Phrase thesaurus
Act Phrases
292 phrases and expressions related to "act".
Phrases
- A Doll's House (play by Henrik Ibsen)
- A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play (Mars Chocolate advertising slogan)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (Marlon Brando movie)
- A class act
- Act of God
- Act out
- Act the fool
- Act the giddy goat
- Act the part
- Act up
- Act white
- Act your age
- Action Jackson (Nickname of Stephen Jackson)
- Action Man (Nickname of Prince Charles)
- Action Man (children's male doll)
- Action packed
- Action painting
- Action plan
- Action replay
- Action stations
- Address the ball (golfing term denoting readiness to play)
- Affirmative action
- All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
- America's Favorite Cowboy (Nickname of actor Gene Autry)
- Amped up (excited and ready for action)
- An Ideal Husband (play by Oscar Wilde)
- Angels in America (play by Tony Kushner)
- As the actress said to the bishop
- Assume nothing
- Attack is the best form of defence
- Attack of the Clones (George Lucas movie in the Star Wars series)
- Balancing act
- Billy Liar (Novel and play by Keith Waterhouse and Tom Courtenay / Julie Christie movie)
- Break a leg
- Bring your A game (perform to your best ability)
- Brum brum (child's play idiom expressing the sound of a vehicle)
- Bucky Beaver (Nickname of actress Jenna Elfman)
- Call to action
- Carry into action
- Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (play by Tennesee Williams and Elizabeth Taylor movie)
- Caught in the act
- Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends! (line from the movie 25th Hour)
- Change of scene (A new location and way of thinking)
- Child's play
- Chips With Everything (Arnold Wesker play)
- Class act
- Clean up your act
- Close of play
- Come out and play
- Couldn't act his way out of a paper bag
- Daily grind (the daily routine of a dull or boring job)
- Death of a Salesman (play by Arthur Miller)
- Denial of service attack
- Do a disappearing act
- Don't let the grass grow under your feet
- Don't play the innocent
- Double act
- Event horizon
- Everything to play for
- Fair play
- Fair play to you
- Fake it till you make it
- Fake the funk
- Fast acting
- Foot in the bucket (A baseball expression meaning to act timidly or cowardly)
- For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
- Games people play
- Get in on the act
- Get your act together
- Go and play in the traffic
- Ham actor
- Ham it up
- Happy event
- Hard act to follow
- He will never play the piano again
- Heart attack on a plate
- Heart attack waiting to happen
- Hedda Gabler (play by Henrik Ibsen)
- High wire act
- Horse play
- How does that play in Peoria?
- Human Rights Act
- I took my harp to the party but no one asked me to play
- If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again
- If music be the food of love, play on (from Twelth Night by Shakespeare)
- In on the act
- In play
- Industrial action
- It is easy to be wise after the event
- It was twenty years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play (Beatles song lyric)
- It's good to play together (Microsoft Xbox advertising slogan)
- It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game
- Joey Pants (Nickname of actor Joe Pantoliano)
- Johnny Pizza (Nickname of actor John Santucci)
- Juno and the Paycock (play by Sean O'Casey)
- Kid n' Play (Nickname of Kevin Martin)
- Knock the cover off the ball (A baseball expression meaning succeed beyond expectation)
- Lady Windermere's Fan (play by Oscar Wilde)
- Lights, camera, action
- Line of attack
- Live action
- Live in your world, play in ours (Sony advertising slogan)
- Long Day's Journey into Night (play by Eugene O'Neil)
- Love play
- Love scene
- Main event
- Make a play for
- Make a scene (causing a disturbance)
- Make great play of
- Make the scene
- Make your move
- Man and Superman (play by George Bernard Shaw)
- Mendoza line (A baseball expression denoting a line marking a very poor performance)
- Missing in action
- Mother Courage (play by Bertolt Brecht)
- Motion picture event
- Mourning Becomes Electra (play by Eugene O'Neill)
- Ninth inning (A baseball expression meaning an event or process is near the end)
- No good deed goes unpunished
- Nothing acts faster than Anadin (Anadin advertising slogan)
- O Romeo, Romeo; wherefore art thou Romeo (from the play by Shakespeare)
- Oh, behave! (Austin Powers)
- Opening night (the first night of a theatrical performance)
- Out of action
- Papal decree
- Peak performance
- Penis Von Lesbian (Nickname of actor Dick Van Dyke)
- Phone it in (perform an act in an uncommitted disinterested manner)
- Piece of the action
- Play Cupid
- Play God
- Play Misty For Me (Clint Eastwood movie)
- Play a blinder
- Play a waiting game
- Play around
- Play ball
- Play both ends against the middle
- Play by ear
- Play by play
- Play by the rules
- Play catch up
- Play catchup
- Play chicken
- Play dead
- Play devil's advocate
- Play dirty
- Play ducks and drakes
- Play fast and loose
- Play favorites
- Play favourites
- Play for keeps
- Play for time
- Play from the tips
- Play gooseberry
