Arrest Phrases

Phrases

• 1066 And All That: A Memorable History Of England (W. C. Sellar book)
• A Bouquet Of Barbed Wire (Andrea Newman book)
• A Brief History Of Time (Stephen Hawking book)
• A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens book)
• A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess book and Stanley Kubrick movie)
• A Fatal Inversion (Barbara Vine book)
• A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Future: Twists And Turns, And Lessons Learned (Michael J. Fox book)
• A Journey To The Center Of The Earth (Jules Verne book)
• A Kestrel For A Knave (Barry Hines book)
• A Murder Is Announced (Agatha Christie book)
• A Passage To India (E. M. Forster book and David Lean movie)
• A Perfect Spy (John Le Carre book)
• A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man (James Joyce book)
• A Prayer For Owen Meany (John Irving book)
• A Room With A View (E M Forster book)
• A Short History Of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson book)
• A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian (Marina Lewycka book)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams play)
• A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth book)
• A Tale Of Two Cities (Charles Dickens book)
• A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseine book)
• A Town Like Alice (Nevil Shute book)
• Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall (Spike Milligan book)
• All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye (Christopher Brookmyer book)
• All Quiet On The Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque book and WWII movie)
• Always have your nose in a book
• And The Band Played On (Randy Shilts book)
• And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie book)
• Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt book)
• Animal Farm (George Orwell book)
• Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy book)
• Anne Of Green Gables (Lucy Maud Montgomery book)
• Any time, anywhere, acid indigestion can catch you out (Alka Selzer advertising slogan)
• Around The World In Eighty Days (Jules Verne book)
• Art Of War (Sun Tzu book)
• As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner book)
• As many chins as a Chinese phone book
• Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer
• At a pinch
• Bean Burrito (Nickname of basketball player Nick Young)
• Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me (from a poem by Dickinson)
• Bell, book and candle
• Best stop now
• Black Beauty (Anna Sewell book)
• Bleak House (Charles Dickens book)
• Blind Before I Stop (Meatloaf song)
• Blue collar worker
• Book him
• Book him Danno (A catchphrase from Hawaii Five-O)
• Book learning
• Book worm
• Brave New World (Aldous Huxley book)
• Breakfast At Tiffany's (Truman Capote book)
• Breakfast Of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut book)
• Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh book)
• Bright Lights, Big City (Jay Mcinerney book)
• Bring to book
• Brought to book
• Brush with the law
• Build A Better Life By Stealing Office Supplies (Dilbert)
• Buy one, get one free
• By the book
• Can I Get A Witness? (Marvin Gaye song)
• Can of corn (A baseball expression meaning a ball which is easy to catch)
• Can't Get Enough of That Golden Crisp (Golden Crisp Cereals advertising slogan)
• Can't Get You Out of My Head (Kylie Minogue song)
• Can't get enough of this (Ford Cars advertising slogan)
• Canteen culture (boorish behaviour by rank and file police or soldiers)
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis de Bernieres book)
• Captain Underpants And The Invasion Of The Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space (Dav Pilkey book)
• Captain Underpants And The Perilous Plot Of Professor Poopypants (Dav Pilkey book)
• Captain Underpants And The Wrath Of The Wicked Wedgie Woman (Dav Pilkey book)
• Capture the imagination
• Carpe diem (latin expression meaning seize the day)
• Catch 22 (Joseph Heller book)
• Catch a case
• Catch a cold
• Catch a falling star
• Catch a wave
• Catch as catch can
• Catch fire
• Catch hell
• Catch of the day
• Catch on
• Catch our smile (PSA advertising slogan)
• Catch some rays
• Catch some zzzs
• Catch that Pepsi spirit. Drink it in, drink it in, drink it in (Pepsi advertising slogan)
• Catch you later
• Catch your breath
• Catch your death of cold
• Catch your eye
• Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (Roald Dahl book)
• Check it out
• Check out
• Check out the plumbing
• Check the plumbing
• Check you on the flip side
• Check your sources
• Citizen's arrest
• Closed book
• Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell book)
• Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons book)
• Come And Get It (Badfinger song)
• Come and get it
• Cop a feel
• Cop a packet
• Cop a plea
• Cop an attitude
• Cop an attitude (adopt an aggressive stance)
• Cop hold of that
• Cop killer
• Cop off
• Cop one
• Cop out
• Cop shop
• Costa Del Crime
• Crack a book
• Crime And Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky book)
• Crime Dog (Nickname of baseball player Fred McGriff)
• Crime against nature
• Crime doesn't pay
• Crime of passion
• Crooked House (Agatha Christie book)
• David Copperfield (Charles Dickens book)
• Dead Man Walking (Helen Prejean book)
• Death On The Nile (Agatha Christie book)
• Death On The Orient Express (Agatha Christie book)
• Did you get dressed in the dark?
• Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick book)
• Doctor Strangelove Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (Peter Sellers movie)
• Don't Stand So Close To Me (Police song)
• Don't Stop Believin' (Journey song)
• Don't Stop Me Now (Queen song)
• Don't get a complex, get Amplex (Amplex Deodorant advertising slogan)
• Don't get a face on
• Don't get mad get even
• Don't get me started
• Don't get vexed, ask Teletext (Teletext advertising slogan)
• Don't get your balls in an uproar
• Don't get your knickers in a knot
• Don't get your knickers in a twist
• Don't get your tits in the wringer
• Don't get your wires crossed
• Don't have nightmares (A catchphrase from Nick Ross)
• Don't just book it, Thomas Cook it (Thomas Cook advertising slogan)
• Double check
• Draw a bead on
• Draw a blank
• Draw a line in the sand
• Draw a veil over
• Draw out
• Draw someone's fire
• Draw the line
• Draw to a close
• Draw your horns in
• Eats, Shoots And Leaves (Lynne Truss book)
• Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (Tom Robbins book)
• Every Breath You Take (The Police song)
• Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (Police song)
• Every trick in the book
• Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask (David Reuben book)
• Evil Under The Sun (Agatha Christie book)
• Face that could stop a clock
• Far From The Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy book)
• Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson book)
• Feel someone's collar
• Feel the pinch
• Fifty Shades of Grey (E L James book)
• First Among Equals (Jeffrey Archer book)
• First catch your hare
• Flattery will get you everywhere
• Flattery will get you nowhere
• For mash get Smash (Cadbury's Smash advertising slogan)
• From the get go
• Get Back (The Beatles song)
• Get Buckets (Nickname of basketball player Ricky Davis)
• Get N or get out (Nintendo 64 advertising slogan)
• Get Off My Cloud (Rolling Stones song)
• Get Rich quick (Kenco Really Rich Coffee advertising slogan)
• Get a bang out of something
• Get a can on
• Get a feel for
• Get a fix on
• Get a gold star (earn a merit point for doing well)
• Get a grip
• Get a handle on
• Get a kick out of it
• Get a legger on
• Get a life
• Get a little extra help (Halifax advertising slogan)
• Get a load of that
• Get a load on
• Get a move on
• Get a shift on
• Get a toehold
• Get a wiggle on
• Get a word in edgeways
• Get above yourself
• Get around to it
• Get at
• Get away from it all
• Get away with it
• Get away with murder
• Get away with you!
• Get away! (Lunn Polly advertising slogan)
• Get back at
• Get back on your feet
• Get back together
• Get back your oo with Typhoo (Typhoo Tea advertising slogan)
• Get behind in your work
• Get busy with the fizzy (Soda Stream advertising slogan)
• Get by
• Get carried away
• Get connected! (G4 advertising slogan)
• Get cracking
• Get down
• Get down Shep (A catchphrase from John Noakes On Blue Peter)
• Get down and dirty
• Get down and get funky
• Get down to brass tacks
• Get down to business
• Get down with the kids
• Get even
• Get fresh
• Get good wood on it
• Get hitched
• Get hold of the wrong end of the stick
• Get hooked on
• Get in on the act
• Get in on the ground floor
• Get in shape
• Get in your hair
• Get into a scrape
• Get into bed with
• Get into deep water
• Get into gear
• Get into hot water
• Get into shape
• Get into someone's pants
• Get into the habit
• Get into the swing of it
• Get into your stride
• Get it in the neck
• Get it into your head
• Get it off your chest
• Get it on
• Get it out of your system
• Get it straight
• Get it together
• Get it up
• Get knotted
• Get laid
• Get loaded
• Get lost
• Get more (T-Mobile advertising slogan)
• Get my drift
• Get naked
• Get no change out of someone
• Get nowhere fast
• Get off lightly
• Get off my back
• Get off my case
• Get off my tail
• Get off on the right foot
• Get off on the wrong foot
• Get off the dime
• Get off the ground
• Get off the mark
• Get off to a bad start
• Get off to a flying start
• Get off with
• Get off your arse
• Get off your bike
• Get off your high horse
• Get on in life
• Get on like a house on fire
• Get on with it
• Get on your hind legs
• Get on your nerves
• Get out of hand
• Get out of jail free
• Get out of jail free card (a means of avoiding justice - from the eponymous card in the Monopoly boardgame)
• Get out of my face
• Get out of my hair
• Get out of that (A catchphrase from Eric Morecambe)
• Get out of the wrong side of the bed
• Get out there (Royal Caribbean cruise lines advertising slogan)
• Get over it
• Get over yourself
• Get ready to rumble (prepare to fight or do battle)
• Get real
• Get religion
• Get rich quick
• Get round the table
• Get shot of
• Get shut of
• Get some shuteye
• Get straight to the point
• Get stuck in
• Get stuffed
• Get stupid
