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

"What do you have in mind?"
We use this expression when another person gives you a small part of a plan or suggestion but doesn’t give you very much detail and you want more information about the plan.

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"Not if I can help it"
We use this expression to say that we do not want to do something unless it is unavoidable.

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"That's a bit much"
We use this expression to say we think someone has reacted in an unreasonable manner about something.

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"Straight over my head"
We use this expression to say we have not understood something or we have misinterpreted a situation because it is too difficult to understand.

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"Is it me or ...?"
We use this expression to ask if other people have the same impression as us.

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"I've had it up to here with them"
We use this expression to say that we are angry and frustrated with a situation or with other people.
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