of?
- be in the air
- be up in the air
- all in all
- be all in
- in the altogether
- have ants in your pants
- be in apple-pie order
- be up in arms
- get your arse in gear
- a babe in the woods
- at/in the back of beyond
- stab sb in the back
- not be backward in coming forward
- be in a bad way
- leave a bad taste in your mouth
- be in bad odour with sb
- in the bag
- be/hang in the balance
- the ball is in sb's court
- be in the same ballpark
- have bats in the belfry
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
- be in bed with sb
- You've made your bed (and you'll have to lie in it).
- have a bee in your bonnet
- with the best will in the world
- but not in the biblical sense
- a big fish in a small pond
- A bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush).
- in your birthday suit
- in black and white
- be a blessing in disguise
- in the blink of an eye
- be in the/your blood
- until you are blue in the face
- he/she doesn't have a jealous, mean, unkind etc. bone in his/her body
- I (can) feel it in my bones.
- in my book
- be in sb's good books
- put the boot in
- be born with a silver spoon in your mouth
- in the bosom of sb
- the boys in blue
- get your brain in gear
- bring out the best in sb
- be broad in the beam
- in broad daylight
- nip sth in the bud
- in the buff
- be like a bull in a china shop
- have a bun in the oven
- have sth burning a hole in your pocket
- not in the business of doing sth
- be in business
- butter wouldn't melt in sb's mouth
- have butterflies (in your stomach)
- be in cahoots
- be in the can
- not have a care in the world
- a case in point
- castles in the air
- Look what the cat's dragged in!
- look like something the cat brought/dragged in
- not have a cat in hell's chance
- be (sitting) in the catbird seat
- be caught in the crossfire
- hold/keep sth/sb in check
- be like a child in a sweetshop
- a chink in sb's armour
- be in the chips
- call/cash in your chips
- go around/round in circles
- go around/round in circles
- keep a civil tongue in your head
- be in the clear
- in a cleft stick
- live in cloud-cuckoo land
- be in clover
- be in the club
- a cog in the machine/wheel
- in cold blood
- in the cold light of day
- come in from the cold
- leave sb out in the cold
- show sb in their true colours
- pale by/in comparison
- a contradiction in terms
- have sb in your corner
- wrap sb up in cotton wool
- stick in your craw
- be in your cups
- be in the dark
- get/have your day in court
- day in, day out
- in this day and age
- be all in a day's work
- I've never felt/heard/seen etc. sth in all my (born) days!
- be dead in the water
- in the dead of night/winter
- be in deep water
- be in too deep
- throw sb in at the deep end
- beard sb in their den
- make a dent in sth
- be in dire straits
- wash your dirty laundry/linen in public
- in/within spitting distance
- a dog in the manger
- be in the doghouse
- be in the doldrums
- dollar signs in sb's eyes
- be done in
- get a/your foot in the door
- be/live in a dream world
- In your dreams!
- in dribs and drabs
- a drop in the ocean
- There wasn't a dry eye in the house.
- get your ducks in a row
- in due course
- be down in the dumps
- dyed-in-the-wool
- be in eclipse
- put all your eggs in one basket
- be in your element
- an end in itself
- get your eye in
- look sb in the eye/eyes
- be in the eye of the storm
- have eyes in the back of your head
- in sb's eyes
- blow up/explode in sb's face
- fly in the face of sth
- be in your face
- be in your face
- laugh in sb's face
- look sb in the face
- throw sth back in sb's face
- All's fair in love and war.
- in good faith
- in the family way
- run in the family
- the fat is in the fire
- a feather in sb's cap
- jump in with both feet
- at/in one fell swoop
- be in fighting trim
- in the final analysis
- be in fine fettle
- have a finger in every pie
- fire in your/the belly
- be in the firing line
- First in, best dressed.
- be in the first flush of sth
- in the first place
- in fits and starts
- be in a fix
- drape/wrap yourself in the flag
- go up in flames
- shoot sth/sb down in flames
- a flash in the pan
- send sb away with a flea in their ear
- meet/see sb in the flesh
- a fly in the ointment
- live in a fool's paradise
- Fools rush in (where angels fear to tread).
- have/keep a foot in both camps
- put your foot in it
- shoot yourself in the foot
- follow in sb's footsteps
- be out in force
- be in the frame
- A friend in need (is a friend indeed).
