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Phrases 1000

Note: Learn 2 phrases a day

1 - 100:

1. Hold your horses
2. Cut to the chase
3. That’s the way the cookie crumbles
4. Don’t hold your breath
5. Bite the bullet
6. Spill the beans
7. In the nick of time
8. Hit the sack
9. Piece of cake
10. Throw in the towel
11. Under the weather
12. Call it a day
13. Break the ice
14. Back to square one
15. On the same page
16. The ball is in your court
17. Don’t sweat it
18. Get a grip
19. That ship has sailed
20. Take a rain check
21. Barking up the wrong tree
22. Beat around the bush
23. Burn the midnight oil
24. By the book
25. Close but no cigar
26. Cry over spilled milk
27. Down to the wire
28. Drop the ball
29. Face the music
30. Fish out of water
31. Get the ball rolling
32. Go the extra mile
33. Hit the nail on the head
34. In hot water
35. Jump the gun
36. Kick the can down the road
37. Let the cat out of the bag
38. Miss the boat
39. On thin ice
40. Pull the plug
41. Rain on someone’s parade
42. Rock the boat
43. Shoot the breeze
44. Steal someone’s thunder
45. The tip of the iceberg
46. Turn a blind eye
47. Up in the air
48. Walk on eggshells
49. When pigs fly
50. Wild-goose chase
51. A dime a dozen
52. All bark and no bite
53. Back on your feet
54. Bend over backwards
55. Bite off more than you can chew
56. Brush it off
57. Burn bridges
58. Buy time
59. Clear the air
60. Come clean
61. Crash and burn
62. Cross that bridge when you come to it
63. Dig your own grave
64. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch
65. Down in the dumps
66. Drop a bombshell
67. Easier said than done
68. Fall on deaf ears
69. Fish or cut bait
70. Fly off the handle
71. Get a taste of your own medicine
72. Get off my back
73. Give the benefit of the doubt
74. Go down in flames
75. Go out on a limb
76. Have a chip on your shoulder
77. Hear it through the grapevine
78. Hit rock bottom
79. In the doghouse
80. It takes two to tango
81. Keep your shirt on
82. Leave no stone unturned
83. Let sleeping dogs lie
84. Like pulling teeth
85. Lose your marbles
86. Make a mountain out of a molehill
87. Off the hook
88. Out of the blue
89. Over the top
90. Pass the buck
91. Play it by ear
92. Put your foot in your mouth
93. Read between the lines
94. Save face
95. See eye to eye
96. Sit tight
97. Spill your guts
98. The last straw
99. Under your nose
100. Zip your lip

101 - 200

1. A penny for your thoughts
2. A shot in the dark
3. Actions speak louder than words
4. Add fuel to the fire
5. Against the clock
6. Air your dirty laundry
7. All bets are off
8. All in a day’s work
9. All talk and no action
10. Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
11. At the end of your rope
12. Back to the drawing board
13. Bark is worse than the bite
14. Beat a dead horse
15. Behind the eight ball
16. Bells and whistles
17. Between a rock and a hard place
18. Big cheese
19. Bite your tongue
20. Blow off steam
21. Break the bank
22. Bring home the bacon
23. Bump in the road
24. Burn your bridges
25. Bust your chops
26. By the skin of your teeth
27. Call the shots
28. Cash cow
29. Caught red-handed
30. Change of heart
31. Chew the fat
32. Chip in
33. Chomping at the bit
34. Clean slate
35. Come hell or high water
36. Cook the books
37. Cost an arm and a leg
38. Couch potato
39. Cry wolf
40. Cut corners
41. Dead in the water
42. Devil’s advocate
43. Down the drain
44. Drive a hard bargain
45. Drop a line
46. Easy street
47. Eat crow
48. Eat humble pie
49. Fair-weather friend
50. Feather in your cap
51. Fly by the seat of your pants
52. Foot the bill
53. From the horse’s mouth
54. Get a kick out of it
55. Get a load of this
56. Get your ducks in a row
57. Give it a shot
58. Go belly-up
59. Go down the tubes
60. Go for broke
61. Go overboard
62. Gray area
63. Grease the wheels
64. Hang in there
65. Have a blast
66. Have your cake and eat it too
67. Head over heels
68. High and dry
69. Hit the jackpot
70. In a nutshell
71. In the loop
72. In the red
73. In the same boat
74. Iron out the kinks
75. Jump on the bandwagon
76. Keep a lid on it
77. Keep your nose to the grindstone
78. Knock it out of the park
79. Know the ropes
80. Last-ditch effort
81. Lay your cards on the table
82. Learn the hard way
83. Leave high and dry
84. Light at the end of the tunnel
85. Like a bull in a china shop
86. Like a kid in a candy store
87. Long shot
88. Make ends meet
89. Miss the mark
90. Monday-morning quarterback
91. Money talks
92. Moot point
93. Nip it in the bud
94. Off the beaten path
95. Off the cuff
96. Off the wagon
97. On cloud nine
98. On the fence
99. On the house
100. Out of left field

201 - 300:

