| rack and ruin |
| rafter snapper |
| rag the puck |
| rainbow baby |
| rain buckets |
| rain death |
| rain down |
| rain off |
| rain or shine |
| rain stopped play |
| raise Cain |
| raise eyebrows |
| raise one's eyebrows |
| raise someone's hackles |
| raise someone's spirits |
| raise the flag and see who salutes |
| raise the roof |
| raise the stakes |
| rake over |
| rake together |
| rally round |
| ram something down someone's throat |
| rant and rave |
| rap someone's knuckles |
| Ratatouille moment |
| rat run |
| rattle off |
| raw deal |
| razor-sharp |
| reach-around |
| reach for the stars |
| read in |
| read minds |
| read out |
| read someone's mind |
| read someone to filth |
| read the room |
| ready or not |
| ready up |
| reality check |
| reality distortion field |
| real McCoy |
| reap the harvest |
| reap what one sows |
| rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic |
| rebound relationship |
| reclaim one's time |
| Red Baron |
| redeem oneself |
| red flag |
| red ink |
| red letter day |
| red meat |
| red tape |
| reel in |
| reflect upon |
| refrigerator mom |
| reheat someone's nachos |
| reinvent the wheel |
| remain to be seen |
| rend one's garments |
| reopen old wounds |
| rest assured |
| rest his soul |
| rest on one's laurels |
| returns to scale |
| return to form |
| reverse course |
| revolve around |
| rev up |
| rhyme or reason |
| Richard Roe |
| rickle o' banes |
| riddle me that, Batman |
| ride down |
| ride herd on |
| ride off into the sunset |
| ride one's bumper |
| ride on the back of |
| ride roughshod over |
| ride tall in the saddle |
| ride the crest of the wave |
| ride the rails |
| ride the tiger |
| rid out |
| right away |
| right on |
| ring a bell |
| ring down the curtain |
| ring hollow |
| ring one's bell |
| ring someone's bell |
| ring up |
| ripen up |
| rip into |
| rip off the bandage |
| rip-snorting mad |
| rip to shreds |
| rise from the ashes |
| rise to the occasion |