Almost Phrases

Phrases

• 101 Dalmatians (Disney cartoon and Glenn Close movie)
• A Short History Of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson book)
• A close thing
• A lot of fuss about nothing
• About face
• About time too
• About to find pups
• About turn
• All About Eve (Bette Davis movie)
• America's most famous dessert (Jell-O Gelatin Dessert advertising slogan)
• America's most gifted whiskey (Four Roses Whiskey advertising slogan)
• America's most wanted
• Arse about face
• As near as dammit
• At close quarters
• Bandy about
• Bang on about
• Beat about the bush
• Boss about
• Bugger about
• Bum about
• 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 about
• Coming to a screen near you
• Companion plant (a plant grown near to another species to enhance its growth)
• Cut up about
• Dangerous Liaisons (Glenn Close movie)
• Don't Stand So Close To Me (Police song)
• Don't close your eyes for a minute
• Don't go on about it
• Don't trouble your pretty little head about it
• Draw to a close
• Empty vessels make the most noise
• Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask (Woody Allen movie)
• Extra, extra, read all about it
• Fall about laughing
• Fall about your ears
• Far better for being near to you (The Chesham Building Society advertising slogan)
• Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night (All About Eve)
• Fatal Attraction (Glenn Close / Michael Douglas movie)
• First among equals (the most senior person in a group of equal rank)
• Gad about
• Go about your business
• Go on about
• Go to see a man about a dog
• Group of death (the most difficult or competitive group in a sports tournament)
• Hang about
• Harp on about
• Have a thing about
• Have you any last requests? (humorous question asked as though a person was about to be killed)
• Have your wits about you
• Hedged about
• High season (the most popular time to visit a resort or attraction - when prices are highest)
• Holding your cards close to your chest
• How about that?
• I don't know much about art but I know what I like
• I may not know much about art, but I know what I like
• If you can keep your head when all about you (from a poem by Kipling)
• In out, in out, shake it all about
• In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on (Robert Frost quotation)
• It's about time

• It's all about you (People Telecom advertising slogan)
• It's the empty can that makes the most noise
• Keep on about
• Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer (proverbial saying)
• Keep your wits about you
• Knock about
• Knock about comedy
• Know what you are about
• Lark about
• Loaf about
• Make a song and dance about
• Make no bones about
• Make the most of it
• Man about town
• Messing about in boats
• Milling about
• Most men live lives of quiet desperation
• Much Ado About Nothing
• Muck about
• Near and dear to my heart
• Near death experience
• Near miss
• Near sighted
• Near the knuckle
• Near to one's heart
• Nearly new
• Ninth inning (A baseball expression meaning an event or process is near the end)
• Not exactly
• Not just nearly clean, but really clean (Ariel Ultra advertising slogan)
• Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about (The Beatles song lyric)
• Nothing to worry your pretty little head about
• Nothing to write home about
• Now they whisper to her not about her (Cashmere Bouquet Soap advertising slogan)
• Order about
• Out and about
• Piss about
• Ponce about
• Potter about
• Progress is our most important product (General Electric advertising slogan)
• Read all about it
• Sail close to the wind
• Sanka, everything you love about coffee (Sanka advertising slogan)
• Scouting about
• So creamy it's almost fattening (Burma Shave Shaving Cream advertising slogan)
• Something About You (Four Tops song)
• Something to crow about
• Sorry about that, Chief. (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
• Stop faffing about
• Stop messing about (A catchphrase from Kenneth Williams)
• Talks about talks
• Tell me about it
• Tell them about the honey, mummy (Sugar Puffs advertising slogan)
• That just about takes the biscuit
• That's about it
• That's about the size of it
• The busiest men have the most leisure
• The end of the world is nigh
• The most human handset (DiStar advertising slogan)
• The most trusted name in news (CNN advertising slogan)
• There's Something About Mary (Cameron Diaz movie)
• There's a lot of it about (A catchphrase from Spike Milligan)
• There's something about her
• There's something funny about it
• There's too much arson about here
• Throw your weight about
• To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all (Oscar Wilde quotation)
• Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (Marvin Gaye song)
• Too close for comfort
• Too close to call
• Up and about
• Up close and personal
• Watch out there's a Humphrey about (Milk Marketing Board advertising slogan)
• What becomes a legend most? (Blackglama Great Lakes Mink advertising slogan)
• What's It All About, Alfie? (Michael Caine movie)
• What's all the fuss about?
• You are now free to move about the country (Southwest Airlines advertising slogan)
• You can't keep quiet about a Wispa (Cadbury's Wispa advertising slogan)