Africa Phrases

Phrases

• A Double Diamond works wonders (Double Diamond advertising slogan)
• A leopard cannot change its spots
• A tiger in your tank
• As brave as a lion
• Atilla of the American Continent (Nickname of General William Sherman)
• Beard the lion in his den
• Born Free (Virginia McKenna movie)
• Cracklin' Rosie (Neil Diamond song)
• Cry freedom
• Cry the beloved country
• Dark continent
• Denial ain't just a river in Egypt! (A catchphrase from Saturday Night Live)
• Diamond Dogs (David Bowie song)
• Diamond Jim (Nickname of James Brady)
• Diamond geezer
• Diamond in the rough
• Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (Paul Simon song)
• Discussing Uganda (euphemism for sex)
• Doctor Livingstone I presume?
• Easy tiger
• Elephant never forgets
• Elephant's trunk (Cockney rhyming slang for drunk)
• Eye of the Tiger (Survivor song)
• Free Nelson Mandela
• GNU is Not Unix (Free Software Foundation advertising slogan)
• Got a tiger by the tail
• Great Zimbabwe (tourist attraction in Zimbabwe)
• Hanging chad
• I'll buy you a diamond ring my friend if it makes you feel alright (The Beatles song lyric)
• I'm only here for the beer (Double Diamond advertising slogan)
• In like a lion out like a lamb
• Into the lion's den
• Just Another Diamond Day (Vashti Bunyan song)
• Kruger National Park (tourist attraction in South Africa)
• Lion's share
• Maasai Mara National Reserve (tourist attraction in Kenya)
• Make poverty history
• March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb
• Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
• Ocho Cinco (Nickname of Chad Johnson)
• On safari
• Paper tiger
• Put a tiger in Your Tank (Esso advertising slogan)
• Put your head into the lion's mouth
• Robben Island - South Africa
• Rough diamond
• See the elephant
• Surfin' Safari (The Beach Boys song)
• Table Mountain (tourist attraction in South Africa)
• The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (Sherlock Holmes story)
• The African Queen (Humphrey Bogart / Katharine Hepburn movie)
• The Black Diamond (Nickname of Leonidas da Silva)
• The Celtic Tiger
• The Diamond State (Nickname of the US state of Delaware)
• The Elephant Man (John Hurt / Anthony Hopkins / David Lynch movie)
• The Elephant Man (Nickname of Joseph Merrick)
• The Great Pyramid (tourist attraction in Cairo Egypt)
• The Guinea Pig State (Nickname of the US state of Arkansas)
• The Kruger National Park (tourist attraction in South Africa)
• The Lion In Winter (Peter O'Toole / Katharine Hepburn movie)
• The Lion King (Disney cartoon movie)
• The Lion of Judah (Nickname of Haile Selassie)
• The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
• The Pearl Of The Mediterranean (Nickname of Alexandria Egypt)
• The Valley of the Kings (tourist attraction in Egypt)
• The elephant in the room
• The lion leaps from strength to strength (Peugeot advertising slogan)
• The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep (Woody Allen line)
• The wind of change is blowing through this continent
• There's a tiger in my tank
• They drink it in the Congo (Um Bongo advertising slogan)
• Up above the world so high , like a diamond in the sky (line from nursery rhyme)
• Victoria Falls (tourist attraction in Zambia)
• Was there a lion on your egg this morning? (British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan)
• We Are the World (USA for Africa song)
• White elephant
• White man's burden
• Worth a guinea a box (Beecham's Pills advertising slogan)
• You can rely on the lion (British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan)
• Zebra crossing