| rally around | | | |
| rank and file | | | |
| rare animal | | | |
| rat's nest | | | |
| ray of light | | | |
| reach for the sky | | | |
| read lips | | | |
| read someone's lips | | | |
| read the green | | | |
| ready to roll | | | |
| reality-check | | | |
| real quick | | | |
| rear one's head | | | |
| reckon without one's host | | | |
| red-diaper | | | |
| red-handed | | | |
| red light | | | |
| reduce someone to tears | | | |
| refresh someone's memory | | | |
| reign supreme | | | |
| render unto Caesar | | | |
| reset the dial | | | |
| rest one's soul | | | |
| return the favor | | | |
| reverse Midas touch | | | |
| rhyme off | | | |
| rich bitch | | | |
| riddle wrapped in an enigma | | | |
| ride high | | | |
| ride one's luck | | | |
| ride shotgun | | | |
| ride the pine | | | |
| ride the wave | | | |
| right of Genghis Khan | | | |
| ringbarked | | | |
| ring off the hook | | | |
| ring true | | | |
| ripe old age | | | |
| rip off the band-aid | | | |
| rise and shine | | | |
| rise to the purple | | | |
| roach coach | | | |
| road to Damascus | | | |
| rob Peter to pay Paul | | | |
| rocket scientist | | | |
| rocking-horse shit | | | |
| rod for one's back | | | |
| roguey | | | |
| rolling in it | | | |
| roll off the tongue | | | |
| roll out the red carpet | | | |
| roll up one's sleeves | | | |
| Rome wasn't built in a day | | | |
| root around | | | |
| rose-colored glasses | | | |
| rot in hell | | | |
| rough around the edges | | | |
| rough patch | | | |
| round of applause | | | |
| roving eye | | | |
| royal bumps | | | |
| rub down | | | |
| rub off | | | |
| rub salt in the wound | | | |
| rub up the wrong way | | | |
| ruffle someone's feathers | | | |
| rule OK | | | |
| rule the school | | | |
| run across | | | |
| run and gun | | | |
| run around after | | | |
| run at the mouth | | | |
| run for one's money | | | |
| run hot and cold | | | |
| run late | | | |
| run off at the mouth | | | |
| run on empty | | | |
| run out of steam | | | |
| run past | | | |
| run scared | | | |
| run something up the flagpole | | | |
| run the rule over | | | |
| run to earth | | | |
| run with | | | |
| rush in | | | |