List of Idioms beginning with J

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List of Idioms beginning with J

Jack Frost - If everything has frozen in winter, then Jack Frost has visited

Jack the Lad - A confident and not very serious young man who behaves as he wants to without thinking about other people is a jack the land 

Jack-of-all-trades- A jack-of-all-trades is someone that can do many different jobs

Jam on your face - If you say that someone has jam on their face, they appear to be caught, embarrassed or found guilty

Jam tomorrow - This idiom is used when people promise good things for the future that will never come

Jane Doe - Jane Doe is a name given to an unidentified female who may be party to legal proceedings, or to an undefined person in hospital, or dead. John Doe is the male equivalent

Jekyll and Hyde - Someone who has a Jekyll and Hyde personality has a pleasant and a very unpleasant side to the character

Jersey justice - Jersey justice is very severe justice

Jet set - Very wealthy people who travel around the world to attend parties or functions are the jet set

Jet-black - To emphasize just how black something is, such as someone's hair, we can call it jet-black

Job's comforter - Someone who says they want to comfort, but actually discomforts people is a job comforter

Jobs for the boys - Where people give jobs, contracts, etc, to their friends and associates, these are jobs for the boys

Jockey for position - If a number of people want the same opportunity and are struggling to emerge as the most likely candidate, they are jockeying for position

Jog my memory- If you jog someone's memory, you say words that will help someone trying to remember a thought, event, word, phrase, experience, etc.,

John Doe- John Doe is a name given to an unidentified male who may be party to legal proceedings, or to an undefined person in hospital, or dead. Jane Doe is the female equivalent

Joe Public - Joe Public is the typical, average person

Johnny on the spot - A person who is always available; ready, willing, and able to do what needs to be done. ('Johnny-on-the-spot' is also used)

Johnny-come-lately - A Johnny-come-lately is someone who has recently joined something or arrived somewhere, especially when they want to make changes that are not welcome

Join the club - Said when someone has expressed a desire or opinion, meaning "That viewpoint is not unique to you". It can suggest that the speaker should stop complaining since many others are in the same position. Example: "If this train doesn't come, I'll be late for work!" "Join the club!"

Joined at the hip - If people are joined at the hip, they are very closely connected and think the same way

Judge, jury and executioner - If someone is said to be the judge, jury, and jury, and executioner, it means they are in charge of every decision made, and they have the power to be rid of whomever they choose

Juggle frogs - If you are juggling frogs, you are trying to do something bery difficult

Jump down someone's throat - If you jump down someone's throat, you criticise or chastise them severely

Jump on the bandwagon - If people jump on the bandwagon, they get involved in something that has recently become very popular

Jump ship - If you leave a company or institution for another because it is doing badly, you are jumping ship

Jump the broom - To jump the broom is to marry. (Jump over the broom, Jump over the broomstick, Jump the broomstick is also used)

Jump the gun - If you jump the gun, you start doing something before the appropriate time

Jump the track - Jumping the track is suddenly changing from one plan, activity, idea, etc, to another

Jump through hoops - If you are prepared to jump through hoops for someone, you are prepared to make great efforts and sacrifices for them

Jump to a conclusion - If someone jumps to a conclusion, they evaluate or judge something without a sufficient examination of the facts

Jumping Judas! - An expression of surprise or shock

Jungle out there - If someone says that it is a jungle out there, they mean that the situation is dangerous and there are no rules

Jury's out - If the jury's out on an issue, then there is no general agreement or consensus on it.

Just around the corner - If something is just around the corner, then it is expected to happen very soon

Just coming up to - If the time is just coming up to nine o'clock, it means that it will be nine o'clock in a very few seconds. You'll hear them say it on the radio in the morning

Just deserts - If a bad or evil person gets their just deserts, they get the punishment or suffer the misfortune that it is felt they deserve

Just for the heck of it - When someone does something just for the heck of it, they do it without a good reason

Just for the record - If something is said to be just for the record, the person is saying it so that people know but does not necessarily agree with or support it.

Just in the nick of time - If you do something in the nick of time, you just manage to do it just in time, with seconds to spare

Just off the boat - If someone is just off the boat, they are naive and inexperienced

Just what the doctor ordered - If something's just what the doctor ordered, it is precisely what is needed

Justice is blind - Justice is blind means that justice is impartial and objective

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