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English groups of words elaborated to express ideas, not necessarily phrases in the grammatical sense.
- Category:English adverb-adjective phrases: English phrases in which an adverb modifies the adjective that heads the phrase.
- Category:English alliterative phrases: English phrases composed of two or more words that alliterate.
- Category:English non-constituents: English terms that are not grammatical constituents, and therefore need to be combined with additional terms to form a complete phrase.
- Category:English phrasal prepositions: English prepositions formed with combinations of other terms.
- Category:English phrasal verbs: English verbs accompanied by particles, such as prepositions and adverbs.
- Category:English phrasebook: English non-idiomatic phrases that are used in common situations, and may be useful to language learners or travellers.
- Category:English prepositional phrases: English phrases headed by a preposition.
- Category:English proverbs: English phrases popularly known as representations of common sense.
- Category:English rhyming phrases: English phrases composed of two or more words that rhyme.
Subcategories
This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 13 total.
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Pages in category "English phrases"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 4,439 total.
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- B"H
- BI&POC
- BIB
- BIBA
- BIBO
- BIG
- bigger than Ben Hur
- big man ting
- Bim, BEM, Bum
- BION
- BIPGM
- BIPoC
- bit by a barn mouse
- BITD
- bite my shiny metal ass
- bitten by the same bug
- bitter cold
- BIW
- black-on-black
- black don't crack
- black lives matter
- Black lives matter
- bless someone's cotton socks
- bless someone's heart
- blinded by nostalgia
- blind leading the blind
- BLM
- bloody oath
- bloom is off the peach
- bloom is off the rose
- blow this for a lark
- blow wide open
- blue lives matter
- blush is off the peach
- blush is off the rose
- BNI
- BNPL
- Bob's your uncle
- Bob's your uncle, Fanny's your aunt
- BODMAS
- BOGO
- BOHICA
- boil it, cook it, peel it or forget it
- bollocks to it
- BOMB
- BOMDAS
- bona nochy
- bon appétit
- bone apple tea
- boom goes the dynamite
- BOPUS
- born and bred
- born at night but not last night
- born in a mill
- bound to
- BRB
- brb
- breakfast, lunch and dinner
- breakfast, lunch, and dinner
- BS"D
- BTAIM
- BTDT
- BTDTBTTS
- BTDTGTTS
- BTL
- BTS
- BTTS
- buff nor stye
- burn, baby, burn
- burn the coal, pay the toll
- business in the front, party in the back
- business is business
- busy as a dyke in a hardware store
- but for the grace of God
- but me no buts
- butter will not melt in someone's mouth
- butter won't melt in someone's mouth
- butter would not melt in someone's mouth
- butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth
- but who's counting
- buyer beware
- buy yourself a hat
- by any stretch
- by cock
- by cock and pie
- BYF
- by name
- BYO
- BYOB
- BYOC
- BYOW
- by their fruits you will know them
- by way of
C
- Cali or bust
- call an ambulance
- call the fire department
- call the police
- camel through the eye of a needle
- can a duck
- can a duck swim
- can I buy you a drink
- can I come in
- can I help you
- can I use your phone
- can't complain
- can't do right for doing wrong
- can we say
- can you help me
- can you tell us
- caput Mundi
- carry me out
- carry me out and bury me decently
- case closed
- cash is king
- catch no ball
- catch no balls
- catch oneself on
- catch you later
- catch you on the flip side
- cat got someone's tongue
- caught between two stools
- caution - slippery when wet
- caveat emptor
- CAVOK
- CAVU
- CBA
- cba
- CCW
- cease fire
- c'est la vie
- CF
- chacun a son gout
- chacun à son goût
- chance'd be a fine thing
- chance would be a fine thing
- change a word, get a third
- change sides, change signs
- cheap at half the price
- cheaper by the dozen
- check is in the mail
- checks play
- check your privilege
- check yourself before you wreck yourself
- cheers my dears
- cheese it
- cheque, please
- che sara sara
- che sera sera
- chimney's afire
- chin up
- Christmas comes early
- Christmas is coming
- CIM
- CIO
- circle gets the square
- citation needed
- cleanup in aisle
- cleanup on aisle
- clock is running
- clock is ticking
- close but no cigar
- close, but no cigar
- CMIIAW
- CMIIW
- CMV
- COF
- colorless green ideas sleep furiously
- color me
- come down in the last shower
- comedy equals tragedy plus time
- come here to me
- come on vacation, leave on probation
- come stà
- come to find out
- come to mention it
- come to papa
- come upon the parish
- come upon the town
- comp.
- compliments of the house
- computer says no
- consider it done
- conspicuous by one's absence
- continued on page 94
- continued page 94
- cont p.94
- cont p94
- cont. p.94
- cont. p94
- contrary to popular belief
- cooking on gas
- cooking with gas
- cool, calm and collected
- correct me if I'm wrong
- coulda fooled me
- coulda, shoulda, woulda
- coulda, woulda, shoulda
- could be written on the back of a postage stamp
- could eat the arse out of a low flying duck
- could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck