90 Random Phrases - Strange Phrases

90 Random Phrases from Our Collection

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Set 1 - Phrases 1 to 30

Caught on the back foot

Once in a blue moon

Painting the Sky’s Canvas

Give as good as you get

A drop in the bucket

Stealing the Tide’s Secret

Raining cats and dogs

Keep your nose to the grindstone

Jump down someone’s throat

The cat’s out of the bag

Get your ducks in a row

Sailing on a Whisper of Wind

Under the thumb

Lose your marbles

Spill the beans

Steal someone’s thunder

Hit the ground running

Give a wide berth

Hitch your wagon to a star

Close, but no cigar

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

Like water under the bridge

Set 2 - Phrases 31 to 60

Farting on the Queen’s Velvet

No holds barred

Chasing the Siren’s Echo

Cut your losses

Keep your pecker up

Keep your cards close to your chest

Go the whole hog

Like water off a duck’s back

Go out on a limb

Take the wind out of your sails

Play fast and loose

Kill two birds with one stone

Cast pearls before swine

Bite the bullet

Look before you leap

Flogging a dead horse

Dance to someone’s tune

Holding the Lantern’s Flicker

Make no bones about it

Down in the dumps

Cook someone’s goose

Set 3 - Phrases 61 to 90

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Have a screw loose

Beat around the bush

A penny for your thoughts

Give the green light

Hit the jackpot

Spitting in the King’s Wine

Kissing the Stone’s Edge

Chasing the Moon’s Shadow

Spit in the wind

Off your rocker

Have a bone to pick

Blow the cobwebs away

Every cloud has a silver lining

Madder than a cut Snake

Paint the town red

Give it the old college try

Caught with chaff

Put your money where your mouth is

Needle In A Haystack

Caught in the crossfire

Kick the bucket