1. Out of the woods
2. Out on a limb
3. Over my dead body
4. Pain in the neck
5. Pass with flying colors
6. Penny-pincher
7. Piece of the pie
8. Pipe dream
9. Play hardball
10. Play your cards right
11. Pull a rabbit out of a hat
12. Pull strings
13. Push the envelope
14. Put a lid on it
15. Quick on the draw
16. Raise the bar
17. Raining cats and dogs
18. Read the riot act
19. Reinvent the wheel
20. Right off the bat
21. Ring a bell
22. Roll with the punches
23. Rub elbows with
24. Rule of thumb
25. Run around in circles
26. Run the show
27. Safe and sound
28. Salt of the earth
29. Save for a rainy day
30. Say the word
31. Second-guess
32. See the writing on the wall
33. Shape up or ship out
34. Shoot the messenger
35. Sink or swim
36. Sit on the fence
37. Slip through the cracks
38. Smooth sailing
39. Snowball’s chance in hell
40. Spin your wheels
41. Split hairs
42. Square one
43. Stick to your guns
44. Straight from the horse’s mouth
45. Strike while the iron is hot
46. Sugarcoat it
47. Take a back seat
48. Take it with a grain of salt
49. Take the bull by the horns
50. Take the cake
51. Take the plunge
52. Talk shop
53. The ball’s in your court
54. The best of both worlds
55. The bigger they are, the harder they fall
56. The devil is in the details
57. The early bird gets the worm
58. The whole nine yards
59. Think outside the box
60. Throw caution to the wind
61. Tie the knot
62. Time flies
63. To each their own
64. Turn the tables
65. Twist your arm
66. Up for grabs
67. Up the ante
68. Wake-up call
69. Walk a mile in someone’s shoes
70. Walk the talk
71. Water under the bridge
72. Wear your heart on your sleeve
73. Weather the storm
74. Wet behind the ears
75. What goes around comes around
76. When the chips are down
77. Whole new ball game
78. Win-win situation
79. Wishful thinking
80. With a fine-tooth comb
81. Word on the street
82. Work your fingers to the bone
83. Worth its weight in gold
84. Zero in on
85. Zip it
86. Zone out
87. Ace in the hole
88. Back burner
89. Bad blood
90. Ballpark figure
91. Basket case
92. Bite the dust
93. Blank check
94. Blaze a trail
95. Blood, sweat, and tears
96. Blow a fuse
97. Boil down to
98. Bone to pick
99. Break the ice
100. Breathe down someone’s neck

301 - 400:

1. Bring to the table
2. Brush up on
3. Buck stops here
4. Bump up against
5. Burn the candle at both ends
6. Burst your bubble
7. Bury the hatchet
8. Butter up
9. Buy the farm
10. Call it quits
11. Can’t make heads or tails of it
12. Cash in your chips
13. Cast a wide net
14. Catch some Z’s
15. Change horses midstream
16. Chase rainbows
17. Chew someone out
18. Chip on your shoulder
19. Clamp down on
20. Clean house
21. Clear the deck
22. Climb the corporate ladder
23. Clip someone’s wings
24. Close ranks
25. Come up short
26. Cook up a storm
27. Cool your jets
28. Corner the market
29. Crash course
30. Crash the party
31. Cry in your beer
32. Cut a deal
33. Cut someone some slack
34. Dab hand at
35. Dance around the issue
36. Dark horse
37. Dead-end job
38. Dead ringer
39. Deal breaker
40. Deep six
41. Dig deep
42. Dig in your heels
43. Dish it out
44. Dodge a bullet
45. Don’t rock the boat
46. Don’t shoot the piano player
47. Dot your i’s and cross your t’s
48. Down for the count
49. Down the hatch
50. Drag your feet
51. Draw a blank
52. Draw the line
53. Drive someone up the wall
54. Drop the mic
55. Drop the subject
56. Ducks in a row
57. Ear to the ground
58. Eat your words
59. Empty nest
60. Face the music
61. Fall off the wagon
62. Fall through the cracks
63. Feather your nest
64. Feel the pinch
65. Fifth wheel
66. Fill someone’s shoes
67. Fish for compliments
68. Flat broke
69. Flip the script
70. Fly off the handle
71. Food for thought
72. Foot-in-mouth disease
73. Fortune favors the bold
74. From soup to nuts
75. Game changer
76. Get a rise out of
77. Get cracking
78. Get the short end of the stick
79. Get wind of
80. Give a heads-up
81. Give it a rest
82. Give someone the cold shoulder
83. Go down swinging
84. Go the whole hog
85. Go to bat for
86. Go to the dogs
87. Go whole nine yards
88. Grasp at straws
89. Green light
90. Gut feeling
91. Hair of the dog
92. Half-baked idea
93. Hand in glove
94. Hang it up
95. Hard pill to swallow
96. Have a short fuse
97. Have skin in the game
98. Head in the clouds
99. Heart skips a beat
100. Heavy hitter

401 - 500:

1. Hell-bent for leather
2. High-tail it out of here
3. Hit the bricks
4. Hold the fort
5. Hot off the press
6. Hot under the collar
7. In dire straits
8. In one ear and out the other
9. In the driver’s seat
10. In the heat of the moment
11. In the spotlight
12. Ironclad guarantee
13. It’s not rocket science
14. Jack of all trades
15. Jump through hoops
16. Keep a stiff upper lip
17. Keep it on the down-low
18. Keep the wheels turning
19. Kick the bucket
20. Kick up your heels
21. Kill two birds with one stone
22. Knock someone’s socks off
23. Know the drill
24. Lame duck
25. Land on your feet
26. Lay low
27. Lead the pack
28. Learn the ropes
29. Leave no trace
30. Leave the nest
31. Left high and dry
32. Light a fire under
33. Like a broken record
34. Like a deer in headlights
35. Like clockwork
36. Like gangbusters
37. Like herding cats
38. Lip service
39. Living on borrowed time
40. Lock horns
41. Long in the tooth
42. Look before you leap
43. Loose cannon
44. Lose your shirt
45. Make a beeline
46. Make a killing
47. Make waves
48. Meet halfway
49. Mind your P’s and Q’s
50. Monday-morning quarterback
51. Move the goalposts
52. Nail in the coffin
53. Needle in a haystack
54. No-brainer
55. Not playing with a full deck
56. Off kilter
57. Off the grid
58. Off the hook
59. Off the rails
60. Off your rocker
61. On a roll
62. On autopilot
63. On pins and needles
64. On the back burner
65. On the brink
66. On the chopping block
67. On the fritz
68. On the lam
69. On the rocks
70. On the same wavelength
71. Once in a blue moon
72. One-horse town
73. Out of pocket
74. Out of steam
75. Out of whack
76. Over the hump
77. Pack a punch
78. Paint the town red
79. Pass muster
80. Pay the piper
81. Pick your poison
82. Piggyback on
83. Pipe down
84. Plain sailing
85. Play second fiddle
86. Point the finger
87. Pull out all the stops
88. Pull the plug
89. Pump the brakes
90. Push comes to shove
91. Put a sock in it
92. Put on the back burner
93. Quick and dirty
94. Rack your brains
95. Raise eyebrows
96. Read between the lines
97. Rein in
98. Right as rain
99. Ring the alarm
100. Rise and shine

