Slang & Idioms Starting with "E"
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- Eager beaver An enthusiastic, hard-working person; sometimes overly keen.
- Eagle-eyed Having sharp, keen eyesight; noticing everything.
- Early bird A person who gets up early
- Early doors Early in the match; early stages.
- Earn a Crust To earn a living, make money to survive
- Earth closet A dry toilet using earth instead of water
- Earwig Eavesdrop
- Easy Peasy Very easy, simple
- Eat One's Heart Out To suffer from longing, envy, or unrequited love
- Eating for two Pregnant (humorous excuse for extra food)
- Ecstatic Overwhelmingly happy, in a state of rapture
- Eejit An idiot (Irish/Scottish)
- Effing Euphemism for 'fucking'; used to avoid the full word.
- egg on your face look foolish due to failure
- Elated Extremely happy, on a high
- Elephant in the room An obvious problem that everyone ignores
- Elephants Drunk.
- Elevenses A mid-morning snack around 11am (British)
- Emmet Tourist, outsider (Cornwall).
- Emotional Feeling intense emotions, near tears
- Empty your bladder Medical/direct term for urinating.
- Enlisted Non-officer military personnel
- Epic Amazing, impressive
- Epic fail A spectacular or embarrassing failure.
- Era A phase or period of life/behaviour; used to describe current identity or focus.
- Errands Short trips to do necessary tasks
- Evening A casual way to say 'Good evening'
- Every cloud has a silver lining Even bad situations have positive aspects
- Every dog has its day Everyone gets a chance at success or luck eventually.
- Exclusive Dating only each other, not seeing other people (modern dating).
- Excuse Me Polite attention-getter; apology; expressing offense
- Extra Over the top, dramatic, excessive
- Extra time Additional 30 minutes in knockout games if level.
- Extrovert A person who is outgoing and gains energy from social interaction
- Ey up Hello, look out, attention (Yorkshire greeting/exclamation).