The following exercises illustrate the meanings of these common expressions that Americans use everyday.

AmeriPhrases 1:  After you!  Allow me!   Beats me!   Believe you me!   Better left unsaid!   Bite your tongue!   Bottoms up!

AmeriPhrases 2:  Age before beauty!   Beg pardon!  Believe it or not!   Better late than never!   Break a leg!   Bully for you!   Butt out!

AmeriPhrases 3:  Close enough for government work!  Come off it!  Could have fooled me!  Doesn't hurt to ask!  Don't I know it!  Don't sweat it!  Don't waste your breath!

AmeriPhrases 4:  Catch you later!  Come again!  Cut to the chase!  Dig in!  Do you mind!  Dream on!

AmeriPhrases 5:  Easy does it!   Fat chance!   Fill in the blanks!   For sure!   For your information,...   Fret not!   From the old school.

AmeriPhrases 6:   Enough is enough!   Excuse me?   Fair to middling.   For what it's worth,   Forget about it!   'Fraid not.   'Fraid so.

AmeriPhrases 7:   Get back to me!   Get lost!   Glad to hear it.   Glad to meet you.   God forbid!   God only knows.   Good for you.

AmeriPhrases 8:   Gangway!   Give it a rest!   Give me a break!   Glad to.   Go ahead!   Go for it!   Go the extra mile!   Good riddance!

AmeriPhrases 9:   Have a heart!   Have I made myself clear?   Have it your way!   How come?   I just can't get over it!   I wouldn't count on it.   If you know what's good for you,   If you must,

AmeriPhrases 10:  Hang in there!   Hang on!   Have at it!   Hold on!   Hold your horses!   I guess so.   I'll bet.   Just like that.

AmeriPhrases 11:  Let's call it a day!  Likewise!  Look alive!   Look who's here!   Look who's talking!   Lot's of luck!   Make up your mind!

AmeriPhrases 12:  Leave it to me!   Let's have it!   Mind your own business!   More power to you!   Mum's the word!   My lips are sealed.   My pleasure.

AmeriPhrases 13:  Name your poison!   Need I say more?   Never been better!    Never would have guessed!    Nice talking to you!   No big deal!   No can do!  

AmeriPhrases 14:  No harm done!   No kidding!   No problem.   No skin off my teeth!   No way, José!   None for me, thanks!   Now you're cooking!

AmeriPhrases 15:  Oh, well!   Oh, yeah?   Okay by me!   On the contrary!   Once and for all!   One way or another!    Or else!(by nikolopoulos)!   

AmeriPhrases 16:  Out of the question!   Over my dead body!   Pardon my French!   Pull up a chair!    Put 'er there!    Put two and two together!    Quite frankly,

AmeriPhrases 17:  Roger!  Royal treatment    Same to you!   Save it!    Say cheese!   Say no more!    Say when!   Search me!   

AmeriPhrases 18:  Seen better!   Skip it!    Snap to it!    So what else is new?   Sound like a broken record    Soup's on!   Suit yourself!    Sure thing!

AmeriPhrases 19:  Tah-dah!    Take care!   Take it or leave it!   Thanks for the lift!   That does it!    That'll be the day!    That's easy for you to say!   There you go!   

AmeriPhrases 20:  Think nothing of it! Way to go!   We need to talk!  Well done!   Whatever!   Where's the fire?   Who cares?   Why not?   You bet!