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• A good beginning makes a good ending
• Abandon ship
• Al desko ( eating one's lunch while still working )
• Begin at the beginning
• Boat person
• Boat race ( Cockney rhyming slang for face )
• Brown bag lunch
• Calendar year ( twelve months beginning from the first of January )
• Don't give up the ship ( Cutty Sark Whisky advertising slogan )
• Don't rock the boat
• Don't shoot the messenger
• Don't shoot the piano player
• Don't shoot until you can see the whites of their eyes

• Don't spoil the ship for a ha'pworth of tar
• Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
• Failure to launch
• Fresh off the boat
• From the beginning of time
• Go down with the ship
• Heavy Lunch ( Nickname of American football player Norman Hand )
• I married my husband for life, not for lunch
• If I tell you I will have to shoot you
• In the beginning was the word
• In the same boat
• It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
• Jump ship
• Just shoot me
• Ladies who lunch
• Launch one's lunch
• Launch out at
• Launch vehicle
• Let the games begin
• Let's do lunch
• Light lunch
• Like rats leaving a sinking ship
• Liquid lunch
• Lock him up and throw away the key
• Lose your lunch
• Miss the boat
• Mother ship
• My ship has come in
• No introduction necessary
• Not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning
• Out to lunch
• People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
• Power lunch
• Push the boat out
• Row, row, row your boat
• Run a tight ship
• Shape up or ship out
• Ship of fools
• Ship shape and Bristol fashion
• Ship to shore
• Shoot 'em up
• Shoot a birdie ( score one under par in a golf shot )
• Shoot a fairy
• Shoot blanks
• Shoot down in flames ( destroy an argument or theory )
• Shoot first, ask questions later
• Shoot from the hip
• Shoot him down in flames
• Shoot hoops
• Shoot it out
• Shoot me now
• Shoot on sight
• Shoot someone a line
• Shoot straight ( to talk or deal honestly )
• Shoot the breeze
• Shoot the moon ( remove household goods by night to avoid paying rent )
• Shoot the puppy
• Shoot through ( to leave or abscond )
• Shoot to kill
• Shoot your cuffs
• Shoot your mouth off
• Shoot yourself in the foot
• Stone's throw ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
• Stop, or my mom will shoot ( line from Sylvestor Stallone movie )
• Take the field ( begin a sporting event or a military campaign )
• That ship has sailed
• The Big Ship Sails on The Ally-Ally-Oh ( line from nursery rhyme )
• The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat ( line from nursery rhyme )
• The beginning of the end
• The face that launched a thousand ships
• There's no such thing as a free lunch
• They Shoot Horses Don't They? ( Jane Fonda movie )
• Throw Another Log On The Fire ( Outlaws song )
• Throw a beanball ( A baseball expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their head )
• Throw a hump to
• Throw a shape
• Throw a wobbly
• Throw another shrimp on the barbie ( Australian Tourist Commission advertising slogan )
• Throw away the key
• Throw caution to the wind
• Throw cold water on
• Throw down the gauntlet
• Throw enough dirt and some will stick
• Throw it back in your face
• Throw over the traces
• Throw the baby out with the bathwater ( the meaning and origin of this phrase.. )
• Throw the book at someone
• Throw the towel in
• Throw to the wolves
• Throw up
• Throw your arms in horror
• Throw your hat into the ring
• Throw your money around
• Throw your toys out of the pram
• Throw your voice
• Throw your weight about
• Turkey shoot
• Unleash the beast
• Unleash the power of the sun ( Sunny Delight advertising slogan )
• We're gonna need a bigger boat ( Jaws advertising tagline )
• Whatever floats your boat
• You're going to need a bigger boat ( Jaws )