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.
As an allusion to the cooking technique of reducing liquids by heat, one boils down a problem, argument, etc. to its most central elements.
- 0 Views
“
So what this boils down to is that you still owe me that fifty bucks.
Submitted on September 26, 2012
More phrases:
- come by
- go through with
- inquire of
- mop up
- put by
- round up
- sort out
- stand by
- take after
- take down
- take on
- top up
- tuck in
- wear down
- answer on a postcard
- are your ears burning
- at one's beck and call
- back-to-back
- bend over backwards
- bent on
- cut it out
- daily grind
- eat one's words
- flea in one's ear
- for goodness' sake
- full speed ahead
- get the ball rolling
- give birth
- give somebody an earful
- gloss over
- go without saying
- good job
- hammer home
- have a look-see
- hit a snag
- hit the spot
- hold your fire
- in light of
- in one's cups
- in order
- in order
- jolly someone along
- keep an eye on
- off and on
- on its merits
- one-off
- out of house and home
- out of proportion
- out of the blue
- pachyderm
- point the finger at
- quick-and-dirty
- red face test
- red letter day
- rock bottom
- rush hour
- same old story
- see eye to eye
- see red
- see someone through
Citation
Use the citation below to add Phrases.com to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Phrases.com." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 7 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