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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

Letter
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Level
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Part of speech
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  • a ballpark figurephraseC1A rough guess at a number, close enough to work with.
  • a blessing in disguisephraseC1Bad luck that secretly turns out to be good.
  • a can of wormsphraseC1A problem that spills into endless new problems once opened.
  • a drop in the oceanphraseC1An amount far too small to make any difference.
  • a hard nut to crackphraseC1A problem or a person that is very difficult to deal with.
  • a leopard cannot change its spots
phrase
C1
People do not really alter their nature.
  • a piece of my mindphraseC1An angry telling-off you give someone who deserves it.
  • a piece of the piephraseC1Your fair share of the money or benefits.
  • a sight for sore eyesphraseC1Somebody or something you are very glad to see.
  • a stitch in time saves ninephraseC1Deal with a small problem now and avoid a big one later.
  • a tidy sumphraseC1A considerably larger amount of money than expected.
  • achilles heelphraseC1The one weak point in somebody otherwise strong.
  • act up/ækt ˈʌp/phraseC1To behave badly, or to stop working properly.
  • all else being equalphraseC1Assuming nothing else changes.
  • all handsphraseC1Every member of the crew, called on deck.
  • all the samephraseC12 meaningsNevertheless, in spite of what has been said.
  • an act of godphraseC1A disaster no person could have prevented.
  • as the crow fliesphraseC1Measured in a straight line, ignoring the roads.
  • at a loose endphraseC1With nothing in particular to do.
  • at arm's lengthphraseC1As far away as your reach, or kept at a distance.
  • at bayphraseC1Cornered and forced to face the pursuers.
  • at the eleventh hourphraseC1At the very last possible moment.
  • avert your eyesphraseC1To look away deliberately.
  • avert your gazephraseC1To deliberately look away.