My English Phrases List - July - 2026

make sense

The instructions make no sense (at all).

It makes sense to leave early to avoid traffic.

day after day

followed the same routine day after day

never mind

Never mind your mistake: it wasn’t serious.

My goodness

interjection

My goodness, you’ve grown!

money talks

In politics, money talks.

look (someone) in the eye

When I returned from abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.
‘Have you anything to declare?’ he asked, looking me in the eye.
‘No, ‘ I answered confidently. - Lesson 11 Not guilty, New Concept English Book 3

I wasn’t afraid to look him (right) in the eye and tell him just what I thought of him!

She looked me (right) in the eye and told me I was fired.

in the light of

It has been said that everyone lives by selling something. In the light of this statement, teachers live by selling knowledge, philosophers by selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort. - Lesson 27 Nothing to sell and nothing to buy, New Concept English Book 3

too good to be true

The price of the car is too good to be true. There must be something wrong with it.

go Dutch

We went Dutch on dinner.

take/get/keep your mind off

Try to relax and take/get/keep your mind off the problem.