Phrases.com »

Phrases related to: important Page #2

Yee yee! We've found 117 phrases and idioms matching important.

Sort:RelevancyA - Z
it's what's inside that countsA person's personality is more important than their physical looks.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
keep one's eye on the ballTo maintain one's concentration fixed on one important theme.Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
King Shit of Fuck MountainAn important person within a small domain.Rate it:

(3.67 / 3 votes)
l'âge n'est fait que pour les chevauxL’âge n’est pas important tant qu’on est en bonne santé.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
la belle affaire!Is that all? (i.e. it is not so difficult or important as you seem to think).Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
la fin justifie les moyensSi le but à atteindre est suffisamment juste ou important, il peut justifier des méthodes immorales, voire illégales ou violentes.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
la montagne a accouché d'une sourisDisproportion entre un projet annoncé comme très important et l’inconsistance ou le ridicule du résultat final.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
last but not leastAn expression to start the last item of a list, emphasising that while it is listed last, it is just as important as the rest of the items.Rate it:

(4.50 / 2 votes)
Left Out in the ColdTo ask someone to get out of the room so that he may not listen something important, ignored and left outRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
let the cat out of the bagA figure of speech relative to someone revealing an important event or secret to the world thereby spoiling the entire thrust of a surprise.Rate it:

(3.00 / 2 votes)
lick his bootsTo try too hard to please someone important.Rate it:

(5.00 / 2 votes)
little did [they] know/realize/imagineThey weren't aware of something ahead of time; they didn't know some important information before making a decision/acting.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
low on the totem poleLeast important.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
mais ouiExclamation qu’on lance quand on vient de comprendre quelque chose d’important.Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
momento temporisat the important moment.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
neither here nor thereNot important; having no significance or influence on the question at hand; not related; not relevant; not germane; not pertinent.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
never mindIt is not important; do not fret.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
new dawnA new beginning; a fresh start; an important, promising turning point.Rate it:

(4.50 / 2 votes)
Nitty-GrittyThe important facts of a matter or situation, essential details of a situation, the coreRate it:

(4.00 / 1 vote)
no time to loseIt is important to do something immediatelyRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
not for nothingUsed to soften the impact of what is said next, implying that it is important.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
not the end of the worldIt's of minor importance, at least not as important as it first seemed.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
not to mentionUsed by the speaker to mention another important point; an apophasis.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
nous parlions de la pluie et du beau tempsWe were not talking of anything important or confidential; We were talking of indifferent matters.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
nous y voilàExprime l’idée qu’on atteint finalement la destination, le point important ou la situation que l’on envisageait, attendait ou espérait.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
off the radarUnlikely to happen, or be important in the near future or tending to escape detection or attention.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
on the radarLikely to happen, or be important in the near future or tending to attract attention.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
Paris ne s'est pas fait en un jourIl faut du temps pour accomplir un projet important.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
parting of the waysa separation of two things or people because of a disagreement, a point of divergence, especially an important oneRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
pertinere ad aliquidto be essentially important to a thing.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
play downTo make or attempt to make something seem less important, likely, or obvious.Rate it:

(5.00 / 5 votes)
play upTo make or attempt to make something appear more important, likely or obvious; to showcase or highlight.Rate it:

(5.00 / 1 vote)
plus c'est gros, plus ça passePlus un mensonge est important, plus ceux qui l’entendent se disent qu’il serait impossible que quelqu’un ait menti autant, et deviennent enclins à le croire.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
prawn cocktail offensiveA strategy of the Labour Party in winning over important people in the world of finance.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
pull one's finger outTo stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
put asideTo ignore or intentionally forget something, temporarily or permanently, so that more important things can have one's attention.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
queen beeThe most important or dominant woman in an organisation or situation.Rate it:

(4.00 / 2 votes)
quod maius estwhat is more important.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
rap atTo talk to; to communicate with; to tell of important things.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
reckon without one's hostTo forget the most important person.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
road to damascusA road to Damascus moment, or change, is an important point in someone's life where a great change, or reversal, of ideas or beliefs occurs.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jourIl faut du temps pour accomplir un projet important.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
set upto provide the money or other support that someone needs for an important task or activity.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
shoot from the lipTo speak confidently and unhesitantly but without careful forethought or a reliable knowledge of important facts pertaining to the subject matter.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
show roundTo show someone the important parts of somethingRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
sit aroundTo spend time sitting idle, not doing anything important.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tarTo have something important fail for want of a small amount of money or effort.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
stop pressThe event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of a publication, particularly of a newspaper edition.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
stop the pressesAn imperative form used to introduce especially new, important, surprising, or recent developments.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
take a back seatTo be second to someone or something; to be less important or have a lower priority.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)

We need you!

Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

Alternative searches for important:

Quiz

Are you a phrases master?

»
A ______ draw.
A quick
B big
C rapid
D far