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 take it (all) back"
We use this expression to say we regret saying something and we know we were wrong to say it.

Phrase of the day

"If you'll just..."
We use this expression to ask someone very politely to do something. People often use it when they’re talking to customers or clients.

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"Easier said than done"
We use this expression to say that a suggestion may be very difficult to put into practice.

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"Down in the dumps"
We use this expression to say that someone is feeling unhappy.

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"That's a whole 'nother story"
We use this expression to say that a problem or a situation is completely different to another problem or situation that we were talking about before. You are usually saying that the new problem is much more serious or difficult than the one that we talked about before.

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"Talk/Speak of the devil"
We use this expression when someone who we were talking about arrives in the middle of a conversation.
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