You may be familiar with using a word thesaurus like Roget. This a phrase thesaurus. Start with a word and Phrase Thesaurus will come up with a list of related phrases.

It's searchable, so all you need to do is type in a single word and it will scan the database of over 15,000 phrases and return those that match your word in some way or another. The matches aren't just those that contain your word; it uses a unique intelligent search function to find phrases you may not have thought of. For example...

Input Word: fish

Output: More than 80 phrases including,

A pretty kettle of fish
Angling for
As slippery as an eel
Beef and reef
Cast in stone
Catch 22
Cheap skate
Chip on his shoulder
Fishing for compliments
Green around the gills
Holy mackerel
Hook line and sinker
Jail bait
Make a rod for your own back
Red herring
Rise to the bait
Rule with a rod of iron
Save the whale
Surf and turf
Whipper snapper

The best way to understand how it works is to use it. Try our sample search.