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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.

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"The more, the merrier"
We use this expression to say that we want as many people as possible to do something.
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"What did you get up to?"
We use this expression to ask what someone did - especially if we think it was something unusual.
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"Back to the drawing board"
We use this expression when we have to stop an existing plan and start making a new one.
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"You can talk"
We use this expression to say that the speaker has no reason to criticise someone or something because they are also bad.
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"It's up to you"
We use this expression to say that the other person can decide something.
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"Some hope"
We use this expression to say we think something is pretty impossible.
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