Skip to main content

Deep down

Phrase of the day

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.

10 November 2025

Deep down

We use this expression to say that deep inside ourselves we know or feel something that perhaps we have not admitted to ourselves or others.

Written: Yes

Spoken: Yes

Formal: No

Informal: Yes

Example 1

I'm sorry you and Patrick have split up. You were together for years.

Thanks. But deep down I knew that he wasn't the right person for me.

Example 2

He was really angry that we didn't get the contract.

Yes, but deep down I think he knows it was right to say 'no' to their terms.

Find more phrases

Previous Day
Next Day
Today's Phrase
Oct2025
07