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Expressify
Never be stuck with the smile-and-nod again when someone drops an idiom. Expressify teaches you English idioms and proverbs, one a day, with what each means, how it sounds and where it comes from.
Free to try on iPhone. 924 idioms and 508 proverbs.
Phrase of the day
One new expression, every day.
Every day Expressify opens on a new idiom or proverb, with what it means, examples of it in use and where it comes from. A countdown shows when your next drop of wisdom arrives, and Remind Me Daily taps you on the shoulder, so a phrase a day becomes a habit.
Today's proverb: "Where there's life, there's hope".
Themes
1,432 phrases, sorted by theme.
Browse all 924 idioms and 508 proverbs from A to Z, or by one of 79 themes: emotion, character, communication, time, work, money, relationships and many more. Most Popular shows what the Expressify community loves.
- Emotion
- Character
- Communication
- Time
- Work
- Money
- Relationship
- Wisdom
Meaning and audio
Hear it. Then really get it.
Every phrase has a plain meaning, examples of it in a sentence and its origin. Tap play and Expressify reads it out loud, so you learn how it sounds as well as what it means.
Raining cats and dogs
It's raining extremely heavily, often with wind and poor visibility.
Search
Heard one you didn't know? Look it up.
Search looks through every idiom and proverb at once. Type "rain" and you get "Raining cats and dogs", "Right as rain", "Take a rain check" and the proverb "A small rain lays great dust".
Favorites and Studied
Keep the ones you love.
Star a phrase to keep it in Favorites, and tap the graduation cap to mark it Studied once it is yours. Both lists sit at the top of Categories, so "Break the ice" and "Piece of cake" are always one tap away.
Widgets
Learn without opening the app.
The Daily Phrase widget puts today's idiom or proverb on your Home Screen, in three sizes: the phrase, its meaning, or its meaning and two examples. Unlock everything and it serves up a random phrase, with a shuffle button for another.
Support Expressify
Buy the team a coffee. Unlock everything.
Expressify is made by a team of two, a developer and a designer. The free sneak peek gives you the phrase of the day and lets you explore the whole app with 12 idioms and 12 proverbs. Any one contribution unlocks all of it, for good.
- Drip Coffee $2.99
- Cappuccino $5.99
- Espresso Shot $9.99
Pay once, any of the three. Restore Purchases brings it back on a new device.
Get Expressify
Your next favorite phrase is waiting.
Start with today's expression. Tomorrow there will be another.
Free to try on the App Store for iPhone. Made by Dual Spark, with Hamdouchi Interactive. Learn more at expressify.com.