• Get the Abbey habit (Abbey National advertising slogan)
• Get the ball rolling
• Get the better of
• Get the bit between your teeth
• Get the chop
• Get the creative juices flowing
• Get the drift
• Get the drop on
• Get the feel of
• Get the hang of it
• Get the hell out of Dodge
• Get the jump on
• Get the lead out
• Get the low down
• Get the message
• Get the monkey off my back
• Get the needle
• Get the picture
• Get the point
• Get the push
• Get the sack
• Get the scoop
• Get the show on the road
• Get the upper hand
• Get thee behind me Satan
• Get thee to a nunnery
• Get to first base
• Get to first base with
• Get to grips with
• Get to second base
• Get to the bottom of

• Get to the end of your tether
• Get to the heart of the matter
• Get under way
• Get under your feet
• Get under your skin
• Get up and go
• Get up steam
• Get up to speed
• Get up your nose
• Get used to it
• Get weaving
• Get well soon
• Get while the getting's good
• Get while the going is good
• Get wind of
• Get with it
• Get with the program
• Get your act together
• Get your ass into gear
• Get your ass over here
• Get your coat
• Get your coat, you've pulled
• Get your ducks in a row
• Get your end away
• Get your eye in
• Get your facts straight
• Get your family into Shape, without them even noticing (St. Ivel Yogurt advertising slogan)
• Get your feet under the table
• Get your feet wet
• Get your fingers burnt
• Get your foot in the door
• Get your hands dirty
• Get your head around something
• Get your head down
• Get your head together
• Get your hooks into something
• Get your kit off
• Get your leg over
• Get your lumps
• Get your marching orders
• Get your message across
• Get your money's worth
• Get your monkey up
• Get your paws on it
• Get your retaliation in first
• Get your rocks off
• Get your shit together
• Get your skates on
• Get your smile on (Lay's potato chips advertising slogan)
• Get your tanks off my lawn
• Get your teeth into
• Get your ticket punched
• Get your toe in the door
• Get your way
• Go by the book
• Good cop, bad cop
• Goodnight Mister Tom book by Michelle Magorian
• Got To Get You Into My Life (The Beatles song)
• Gravity check
• Great Expectations (Charles Dickens book)
• Guards! Guards! (Terry Pratchett book)
• Guards, seize him
• Had it up to here
• Had up
• Half inch (Cockney rhyming slang for pinch)
• Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (J. K. Rowling book)
• Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling book)
• Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone (J. K. Rowling book)
• Helping the police with their enquiries
• His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman book)
• His life's an open book
• Hot under the collar
• How To Win Friends And Influence People (Dale Carnegie book)
• I Can't Get No Satisfaction (Rolling Stones song)
• I Can't Stop Loving You (Ray Charles song)
• I Capture The Castle (Dodie Smith book)
• I Get Around (Beach Boys song)
• I arrest you in the name of the law
• I can read you like a book
• I didn't get where I am today (A catchphrase from Martin Clunes In Reggie Perrin)
• I get knocked down, but I get up again (Chumbawumba song)
• I get no respect, I tell ya (A catchphrase from Rodney Dangerfield In Comedy Monologue)
• I'll Get By With Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles song)
• I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here (Reality TV show)
• I'm a celebrity get me out of here
• I've fallen and I can't get up! (LifeCall Personal Emergency Response Systems advertising slogan)
• If enough people would stop smoking and start drinking, we could get out of ashtrays and into vermouth (Cinzano advertising slogan)
• If it doesn't get all over the place, it doesn't belong in your face (Carl's Jr advertising slogan)
• If the sky falls we shall catch larks
• If you can't do the time, don't do the crime
• If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen (A catchphrase from Harry S Truman)
• If you don't get it, you don't get it (The Washington Post advertising slogan)
• If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
• If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
• If you vote for Goldwater, you'll get a war in Vietnam (Political slogan)
• If you want to get ahead, get a hat (Hat Council advertising slogan)
• In good nick
• In the nick of time
• It takes a thief to catch a thief
• It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it (A catchphrase from Nick Stone In Tightrope)
• It's a fair cop
• It's so big, you've gotta grin to get it in (Wagon Wheels advertising slogan)
• Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte book)
• Just because you are paranoid it doesn't mean that they aren't out to get you
• Kane And Abel (Jeffrey Archer book)
• Keep in check
• Known to the police
• Leg pull
