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Phrases

Our database is made from Phrases, Idioms and Sayings that are in common use in English. Basically that includes anything that most people will have heard before and will recognise the meaning of.

  • The many thousands of phrases that are used every day in colloquial speech, like the whole nine yards, go for it and kiss and make up.


  • Cockney Rhyming Slang like apples and pears and currant bun.


  • The list is long and comprehensive and currently contains more than 1,000 entries. We continuously add new phrases as they become known and as a subscriber you will also have the option of sending them to us.

    Whether you want to resolve a friendly argument over how a saying or phrase originated or whether you just enjoy words, you'll probably find something here to interest you. Are you a professional writer? If so, you may find that these Pages could make your life easier.

    This is the largest collection of Phrases beginning with ~A~.


  • A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
  • A bitter pill to swallow
  • A Bunch of Fives
  • A Cock and Bull Story
  • A countenance more in sorrow than in anger
  • A Daniel come to judgement.
  • A Diamond in the Rough
  • A Diamond is forever
  • A Dish fit for the Gods
  • A Drop in the Bucket
  • A Fate worse than Death
  • A Feather in One's Cap
  • A Fly in the Ointment
  • A Fish out of Water
  • A Fool's Paradise
  • A Foot in the Door
  • A Foregone Conclusion
  • A Friend in need is a Friend indeed.
  • A Good Man is hard to find.
  • On A Hiding to nothing
  • A House divided against itself cannot stand.
  • A Knight in shining armour
  • À La Carte
  • À La Mode
  • A Legend in one's own lifetime
  • A Leopard cannot change its spots.
  • A Little Bird told me.
  • A Little Knowledge is a dangerous thing.
  • A Load of Cobblers
  • A Man after My Own Heart
  • A Ministering Angel shall My Sister be.
  • A Nation of Shopkeepers
  • A No-Brainer
  • A Picture paints a Thousand Words
  • A place for everything and everything in its place
  • A Plague on both your houses
  • A Priori
  • A Riddle wrapped up in an enigma
  • A Rose by any other name would smell as sweet
  • A Rose is a Rose is a Rose
  • A Safe Pair of Hands
  • A Sea Change
  • A Sledgehammer to crack a nut
  • A Shot in the Arm
  • A Sight for Sore Eyes
  • A Sorry Sight
  • A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever
  • A Tinker's Damn
  • A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
  • A Woman needs a Man like a Fish needs a Bicycle
  • A watched pot never boils
  • A Word in Your Shell-like
  • A1 at Lloyd's
  • Abandon Hope all ye who enter here
  • Abide with me
  • About Face
  • About Turn
  • Above Board
  • Absence makes the heart grow fonder
  • Absent Without Leave
  • Absolute power corrupts absolutely
  • Accidentally on Purpose
  • According to Hoyle
  • Ace in the Hole
  • Acronyms
  • Across The Board
  • Ace Up Your Sleeve
  • Achilles' heel
  • Acid Test
  • Act of God
  • Act the Giddy Goat
  • Action Man
  • Adam's Ale
  • Aga Saga
  • Against The Grain
  • Age Before Beauty
  • Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety
  • Agree to Disagree
  • Aid and Abet
  • Aide-Mémoire
  • Air Kiss
  • Air Quotes
  • Al Fresco
  • Alas! Poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio
  • All Agog
  • All at Sea
  • All Fingers and Thumbs
  • All Good Things come to He who waits
  • All Present and Correct
  • All Singing All Dancing
  • All that Glitters is not Gold
  • All Things must pass
  • All You Can eat
  • As alike as two peas in a pod
  • Alter Ego
  • Amber Nectar
  • Albatross Around Your Neck
  • All Over But The Shouting
  • All Wet
  • An Arm and A Leg
  • An eye for an eye : A tooth for a tooth
  • An ill Wind
  • An offer he can't refuse
  • An Old Chestnut
  • An Oxford Scholar
  • Angry Young Man
  • Ankle-Biter
  • Annus Horribilis
  • Another think coming
  • The Apple of My Eye
  • Apple Of Your Eye
  • Apple Pie Bed
  • Apple Pie Order
  • April Fool
  • Arm Candy (or) Ear Candy
  • Arms Akimbo
  • Ars Longa Vita Brevis
  • Arty-Farty
  • Armed To The Teeth
  • As Bald As a coot
  • As black as a Newgate's knocker
  • As brown as a berry
  • As busy as a bee
  • As cold as stone
  • As Cool As a Cucumber
  • As dead as a Dodo
  • As dead as a Door-nail
  • As easy as Pie
  • As fast as Greased Lightning
  • As fine as frog's hair
  • As fit as a butcher's dog
  • As fit as a fiddle
  • As good as gold
  • As good luck would have it
  • As happy as a Clam
  • As happy as Larry
  • As keen as Mustard
  • As mad as a Hatter
  • As mad as a March Hare
  • As nice as Ninepence
  • As old as Methuselah
  • As old as The Hills
  • As pleased as Punch
  • As queer as a Nine Bob Note
  • As straight as a die
  • As The Crow Flies
  • As XXX As YYY
  • As white as snow
  • Ask not for whom The Bell Tolls
  • Hasta la vista
  • Ashes to Ashes
  • At Large
  • At Loggerheads
  • At Loose Ends
  • At one fell swoop
  • At one's beck and call
  • At Sixes and Sevens
  • At The Double
  • At The Drop of A Hat
  • At The Eleventh Hour
  • At The End Of My Rope
  • Auld lang syne
  • Axe To Grind








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