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

"The best/worst possible"
We use this expression to emphasize an extrememly positive or negative idea.

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"The thing is ..."
We use this expression to introduce a problem.

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"So far, so good"
We use this expression to say that we are happy with the progress of a situation that has not yet finished.

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"Loads/bags of time"
We use this expression to say that we are not in a hurry.

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"You can't win them all"
We use this expression after a negative result.

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"Nice of you to ask / say"
We use this expression to thank someone for saying or asking something.
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