Absence makes the heart
grow fonder
(To) burn the midnight oil
To stay up late
abbr.
abbreviation
Acousticophobia
Sound
Lack of rule, having no government
Anarchy
All for one
and one for all (motto of Alexander Dumas’ novel The Three Musketeers).
Apple of one’s eye
Someone considered to be very special
approx
approximately
Agoraphobia
Open spaces
The people
Democracy
All roads lead
to Rome
Between a rock and hard place
Between two equally dangerous or difficult choices (between the devil and the deep blue sea has a similar meaning)
mtn
mountain
Anthropophobia
people
Women
Gynarchy
Don’t put the cart
before the horse.
(To) blow hot and cold.
To favor something and then to oppose it
mdse
merchandise
Ombrophobia
Rain
Stratocracy
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day;
teach him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
Can’t hit the broad side of a barn
mss
manuscripts
Logophobia
Speaking
the mob
Ochlocracy