Anatomical Phrases

Phrases

• A cup of coffee (A baseball expression denoting a break from major league baseball)
• A head for business and a body for sin
• A healthy mind in a healthy body
• A room without books is like a body without a soul (Marcus Tullius Cicero quotation)
• As the saying goes
• Body and soul
• Body bag
• Body blow
• Body building
• Body heat
• Body language
• Body mass index
• Body of evidence
• Body of opinion
• Body off Baywatch, face off Crimewatch
• Body painting (a form of painting that uses the human body as a canvas)
• Body politic
• Body popping
• Body snatcher
• Body surfing
• Brand new ballgame (A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the game)
• Brush back (A baseball expression meaning to subvert or threaten verbally)
• Can of corn (A baseball expression meaning a ball which is easy to catch)
• Carpe diem (latin expression meaning seize the day)
• Caught off base (A baseball expression meaning unawares or by surprise)
• Cheaters never win, and winners never cheat (proverbial saying)
• Cleanup hitter (A baseball expression meaning a batter who comes in to solve a problem)
• Do you want a shape like a bra? Or do you want a shape like a woman? (Warner's Body Bra advertising slogan)
• Doesn't have a jealous bone in his body
• Double header (A baseball expression denoting two events held on the same day with the same participants)
• Down to the last out (A baseball expression meaning to have one last chance)
• Ducks on a pond (A baseball expression meaning having runners in scoring position)
• Figure painting (a form of painting in which the human body is the subject)
• Foot in the bucket (A baseball expression meaning to act timidly or cowardly)
• Fruiting body
• Going going gone (A baseball expression by which an announcer describes a home run that is heading over the fence)
• Golden Sombrero (A baseball expression denoting a player who strikes out four times in a game)
• Ground ball (A baseball expression meaning a prosaic or ordinary accomplishment)
• Group hug (a hug shared as an expression of friendship or solidarity)
• Heavenly body
• Heavy hitter (A baseball expression meaning a powerful or commanding person)
• Hit it out of the park (A baseball expression denoting a complete or spectacular success)
• If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me?
• It goes without saying
• Keep body and soul together
• Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer (proverbial saying)
• Knock it out of the park (A baseball expression denoting a complete or spectacular success)
• Knock the cover off the ball (A baseball expression meaning succeed beyond expectation)
• Leadoff hitter (A baseball expression denoting the player who bats first)
• Major league (A baseball expression meaning at the top rank)
• Mendoza line (A baseball expression denoting a line marking a very poor performance)
• Milk. It does a body good (Milk Marketing Board advertising slogan)
• Murderers' Row (A baseball expression denoting a group of talented individuals or valuable assets)
• Ninth inning (A baseball expression meaning an event or process is near the end)
• On deck (A baseball expression meaning next in line)
• Over my dead body
• Pinch hit (A baseball expression denoting a substitute or stand-in)
• Pitch a shutout (A baseball expression meaning not allowing an opponent any wins)
• Platinum Sombrero (A baseball expression denoting striking out five times in a game)
• Play hardball (A baseball expression meaning to be or act tough or aggressive)
• Play softball (A baseball expression meaning to ask easy questions)
• Rally cap (A baseball expression denoting a cap is a worn inside out or backwards)
• Right off the bat (A baseball expression meaning immediately without delay)
• Say it ain't so, Joe (A baseball expression denoting disbelief)
• Stops body odour (Lifebouy Soap advertising slogan)
• Strike out swinging (A baseball expression meaning to fail while giving it your best effort)
• Sucks to you (an expression of contempt)
• Swing by (slang expression meaning drop in for a visit)
• Swing for the fences (A baseball expression meaning try for a substantial gain)
• Switch hitter (A baseball expression denoting a batter who can hit left or right handed)
• Take cuts at someone (A baseball expression meaning taking a verbal swing or striking a blow at a reputation)
• The Body Guard (Nickname of Baron Davis)
• The body is still warm
• The body of evidence
• The saying goes
• The whole is greater than the sum of its parts (proverbial saying)
• Throw a beanball (A baseball expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their head)
• Took the collar (A baseball expression meaning failing to get any hits)
• Triple play (A baseball expression denoting the act of making three outs during the same play)
• Vacation is a world where there are no locks on the doors or the mind or the body (Club Med Resorts advertising slogan)
• Wardrobe malfunction (when an item of clothing slips out of place to expose part of the body - typically a woman's breast)
• You too can have a body like mine (Charles Atlas advertising slogan)