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 begin eating.
- 0 Views
“
I wanted to say grace before dinner, but the kids were already digging in.
Submitted on August 31, 2012
More phrases:
- fall in with
- hike up
- knock over
- lay down
- look on
- orange up
- pep up
- put up
- straighten out
- swear off
- take away
- take over
- throw a fit
- tumble to
- a cold day in hell
- apple of somebody's eye
- are your ears burning
- bright line
- bring owls to athens
- carry on
- center field
- deafening silence
- give somebody what-for
- gold mine
- green light
- hammer home
- hand in hand
- haul ass
- heart of gold
- honest-to-goodness
- in heaven's name
- in layman's terms
- it takes two to tango
- keep an eye out
- lip service
- lucky break
- middle ground
- much of a muchness
- not half bad
- odd and curious
- on board
- one thousand
- out of gas
- out of house and home
- out of this world
- own up
- pachyderm
- pay for it
- piffy on a rock bun
- point the finger at
- pound sand
- right on
- rough around the edges
- salad years
- same old story
- seat-of-the-pants
- sell ice to eskimos
- silver spoon
- smash hit
- stem the tide
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 24 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