- have friends in high places
- have a frog in your throat
- be in the front line
- be in full cry
- be in full flow/spate
- be in full swing
- in full force
- in the fullness of time
- be in a (blue) funk
- Garbage in, garbage out.
- Everything in the garden is rosy.
- get in/into gear
- not look a gift horse in the mouth
- All in good time.
- put in a good word for sb
- stand sb in good stead
- take sth in good part
- be in good company
- turn in your grave
- be in the grip of sth
- be (stuck) in a groove
- be in the groove
- get in on the ground floor
- get in sb's hair
- hand in glove
- be in hand
- come/go cap in hand
- go hand in hand
- have a hand in sth
- keep your hand in
- put your hand in your pocket
- throw in your hand
- be in sb's hands
- hang (on) in there
- be back in harness
- in harness
- Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
- throw/toss your hat in the ring
- have it in for sb
- be head over heels (in love)
- be in over your head
- bury your head in the sand
- do sb's head in
- hang your head (in shame)
- have your head in the clouds
- be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlights
- fall in a heap
- sb's heart is in their boots
- sb's heart is in their mouth
- sb's heart is in the right place
- sb's heart isn't in sth
- in your heart of hearts
- in the heat of the moment
- a marriage/match made in heaven
- dig your heels in
- not have a chance/hope in hell
- go to hell in a handbasket/handcart
- would see sb in hell before you would do sth
- in high dudgeon
- a hole in the wall
- be in a hole
- be in the hole
- blow a hole in sth
- blow/make a hole in sth
- need sth like (you need) a hole in the head
- pick holes in sth
- live in hope
- draw/pull in your horns
- be in hot water
- in the hot seat
- in hot pursuit
- in sb's hour of need
- get/put your own house in order
- in a huff
- You're in there!
- in absentia
- in flagrante (delicto)
- in loco parentis
- in situ
- in inverted commas
- an iron fist/hand in a velvet glove
- have a few/a lot etc. irons in the fire
- be in (a bit of) a jam
- the jewel in the crown
- the joker in the pack
- sit in judgment on/over sb
- stew in your own juice/juices
- in keeping with sth
- a kick in the teeth
- be like a kid in a candy store
- move in for the kill
- be knee-deep in sth
- get your knickers in a twist
- put/stick the knife in
- a knight in shining armour
- tie yourself (up) in knots
- be in the know
- wouldn't know sth if it hit you in the face
- Go jump in a/the lake!
- be in the land of nod
- be in the land of the living
- in the lap of luxury
- be in the lap of the gods
- be the last word in sth
- late in the day
- be in a lather
- put lead in your pencil
- by/in leaps and bounds
- be left hanging (in the air/in midair)
- be out in left field
- life in the fast lane
- your life is in sb's hands
- There's life in the old dog yet.
- take your life in/into your hands
- life in the raw
- once in a lifetime
- in the light of sth
- be in the limelight
- be in sb's line
- be in line for sth
- fall in/into line
- in the line of duty
- in the line of fire
- in/within living memory
- be long in the tooth
- get a look in
- be in the loop
- lost in the mists of time
- lost in the shuffle
- throw in your lot with sb
- a love-in
- be in luck
- Your luck's in!
- leave sb in the lurch
- in the main
- be a athlete/star/writer etc. in the making
- be a crisis/disaster etc. in the making
- be in the market for sth
- the matter in hand
- be the meat in the sandwich
- the men in white coats
- the men in grey suits
- there's method in sb's madness
- (out) in the middle of nowhere
- be caught in the middle
- be all in the/your mind
- bear/keep sth in mind
- have sth in mind
- in your mind's eye
- put sb in mind of sb/sth
- sticks in the/your mind
- be in mint condition
- Moderation in all things.
- in all modesty
- be in the money
- not in a month of Sundays
- put/set sth in motion
- be cast in the same mould
- be down in the mouth
- melt in the/your mouth
- Here's mud in your eye!
- another nail in the coffin
- take sb's name in vain
- in the name of sth
- in name only
- in all but name
- have/see your name in lights
- be (in) the nature of the beast
- get it in the neck
- be up to your neck in sth
- be like looking for a needle in a haystack
- in the nick of time
- a nip in the air
- in next to no time
- have your nose in a book
- rub sb's nose in it
- with your nose in the air
- in a nutshell
- put/stick your oar in
- the oldest trick in the book
- the oldest profession (in the world)
- once in a blue moon
- Got it in one!
