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

"(It's) all yours"
We use this expression to say that something now belongs to someone, or that they can use it now.

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"You're joking!"
We use this expression to say that we find it hard to believe something.

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"Off the top of my head"
We use this expression when we give an answer but we don't have time to think about it properly.

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"In that case"
We use this expression to say that something will happen because it is a special or unusual situation.

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"I tell you what"
We use this expression to make a suggestion.

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"No wonder"
We use this expression to say something is not surprising.
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