501 - 600:

1. Rock the boat
2. Roll out the red carpet
3. Rub salt in the wound
4. Run a tight ship
5. Run out of steam
6. Safe bet
7. Same old song and dance
8. Save face
9. Saw logs (sleep)
10. Screw loose
11. Second wind
12. See daylight
13. See the forest for the trees
14. Sell like hotcakes
15. Shake a leg
16. Shape up or ship out
17. Shoot for the moon
18. Short fuse
19. Shot in the arm
20. Shoulder to cry on
21. Sing a different tune
22. Sink or swim
23. Sitting duck
24. Skate on thin ice
25. Skim the surface
26. Sleep on it
27. Slip of the tongue
28. Slow burn
29. Small potatoes
30. Smell a rat
31. Snake in the grass
32. Snow job
33. Spick-and-span
34. Spill the tea
35. Spin your wheels
36. Split the difference
37. Spread like wildfire
38. Square the circle
39. Stand your ground
40. Start from scratch
41. Steal the show
42. Step on toes
43. Sticky wicket
44. Stir the pot
45. Stone’s throw away
46. Straight shooter
47. Strike while the iron’s hot
48. String along
49. Sweep under the rug
50. Sweeten the pot
51. Take a back seat
52. Take a hike
53. Take it on the chin
54. Take the bait
55. Talk a blue streak
56. Talk turkey
57. Tapped out
58. Test the waters
59. That’s a wrap
60. The buck stops here
61. The jury’s out
62. Thick as thieves
63. Thin ice
64. Throw in the towel
65. Throw under the bus
66. Tickled pink
67. Tie up loose ends
68. Till the cows come home
69. Time is money
70. Tip your hand
71. Toe the line
72. Tongue-in-cheek
73. Too many irons in the fire
74. Top dog
75. Toss your hat in the ring
76. Touch base
77. Tough cookie
78. Trip the light fantastic
79. Turn a blind eye
80. Turn on a dime
81. Twist in the wind
82. Under fire
83. Under lock and key
84. Under the gun
85. Under the table
86. Up for grabs
87. Up the creek
88. Walk on air
89. Washed up
90. Water cooler talk
91. Weather the storm
92. Wet blanket
93. Whistle in the dark
94. White elephant
95. Wild card
96. Win by a nose
97. With bells on
98. Wolf at the door
99. Work like a dog
100. Worth your salt

601 - 700:

1. Zero hour
2. Above board
3. Ace up your sleeve
4. Air your grievances
5. All hands on deck
6. All over the map
7. Apple-polisher
8. Armchair quarterback
9. Asleep at the switch
10. At loggerheads
11. At sixes and sevens
12. Baby boomer
13. Back on track
14. Back-pedal
15. Bad egg
16. Bait and switch
17. Ball and chain
18. Baptism by fire
19. Bare-bones
20. Basket case
21. Batten down the hatches
22. Battle-axe
23. Be a fly on the wall
24. Bean counter
25. Beat the rap
26. Behind closed doors
27. Belt and suspenders
28. Bent out of shape
29. Best-laid plans
30. Beta test
31. Big fish in a small pond
32. Bigger fish to fry
33. Bird-dog
34. Bite the hand that feeds you
35. Black sheep
36. Blast from the past
37. Bleeding edge
38. Blessing in disguise
39. Blind leading the blind
40. Blow smoke
41. Blown out of proportion
42. Blue-collar
43. Boil the ocean
44. Bolt from the blue
45. Bone to pick
46. Boo-hoo poor you
47. Boot up
48. Bottom feeder
49. Bottom line
50. Brain dump
51. Brand spanking new
52. Bread and butter
53. Break even
54. Break new ground
55. Break the mold
56. Brick-and-mortar
57. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
58. Bring a knife to a gunfight
59. Broken record
60. Brownie points
61. Buck the trend
62. Buddy system
63. Build a better mousetrap
64. Bundle of nerves
65. Burn rate
66. Burst at the seams
67. Bury your head in the sand
68. Business as usual
69. Button masher
70. Buy low, sell high
71. Buzzkill
72. By the numbers
73. Call a spade a spade
74. Call shotgun
75. Canary in the coal mine
76. Captain obvious
77. Carbon copy
78. Cash grab
79. Cat on a hot tin roof
80. Caught napping
81. Caught with your hand in the cookie jar
82. Center stage
83. Chain reaction
84. Chalk and cheese
85. Change the channel
86. Cheap shot
87. Check the boxes
88. Cherry-pick
89. Chicken feed
90. Circle the drain
91. Circle the wagons
92. Clean bill of health
93. Clean sweep
94. Cliffhanger
95. Clip show
96. Clock in/out
97. Close the deal
98. Cloud nine
99. Cluster-mess
100. Coast is clear

701 - 800:

