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 repair or refurbish.
- 0 Views
“
I've been fixing up the boat for the holidays.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
More phrases:
- let up
- look back
- narrow down
- pig out
- put forward
- sound off
- stretch out
- take down
- wolf down
- all very well
- as far as one knows
- ass over teakettle
- assault and battery
- at one's beck and call
- back-to-back
- born yesterday
- bread and butter
- chip off the old block
- come to terms
- deep water
- deliver the goods
- fish or cut bait
- for the hell of it
- get the ball rolling
- give somebody what-for
- go for it
- green light
- hard of hearing
- have a green thumb
- have a heart
- hit the spot
- hustle and bustle
- in layman's terms
- in touch
- is the pope catholic
- keep one on one's toes
- keep your hair on
- kick ass
- lie through one's teeth
- middle of nowhere
- middle of the road
- morning, noon and night
- no biggie
- no joy
- nuts and bolts
- object lesson
- on a full stomach
- on steroids
- out of house and home
- out of order
- party pooper
- price is right
- put the clock back
- quarter past
- rock bottom
- round of applause
- salad years
- small fry
- so there
- sob story
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 2 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