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).