Uncommon Common Phrases

I was going through a list of English phrases that I collected from watching TV, reading online articles and so on.  I came across this one:

Are we still on for Saturday?

As natural an English expression as one could hope for, but not something I expect to hear from my students or friends who didn't grow up speaking English.  And certainly not a phrase I would expect to encounter in a textbook. This is exactly the kind of language that I love to find and point out.

I want PhraseMix to point out the uncommon common phrases. "Common" because they're used all the time; "uncommon" because it's rare that anyone teaches them.

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