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 tire due to overwork.
- 0 Views
“
After six months of twelve-hour workdays, most people just burn out and quit.
Submitted on May 12, 2011
More phrases:
- cool down
- fall off
- go off
- lay low
- let up
- mess around
- pin down
- put by
- read out
- stand by
- take down
- take in
- tee off
- tick over
- tumble to
- at a loss for words
- bear in mind
- been there, done that
- bend somebody's ear
- breath of fresh air
- brush up
- carry a torch for
- chip off the old block
- common-or-garden
- cut it out
- fall off a truck
- fat chance
- from the word go
- get into trouble
- get it
- get one's act together
- give over
- give somebody what-for
- go blue
- gold mine
- green light
- have second thoughts
- hit a snag
- honest-to-goodness
- hot potato
- in the nick of time
- kindred soul
- kindred spirit
- lie through one's teeth
- lion's share
- make out like a bandit
- middle of nowhere
- morning, noon and night
- nine lives
- on a roll
- out of proportion
- pencil-neck
- rock bottom
- roll out the red carpet
- rush hour
- second banana
- see yellow
- send up
- shape up
- spanner
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 20 May 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