1. Cold call
2. Cold shoulder
3. Come out swinging
4. Cookie-cutter approach
5. Copy-and-paste job
6. Corner office
7. Cost of doing business
8. Couch change
9. Cover your bases
10. Crash course
11. Crash the gate
12. Crickets (dead silence)
13. Cross my heart
14. Cross that bridge when I get to it
15. Cry me a river
16. Cup of joe
17. Cut a check
18. Cut and run
19. Cut from the same cloth
20. Cut the cord
21. Cut your losses
22. Dead giveaway
23. Dead weight
24. Deep dive
25. Deep pockets
26. Dime store
27. Dinosaur (outdated tech)
28. Dirt cheap
29. Dish the dirt
30. Do a 180
31. Do the math
32. Dog and pony show
33. Dog-eat-dog world
34. Don’t cry over spilled milk
35. Don’t flip your wig
36. Don’t get your wires crossed
37. Don’t hold your breath
38. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
39. Double down
40. Down pat
41. Drag race
42. Draw a line in the sand
43. Dream team
44. Dress to kill
45. Drink the Kool-Aid
46. Drive time
47. Drop a dime (snitch)
48. Drop-dead gorgeous
49. Duck soup (easy task)
50. Dump and run
51. Dumpster fire
52. Dutch courage
53. Early adopter
54. Earn your stripes
55. Easy as pie
56. Eat your heart out
57. Egg on your face
58. Eleventh-hour decision
59. Empty suit
60. End of story
61. Epic fail
62. Fair game
63. Fake it till you make it
64. Fall guy
65. Fast-track
66. Fat chance
67. Feather your nest egg
68. Fed up
69. Feel-good moment
70. Fender bender
71. Fifth wheel
72. Filthy rich
73. Fine print
74. Fire drill (chaotic rush)
75. Fire on all cylinders
76. Fish story
77. Flash in the pan
78. Flat out
79. Flip the bird
80. Flip the switch
81. Float a trial balloon
82. Floor it
83. Fly under the radar
84. Food coma
85. Foot in the door
86. Fork in the road
87. Free ride
88. Fresh off the boat
89. Front runner
90. Full-court press
91. Full plate
92. Game on
93. Garbage in, garbage out
94. Get a reality check
95. Get cracking
96. Get off scot-free
97. Get the ax
98. Ghost town
99. Give it the green light
100. Go bonkers

801 - 900:

1. Go down the rabbit hole
2. Go out with a bang
3. Go postal
4. Go the extra mile
5. Go to pieces
6. Go whole hog
7. Golden handcuffs
8. Golden parachute
9. Good to go
10. Grand slam
11. Gray area
12. Green light
13. Green thumb
14. Grin and bear it
15. Ground zero
16. Gut punch
17. Hack it
18. Hair-splitting
19. Half-baked
20. Hammer out a deal
21. Hand over fist
22. Handle with kid gloves
23. Happy camper
24. Happy-go-lucky
25. Hard stop
26. Hardwired
27. Hashtag blessed
28. Hat trick
29. Hatchet job
30. Have a dog in the fight
31. Have your head in the clouds
32. Head-scratcher
33. Heads will roll
34. Heart-to-heart
35. Heavy lifting
36. Hell on wheels
37. High five
38. High horse
39. Hit a snag
40. Hit pay dirt
41. Hit the ceiling
42. Hit the ground running
43. Hit the hay
44. Hit the jackpot
45. Hit the panic button
46. Hit the roof
47. Hold your fire
48. Hook, line, and sinker
49. Hot mess
50. Hot potato
51. Hot take
52. House on fire (doing well)
53. Hustle culture
54. IRL (in real life)
55. Ice in your veins
56. In a bind
57. In a jam
58. In a nutshell
59. In cahoots
60. In hot water
61. In the crosshairs
62. In the doghouse
63. In the know
64. In the weeds
65. It is what it is
66. It’s a toss-up
67. Jackpot moment
68. Jump ship
69. Jump the shark
70. Jury’s still out
71. Keep it 100
72. Keep it on the DL
73. Keep the lights on
74. Kick the tires
75. Kill shot
76. Knock it out of the park
77. Knock some sense into
78. Know the score
79. Land the plane
80. Last hurrah
81. Laugh all the way to the bank
82. Lay it on thick
83. Lean in
84. Leave it at the door
85. Leave money on the table
86. Left holding the bag
87. Level playing field
88. Life hack
89. Lightbulb moment
90. Like clockwork
91. Lion’s share
92. Lip service
93. Live wire
94. Lock it down
95. Long game
96. Loop in
97. Lose your cool
98. Low-hanging fruit
99. Make a splash
100. Make bank

901 - 1000:

1. Make it rain
2. Make or break
3. Make waves
4. Man up
5. Marbles in your mouth
6. March to the beat of your own drum
7. Mark my words
8. Meal ticket
9. Meet your Waterloo
10. Mic drop
11. Mile a minute
12. Milk run
13. Mind blown
14. Miss the memo
15. Monday blues
16. Money shot
17. Move the needle
18. Muddy the waters
19. Murphy’s law
20. Nail-biter
21. Name of the game
22. Needle mover
23. Neighborhood watch
24. Netflix and chill
25. Never saw it coming
26. New kid on the block
27. Next-level
28. Night owl
29. No cap
30. No harm, no foul
31. No strings attached
32. Nose to the grindstone
33. Not in Kansas anymore
34. Not my first rodeo
35. Not rocket science
36. Nothing burger
37. Off-brand
38. Off like a prom dress
39. Off the chain
40. Off the reservation
41. Old-school cool
42. On brand
43. On fleek
44. On the bubble
45. On the DL
46. On the grind
47. On the money
48. On the ropes
49. One-trick pony
50. Open the floodgates
51. Out like a light
52. Out of gas
53. Out of pocket
54. Out of sight, out of mind
55. Over the moon
56. Over-index on
57. Own the room
58. Pack heat
59. Pain point
60. Paper trail
61. Par for the course
62. Party foul
63. Pass the torch
64. Pay dirt
65. Pay the piper
66. Peak cringe
67. Penny-wise, pound-foolish
68. Phone it in
69. Pick your battles
70. Pigs might fly
71. Pipe dream
72. Pivot hard
73. Plain Jane
74. Play catch-up
75. Plug and play
76. Plug the leak
77. Point of no return
78. Pop the question
79. Power move
80. Press the flesh
81. Put a pin in it
82. Put lipstick on a pig
83. Put on blast
84. Quick fix
85. Quit cold turkey
86. Raise the roof
87. Reboot your life
88. Red flag
89. Red tape
90. Ride or die
91. Right out of the gate
92. Rise to the occasion
93. Rock bottom
94. Room to breathe
95. Rub shoulders with
96. Rule of thumb
97. Run it up the flagpole
98. Safe space
99. Salt in the wound
100. Same page, different book

