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Common Phrases - Short Sayings and Witty Quotes
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This is the second of three pages of our common phrases, short sayings and witty quotes.
You have probably heard the majority of them as they are common phrases we all use.
It is fun to browse through the different sayings and quotes. There are almost 700 of them.
All of them are short sayings and are listed in alphabetic order among three pages.
Enjoy your free witty quotes!
faith will move mountains
fall from grace
familiarity breeds contempt
fancy free
fed up to the back teeth
fe fi fo fum I smell the blood of a English man
fifteen men on a dead man's chest
fight the good fight
fight tooth and nail
finders keepers losers weepers
finger lickin' good
first things first
fish and guests smell after three days
flattery will get you nowhere
foam at the mouth
follow your nose
fools rush in where angels fear to tread
for ever and a day
for everything there is a season
forgive them for they know not what they do
fortune favors the brave
frog in the throat
from strength to strength
from the bottom of my heart
gentleman at arms
get it in the neck
get it into your head
get it off your chest
get off on the right foot
get off on the wrong foot
get off your ass
get out of hand
get the bit between your teeth
get the upper hand
get thee behind me satan
get your finger out
get your teeth into
get your tongue round it
give him an offer he can't refuse
give one's eye teeth for
give one's right arm for
give up the ghost
glass chin
go boil your head
go cap in hand
go down on bended knee
go for the throat
go out on a limb
go the way of all flesh
go to see a man about a dog
go to your head
god helps those who help themselves
going to powder my nose
good fences make good neighbors
good men and true
good things come to those who wait
got it on the brain
got my eye in
got my eye on you
got to hand it to you
got your head screwed on
got your heart set on
got up on the wrong side of the bed
grate on the ear
grease one's palm
great minds think alike
grin from ear to ear
grit your teeth
hair of the dog
handsome is as handsome does
hard work never did anyone any harm
harden your heart against
hark hark the lark at heaven's gate sings
haste makes waste
have a heart
have an axe to grind
he makes my flesh creep
he wears his heart on his sleeve
he who can does he who cannot teaches
he who hesitates is lost
he who laughs last laughs longest
he who lives by the sword shall die by the sword
he who pays the piper calls the tune
he will give the devil his due
head over heels in love
hell has no fury like a woman scorned
here's mud in your eye
his beard was as white as snow
history repeats itself
hit the nail on the head
hoist by your own petard
hold your tongue
holding your cards close to your chest
home is where the heart is
how are the mighty fallen
I bear a charmed life
I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat
I spy with my little eye
I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
if a job is worth doing it is worth doing well
if at first you don't succeed try try again
if god had meant us to fly he'd have given us wings
if I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me
if music be the food of love play on
if wishes were horses beggars would ride
if you can't beat'em join'em
if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen
imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
in my heart of hearts
in one ear and out the other
in over your head
in the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king
in the twinkling of an eye
into every life a little rain must fall
is the pope Catholic
is this a dagger which I see before me
it came like a bolt from the blue
it fell off the back of a lorry
it goes without saying
it never rains but it pours
it takes a thief to catch a thief
it takes one to know one
it will be all right on the night
it's all grist to the mill
it's an ill wind that blows no one any good
it's better to give than to receive
it's better to light a candle than curse the darkness
it's never too late
it's no skin off my nose
it's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted
it's not worth crying over spilt milk
it's the early bird that gets the worm
it's the empty can that makes the most noise
it's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease
I've got my eye on you
just a glint in his father's eye
keep a cool head
keep a stiff upper lip
keep a weather eye open
keep body and soul together
keep your chin up
keep your ear to the ground
keep your eye on the ball
keep your finger on the pulse
keep your hair on
keep your hand in
keep your head above water
keep your head down
keep your head up
keep your nose out
keep your nose to the grindstone
keep your powder dry
keep your shoulder to the wheel
kill the fatted calf
knee high to a duck
knee high to a grasshopper
knock it on the head
know which way the wind blows
lamb to the slaughter
last will and testament
laugh and the world laughs with you weep and you weep alone
laugh your head off
laughter is the best medicine
lay it on with a trowel
lead by a nose
lead with the chin
lend a helping hand
lend an ear
lend me your ears
let bygones be bygones
let not the sun go down on your wrath
let sleeping dogs lie
let the punishment fit the crime
let there be light
let your hair down
let's shake hands on it
lie through your teeth
life begins at forty
life is what you make it
life's not all beer and skittles
lightening never strikes twice in the same place
like a chicken with its head cut off
like father like son
like the Dickens
little pitchers have big ears
live for today for tomorrow never comes
living off the fat of the land
living on borrowed time
long in the tooth
look before you leap
look death in the eye
look down your nose
lose your heart
loud mouth
love is blind
love of money is the root of all evil
lying through his teeth
make a good fist of it
make love not war
makes your hair stand on end
man after his own heart
man does not live by bread alone
man's inhumanity to man
many are called but few are chosen
marry in haste repent at leisure
melts in the mouth
mighty oaks from little acorns grow
milk of human kindness
misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows
misery loves company
money doesn't grow on trees
money makes the world go round
money talks
more haste less speed
more honored in the breach than in the observance
more power to you
more than meets the eye
more than you can shake a stick at
much ado about nothing
mum's the word
music has charms to soothe the savage breast
my cup runneth over
nail your colors to the mast
nature abhors a vacuum
nature red in tooth and claw
near and dear to my heart
near the knuckle
necessity is the mother of invention
neither here nor there
neither hide nor hair
never judge a book by its cover
never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
never the twain shall meet
no man is an island
no more cakes and ale
no rest for the wicked
not a dry eye in the house
not worth a tinker's dam
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