- be one in a million
- be one in the eye for sb
- have one foot in the grave
- at/in one sitting
- go in one ear and out the other
- pay sb back in their own coin
- be a pain in the arse/backside
- be a pain in the neck
- have sb in the palm of your hand
- partners in crime
- In for a penny, (in for a pound).
- People who live in glass houses (shouldn't throw stones).
- be in a (pretty/right) pickle
- put sb in the picture
- pie in the sky
- a pig in a poke
- in a pig's eye
- piggy in the middle
- be in the pink
- Put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
- be in the pipeline
- couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery
- a/sb's place in the sun
- put sb in their place
- speak with a plum in your mouth
- be in sb's pocket
- live in each other's pockets
- be in pole position
- Any port in a storm.
- not have a pot to piss in
- The proof of the pudding (is in the eating).
- be in the public eye
- be in the pudding club
- be putty in your hands
- be quaking in your boots
- be in Queer Street
- be quids in
- in the raw
- be in the red
- in reduced circumstances
- talk in riddles
- be in the right place at the right time
- not be right in the head
- a roll in the hay
- be rolling in it
- have sb rolling in the aisles
- Rome wasn't built in a day.
- When in Rome (do as the Romans do).
- the roof caves/falls in
- put the roses in sb's cheeks
- the rot sets in
- rub it in
- in the long/short run
- be in the running
- be (stuck) in a rut
- be in the saddle
- be in safe hands
- There's safety in numbers.
- rub salt in/into the wound
- be in the same boat
- not in the same league
- in the same breath
- in the grand/great scheme of things
- be in the driving seat
- be set in concrete
- be in seventh heaven
- put sb/sth in the shade
- in sb's shadow
- in/under sth's shadow
- in two shakes (of a lamb's tail)
- be shaking in your boots/shoes
- in any shape or form
- when your ship comes in
- be like ships that pass in the night
- be in deep/the shit
- be in sb's shoes
- a shoo-in
- a shot in the arm
- a shot in the dark
- have sth in your sights
- have sb in your sights
- live in sin
- a skeleton in the/your cupboard
- a slap in the face
- could do sth in their sleep
- in small doses
- go up in smoke
- a snake in the grass
- not have a snowball's chance in hell
- be as snug as a bug in a rug
- Put a sock in it!
- soft in the head
- be in the soup
- in spades
- be in a spin
- put a spoke in sb's wheel
- be in the spotlight
- a square peg (in a round hole)
- be staring sb in the face
- stars in your eyes
- be in a stew
- stick in your gullet/throat
- a stick-in-the-mud
- a sting in the tail
- A stitch in time (saves nine).
- have sb in stitches
- in (your) stocking/stockinged feet
- be carved/set in stone
- a storm in a teacup
- couldn't lie straight in bed
- a straw in the wind
- the man/woman/person in the street
- take sth in your stride
- in a (cold) sweat
- in tandem
- would not do sth for all the tea in China
- It'll (all) end in tears.
- in the teeth of sth
- a tempest in a teapot
- in the long/medium/short term
- be in the thick of sth
- be a thorn in sb's flesh/side
- be in the throes of sth/doing sth
- throw in the sponge/towel
- be in a tight corner/spot
- have your fingers/hand in the till
- tongue in cheek
- be in touch
- in tow
- stop (sb) in their tracks
- set in train
- be in a transport of delight/joy
- every trick in the book
- There's many a true word spoken in jest.
- when sb was a (mere) twinkle in their father's eye
- in the twinkling of an eye
- be in/of two minds
- put in/stick in your two penn'orth
- put your two cents (worth) in
- be like two peas in a pod
- in no uncertain terms
- be up to your ears/eyeballs/eyes in sth
- a (lone) voice in the wilderness
- be waiting in the wings
- have been in the wars
- come out in the wash
- It'll all come out in the wash.
- (in) any way, shape, or form
- a weak link (in the chain)
- be well in
- set the wheels in motion
- be whistling in the dark
- in the wilderness
- not in my wildest dreams
- be in the wind
- be spitting in/into the wind
- leave sb to twist in the wind
- in his/her/their (infinite) wisdom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing
- get a word in edgeways
- have a word in sb's ear
- in a word
- in so many words
- in words of one syllable
- put words in/into sb's mouth
- put/throw a spanner in the works
- be in another world
- come/go down in the world
- be worth its/your weight in gold
- It's written in the stars.
- be in the wrong