1001 - 1100:

1. Say the quiet part out loud
2. Scare up some business
3. Scope creep
4. Screw the pooch
5. Seal the deal
6. Second fiddle
7. See stars
8. Sell like gangbusters
9. Shake the tree
10. Sharp as a tack
11. Ship has sailed
12. Shoot blanks
13. Shoot from the hip
14. Shooting fish in a barrel
15. Short leash
16. Shot caller
17. Shoulder the blame
18. Shout from the rooftops
19. Show your cards
20. Silver bullet
21. Sing for your supper
22. Sink your teeth into
23. Sit this one out
24. Six feet under
25. Skate by
26. Skid row
27. Sleep with the fishes
28. Slippery slope
29. Slow your roll
30. Small world
31. Smoke and mirrors
32. Snake oil salesman
33. Snitches get stitches
34. Snowball effect
35. So far, so good
36. Social butterfly
37. Soft launch
38. Sound off
39. Spare me
40. Speak of the devil
41. Speed run
42. Spin doctor
43. Spirit animal
44. Spitball an idea
45. Split the tab
46. Spoiler alert
47. Spray and pray
48. Square deal
49. Stack the deck
50. Stand-down order
51. Staple diet
52. State of the art
53. Stay in your lane
54. Steal the spotlight
55. Step up to the plate
56. Stick to your guns
57. Sticky wicket
58. Stir-crazy
59. Stone-cold sober
60. Straight shooter
61. Street cred
62. Stretch the truth
63. Strike a chord
64. Stuck in a rut
65. Stump the chump
66. Sucker punch
67. Sugar high
68. Sunday driver
69. Sunshine and rainbows
70. Super-size me
71. Swear on a stack of Bibles
72. Swipe right
73. Swing for the fences
74. Swing the vote
75. Table stakes
76. Take a chill pill
77. Take a rain check
78. Take it offline
79. Take the cake
80. Take the high road
81. Take the mickey
82. Take the sting out
83. Talk is cheap
84. Tank the market
85. Teach an old dog new tricks
86. Tear-jerker
87. Tech-savvy
88. Tell it like it is
89. That dog don’t hunt
90. That ship has sailed
91. The 411
92. The elephant in the room
93. The final straw
94. The real McCoy
95. The struggle is real
96. Thick as a brick
97. Throw shade
98. Throw spaghetti at the wall
99. Throw the baby out with the bathwater
100. Tick all the boxes

1101 - 1200:

1. Tight ship
2. Tighten the screws
3. Time crunch
4. Time is of the essence
5. Tip of the iceberg
6. Tipping point
7. Toe the party line
8. Tone-deaf
9. Tongue-lashing
10. Top of mind
11. Touch grass
12. Trailblazer
13. Train wreck
14. Truth bomb
15. Turn back the clock
16. Turn heads
17. Turn the page
18. Turn up the heat
19. Two cents worth
20. Two steps forward, one step back
21. Under the microscope
22. Under the radar
23. Under the table (secret payment)
24. Under wraps
25. Unforced error
26. Unwritten rule
27. Up the ante
28. Up to snuff
29. Uphill battle
30. Upper hand
31. Vibe check
32. Viral moment
33. Walk back comments
34. Walk the plank
35. Wallet biopsy
36. Warp speed
37. Wash your hands of it
38. Waste of space
39. Watched pot never boils
40. Wave the white flag
41. Way to go!
42. Weak sauce
43. Wear many hats
44. Web-slinging (multitasking online)
45. Well-oiled machine
46. Went belly-up
47. Went sideways
48. Wet your whistle
49. Whale in the room
50. What you see is what you get
51. Wheels fall off
52. Wheels up
53. When push comes to shove
54. Whip up
55. White-knuckle ride
56. Whole hog
57. Wild goose chase
58. Window dressing
59. Wing it
60. Winner winner chicken dinner
61. Wipe the slate clean
62. Within arm’s reach
63. Wolf down
64. Word salad
65. Work the room
66. World-class
67. Worth its weight in gold
68. Write off
69. Yadda yadda yadda
70. Yellow-bellied
71. Yes-man
72. You betcha
73. You snooze, you lose
74. Zero chill
75. Zero-sum game
76. Zip it
77. Zone defense
78. Zoom out
79. A cut above
80. A sight for sore eyes
81. Ahead of the curve
82. All bets are off
83. All systems go
84. At face value
85. Back on the horse
86. Backroom deal
87. Bad optics
88. Ballpark it
89. Bang for your buck
90. Bare-knuckle
91. Barrel of laughs
92. Basket case
93. Bat an eye
94. Beat the odds
95. Behind the times
96. Best-case scenario
97. Better late than never
98. Big ask
99. Black-and-white issue
100. Blast radius

1201 - 1300:

