Common English Phrases

A

• a few sandwiches short of a picnic
• a little bird told me
• age before beauty
• all bets are off
• all correct
• all duck or no dinner
• all hell breaks loose
• all hell broke loose
• all right, my lover
• all rights reserved
• all wool and a yard wide
• all your base are belong to us
• all-over oneself
• alone in a crowd
• am I right or am I right
• and all
• and all that
• and change
• and counting
• and crap
• and how
• and so forth
• and so on
• and that
• and the horse you rode in on
• and the like
• and then some
• and whatnot
• and your little dog too
• angel passes
• any other business
• any way one slices it
• anything goes
• apropos of nothing
• are you allergic to any medications
• are you married
• are you religious
• are you taking any medications
• are your ears burning
• art imitates life
• as fine as Dick's hatband
• as it stands
• as much use as a chocolate fireguard
• as queer as Dick's hatband
• as the actress said to the bishop
• as the day is long
• as the saying goes
• as they say
• as tight as Dick's hatband
• ask me one on sport
• ask my arse
• aye aye, sir

B

• back at you
• be prepared
• be right back
• be still my beating heart
• be still my heart
• be there or be square
• beats me
• beauty and the beast
• because you touch yourself at night
• been there, done that
• been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
• been there, done that, got the T-shirt
• beggars can't be choosers
• belay my last
• beneficium ordinis seu excussionis
• black-on-black
• bleu, blanc et rouge
• blind leading the blind
• blot one's copy book
• Bob's your uncle
• born and bred
• bound to
• but for the grace of God
• but me no buts
• but who's counting

C

• call an ambulance
• call the police
• camel through the eye of a needle
• can I buy you a drink
• can I come in
• can I use your phone
• can you help me
• cannot but
• cat got someone's tongue
• chacun a son gout
• chacun à son goût
• chance would be a fine thing
• chance'd be a fine thing
• cheaper by the dozen
• check is in the mail
• cheese it
• Christmas is coming
• ciao for now
• citation needed
• click me
• colt over the fence
• come stà
• come to mention it
• come to papa
• cooking with gas
• could I see the menu, please
• could one be any more
• couldn't happen to a nicer
• credit where credit's due
• Crimea River
• cross that bridge when one comes to it
• cross that bridge when one gets there
• cross that bridge when one gets to it
• cruising for a bruising

D

• democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner
• devil take the hindmost
• do I know you
• do not disturb
• do not enter
• do you accept American dollars
• do you accept credit cards
• do you believe in God
• do you come here often
• do you have a boyfriend
• do you have a menu in English
• do you have any pets
• do you have children
• do you kiss your mother with that mouth
• do you know who I am
• do you speak English
• do you speak something
• does anyone here speak English
• dollars to donuts
• don't call us, we'll call you
• don't do anything I wouldn't do
• don't get me started
• don't give up your day job
• don't knock yourself out
• don't let the bedbugs bite
• don't let the door hit you on the way out
• don't make me laugh
• don't mind if I do
• don't pass go
• don't quit your day job
• dream on

E

• ears are burning
• Eat at Joe's
• Eddie would go
• eid mubarak
• ejusdem generis
• Elvis has left the building
• embrace, extend and extinguish
• end of the world
• enough to make the angels weep
• Erin go bragh
• every good boy deserves fudge
• every time one turns around
• exceptio beneficium ordinis seu excussionis
• exceptio non numeratae pecuniae
• excuse me
• exsqueeze me

F

• fair play
• fare thee well
• fire at will
• first annual
• five will get you ten
• fix it again Tony
• for old time's sake
• from my cold, dead hands
• from sea to shining sea

G

• gag me with a spoon
• gentleman of leisure
• get one's juices flowing
• get well soon
• get you
• get your coat love, you've pulled
• give me liberty or give me death
• gloves are off
• go jump in the lake
• God knows
• gone north about
• good health
• good night
• good on you
• goodbye cruel world
• goodnight Vienna
• goose is cooked
• guess what

H

• had better
• Happy Easter
• Happy Holidays
• Happy New Year
• Happy Ramadan
• hats off
• have a nice day
• have to
• he could be her father
• he said, she said
• he shoots, he scores
• he's unconscious
• heads I win, tails you lose
• heads will roll
• heaven knows
• here lies
• here you are
• here you go
• here's to
• his back is up
• hit it and quit it
• ho there
• hold your fire
• Houston, we have a problem
• how about that
• how are you
• how are you doing
• how can you sleep at night
• how do I get to
• how do I get to the airport
• how do I get to the bus station
• how do I get to the train station
• how do you do
• how do you like them apples
• how do you pronounce this word
• how do you spell this word
• how long is a piece of string
• how much do you charge
• how much does it cost
• how much is it
• how old are you
• how one rolls
• how so
• how's it going
• how's it hanging
• how's the weather
• how's tricks
• howdedo
• hugs and kisses

I

• I am blind
• I am Canadian
• I am English
• I am hungry
• I am thirsty
• I am tired
• I am twenty years old
• I am what I am
• I approve this message
• I beg your pardon
• I believe you, thousands wouldn't
• I came, I saw, I conquered
• I could eat a horse
• I do
• I do not speak
• I don't eat fish
• I don't eat meat
• I don't eat pork
• I don't know
• I don't know American Sign Language
• I don't speak Azerbaijani
• I don't speak Azeri
• I don't speak Catalan
• I don't speak English
• I don't speak Indonesian
• I don't speak Persian
• I don't speak Russian
• I don't think so
• I don't understand
• I hate you
• I have a cold
• I have a fever
• I have AIDS
• I have asthma
• I have cancer
• I have diabetes
• I have high blood pressure
• I have low blood pressure
• I have no money
• I have to love you and leave you
• I haven't the foggiest
• I knew someone when
• I know
• I know you are but what am I
• I like you
• I live in Melbourne
• I lost my backpack
• I lost my bag
• I lost my glasses
• I lost my handbag
• I lost my keys
• I lost my wallet
• I love you
• I must go
• I need a battery
• I need a compass
• I need a condom
• I need a dictionary
• I need a doctor
• I need a drink
• I need a guide
• I need a lawyer
• I need a map
• I need a pen
• I need a pencil
• I need a postage stamp
• I need a postcard
• I need a razor
• I need a taxi
• I need a toothbrush
• I need a towel
• I need an interpreter
• I need an umbrella
• I need aspirin
• I need clothes
• I need food
• I need gas
• I need internet access
• I need Internet access
• I need money
• I need petrol
• I need privacy
• I need shampoo
• I need shelter
• I need soap
• I need sunblock
• I need toilet paper
• I need toothpaste
• I need water
• I need writing paper
• I need your help
• I rest my case
• I see, said the blind man
• I tell a lie
• I think so
• I think therefore I am
• I told you so
• I want to know
• I wish
• I'd like to kiss you
• I'd like to know
• I'll be a monkey's uncle
• I'll be blowed
• I'll call the police
• I'll say
• I'll see you and raise you
• I'm ... year(s) old
• I'm a Buddhist
• I'm a Catholic
• I'm a Christian
• I'm a Muslim
• I'm a vegetarian
• I'm afraid not
• I'm afraid so
• I'm agnostic
• I'm all right, Jack
• I'm allergic to aspirin
• I'm allergic to nuts
• I'm allergic to penicillin
• I'm allergic to pollen
• I'm an atheist
• I'm bleeding
• I'm blind
• I'm cold
• I'm deaf
• I'm divorced
• I'm dying
• I'm fine
• I'm fine, thank you
• I'm hungry
• I'm in love with you
• I'm Jewish
• I'm looking for a job
• I'm lost
• I'm married
• I'm mute
• I'm not religious
• I'm rubber, you're glue
• I'm sick
• I'm single
• I'm sorry
• I'm straight
• I'm thirsty
• I'm tired
• I'm twenty years old
• I've been raped
• I've been robbed
• I've been shot
• I've burned myself
• I've lost my keys
• if I were you
• if it ain't broke, don't fix it
• if it's all the same
• if looks could kill
• if only
• if pigs had wings
• if the cap fits
• if the shoe fits
• if you know what I mean
• if you please
• in for a penny
• in laymen's terms
• in one's dreams
• in order to
• in potentiâ
• in the name of
• in your dreams
• independent means
• intra legem
• is it going to rain
• is it just me
• is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me
• is that so
• is the Pope Catholic
• is there a smaller size
• isn't it so
• it can't be helped
• it doesn't matter
• it figures
• it is what it is
• it was delicious
• it's a pleasure
• it's a small world
• it's all good
• it's all Greek to me
• it's an emergency
• it's cold outside
• it's one's funeral
• it's too expensive
• it's too late for sorry
• it's what's inside that counts

