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.
To fail.
- 0 Views
“
I am afraid my computer will break down if I try to run it at too high a speed.
Submitted on May 07, 2011
More phrases:
- charge up
- hold up
- lay off
- lose out
- move on
- point out
- pull up
- put down
- run by
- suck up
- take in
- throw out
- around the clock
- at heart
- bad egg
- cake crumbs
- cut and dried
- diamond in the rough
- don't get me started
- easy does it
- fight tooth and nail
- for goodness' sake
- fresh start
- from a to z
- get by the balls
- gloss over
- go bananas
- ground rules
- have a blast
- hit a snag
- home stretch
- if needs be
- keep an eye out
- kindred soul
- lemon law
- lucky break
- middle ground
- middle of nowhere
- old school
- on the horn
- one another
- one fell swoop
- one of those days
- one-off
- out of house and home
- out of house and home
- out of line
- play one's cards right
- point the finger at
- price on one's head
- save face
- see someone through
- slip through the cracks
- smart off
- spill one's guts
- stand one's ground
- sure enough
- sure of oneself
- take a spin
- take its toll
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 5 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