1. Blaze of glory
2. Bleeding-heart liberal
3. Blind spot
4. Blink-and-you-miss-it
5. Blood, sweat, and gears
6. Blow a gasket
7. Blow off some steam
8. Blue-sky thinking
9. Boiling point
10. Bolt cutter solution
11. Bone up on
12. Book it
13. Boots on the ground
14. Born yesterday
15. Bottom dollar
16. Boxed into a corner
17. Boy wonder
18. Brain freeze
19. Brass tacks
20. Bread and circuses
21. Break bread
22. Break the internet
23. Breathe down someone’s neck
24. Bridge too far
25. Bright lights, big city
26. Bring down the house
27. Broken record
28. Bubble up
29. Buckle down
30. Buffer zone
31. Bug out
32. Build castles in the air
33. Built like a tank
34. Bullet points
35. Bump and grind
36. Burn notice
37. Burn rubber
38. Bury the lead
39. Business end
40. Buttoned up
41. Buzzworthy
42. By a whisker
43. Call the question
44. Canary in a data mine
45. Cap and trade
46. Carbon footprint
47. Carry the torch
48. Cash cow
49. Cat got your tongue?
50. Cat nap
51. Catch-22
52. Center of gravity
53. Chain of command
54. Change gears
55. Cheap thrills
56. Chew scenery
57. Chicken-and-egg problem
58. Chip away at
59. Chomping at the bit
60. Choose your battles
61. Circle back
62. City that never sleeps
63. Clean getaway
64. Clickbait headline
65. Cliff notes
66. Clock out mentally
67. Close ranks
68. Cloud of suspicion
69. Clutch performer
70. Coast through
71. Coffee run
72. Cold day in hell
73. Cold open
74. Color me surprised
75. Come full circle
76. Come out of left field
77. Come to a head
78. Comfort zone
79. Common thread
80. Cookie jar accounting
81. Cool beans
82. Copy that
83. Couch lock
84. Count your lucky stars
85. Crash pad
86. Crunch the numbers
87. Crystal clear
88. Curb appeal
89. Curveball question
90. Cut bait or fish
91. Cut from a different cloth
92. Cut the cheese
93. Cut the fluff
94. Cut your teeth on
95. Cyber Monday
96. Dab hand
97. Daily grind
98. Dark comedy
99. Data dump
100. Day late, dollar short

1301 - 1400:

1. Dead on arrival
2. Deal with the devil
3. Deep dive
4. Deep end
5. Deep state
6. Deer in the headlights
7. Delicate balance
8. Deliver the goods
9. Dial it back
10. Dickens to pay
11. Digital detox
12. Dim the lights
13. Dirt nap
14. Dirty money
15. Dish duty
16. Dive bar
17. Do the legwork
18. Do the trick
19. Do or die
20. Dog whistle politics
21. Dog-eared
22. Dollar-store quality
23. Domino effect
24. Don’t @ me
25. Don’t get it twisted
26. Don’t poke the bear
27. Don’t yuck my yum
28. Done and dusted
29. Done deal
30. Double-edged sword
31. Double whammy
32. Down bad
33. Down the hatch
34. Down to brass tacks
35. Drag race
36. Drama llama
37. Draw the short straw
38. Dream big
39. Drink the Kool-Aid
40. Drive the point home
41. Drop a bombshell
42. Drop dead gorgeous
43. Drop the mic
44. Dropping like flies
45. Dry run
46. Dumpster diving
47. Dutch uncle
48. Early bird special
49. Earn brownie points
50. Earth-shattering
51. Easy pickings
52. Echo chamber
53. Edge case
54. Egg on your face
55. Elevator pitch
56. Empty calories
57. Empty nest syndrome
58. End run around
59. Epic proportions
60. Eternal optimist
61. Even Stevens
62. Every dog has its day
63. Exceed expectations
64. Excuse my French
65. Exit strategy
66. Eye candy
67. Eye of the tiger
68. Eye-popping numbers
69. Face the music
70. Face time
71. Fact check
72. Fail whale
73. Fair shake
74. Fake news
75. Fall flat on your face
76. False start
77. Family jewels
78. Fast and loose
79. Fast lane
80. Fat cat
81. Faux pas
82. Feast or famine
83. Feather ruffling
84. Fed to the wolves
85. Feel the burn
86. Fiddle while Rome burns
87. Fifth column
88. Fighting chance
89. Figure it out on the fly
90. File under “never”
91. Fill the void
92. Final countdown
93. Fire sale
94. First world problems
95. Fish or cut bait
96. Flash sale
97. Flat out like a lizard drinking
98. Flip side of the coin
99. Float someone’s boat
100. Flood the zone

1401 - 1500:

1. Fly off the handle
2. Foam at the mouth
3. FOMO (fear of missing out)
4. Food for thought
5. Fool’s errand
6. Foot the bill
7. For crying out loud
8. For the birds
9. Force to be reckoned with
10. Fork over the cash
11. Fortune smiles
12. Four-letter word
13. Free agent
14. Free fall
15. Fresh start
16. Friday feeling
17. Fried and true
18. Friend zone
19. Full court press
20. Full monty
21. Full throttle
22. Game changer
23. Garbage time
24. Garden variety
25. Gaslighting
26. Gatekeeper
27. Gear up
28. Get a grip
29. Get back in the saddle
30. Get bent out of shape
31. Get ghost
32. Get lost in the weeds
33. Get on my level
34. Get schooled
35. Get the ax
36. Get the memo
37. Get the runaround
38. Get with the program
39. Ghosted
40. Gig economy
41. Give me a break
42. Glass ceiling
43. Glass half full
44. Go bananas
45. Go big or go home
46. Go ham
47. Go nuclear
48. Go off half-cocked
49. Go rogue
50. Go the distance
51. Go to bat for
52. Go viral
53. Godspeed
54. Gold digger
55. Golden handcuffs
56. Golden ticket
57. Good riddance
58. Good vibes only
59. Goose egg (zero)
60. Grab the bull by the horns
61. Grand slam home run
62. Grasp at straws
63. Grass is greener
64. Graveyard shift
65. Gray area
66. Grease the skids
67. Great minds think alike
68. Green around the gills
69. Green light
70. Greenlit project
71. Grind to a halt
72. Grindset
73. Grip it and rip it
74. Guilt trip
75. Gut check
76. Hack the system
77. Hail Mary pass
78. Hair of the dog
79. Half-measure
80. Hammer time
81. Hand in your notice
82. Hands down
83. Hard pass
84. Hard pill to swallow
85. Hardwired
86. Hashtag goals
87. Hat in hand
88. Have a field day
89. Have your cake and eat it too
90. Head in the sand
91. Head over heels
92. Heads-up play
93. Heart of gold
94. Heavy is the head
95. Hell week
96. Herculean task
97. High and mighty
98. High stakes
99. Hit a wall
100. Hit me up

