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.
Well suited; appropriate; fit for a particular activity or purpose.
- 0 Views
“
I'm not really cut out for camping outdoors. I'm allergic to mosquito bites.
Submitted on September 07, 2012
More phrases:
- hold out
- instance in
- listen up
- put by
- rely on
- round up
- run through
- stand up
- stuff up
- take on
- take upon
- throw up
- tide over
- turn into
- add fuel to the fire
- and then some
- at once
- at peace
- bad for you
- beat a dead horse
- by leaps and bounds
- catch a tan
- chain reaction
- cooking with gas
- cut and dried
- every man jack
- fear
- feather in one's cap
- first port of call
- follow through
- for the time being
- front runner
- hack it
- have a blast
- head-in-the-sand
- heart to heart
- hit the spot
- hustle and bustle
- in a nutshell
- in heaven's name
- in order
- keep a lid on
- keep somebody posted
- king
- low-hanging fruit
- not be caught dead
- off the mark
- on edge
- on the horn
- on the nose
- one at a time
- out of the blue
- pardon my french
- pencil-neck
- penny pincher
- pound the pavement
- put one over
- round of applause
- run hot and cold
- save face
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 3 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