Fun Easy English - American English Idioms letter R.

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Learn American English idioms beginning with the letter R
Learn the definition of each idiom
Study usage of each idiom

American English idioms beginning with the letter R

Idiom	Definition	Usage
rack one's brains	think hard	She had to rack her brains for one hour to get the answer.
rain check	free ticket	He received a rain check to the baseball game after it was cancelled because of the rain.
rain check	permission	The store gave her a rain check to purchase the product for the same price at a later date since it was sold out today.
raining cats and dogs	raining very hard	It has been raining cats and dogs all morning.
raise a fuss	complain	The woman at the restaurant chose to raise a fuss when her meal arrived late.
raise a hand	do something	She will never raise a hand to help her friends.
raise Cain	create a disturbance	They began to raise Cain at the dance and were asked to leave.
raise eyebrows	cause surprise	These crazy clothes should raise eyebrows at the office tomorrow.
rake in the money	make a lot of money	She should be able to rake in the money with that new product.
ran out of gas	lost momentum	The politician ran out of gas during the campaign.
ream someone out	yell at him	The boss decided to ream him out for his bad report.
red ink	debt	The company has been in red ink from the beginning.
rip off	overpriced item	This car was really a rip off.
rip off	steal	Someone tried to rip off her car last night.
rough time	hard time	We have had a rough time this winter.
run short	not have enough	If we don’t order supplies now, we will probably run short.
run the show	make the decisions	It seems as if the boss really likes to run the show.
running off at the mouth	talking too much	He is always running off at the mouth.