17 Things Americans Say That Non-Americans Love

Language lovers from other parts of the world are big fans of these phrases and idioms.

Let’s not beat around the bush here: Americans have a way with words.

The idioms and sayings we’ve collectively coined through the years run the gamut from folksy (“couldn’t hit the side of a barn”), to adorable (“cool as a cucumber”) to mean and adorable (“not the sharpest knife in the drawer”).