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 fail.
- 0 Views
“
I am afraid my computer will break down if I try to run it at too high a speed.
Submitted on May 07, 2011
More phrases:
- come round
- conk out
- hang out
- hang up
- make up
- pipe down
- potter about
- power up
- put back
- put down
- put forward
- quieten down
- rip off
- run away
- sneak up
- start up
- step down
- stick out
- stuff up
- swear off
- take on
- take on
- all duck or no dinner
- arse about face
- beat around the bush
- bells and whistles
- big cheese
- bury the hatchet
- by leaps and bounds
- carry a torch for
- cat and mouse game
- catch-as-catch-can
- class clown
- day in, day out
- dead duck
- deep water
- do-or-die
- fit as a fiddle
- for the hell of it
- full speed ahead
- go red
- go up in smoke
- gold mine
- goose is cooked
- have a look-see
- have other fish to fry
- if needs be
- in black and white
- in the nick of time
- keep an eye out
- let her rip
- light up
- lower the boom
- no holds barred
- no joy
- object lesson
- off and on
- one fell swoop
- one-off
- point the finger at
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Mar. 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