1501 - 1600:

1. Hit the brakes
2. Hit the fan
3. Hit the ground running
4. Hit the hay
5. Hit the motherlode
6. Hit the road
7. Hit the roof
8. Hit the sweet spot
9. Hit your stride
10. Hockey stick growth
11. Hold the line
12. Hole in one
13. Home stretch
14. Hooked from the get-go
15. Hope springs eternal
16. Hot minute
17. Hot take
18. House money
19. How the sausage gets made
20. Humble brag
21. Hype man
22. Hype train
23. Ice-cold take
24. Iconic moment
25. In a pickle
26. In a tailspin
27. In cahoots
28. In the black
29. In the cards
30. In the clear
31. In the hole
32. In the hot seat
33. In the loop
34. In the red
35. In the zone
36. In your wheelhouse
37. Inflection point
38. Inside baseball
39. Instant classic
40. Iron out
41. It’s lit
42. Janky setup
43. Jaw-dropping
44. Jazz it up
45. Jet-setter
46. Job lock
47. Join the club
48. Jump the queue
49. Jump the shark
50. Jump through hoops
51. Junk in the trunk
52. Keep it 100
53. Keep it on the hush
54. Keep the ball rolling
55. Keep the lights on
56. Keep your cool
57. Keep your powder dry
58. Keep your shirt on
59. Keyed up
60. Kick the can
61. Kick the tires
62. Kick up dust
63. Kicking and screaming
64. Kid gloves
65. Kill switch
66. Kill the vibe
67. Kill two birds
68. King of the hill
69. Kiss and tell
70. Kitchen sink
71. Knocked out of the park
72. Knock-down-drag-out fight
73. Know the drill
74. Lag behind
75. Land a whale client
76. Land the plane
77. Lap it up
78. Last laugh
79. Late bloomer
80. Late to the party
81. Laugh all the way to the bank
82. Law of the jungle
83. Lay low
84. Lead balloon
85. Lean into it
86. Leave it all on the table
87. Leave no trace
88. Legend in your own time
89. Lemon law
90. Let it ride
91. Let sleeping dogs lie
92. Level up
93. Life hack
94. Light at the end of the tunnel
95. Lighten the load
96. Like a bat out of hell
97. Like a boss
98. Like a kid in a candy store
99. Like herding cats
100. Like shooting fish in a barrel

1601 - 1700:

1. Like white on rice
2. Lip service
3. Liquid courage
4. Live and let live
5. Living rent-free in my head
6. Lock horns
7. Lock it up
8. Lock, stock, and barrel
9. Long game
10. Loose cannon
11. Lose your marbles
12. Lose your shirt
13. Love bombing
14. Low blow
15. Low-hanging fruit
16. Luck of the draw
17. Lucky break
18. Mad as a hatter
19. Magic bullet
20. Make a mountain out of a molehill
21. Make bank
22. Make it pop
23. Make or break
24. Make waves
25. Man cave
26. Man of the hour
27. March to the beat of your own drum
28. Marker on the field
29. Mass exodus
30. Master of none
31. Match made in heaven
32. Meal ticket
33. Meat and potatoes
34. Meet your match
35. Melt down
36. Micromanager
37. Midas touch
38. Milk it for all it’s worth
39. Mind the gap
40. Mind-blowing
41. Miss the boat
42. Moment of truth
43. Monday-morning quarterback
44. Money pit
45. Monkey business
46. Monkey see, monkey do
47. Moot point
48. Mother of all…
49. Move the goalposts
50. Move the needle
51. Muddy waters
52. Murphy’s law
53. Nail biter
54. Nail it
55. Name dropper
56. Navel-gazing
57. Needle in a haystack
58. Netflix and chill
59. Never say die
60. New lease on life
61. New normal
62. Next in line
63. Next-level thinking
64. Night and day difference
65. No brainer
66. No love lost
67. No man’s land
68. No room to swing a cat
69. No sweat
70. No-brainer
71. Not a ghost of a chance
72. Not all it’s cracked up to be
73. Not by a long shot
74. Not playing with a full deck
75. Not rocket science
76. Not the brightest bulb
77. Nothing to write home about
78. Old hat
79. Old-school
80. On a silver platter
81. On autopilot
82. On cloud nine
83. On edge
84. On fire (figurative)
85. On point
86. On the back burner
87. On the brink
88. On the clock
89. On the down-low
90. On the fritz
91. On the hook
92. On the house
93. On the lam
94. On the level
95. On the loose
96. On the money
97. On the nose
98. On the same page
99. On the skids
100. On thin ice

1701 - 1800:

