Contraction of there is. / (nonstandard) Contraction of there are. / Contraction of there has. / (colloquial) Contraction of there was. / (colloquial) Contraction of there does.

(UK, US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) If there is a hint of something occurring it could indeed be true, but such rumors should be taken with a grain of salt. / (humorous) all rumors are true

(originally US) A problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal.

Now is an appropriate time to take a particular action.

(simile, colloquial, Yorkshire, Lancashire) Nothing is as strange as people can be; people can behave very oddly sometimes.

Teamwork should focus on the needs of the team, not on the individual.

In subjective matters of taste, people have wildly different opinions; disagreements about matters of taste cannot be objectively resolved.

In any situation, however well planned, something can always go wrong.

A signal phrase that one does not wish to offend when discussing a potentially contentious issue involving personal beliefs.

Alternative form of there's many a slip twixt cup and lip