Accurate Phrases

Phrases

• 101 Dalmatians (Disney cartoon and Glenn Close movie)
• A close thing
• A move in the right direction
• A straight fight
• A true professional
• A woman's right to choose
• Accuracy to seconds a month (Pulsar Watches advertising slogan)
• Ain't just whistling Dixie (completely correct)
• All correct
• All present and correct
• All the right moves
• As near as dammit
• As right as ninepence
• As right as rain
• As straight as a die
• As straight as an arrow
• As true as the day is long
• At close quarters
• Barge right in
• Bona fide
• Call a spade a shovel
• Call a spade a spade
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Richard Dreyfuss movie)
• Close call
• Close enough for government work
• Close enough for jazz
• Close friends
• Close of play
• Close proximity
• Close quarters
• Close ranks
• Close shave
• Close the books
• Close to home
• Close to the bone
• Close to the mark
• Close your eyes and think of England
• Close, but no cigar
• Come on down (A catchphrase from The Price Is Right)
• Come together right now over me (Beatles song lyric)
• Coming to a screen near you
• Companion plant (a plant grown near to another species to enhance its growth)
• Damn straight
• Dangerous Liaisons (Glenn Close movie)
• Dead reckoning
• Divine right of kings
• Do Right Woman Do Right Man (Aretha Franklin song)
• Do all right for yourself
• Do what tastes right (Wendy's Restaurants advertising slogan)
• Don't Stand So Close To Me (Police song)
• Don't close your eyes for a minute
• Don't just travel. Travel right (Expedia advertising slogan)
• Draw to a close
• Dream come true
• Enjoyed for centuries straight (Wyborowa Vodka advertising slogan)
• Everything you hear is true (Pioneer advertising slogan)
• Eyes right
• Far better for being near to you (The Chesham Building Society advertising slogan)
• Fatal Attraction (Glenn Close / Michael Douglas movie)
• Fight For The Right To Party (Beastie Boys song)
• Fine-tune
• Get it straight
• Get off on the right foot
• Get straight to the point
• Get your facts straight
• Give him a right good Hemeling tonight (Hemeling Lager advertising slogan)
• Give it to me straight
• Give one's right arm for
• Go straight
• Go straight to the source
• Good men and true
• Good timing
• Hands up if you use Right Guard, Hands down if you don't (Right Guard antiperspirant advertising slogan)
• Hang a right
• Hit the nail on the head
• Hold it right there
• Holding your cards close to your chest
• I'll see you all right
• I'm Too Sexy For My Shirt (Right Said Fred song)
• I'm all right Jack
• If this is wrong I don't want to be right
• In the right
• In the right place at the right time
• In the right vein
• It ain't no bull
• It serves you right
• It will be all right on the night
• It's not too heavy, not too sweet, it's right for you (RC Cola advertising slogan)
• It's what your right arm's for (Courage Beer advertising slogan)
• Keep a straight bat
• Keep a straight face
• Keep on the right side of
• Keep on the straight and narrow
• Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer (proverbial saying)
• Left right and centre
• Left right, left right, march
• Let's do the show right here
• Many a true word is spoken in jest
• Might is right
• Might makes right
• Military precision
• Move right along
• Moving right along
• My country right or wrong
• My right honourable friend
• Near and dear to my heart
• Near death experience
• Near miss
• Near sighted
• Near the knuckle
• Near to one's heart
• Ninth inning (A baseball expression meaning an event or process is near the end)
• Not right in the head
• Not too heavy, not too light, its just right! (Kelloggs advertising slogan)
• On the mark
• On the money
• On the right track
• One instinctively knows when something is right (Croft Original Sherry advertising slogan)
• Out of true
• Perfect fit
• Play your cards right
• Politically correct
• Put straight
• Right Round (Flo Rida song)
• Right and proper
• Right back at ya
• Right before your eyes
• Right enough
• Right hand man
• Right here, right now
• Right off the bat (A baseball expression meaning immediately without delay)
• Right on the money
• Right service Right price (Meineke advertising slogan)
• Right up your alley
• Right up your street
• Right wing
• Right you are
• Rock And Roll Dreams Come True (Meatloaf song)
• Running like clockwork
• Sail close to the wind
• See it for what it is
• Set straight
• Set the record straight
• Sharp shooter
• She'll be right
• Shoot straight (to talk or deal honestly)
• Show your true colours
• Step right up
• Straight and narrow
• Straight from the horse's mouth
• Straight from the shoulder
• Straight laced
• Straight off
• Straight sets
• Straight shooter
• Straight talking
• Straight to video
• Straight up
• Straighten up and fly right
• Switch hitter (A baseball expression denoting a batter who can hit left or right handed)
• Tell it like it is
• Tell me straight
• The Kids Are All Right (Annette Benning movie)
• The True Definition of Luxury. Yours. (Acura advertising slogan)
• The course of true love never did run smooth
• The customer is always right
• The price is right
• The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing
• The right man for the job
• The right one (Martini advertising slogan)
• The right place at the wrong time
• The right tool for the job
• The right tools for the job
• This above all: to thine own self be true (William Shakespeare)
• Tick all the right boxes
• Too close for comfort
• Too close to call
• Too good to be true
• Treat me right
• Tried and true
• True Blue (Madonna album)
• True Colors (Cyndi Lauper song)
• True Grit (John Wayne movie)
• True Love Ways (Buddy Holly song)
• True blue
• True colours
• True grit
• True to you (Julius Baer Private Bank advertising slogan)
• Twelve good men and true
• Two wrongs don't make a right
• Up close and personal
• Waiting for Mr Right
• We do chicken right (Kentucky Fried Chicken advertising slogan)
• What I tell you three times is true
• What do points mean? Points mean prizes (A catchphrase from Price Is Right)
• Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right (Henry Ford quotation)
• Why don't we do the show right here?
• Work hard. Fly right (Continental Airlines advertising slogan)
• You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth, It Must Have Been Whilst You Were Kissing Me (Meatloaf song)
• You have the right to remain silent
• You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough (Mae West quotation)