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 contract or get; to show symptoms of a minor illness.
- 0 Views
“
With a scratchy throat and a cough, it feels like I'm coming down with a cold.
Submitted on August 29, 2012
More phrases:
- drag out
- go off
- go out
- horse around
- pick up
- run after
- run over
- take down
- take off
- ass over teakettle
- black babies
- catch-as-catch-can
- center field
- cross someone's path
- dead as a doorknob
- easy as pie
- easy does it
- even money
- false step
- fat chance
- field day
- from the word go
- gear up
- get the ball rolling
- have a blast
- have a word with
- horse's ass
- kick the bucket
- lemon law
- lip service
- long row to hoe
- lump in one's throat
- morning, noon and night
- nail biter
- no joy
- old school
- on a roll
- on hold
- on the horn
- on top of the world
- one at a time
- one thousand
- one-off
- pardon my french
- pencil-neck
- shape up
- shore up
- stand one's ground
- take it easy
- take one's time
- turn over a new leaf
- under lock and key
- under one's nose
- up the ante
- yak shaving
- come short
- a million times
- knocked for a six
- pink slip
- shook ya droors
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 17 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