- Play hard to get
- Play hardball (A baseball expression meaning to be or act tough or aggressive)
- Play havoc with
- Play hell
- Play hide the sausage
- Play hookey
- Play it again Sam
- Play it again, Sam (New York State Lottery advertising slogan)
- Play it by the book
- Play it cool
- Play it for laughs
- Play it safe
- Play kissy face
- Play off
- Play possum
- Play safe
- Play second fiddle
- Play silly buggers
- Play softball (A baseball expression meaning to ask easy questions)
- Play the field (- indulge in a series of sexual relationships)
- Play the fool
- Play the game
- Play the old soldier
- Play the percentage game
- Play the race card
- Play the white man
- Play to win
- Play with fire
- Play within a play
- Play your cards right
- Play your part
- Play yourself in
- Playboy of the Western World (play by John Millington Synge)
- Plug and play
- Pontiac: Designed for Action (Pontiac advertising slogan)
- Put on an act
- Race proven performance (Kumho Tires advertising slogan)
- Random act of kindness
- Random acts of kindness
- Read the riot act
- Ready and waiting (alert and prepared for action)
- Red Buttons (Pseudonym of actor Aaron Chwatt)
- Roll over and play dead
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (play by Tom Stoppard)
- Rubber chicken curcuit (a speaking or fundraising event at which poor quality meat is served)
- Schnickle Fritz (Nickname of actress Susan Lucci)
- See that girl, watch that scene (ABBA lyric)
- Seize the day
- Serious as a heart attack
- Sexton Blake (Cockney rhyming slang for fake)
- She Stoops to Conquer (play by Oliver Goldsmith)
- Sister Act (Whoopie Goldberg movie)
- Slice of the action
- Snack attack
- Special event
- Spring into action
- Stand-by for action
- Steal the scene
- Stunt double
- Survey the scene
- Sword play
- Take your cue
- The Admirable Crichton (Play by J M Barrie and nickname of James Crichton)
- The Boston Tea Party (historical event where chests of tea were dumped into Boston harbour)
- The Boys in the Band (play by Mart Crowley)
- The Cherry Orchard (play by Anton Chekhov)
- The Devil's Disciple (Bernard Shaw play and Burt Lancaster movie)
- The Fake Sheikh (Nickname of journalist Mazher Mahmood)
- The Ginger Man (play by JP Donleavy)
- The Girl with the Upside-Down Eyes (Nickname of actress Glynis Johns)
- The Glass Menagerie (play by Tennessee Williams)
- The Houses of Parliament (tourist attraction in London England)
- The Iceman Cometh (play by Eugene O'Neill)
- The Importance of Being Ernest (play by Oscar Wilde)
- The Last Action Hero (Arnold Schwarzenegger movie)
- The Little Queen of the Soap Operas (Nickname of actress Anne Francis)
- The Man of Many Moods (Nickname of actor Charles Laughton)
- The Matinee Lady (Nickname of actress Carol Wayne)
- The Plough and the Stars (play by Sean O'Casey)
- The Prince of Menace (Nickname of actor Vincent Price)
- The Quare Fellow (play by Brendan Behan)
- The Scottish play
- The Voice of Canada (Nickname of actor Lorne Greene)
- The act you've known for all these years (Beatles song lyric)
- The cat who doesn't act finicky soon loses control of his owner (9 Lives Cat Food advertising slogan)
- The main event
- The play's the thing
- Think global, act local
- Think globally, act locally (Friends of the Earth advertising slogan)
- Threepenny Opera (play by Bertolt Brecht)
- Throw a beanball (A baseball expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their head)
- To assume makes an ass out of u and me
- Triple play (A baseball expression denoting the act of making three outs during the same play)
- Two can play at that game
- View from a Bridge (play by Arthur Miller)
- Waiting for Godot (play by Samuel Beckett)
- War hero (someone who acted heroically during a war)
- When the cat's away the mice will play
- Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? (play by Edward Albee)
- Wise after the event
- Woolly Bully (Sam The Sham and The Pharaohs song)
- You hum it and I'll play it
- You just can't help acting on Impulse (Impulse Deodorant advertising slogan)
- Your good deed for the day
Related
- A class act
- Act of God
- Act out
- Act the fool
- Act the giddy goat
- Act the part
- Act up
- Act white
- Act your age
- Balancing act
- Caught in the act
- Class act
- Clean up your act
- Couldn't act his way out of a paper bag
- Do a disappearing act
- Double act
- Foot in the bucket (A baseball expression meaning to act timidly or cowardly)
- Get in on the act
- Get your act together
- Hard act to follow
- High wire act
- Human Rights Act
- In on the act
- Phone it in (perform an act in an uncommitted disinterested manner)
- Play hardball (A baseball expression meaning to be or act tough or aggressive)
- Put on an act
- Random act of kindness
- Read the riot act
- Sister Act (Whoopie Goldberg movie)
- The act you've known for all these years (Beatles song lyric)
- The cat who doesn't act finicky soon loses control of his owner (9 Lives Cat Food advertising slogan)
- Think global, act local
- Think globally, act locally (Friends of the Earth advertising slogan)
- Triple play (A baseball expression denoting the act of making three outs during the same play)