Common American Phrases in Everyday Contexts (263 page)

five
Give me five!

five
Slip me five!

flattery
Flattery will get you nowhere.

flight
Have a nice flight.

floor
Floor it!

floor
This is my floor.

flop
That's the way the mop flops.

fly
Go fly a kite!

fly
Got to fly.

fly
How time flies.

fly
It'll never fly!

fly
(I've) got to fly.

fly
(My,) how time flies.

fly
off to a flying start

fly
When pigs can fly.

folks
(Most) folks (around here) call me name.

folks
That's all folks.

follow
Do you follow?

fool
Could have fooled me.

fool
(You) could have fooled me.

foolishness
Enough (of this) foolishness!

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

foot
Come in and take a load off your feet.

foot
I wouldn't touch something with a ten-foot pole.

forbid
God forbid!

forget
Don't forget to write.

forget
Forget (about) it!

forth
and so forth

frankly
quite frankly

frankly
(speaking) (quite) frankly

free
for free

free
get off scot-free

free
No such thing as a free lunch.

free
(There's) no such thing as a free lunch.

French
Pardon my French.

fret
Fret not!

friend
Any friend of someone('s) (is a friend of mine).

friend
I was up all night with a sick friend.

friend
Who's your friend?

fruit
pick the low-hanging fruit

fun
Have fun.

funeral
It's your funeral.

funny
Cut the funny stuff!

funny
That's funny.

further
without further ado

gain
No pain, no gain.

game
have a chip in the game

game
have some skin in the game

gas
Now you're cooking (with gas)!

general
in general

get
(Are) things getting you down?

get
Been getting by.

get
Better get moving.

get
Better get on my horse.

get
Can't get there from here.

get
Come and get it!

get
Could I get by, please?

get
(Could I) get you something (to drink)?

get
(Do you) get my drift?

get
(Do you) get the message?

get
(Do you) get the picture?

get
Don't get up.

get
Don't get your bowels in an uproar!

get
Don't let someone or something get you down.

get
(Don't you) get it?

get
Flattery will get you nowhere.

get
from the get-go

get
Get back to me (on this).

get
Get it?

get
Get lost!

get
Get my drift?

get
Get off my back!

get
Get off my tail!

get
get off scot-free

get
Get out of here!

get
Get out of my face!

get
Get over it!

get
Get over yourself!

get
Get the lead out!

get
Get the message?

get
Get the picture?

get
Get well soon.

get
Get you something (to drink)?

get
Get your nose out of my business.

get
Getting any?

get
Got to get moving.

get
Got to go home and get my beauty sleep.

get
How are you getting on?

get
I can't get over something!

get
I didn't get that.

get
(I'd) better get moving.

get
(I'd) better get on my horse.

get
I'll get back to you (on that).

get
I'll get right on it.

get
(I'm) just getting by.

get
(I've) been getting by.

get
(I've) got to get moving.

get
(I've) got to go home and get my beauty sleep.

get
Just getting by.

get
Let me get back to you (on that).

get
Let's get down to business.

get
Let's get out of here.

get
Let's get together (sometime).

get
Things getting you down?

get
What you see is what you get.

get
when you get a chance

get
when you get a minute

get
(You) can't get there from here.

get
(You) getting any?

get
You just don't get it!

get
(You'd) better get moving.

get
You'll get onto it.

get
You'll get the hang of it.

get
You'll never get away with it.

give
(Could I) give you a lift?

give
Don't give it a (second) thought.

give
Don't give it another thought.

give
Don't give up!

give
Don't give up the ship!

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

give
Don't give up without a fight!

give
Give it a rest.

give
Give it time.

give
Give it up!

give
Give it your best shot.

give
Give me a break!

give
Give me a call.

give
Give me a chance!

give
Give me a ring.

give
Give me five!

give
Give me (some) skin!

give
Give my best to someone.

give
Give one an inch, and one will take a mile.

give
Give people an inch, and they will take a mile.

give
give someone an earful

give
Give something a rest.

give
Give you a lift?

give
I won't give up without a fight.

give
Some people (just) don't know when to give up.

give
Something's got to give.

give
What gives?

give
What I wouldn't give for a something!

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

glad
Am I glad to see you!

glad
Glad to hear it.

glad
Glad to meet you.

glad
Glad you could come.

glad
Glad you could drop by.

glad
Glad you could stop by.

glad
(I'm) glad to hear it.

glad
I'm glad to meet you.

glad
(I'm) glad you could come.

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

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

glad
(I'm) (very) glad to meet you.

glad
Very glad to meet you.

glad
(We're) glad you could come.

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

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

go
All systems are go.

go
Anything going on?

go
(Are you) going my way?

go
Better be going.

go
Do we have to go through all that again?

go
Don't be gone (too) long.

go
Everything's going to be all right.

go
from the get-go

go
Go ahead.

go
(Go ahead,) make my day!

go
Go away!

go
Go chase yourself!

go
Go climb a tree!

go
Go figure!

go
Go fly a kite!

go
Go for it!

go
go great guns

go
Go jump in the lake!

go
Go on.

go
go someone one better

go
go the extra mile

go
Going my way?

go
good to go

go
Got to go.

go
Got to go home and get my beauty sleep.

go
Have a go at it.

go
Have to go now.

go
Here goes nothing.

go
Here we go again.

go
How goes it (with you)?

go
How're things going?

go
How's it going?

go
(I) have to go now.