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

"Go with the flow"
We use this expression to say that we are happy to follow the group, to avoid trouble and not make any problems.

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"I don't know offhand"
We use this expression to say we don't know something and need to check to find out.

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"Where there's a will ..."
We use this expression to say that something is possible if you really want to do it. It's short for: where there's a will, there's a way.

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"That's a first"
We use this expression to say that something has never happened before - and we are surprised.

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"That's life"
We use this expression as a comment after something has happened - often something a little negative. It's a little philosophical.

Phrase of the day

"See for yourself"
We use this expression to tell someone to look at something so they will believe us.
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