English Phrases, proverbs, and expressions are an important part of everyday English. They come up all the time in both written and spoken English. Because Phrases don’t always make sense literally, you’ll need to familiarize yourself with the meaning and usage of each idiom. That may seem like a lot of work, but learning Phrases is fun, especially when you compare English Phrases to the Phrases in your own language.
Here’s a list of “Phrases Beginning With G” in English:
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Give a Man a Fish
Meaning: In the long run, it’s better to teach a person how to do something than to do that something for them.
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Give The Benefit Of The Doubt
Meaning: Believing someone despite any doubts you may have.
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Down The Rabbit Hole
Meaning: A particular topic, activity, or something else that interests a person, thus they want to see more of it so they can learn more about it.
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Go For Broke
Meaning: To risk it all, even if it means losing everything in the process; to go all out.
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Go Out On a Limb
Meaning: Putting yourself in a risky situation in order to help someone.
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Goody Two-Shoes
Meaning: This phrase refers to someone who does nice things for others.
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Greased Lightning
Meaning: An expression that’s used to describe something that is very fast.
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Gathering Dust
Meaning: If something is “gathering dust,” that means it has not been used in a long time.
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Get a Grip
Meaning: A phrase that means to calm down; to get control over yourself and your emotions; to get a hold of yourself.
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Get Bent Out Of Shape
Meaning: When a person “gets bent out of shape,” they are agitated or upset over something.
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Get Off Your High Horse
Meaning: Someone who speaks in a patronizing or condescending way might be told to “get off their high horse.”
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Get Over It
Meaning: Someone who tells you to “get over it” is telling you to put a problem behind you and move on from it.
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Get The Ball Rolling
Meaning: To start an activity.
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Got a Kick Out Of It
Meaning: To find something amusing or entertaining.
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Got Off On The Wrong Foot
Meaning: Having a bad first encounter with someone, resulting in them forming a bad initial impression.
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Grind To a Halt
Meaning: This phrase means to come to a stop.
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Guinea Pig
Meaning: The phrase “guinea pig” refers to someone who tests an idea or a product to see what happens.