J

• Jesus, Mary and Joseph
• jobs for the boys
• join the club
• jury is out

K

• kick and a flick for being so quick
• kick the tires and light the fires
• kids will be kids
• Kilroy was here
• kiss me

L

• lady of leisure
• lands preserved
• lather, rinse, repeat
• leave me alone
• let freedom ring
• let me see
• let the cat out of the bag
• let's go
• let's not and say we did
• let's see
• life imitates art
• lights, camera, action
• like it's going out of style
• like turkeys voting for an early Christmas
• like turkeys voting for Christmas
• look who's talking
• Lord willing and the creek don't rise
• lose one's head if it wasn't attached

M

• make love, not war
• mark my words
• marry me
• may the Force be with you
• mea culpa
• mercy bucket
• Merry Christmas
• Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
• mi casa, su casa
• might makes right
• mind you
• mind your own beeswax
• mobilia sequuntur personam
• modus vivendi
• monkey see, monkey do
• more after the jump
• more like
• mother of all
• mum's the word
• my back teeth are floating
• my country, right or wrong
• my eyes are up here
• my lips are sealed
• my name is
• my very educated mother just served us nine pumpkins
• nature calls

N

• need I say more
• neither fish, flesh, nor fowl
• neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring
• never eat Shredded Wheat
• never say never
• never-never land
• nice to meet you
• nighty night
• nighty-night
• no entry
• no glove, no love
• no hard feelings
• no more Mr Nice Guy
• no offense
• no parking
• no problemo
• no slouch
• no smoking
• no sooner said than done
• nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat
• noli illegitimi carborundum
• non constat
• none of your bee's wax
• none of your bees' wax
• none of your beeswax
• not happy, Jan
• not now
• not playing with a full deck
• not that there's anything wrong with that
• not to put too fine a point on it
• not today
• not touch something with a barge pole
• not touch something with a ten foot pole
• now hear this
• now you're cooking
• nulla poena sine lege
• nulla pœna sine lege

O

• of a
• of an
• oh my life
• oh noes
• OK yah
• olly olly oxen free
• on a wing and a prayer
• on one's mark
• on your mark, get set, go
• one could be someone's parent
• one for all, all for one
• one moment, please
• one should be so lucky
• one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
• one strike and you're out
• one thing led to another
• one's bark is worse than one's bite
• one's days are numbered
• one's jig is up
• one's word is law
• opinio juris sive necessitatis
• or else
• or so
• or something
• or what
• or words to that effect
• out with it
• ox is in the ditch

P

• pardon me
• park the car in Harvard Yard
• peel me a grape
• peine forte et dure
• penny for your thoughts
• per curiam
• ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
• pick up stitches
• pick up the phone
• pinch and a punch for the first of the month
• please repeat after me
• please say again
• please sit down
• please speak more slowly
• please turn left
• please turn right
• pleased to meet you
• plug hat
• press tits
• pretty please with sugar on top
• price is right
• proverbs should be sold in pairs
• proverbs should be writ in pairs
• proverbs should come in pairs
• proverbs should go in pairs
• pull the other one, it's got bells on
• put that in your pipe and smoke it
• put up or shut up

R

• ready, set, go
• ready, steady, go
• requiescant in pace
• requiescat in pace
• res nullius
• Richard of York gave battle in vain
• riddle me this
• rolling in it
• rumor has it
• rumour has it

S

• said and done
• same here
• same to you
• say again
• say it, don't spray it
• say what
• says me
• says who
• see 'ya
• see you later
• see you later alligator
• sell my clothes, I'm going to heaven
• sell oneself short
• servabo fidem
• she could be his mother
• she'll be apples
• she'll be right
• she's apples
• she's unconscious
• sides reversed is
• Sieg Heil
• silver plate
• size matters
• smell ya later
• so be it
• so long, and thanks for all the fish
• so much for
• some mothers do have them
• some rights reserved
• something is rotten in the state of Denmark
• something tells one
• spank you very much
• speak of the devil
• speak of the devil and he appears
• speak of the devil and he shall appear
• square peg into a round hole
• static site
• stick 'em up
• stick that in your pipe and smoke it
• stop the car
• stuffed like a turkey
• sub specie aeterni
• such is life
• supposed to
• sweet dreams
• sweet Mary
• sweet Mary mother of God