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Pierre-Ambroise-Francois Choderlos De Laclos book)
• Let the punishment fit the crime
• Let's Get It On (Marvin Gaye song)
• Let's get busy
• Let's get out of these wet clothes and into a dry Martini
• Let's get physical
• Lie down with dogs: get up with fleas
• Little Women (Louisa May Alcott book)
• Little black book
• Long Stop (field position in the game of cricket)
• Lord Of The Flies (William Golding book)
• Lord Of The Rings (J R R Tolkien book)
• Luck of the draw
• Make a list; check it twice
• Memoirs Of A Geisha (Arthur Golden book)
• Message in A Bottle (Police song)
• Missed it by that much! (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
• Mr. Midshipman Easy (Frederick Marryat book)
• Never judge a book by its cover
• Nice work if you can get it
• Nick at Night (Nickname of Nick Van Exel)
• Nick is for kids (Nickelodeon TV channel advertising slogan)
• Nick the Quick (Nickname of Nick Van Exel)
• Night Watch (Terry Pratchett book)
• Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell book)
• Nose for crime
• Not much cop
• Notes From The Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky book)
• Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about (The Beatles song lyric)
• Noughts And Crosses (book series by Malorie Blackman)
• Of Mice And Men (John Steinbeck book)
• Oh, Max! (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
• Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor doggie a bone (line from nursery rhyme)
• On The Origin Of Species (Charles Darwin book)
• On The Road (Jack Kerouac book)
• On the pull
• On your mark, get set, go
• Once you pop you can't stop (Pringles advertising slogan)
• One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez book)
• One for the book
• One stop shop
• Open book
• Opposites attract
• Out to get you
• Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read (Groucho Marx line)
• Partners in crime
• Pinch hit (A baseball expression denoting a substitute or stand-in)
• Pinch yourself
• Pinch, punch, first of the month
• Piss or get off the pot
• Play catch up
• Play hard to get
• Play it by the book
• Police state
• Prize catch
• Pull a boner
• Pull a face
• Pull a fast one
• Pull a sickie
• Pull all the stops out
• Pull it off
• Pull rank
• Pull someone up short
• Pull strings
• Pull the pin
• Pull the plug
• Pull the rabbit out of the hat
• Pull the rug from under your feet
• Pull the trigger
• Pull the wool over someone's eyes
• Pull through
• Pull together
• Pull your chestnuts out of the fire
• Pull your finger out
• Pull your hair out
• Pull your head in
• Pull your horns in
• Pull your punches
• Pull your socks up
• Pull your weight
• Pull yourself together
• Pull yourself up by your bootstraps
• Quick on the draw
• Radio collar
• Ready, get set, go
• Reality check
• Regulatory capture
• Resisting arrest
• Ring around the collar (Wisk detergent advertising slogan)
• Round Ireland With A Fridge (Tony Hawks book)
• Seize him
• Seize the day
• Send your parcels Red Star and pull out all the stops (Red Star advertising slogan)
• Set a thief to catch a thief
• Shit or get off the pot
• Slip the collar
• Sorry about that, Chief. (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
• Sprat to catch a mackerel
• Stay contented, get Radio Rented (Radio Rentals advertising slogan)
• Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone (from a poem by Auden)
• Stop and smell the roses
• Stop at nothing
• Stop drop and roll
• Stop faffing about
• Stop it you're killing me
• Stop me and buy one (Wall's Ice Cream advertising slogan)
• Stop me if you've heard this one
• Stop messing about (A catchphrase from Kenneth Williams)
• Stop on a dime
• Stop pumping your gums
• Stop the clock, I've found a clue
• Stop the rot
• Stop the show
• Stop the world I want to get off
• Stop traffic
• Stop! In The Name Of Love (The Supremes song)
• Stop, In The Name Of Love
• Stop, Look and Listen; remember the Green Cross Code (UK Road Safety Campaign advertising slogan)
• Stop, or my mom will shoot (line from Sylvestor Stallone movie)
• Swallows And Amazons (children's adventure story by Arthur Ransome)
• Take a bite out of crime
• Take a bite out of crime! (National Crime Prevention Council advertising slogan)
• Take with a pinch of salt
• Talking Book (Stevie Wonder album)
• Tell someone where to get off
• Tess Of The D'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy book)
• That and a nickel will get you a ride on the subway
• That's the second biggest ... I've ever seen! (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
• The Age Of Reason (Jean Paul Sartre book)
• The Art Of The Deal (Donald Trump slogan and book title)
• The BFG - Big Friendly Giant (Roald Dahl book)
• The Buddha Of Suburbia (Hanif Kureishi book)
• The Catcher in the Rye (J D Salinger book)
