- A Daniel come to judgement
- According to Hoyle
- Achilles' heel
- Adam's ale
- Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio
- As happy as Larry
- As old as Methuselah
- As pleased as Punch
- Before you can say Jack Robinson
- Bill Stickers is innocent
- Billy no mates
- Bob's your uncle
- Daniel come to judgement
- Darby and Joan
- Davy Jones' locker
- Elementary my dear Watson
- Elvis has left the building
- Go for a burton
- Godfrey Daniel
- Good Samaritan
- Gordon Bennett
- Gregory Peck
- Heavens to Murgatroyd
- Heavens to Betsy
- Here lies one whose name is writ in water
- Hobson's choice
- Hooray Henry
- If the mountain will not come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain
- In like Flynn
- Jack in the box
- Jack of all trades, master of none
- Jack Palancing
- Jack tar
- Jack the lad
- Jimmy Horner
- Jimmy Riddle
- Johnny on the spot
- Katy bar the door
- Keeping up with the Joneses
- Kilroy was here
- Kiss me Hardy
- Let not poor Nelly starve
- Like billy-o
- Like the Dickens
- Mickey Finn
- Moaning Minnie
- Montezuma's Revenge
- Murphy's Law
- Mutt and Jeff
- Namby-pamby
- Name is mud
- No way, Jose
- Nosy parker
- Not tonight Josephine
- Oh, they have slain the Earl of Moray and Lady Mondegreen
- On your tod
- Peeping Tom
- Peter out
- Play it again Sam
- Point Percy at the porcelain
- Raise Cain
- Richard of York gave battle in vain
- Rob Peter to pay Paul
- Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
- Rosie Lea
- Round Robin
- Say goodnight Gracie
- Sexton Blake
- Sweet Fanny Adams
- Take the Mickey
- The life of Riley
- The real McCoy
- Tom, Dick and Harry
- Tommy Atkins
- What's up Doc?
- Win one for the Gipper
- Your name is mud
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