109 phrases found for the topic Expressions
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Phrase: In a stick
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Phrase: In between
Meaning: Just in the middle:
The museum is in between the park and the school.
We have thirty minutes in between. What about having a snack?
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Phrase: In extremis
Meaning: As a last resort.
Example:
This weapon should only be used in extremis because it is very powerful.
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Phrase: In the land of Nod
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Phrase: In the running for something
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Phrase: In the wilderness
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Phrase: In token of something
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Phrase: Ipso facto
Meaning: By this fact, immediately
Examples:
When they saw the video, he was accused ipso facto.
They discovered him helping the enemy, and he was, ipso facto, arrested for treachery.
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Phrase: Left, right and centre
Meaning: Everywhere
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Phrase: Let bygones be bygones
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Phrase: Like a house on fire
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Phrase: On a par with
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Phrase: On a razor-edge (or on a knife-edge)
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Phrase: On the same wavelength
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Phrase: On the sidelines
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Phrase: Out of sight, out of mind
Meaning: If you do not see someone or something, you usually forget about him/her/it
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Phrase: Out of the running for something
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Phrase: Own up (to something)
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Phrase: Pay (cash) on the nail
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Phrase: Pie in the sky
Meaning: Unrealistic promises or suggestions.
Example:
He says that every citizen will have a place of his or her own, that there will be no homeless people, but I think it is pie in the sky. He only wishes to win the next election(s). If only everybody would have a home.
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Phrase: Pins and needles
Meaning: Example: I have pins and needles in my right leg (that is, my leg went numb because I did not move it for a long time, and now that I have moved it, I feel this unpleasant sensation)
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Phrase: Snuff it
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Phrase: The green-eyed monster
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Phrase: The shades of night
Meaning: The darkness of night.
Example:
The shades of night were falling, and we were all alone, lost, and afraid. We did not know what to do.
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Phrase: The swing of the pendulum
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