T

• take a picture, it will last longer
• take me now
• take the shadow for the substance
• talk about
• tell it to Sweeney
• tell it to the marines
• tell me about it
• tell the truth
• tell you the truth
• thank you very much
• thanks a lot
• thanks a million
• thar she blows
• that be it
• that does it
• that figures
• that said
• that ship has sailed
• that was it
• that'll be the day
• that'll do
• that's a wrap
• that's all
• that's all she wrote
• that's it
• that's life
• that's that
• that's the bunny
• that's the spirit
• that's the ticket
• that's what I'm talking about
• that's what she said
• that's what's up
• the ball is in someone's court
• the bill, please
• the boot is on the other foot
• the British are coming
• the buck stops here
• the cure is worse than the ill
• the cure is worse than the illness
• the die is cast
• the enemy of your enemy is your friend
• the fix is in
• the jig is up
• the joke is on someone
• the lady doth protest too much
• the line is busy
• the night is young
• the nose knows
• the penny drops
• the plot thickens
• the rabbit died
• the rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain
• the rest is history
• the shoe is on the other foot
• the story goes
• the terrorists will have won
• the thick plottens
• the thing is
• the wheels fell off
• the writing is on the wall
• them's the facts
• there is much to be said
• there isn't any easy way to say this
• there ought to be a law
• there she blows
• there we go
• there you are
• there you go
• there you have it
• there's a grain of truth in every joke
• there's been an accident
• there's more where that came from
• there's nowt so queer as folk
• there's only one
• therein lies the rub
• Transwiki:This too shall pass
• those who can't do, teach
• tighter than Dick's hatband
• time is of the essence
• time will tell
• to be continued
• to be honest
• to hell with
• to the
• to whom it may concern
• to whom this may concern
• today is a good day to die
• today we are all
• tomato tomato
• too bad
• too bad, so sad
• too much
• truly yours
• two Americas
• two beers, please
• two can play at that game

V

• verbum sat
• very good
• vis comica
• vive la différence

W

• wait for it
• warm regards
• wash your mouth out
• wasn't one
• watch this space
• well and good
• what a lovely day
• what a pity
• what am I, chopped liver
• what are the odds
• what are you like
• what can I say
• what date is it today
• what did your last slave die of
• what do I know
• what do you know
• what do you say
• what do you want, a cookie
• what do you want, a medal
• what does that have to do with the price of tea in China
• what does mean
• what else is new
• what is that
• what is your name
• what is your phone number
• what it is
• what it says on the tin
• what languages do you speak
• what me worry
• what say you
• what someone said
• what the hell
• what the hey
• what time is it
• what would Jesus do
• what's doing
• what's eating somebody
• what's good
• what's in it for me
• what's it to you
• what's new
• what's on your mind
• what's the craic
• what's the good of
• what's the matter
• what's up
• what's with
• what's your name
• what's your phone number
• what's your poison
• what's yours
• when all is said and done
• when push comes to shove
• when the chips are down
• whenever one turns around
• where are we
• where are you from
• where can I find a hotel
• where can I pee
• where do you live
• where does this bus go
• where does this train go
• where is the toilet
• where the sun don't shine
• where there is a will
• where you at
• where's the beef
• whichever way one slices it
• who are you
• who are you and what have you done with someone
• who ate all the pies
• who cares
• who knows
• who'd have thunk it
• who's 'she', the cat's mother?
• who's calling
• who's your daddy
• whoops, there go my trousers
• why don't you pick on someone your own size
• will you marry me
• with a view to
• with an eye to
• with any luck
• without predjudice
• workers of the world, unite
• would not throw someone out of bed
• wouldn't you know
• wouldn't you know it
• wrestle with a pig
• written all over someone's face

Y

• Yankee go home
• yes and amen
• you and what army
• you and whose army
• you are welcome
• you can say that again
• you can talk
• you can't say fairer than that
• you can't spell something without something else
• you don't dip your pen in the company inkwell
• you get that
• you had to be there
• you have beautiful eyes
• you have the advantage of me
• you kiss your mother with that mouth
• you know what
• you know what they say
• you learn something new every day
• You like X, don't you Squidward?
• you made your bed, now sleep in it
• you need a bath
• you never know
• you shouldn't have
• you welcome
• you win
• you wish
• you're on
• you're right
• you're telling me
• you're welcome
• you've got to laugh
• you've made your bed, now lie in it
• your good name
• your mileage may vary
• your wish is my command
• yours truly
• YOYO

Source: Wiktionary

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