Phrase of the Day

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A special English phrase for every day of the year.

Discover a new phrase each day to use in your English! These are special phrases and sayings that English speakers use all the time, but you don't often see these phrases in English course books or other study material. Visit daily to learn some popular English phrases on a regular basis.

Did you know that we first introduced the Phrase of the day in early 2006!
You could say that puts us nearly 20 years ahead of the competition.

Phrase of the day

"I've never heard of it"
We use this expression when someone else is talking about a thing, person or a place that we are not familiar with. We are asking the other person to give us an explanation.

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"Go on about something"
We use this expression to say that someone talks a lot about something.

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"That would be telling"
We use this expression when we don’t want to tell someone a piece of information because it’s a secret.

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"Right away"
We use this expression to say something will happen immediately. Often we say this when we agree to do something immediately.

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"I feel like a.."
We use this expression when we want to say we want something to eat or drink.

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"Take your pick"
We use this expression to say that somebody can choose from many options.
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