1. On your last legs
2. On-point fashion
3. One-hit wonder
4. One-liner
5. One-off
6. One-trick pony
7. Open a can of worms
8. Open secret
9. Open the floodgates
10. Order of magnitude
11. Out in left field
12. Out like a light
13. Out of commission
14. Out of left field
15. Out of pocket (unavailable)
16. Out of sight, out of mind
17. Out of steam
18. Out of the gate
19. Out of the loop
20. Out of the picture
21. Out of this world
22. Out of whack
23. Out on a limb
24. Over a barrel
25. Over and above
26. Over my dead body
27. Over the hump
28. Over the top
29. Over-index on
30. Own the libs
31. Pack it in
32. Pain point
33. Paint yourself into a corner
34. Paper tiger
35. Par for the course
36. Part and parcel
37. Pass the buck
38. Pass the sniff test
39. Pat on the back
40. Pay dirt
41. Pay through the nose
42. Peak cringe
43. Penny for your thoughts
44. Penny-wise, pound-foolish
45. People person
46. Pet project
47. Phone tag
48. Pick your brain
49. Pick-me-up
50. Picture-perfect
51. Piece of work
52. Piggy bank
53. Pile on the pressure
54. Pinch pennies
55. Pink slip
56. Pipe dream
57. Pitch in
58. Pizza face
59. Plain Jane
60. Plain sailing
61. Play catch-up
62. Play dirty
63. Play favorites
64. Play it cool
65. Play the field
66. Play the long game
67. Play with fire
68. Playbook
69. Plug and play
70. Plug the leak
71. Pocket dial
72. Point blank
73. Point of no return
74. Point the finger
75. Poison pill
76. Pop off
77. Pop the bubble
78. Pork-barrel politics
79. Post up
80. Powder keg
81. Power lunch
82. Power nap
83. Power play
84. Power user
85. Preach to the choir
86. Press your luck
87. Price gouging
88. Prime time
89. Pull a fast one
90. Pull rank
91. Pull the plug
92. Pull the wool over your eyes
93. Pull up stakes
94. Punch above your weight
95. Punch in/out
96. Punch line
97. Punch-drunk love
98. Pure gold
99. Push the envelope
100. Put a bow on it

1801 - 1900:

1. Put a lid on it
2. Put it on my tab
3. Put on airs
4. Put on blast
5. Put on ice
6. Put on the back burner
7. Put skin in the game
8. Put the cart before the horse
9. Put the pedal to the metal
10. Put your money where your mouth is
11. Quick buck
12. Quick draw
13. Quick on the uptake
14. Quiet quitting
15. Quit cold turkey
16. Rags to riches
17. Rain check
18. Rain or shine
19. Raise the stakes
20. Rank and file
21. Rat race
22. Read the room
23. Reality check
24. Reboot your life
25. Red flag
26. Red herring
27. Red-letter day
28. Red state / blue state
29. Reinvent the wheel
30. Resting on laurels
31. Ride shotgun
32. Right on the money
33. Right out of the gate
34. Ring a bell
35. Ring fence
36. Ripple effect
37. Rise and grind
38. Road rage
39. Rob Peter to pay Paul
40. Rock and a hard place
41. Rock star parking
42. Roll call
43. Roll credits
44. Roll with it
45. Rolling stone gathers no moss
46. Root of all evil
47. Rough around the edges
48. Rough patch
49. Round robin
50. Rub elbows
51. Rule of thumb
52. Run a tight ship
53. Run interference
54. Run it up the flagpole
55. Run like clockwork
56. Run of the mill
57. Run the gamut
58. Run the numbers
59. Run the table
60. Run with it
61. Running on fumes
62. Running on empty
63. Safe harbor
64. Salt of the earth
65. Same difference
66. Save face
67. Say the word
68. Scale up
69. Scare tactics
70. Scattershot approach
71. School of hard knocks
72. Scoop the competition
73. Scrape the bottom of the barrel
74. Scratch the surface
75. Screw loose
76. Sea change
77. Seal of approval
78. Second-guess
79. See eye to eye
80. See the light
81. Sell the farm
82. Send packing
83. Set in stone
84. Set the bar high
85. Set the record straight
86. Set your teeth on edge
87. Seventh-inning stretch
88. Shake it off
89. Shake the dust off
90. Shape up or ship out
91. Share the wealth
92. Sharp cookie
93. Shell game
94. Shell out
95. Ship has sailed
96. Shirt off your back
97. Shoot for the stars
98. Shoot hoops
99. Shoot straight
100. Shop till you drop

1901 - 2000:

1. Short end of the stick
2. Shot in the dark
3. Shoulder surfing
4. Show me the money
5. Show your true colors
6. Shrinking violet
7. Shut the front door
8. Sick as a dog
9. Side hustle
10. Sight for sore eyes
11. Silver lining
12. Singing the blues
13. Sink or swim
14. Sit tight
15. Six degrees of separation
16. Skate on thin ice
17. Skid marks
18. Skunked (scoreless)
19. Slam dunk
20. Sleight of hand
21. Slippery slope
22. Slow burn
23. Slow your roll
24. Small potatoes
25. Small world
26. Smell blood in the water
27. Smoke and mirrors
28. Snake in the grass
29. Snap judgment
30. Snitches get stitches
31. Snow job
32. Snowball’s chance in hell
33. So far, so good
34. Social currency
35. Soft launch
36. Soldier on
37. Song and dance
38. Sound the alarm
39. Spare me the drama
40. Speak volumes
41. Speed demon
42. Spin your wheels
43. Spitting image
44. Split the difference
45. Split the ticket
46. Spot on
47. Square deal
48. Square one
49. Squeeze play
50. Stand your ground
51. Staple diet
52. Star power
53. State-of-the-art
54. Stay in your lane
55. Stay woke
56. Steal the show
57. Step on a landmine
58. Step up your game
59. Stick in the mud
60. Stick the landing
61. Still waters run deep
62. Stir the pot
63. Stock answer
64. Stone-cold sober
65. Stop the presses
66. Straight from the horse’s mouth
67. Straight shooter
68. Strapped for cash
69. Straw man argument
70. Street smart
71. Stretch goal
72. Strike a nerve
73. Strong suit
74. Stuck in traffic
75. Stump speech
76. Sucker for punishment
77. Sugarcoat it
78. Sunday scaries
79. Super-spreader event
80. Swear like a sailor
81. Swipe left/right
82. Swing state
83. Swings and roundabouts
84. Table stakes
85. Take a chill pill
86. Take a knee
87. Take a page from
88. Take a powder
89. Take a stand
90. Take it easy
91. Take it on the chin
92. Take it to the bank
93. Take no prisoners
94. Take the bait
95. Take the cake
96. Take the edge off
97. Take the fall
98. Take the high road
99. Take the mickey
100. Take the plunge

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