Welcome to Phrases.com!
Phrases.com is a vast compilation of popular phrases, informal expressions, and idioms that have been collectively assembled by our community of contributing editors.
Enhance your English language and writing proficiency by browsing through our all-encompassing phrase dictionary in alphabetical order, or by effortlessly searching through keywords.
In a classroom, to select a student.
- 0 Views
“
He sat there, baffled, hoping nobody would call on him.
Submitted on September 02, 2012
More phrases:
- go down
- keep away from
- meet up
- mess up
- mess with
- narrow down
- pin down
- put up with
- rely on
- split up
- start up
- stick up
- straighten out
- take away
- take off
- walk into
- wear down
- a dime's worth
- by and large
- child's play
- cross someone's path
- cut it out
- day in, day out
- dead as a doorknob
- dig deep
- fat of the land
- food chain
- for goodness' sake
- from a to z
- from the word go
- give over
- hack it
- heebie-jeebies
- in layman's terms
- in the works
- keep a lid on
- keep quiet
- kick ass
- kindred spirit
- lemon law
- middle ground
- not be caught dead
- off-color
- on one's toes
- on the pill
- out of gas
- out of line
- over and over
- pencil-neck
- piece of cake
- put the clock back
- quarter past
- quick-and-dirty
- rock the boat
- rough trot
- round of applause
- second banana
- see red
- send up
- sign in
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 2 Jun 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/>.
Discuss everything about the Phrases.com website with our community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In