Common American Phrases in Everyday Contexts (262 page)

drop
Drop by for a drink (sometime).

drop
Drop by sometime.

drop
drop everything

drop
Drop in sometime.

drop
Drop it!

drop
Drop me a line.

drop
Drop me a note.

drop
drop names

drop
Drop over sometime.

drop
Drop the subject!

drop
Glad you could drop by.

drop
(I'm) glad you could drop by.

drop
(We're) glad you could drop by.

dry
leave someone high and dry

duck
Lovely weather for ducks.

dumb
How dumb do you think I am?

ear
I'm all ears.

earful
give someone an earful

earth
hell on earth

easily
Don't give up too eas(il)y!

easily
You (always) give up too eas(il)y.

easy
Easy does it.

easy
Hasn't been easy.

easy
I'm easy (to please).

easy
(It) hasn't been easy.

easy
Take it easy.

easy
That's easy for you to say.

easy
Things haven't been easy.

eat
grab a bite (to eat)

eat
Hate to eat and run.

eat
I could eat.

eat
I could eat a cow!

eat
I could eat a horse!

eat
(I) hate to eat and run.

eat
(I'm so hungry) I could eat a cow!

eat
(I'm so hungry) I could eat a horse!

eat
Let's eat.

eat
Let's eat something.

eat
What's eating someone?

eat
When do we eat?

effect
or words to that effect

effort
an A for effort

else
Anything else?

else
Is there anything else?

else
or else

else
(So) what else is new?

else
What else can I do?

else
What else can I do for you?

else
What else is new?

else
(Will there be) anything else?

else
You and who else?

else
You are something else (again)!

end
at the end of the day

end
live up to one's end of the bargain.

English
in plain English

enjoy
Enjoy your meal.

enough
Can't thank you enough.

enough
Close enough for government work.

enough
Cold enough for you?

enough
Enough is enough!

enough
Enough (of this) foolishness!

enough
Good enough.

enough
Hot enough for you?

enough
(I) can't thank you enough.

enough
(Is it) cold enough for you?

enough
(Is it) hot enough for you?

enough
(It's) close enough for government work.

enough
I've had enough of this!

enough
That's enough!

enough
That's enough for now.

enough
(That's) enough (of this) foolishness!

enough
There aren't enough hours in the day.

even
Don't even look like something!

even
Don't even think about (doing) it.

even
Don't even think about it (happening).

evening
(Good) evening.

evening
Thank you for a lovely evening.

ever
if I ever saw one

ever
more than you('ll ever) know

every
every other person or thing

every
How's every little thing?

everyone
Everyone is (standing) behind you.

everything
drop everything

everything
everything humanly possible

everything
Everything okay?

everything
Everything will work out (all right).

everything
Everything will work out for the best.

everything
Everything's coming up roses.

everything
Everything's going to be all right.

everything
Hold everything!

everything
(Is) everything okay?

everything
Is that everything?

everything
That beats everything!

everything
when everything is said and done

evil
the lesser of two evils

exactly
My sentiments exactly.

excuse
Can you excuse us, please?

excuse
Could I be excused?

excuse
Could you excuse us, please?

excuse
Excuse me.

excuse
Excuse me?

excuse
Excuse, please.

excuse
'Scuse (me).

excuse
'Scuse me?

excuse
'Scuse, please.

excuse
Will you excuse us, please?

excuse
Would you excuse me?

excuse
Would you excuse us, please?

excuse
You're excused.

expect
As I expected.

expect
Do you expect me to believe that?

expect
I expect.

expect
I expect not.

expect
I expect (so).

expect
(Just) as I expected.

expect
What do you expect?

expect
You can't expect me to believe that.

expect
You don't expect me to believe that.

extra
go the extra mile

eye
Here's mud in your eye.

face
Get out of my face!

face
have some face time with someone

face
in someone's face

face
It's written all over one's face.

face
Shut your face!

face
take someone or something at face value

fair
Fair to middling.

fair
No fair!

family
How's the family?

family
How's your family?

fancy
Fancy meeting you here!

fancy
Fancy that!

far
(as) far as I know

far
(as) far as I'm concerned

far
far as I know

far
far as I'm concerned

fast
Make it fast.

fat
fat chance

fault
through no fault of someone's own

favor
Thank God for small favors.

feather
You could have knocked me over with a feather.

fed
I'm (really) fed up (with someone or something).

feedback
I'd like some feedback on something.

feel
(I've) never felt better.

feel
Never felt better.

feeling
(Are you) feeling okay?

feeling
Feeling okay.

feeling
How (are) you feeling?

feeling
How you feeling?

feeling
I just have this feeling

feeling
(I'm) feeling okay.

feet
Come in and take a load off your feet.

felicitation
Greetings and felicitations!

felt
(I've) never felt better.

felt
Never felt better.

few
I have to wash a few things out.

few
Win a few, lose a few.

field
come out of left field

field
field questions

field
level the playing field

fight
Can't fight city hall.

fight
Don't give up without a fight!

fight
I won't give up without a fight.

fight
Them's fighting words!

fight
(You) can't fight city hall.

figure
Go figure!

fill
Fill in the blanks.

final
one final thing

final
one final word

find
Where will I find you?

fine
Fine by me.

fine
Fine with me.

fine
(It) suits me (fine).

fine
not to put too fine a point on it

fine
Suits me (fine).

fine
(That's) fine by me.

fine
(That's) fine with me.

finger
have one's finger in too many pies

finish
I'm not finished with you.

fire
Fire away!

fire
Where there's smoke, there's fire.

fire
Where's the fire?

first
first of all

first
in the first place

first
Ladies first.

first
Not if I see you first.

first
You first.

fish
Ye gods (and little fishes)!