• The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas book)
• The Day Of The Jackal (Frederick Forsyth book)
• The Devil Wears Prada (Lauren Weisberger book)
• The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce book)
• The Famous Five (characters in Enid Blyton's series of children's book)
• The Flying Squad (Nickname of the Specialist Crime Directorate, New Scotland Yard)
• The French Have A Word For It (Josh Lanyon book)
• The Garden Of Eden (Ernest Hemingway book)
• The Ghost In The Machine (Arthur Koestler book)
• The Go-Between (L. P. Hartley book)
• The God Of Small Things (Arundhati Roy book)
• The Godfather (Mario Puzo book)
• The Good Book
• The Great Gatsby (F Scott Fitzgerald book)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams book)
• The Hobbit (J R R Tokien book)
• The Hound Of The Baskervilles (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle book)
• The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins book)
• The Hypochondriac's Guide To Life And Death (Gene Weingarten book)
• The Importance Of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde book)
• The Jungle Book (Disney cartoon movie)
• The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat And Other Clinical Tales (Oliver Sacks book)
• The Mirror Cracked From Side To Side (Agatha Christie book title)
• The Name Of The Rose (Umberto Eco book)
• The Napoleon of Crime (Nickname of Professor Moriarty)
• The Odyssey (Homer book)
• The Picture Of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde book)
• The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan book)
• The Princess Diaries (Meg Cabot book)
• The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allan Poe book)
• The Rape Of The Lock (Alexander Pope book)
• The Riddle Of The Sands (Erskine Childers book)
• The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett book)
• The Shadow knows (A catchphrase from the crime fighting vigilante)
• The Story Of Tracy Beaker (children's story by Jacqueline Wilson)
• The Tenderness Of Wolves (Stef Penney book)
• The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCollough book)
• The Three Musketeers (Alexandre Dumas book)
• The Wind in the Willows (children's book by Kenneth Grahame)
• The Woman In White (Wilkie Collins book)
• The best a man can get (Gillette advertising slogan)
• The best way to get music out of your system (Philips advertising slogan)
• The check is in the mail
• The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep (Woody Allen line)
• The more you get the more you want
• The perfect crime
• The rich get richer and the poor get poorer
• Thought police
• Thousands of possibilities, get yours (Best Buy advertising slogan)
• Through The Looking Glass, And What Alice Found There (Lewis Carroll book)
• Throw the book at someone
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (John Le Carre book)
• To get one's back up
• Took the collar (A baseball expression meaning failing to get any hits)
• Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime (Tony Blair political slogan)
• Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson book)
• Undercover cop
• Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray book)
• Vicky Angel (children's book by Jacqueline Wilson)
• Walking On The Moon (The Police song)
• War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy book)
• Watership Down (Richard Adams book)
• We Need To Talk About Kevin (Lionel Shriver book)
• We never stop working for you (Verizon Wireless advertising slogan)
• What You Want is What You Get (McDonald's advertising slogan)
• What you see is what you get
• What's the catch?
• When the going gets tough, the tough get going (A catchphrase from Joseph Kennedy)
• When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash
• When you are in a hole, stop digging
• Where's the catch?
• Win lose or draw
• Wind someone up (deliberately draw attention to something that will create agitation)
• Winnie the Pooh (children's book by A A Milne)
• Would not get out of bed for
• Would you believe ... (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
• Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte book)
• You Can't Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stone song)
• You aren't obliged to say anything
• You can always get it at the Co-op (Co-op advertising slogan)
• You can't get blood out of a stone
• You can't get there from here
• You can't tell a book by looking at its cover
• You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
• You couldn't catch a monkey with a shotgun and a sack
• You don't get a second chance at a first impression
• You get a big delight in every bite of Hostess snacks (Hostess advertising slogan)
• You get what you pay for
• You have the right to remain silent
• You only get one chance to make a first impression
• You'll get shot
• You'll get square eyes