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

"Saying that,"
We use this expression to introduce a hesitation or contrast to a previous idea.

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"The whole point"
We use this expression to underline the main reason for something.

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"A pain"
We use this expression to say that someone or something annoys us.

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"(That) figures"
We use this expression to say that something is logical to us, or that we understand it.

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"Sleep on it"
We use this expression to say that someone should not decide on something now, but should make a decision tomorrow - after thinking about it calmly.

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"Full stop"
We use this expression to give our final opinion on something, or to say that there is nothing more to say about something.
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