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 be emotionally in crisis.
- 0 Views
“
As a result of being addicted to heroin, she was falling apart.
Submitted on August 28, 2012
More phrases:
- hold on
- keel over
- run back
- run on
- steer clear
- stick up for
- strike up
- throw out
- tuck in
- turn off
- above the law
- and then some
- beat around the bush
- bells and whistles
- big cheese
- black babies
- blow off steam
- come to terms
- curveball
- even money
- fish or cut bait
- gear up
- get by the balls
- get it
- get somebody's goat
- give a ring
- go blue
- go out on a limb
- good job
- haul his ashes
- have a look-see
- in heaven's name
- kick ass
- lucky break
- middle of nowhere
- much of a muchness
- muckety muck
- night owl
- no slouch
- one at a time
- out of house and home
- out of the question
- pencil-neck
- pretty pictures
- push the envelope
- rough trot
- round of applause
- same old story
- so much as
- spanner
- stand a chance
- take a bullet
- take the lead
- thanks a bunch
- be-all, end-all
- the upper hand
- turn to stone
- under erasure
- under the gun
- up one's sleeve
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Apr. 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