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• A fine line
• A move in the right direction
• A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat ( A line from Monty Python's Flying Circus )
• All aboard the Skylark ( A line from Noah and Nelly )
• All men are cremated equal ( Spike Milligan line )
• Between the wars ( The period between WWI and WWII )
• Bit of rough
• Blessed are the cheese makers ( line from Monty Python's Life of Brian )
• Blown off course
• Boat race ( Cockney rhyming slang for face )
• Brighton line ( Bingo call for number fifty nine )
• But of course
• Cake or death ( line from Eddie Izzard comedy )

• Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends! ( line from the movie 25th Hour )
• Chart a course
• Chopsticks are one of the reasons the Chinese never invented custard ( Spike Milligan line )
• Come down to the line
• Come into line
• Comedy circuit ( A number of places where comedy is performed )
• Contraceptives should be used on all conceivable occasions ( Spike Milligan line )
• Correspondence course
• Course you can, Malcolm ( Vick's Sinex Nasal Spray advertising slogan )
• Crash course
• Cross the line
• Cut up rough
• Diamond in the rough ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
• Do a line
• Don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars ( line from the movie Now, Voyager )
• Draw a line in the sand
• Draw the line
• Drink Tizer, the appetizer ( Tizer advertising slogan )
• Drop me a line
• Egg and spoon race
• Eight maids a-milking ( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
• Eleven pipers piping ( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
• End of the line
• Every time a bell rings, an angel gets it's wings ( line from It's A Wonderful Life )
• Fall into line
• Five golden rings ( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
• For those who like the trade rough ( Travis aftershave advertising slogan )
• Four calling birds ( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
• Free period
• Frisbee golf ( A game based on golf but using frisbees rather than balls )
• Front line
• Get busy living, or get busy dying ( line from the movie The Shawshank Redemption )
• Getting there is half the fun ( Cunard Line advertising slogan )
• Go, and never darken my towels again ( Groucho Marx line )
• Grace period
• Hand a line
• Have your period
• He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy ( line from the movie Life of Brian )
• Hold the line
• Honeymoon period
• Hook line and sinker
• Horses for courses
• How do you spell soap? Why P-E-A-R-S, of course ( Pears' Soap advertising slogan )
• I Walk The Line ( Johnny Cash song )
• I can see you standing over a hot stove, but I can't see the stove ( Groucho Marx line )
• I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception ( Groucho Marx line )
• I told you I was ill ( Spike Milligan line inscribed on his gravestone )
• I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! ( line from the movie Network )
• If you change your mind, I'm the first in line ( ABBA lyric )
• In due course
• In line for
• In the lap of the gods
• In the line of duty
• In the line of fire
• Infamy Infamy! They've all got it in for me! ( Kenneth Williams line in Carry On Cleo )
• It's how the smooth take the rough ( Range Rover advertising slogan )
• Jump the line
• Just what I needed ( Circuit City advertising slogan )
• Keep in line
• Lap it up
• Lap of honour
• Lap of luxury
• Lap up
• Lay it on the line
• Leave the gun, take the cannoli ( line from The Godfather )
• Let nature take its course
• Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon ( Woody Allen line )
• Line abreast
• Line astern
• Line is full of misery and lonliness and it's over much too soon ( Woody Allen line )
• Line of attack
• Line of least resistance
• Line of sight
• Line of work
• Line your pockets
• Live rough
• Mama always said that life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get ( line from the movie Forrest Gump )
• Matter of course
• Mendoza line ( A baseball expression denoting a line marking a very poor performance )
• Moral compass
• My one regret in life is that I am not someone else ( Woody Allen line )
• Next in line to the throne
• Nine ladies dancing ( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
• Nudge nudge, wink wink ( A line from Monty Python's Flying Circus )
• Off course
• Off line
• On a collision course
• On deck ( A baseball expression meaning next in line )
• One toe over the line
• Out of line
• Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read ( Groucho Marx line )
• Par for the course
• Party line
• Picket line
• Piss like a race horse
• Play the race card
• Please hold the line
• Race against the clock
• Race against time
• Race for the taste, the honey sweet taste!, the honey-nutty taste of Honey Nut Cheerios ( Cheerios Cereals advertising slogan )
• Race proven performance ( Kumho Tires advertising slogan )
• Race to the bottom
• Rat race
• Rough and ready
• Rough and tumble
• Rough around the edges
• Rough diamond
• Rough justice
• Rough landing
• Rough out
• Rough ride
• Rough stuff
• Rough trade
• Rough up
• Run Forrest, Run! ( line from the movie Forrest Gump )
• Run its course
• Sack race
• Seven swans a-swimming ( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
• Shoot a birdie ( score one under par in a golf shot )
• Shoot someone a line
• Sign on the dotted line
• Six geese a-laying ( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
• Sleep rough
• Starting line up
• Stay on course
• Stay the course
• Step out of line
• Stop, or my mom will shoot ( line from Sylvestor Stallone movie )
• Take a hard line
• Take the rough with the smooth
• Ten lords a-leaping ( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
• The Amazing Race ( US TV show )
• The Master Race
• The bottom line
• The bottom line is the bottom line is the bottom line
• The course of true love never did run smooth
• The finishing line
• The human race
• The last lap
• The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep ( Woody Allen line )
• The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ( quotation from the Bible - Ecclesiastes
• The thin red line
• The valley of the shadow of death ( line from the Lord's Prayer )
• There's never a rough puff in a lucky ( Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan )
• These go to eleven ( line from the movie This Is Spinal Tap )
• This line of business
• This line of country
• Three French hens ( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
• Three line whip
• Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana ( Groucho Marx line )
• To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! ( line from the movie A Fish Called Wanda )
• To infinty and beyond ( line from the movie Toy Story )
• Toe the line
• Treading a fine line
• Twelve drummers drumming ( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
• Two turtle doves ( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
• Up and down like the Ottoman Empire ( line from Monty Python's Life Of Brian )
• Wait in line
• We are going to need considerably bigger buns ( line from Calendar Girls )
• Well, nobody's perfect ( line from the movie Some Like It Hot )
• What Makes You Beautiful ( One Direction song )
• What we have here is a failure to communicate ( line from Cool Hand Luke )
• You can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff ( Groucho Marx line )
• You say you want a revolution ( Line from Beatles song )
• You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! ( line from the Michael Caine movie The Italian Job )