Idioms with Por

An idiom is a phrase or sentence fragment of a language that is not readily translatable word-for-word; what that means is, it shouldn't be taken literally. An example of an English idiom is "hit the lights"; this idiom means to either turn on or turn off the lights, not literally "hit" them.

Included as part of several idioms is the preposition por. Below is a table of some very commonly used idioms including the aforementioned preposition:

por aquí/acá/allí/allá	over here/here/there/there
por ahora	for now
por casualidad	by chance, out of chance
por cierto	certainly
por lo común	usually
por lo demás	furthermore
por lo tanto	therefore
por mi parte	as far as I'm concerned
por dentro y fuera	inside and out
por desgracia	unfortunately
por ejemplo	for example
por eso	because of that, that's why
por favor	please
por fin	finally
por lo general	in general
por lo menos	at least
por primera vez	for the first time
por si acaso	just in case
por supuesto	of course
por último	finally
por un lado	on the one hand