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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 ~Y~.


  • Yada Yada

  • The Year Dot

  • Yellow-Belly

  • The Yellow Peril

  • You are what you eat

  • You Can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink

  • You Can Lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink

  • You Can not get blood out of a stone

  • You Have never had it so good

  • You Look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards

  • You'll wonder where...Pepsodent

  • You're no Spring Chicken

  • Your Level Best

  • Your Money or your life

  • Your Name is mud





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