| Anglish | sp. | English |
| Keep a stiff upper lip | phr | To keep up one's courage and self-confidence |
| Keep in step | phr | Remain in touch or au fait with the circiumstances or situation |
| Keep one's eyes peeled | phr | To watch closely; to be observant, alert, aware. (peel = skinned, as 'keep one's eyes skinned'. |
| Keep one's shirt on | phr | To avoid excitement; to retain self-control |
| King pin | n | The most important person in an organization; the most prominent person in the group; a boss, chief, head |
| Kisser | n | The mouth |
| Kitchen bitch | n | A disrespectful term for one who is assigned the menial tasks in the kitchen of a restaurant. |
| Kitchen-goddess | n | A celebrity female chef, who usually achieves very high television and media rating. |
| Kitchen-sink speech | n | Regional accents used by chief characters in films (neo-realist) during the late 1950s and 1960s. |
| Knee-high to a grasshopper | phr | Very small; insignificant |
| Knife | vb | To use unfair methods to betray, trick or disadvantage a person, as in "He knife his friend in the back" (fig) |
| Knight of the Awl | n | A cobbler. |
| Knight of the Cleaver | n | A butcher; a cleaver-knight. |
| Knight of the Cloth | n | A tailor; knight of the thimble.. |
| Knight of the Elbow | phr | A card sharp. 2. a gambler. |
| Knight of the Field | phr | A vagrant, a tramp. |
| Knight of the Green Cloth | n | A gambler, a knight of the elbow, elbow-knight. |
| Knight of the Halter | n | A hangman, executioner. |
| Knight of the Pit | phr | A cock-fighting winner. |
| Knight of the Rainbow | phr | A royal footman (because of his colorful uniform). |
| Knight of the Wheel | phr | A cyclist |
| Knock | vb | To find fault; to object, to complain. One who does this is a knocker |
| Knock | phr | "On the Knock" - to be friendly with |
| Knock | phr | "To Have the Knock" - to have the right of entry. |
| Knockback | n | Rejection. |
| Knock-down | n | An introduction. |
| Knocked down | phr | Sold, especially at auction |
| Knock endways | vb | To astound. |
| Knockings | n | Important facts. |
| Knock off | vb | To have sex with. 2. to kill, especialy an underworld killing. 2. to steal, burgle, pilfer. 3. to stop work; cease. 4. abstain or give up a habit. |
| Knock-off | n | A fake, a copy, cheap reproductions of clothes and antiques. |
| Knock on together | phr | Have an affair. |
| Knockout | n | A great success; a very beautiful looking girl or woman |
| Knock over | phr | To raid; to arrest |
| Knockout-drops | n | A very strong sedative, often illicit drugs; strong intoxicating liquor |
| Know- it-all | n. | A person who pretends to virtual omniscience. |
| Knowledge box | n | A school or similar educational facility. 2. the head |
| Know one's stuff | phr | To be well qualified or knowledgeable in one's work or profession. |
| Knuckle-talk | n | The action of prisoners tapping out messages by rapping their knuckles on their cell walls. |
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