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

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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 fresh pair of eyesphraseB2Somebody new looking at a problem you have stared at too long.
  • a hard nut to crackphraseC1
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A problem or a person that is very difficult to deal with.
  • a home from homephraseB2A place where you feel as comfortable as in your own house.
  • a leopard cannot change its spotsphraseC1People 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 slippery slopephraseB2A small wrong step that leads to much worse ones.
  • a stitch in time saves ninephraseC1Deal with a small problem now and avoid a big one later.
  • a stone's throw awayphraseB2Very close by indeed.
  • a taste of their own medicinephraseB2Treatment as unpleasant as what they gave others.
  • a tidy sumphraseC1A considerably larger amount of money than expected.
  • about timephraseB2Said when something overdue finally happens.
  • account for/əˈkaʊnt foɹ/phraseB22 meaningsTo explain the cause or reason for something.
  • achilles heelphraseC1The one weak point in somebody otherwise strong.
  • across fromphraseA2On the other side, facing you.
  • act up/ækt ˈʌp/phraseC1To behave badly, or to stop working properly.
  • actions speak louder than words/ˈak.ʃənz spiːk ˈlaʊ̯d.ə ˌðan wɜːdz/<q:contemporary>phraseB2The saying: what people do proves more than what they say.
  • add fuel to the firephraseB2To make an angry situation worse.
  • add upphraseB2To make sense as a whole, or to total numbers.
  • add up tophraseB2To amount to something when everything is counted.
  • after allphraseB22 meaningsUsed to introduce a reason or justification.
  • after youphraseB1A polite invitation to go first.
  • against the clockphraseB2Hurrying to finish before time runs out.
  • ahead of timephraseB1Earlier than was required.
  • ahoy/əˈhɔɪ/phraseB2A shout used at sea to hail another vessel.
  • air conditioner/ˈɛə kənˌdɪʃn̩ə/phraseB1The machine that makes a room cool in summer.
  • air outphraseB2To let fresh air through a room.
  • all else being equalphraseC1Assuming nothing else changes.
  • all handsphraseC1Every member of the crew, called on deck.
  • all in good timephraseB2Be patient, it will happen when it should.
  • all mod consphraseC2All the modern comforts a home can have.
  • all the samephraseC12 meaningsNevertheless, in spite of what has been said.
  • all things consideredphraseB2Taking everything into account.
  • an act of godphraseC1A disaster no person could have prevented.
  • answer backphraseB2To reply rudely to somebody in authority.
  • apples and orangesphraseB2Two things too different to be compared fairly.
  • apron stringsphraseC2A phrase for a parent's control that a grown child hasn't escaped from.
  • around the clockphraseB2Continuously, day and night.
  • artificial intelligence/ˌɑː.təˈfɪʃ.əl ɪnˈtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəns/phraseB2Computer systems that can learn, reason, and answer like a mind.
  • as a rulephraseB2Usually, though not always.
  • as i was sayingphraseB2Said to pick up a thread that got interrupted.
  • as the crow fliesphraseC1Measured in a straight line, ignoring the roads.
  • ask outphraseB1To invite somebody on a date.
  • 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 long lastphraseB2Finally, after a long and frustrating wait.
  • at the drop of a hatphraseB2Immediately, and without needing to be asked twice.
  • at the eleventh hourphraseC1At the very last possible moment.
  • at the end of the dayphraseB2When everything is considered, this is what matters.
  • at the junctionphraseB1Where two or more roads meet.
  • avert your eyesphraseC1To look away deliberately.
  • avert your gazephraseC1To deliberately look away.
  • avoid eye contactphraseB2To deliberately keep from looking directly at somebody.
  • back awayphraseB12 meaningsTo move backwards away from something.