Border Phrases

Phrases

• A Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed song)
• A fine line
• A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat (A line from Monty Python's Flying Circus)
• A whole different animal (Frontier Airlines advertising slogan)
• All aboard the Skylark (A line from Noah and Nelly)
• All men are cremated equal (Spike Milligan line)
• Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life (Monty Python's Flying Circus song)
• Apparently space isn't the final frontier (Syquest advertising slogan)
• Arsenic And Old Lace (Cary Grant movie)
• Batting for the other side
• Be on the safe side
• Beggar my neighbour
• Bit on the side
• Bleeding edge
• Blessed are the cheese makers (line from Monty Python's Life of Brian)
• Border Town (Nickname of Rye New York)
• Border on
• Born on the wrong side of the blanket
• Born on the wrong side of the tracks
• Brighton line (Bingo call for number fifty nine)
• Cake or death (line from Eddie Izzard comedy)
• Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends! (line from the movie 25th Hour)
• Chantilly Lace (Jerry Lee Lewis song)
• Check you on the flip side
• Chopsticks are one of the reasons the Chinese never invented custard (Spike Milligan line)
• Come down to the line
• Come into line
• Come to the edge
• Competitive edge
• Contraceptives should be used on all conceivable occasions (Spike Milligan line)
• Cross To The Other Side (The Inspirations song)
• Cross border
• Cross over to the other side
• Cross the line
• Do a line
• Don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars (line from the movie Now, Voyager)
• Draw a line in the sand
• Draw the line
• Drop me a line
• Edge out
• Eight maids a-milking (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Eleven pipers piping (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• End of the line
• Err on the safe side
• Err on the side of caution
• Every time a bell rings, an angel gets it's wings (line from It's A Wonderful Life)
• Fall into line
• Fill it to the rim with Brim (Brim Coffee advertising slogan)
• Five golden rings (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Flip side
• Four calling birds (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Freeze frame
• Fringe benefits
• Fringe theatre
• From the wrong side of the tracks
• Front line
• Frontier justice
• Get busy living, or get busy dying (line from the movie The Shawshank Redemption)
• Get out of the wrong side of the bed
• Getting there is half the fun (Cunard Line advertising slogan)
• Go over to the other side
• Go, and never darken my towels again (Groucho Marx line)
• Hand a line
• He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy (line from the movie Life of Brian)
• Head for the Border (Taco Bell Restaurants advertising slogan)
• Hedge fund
• Hedge your bets
• Hold the line
• Hook line and sinker
• I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash song)
• I can see you standing over a hot stove, but I can't see the stove (Groucho Marx line)
• I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception (Groucho Marx line)
• I told you I was ill (Spike Milligan line inscribed on his gravestone)
• I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! (line from the movie Network)
• If you change your mind, I'm the first in line (ABBA lyric)
• In line for
• In the Army, the edge (Australian Army advertising slogan)
• In the frame
• In the line of duty
• In the line of fire
• Infamy Infamy! They've all got it in for me! (Kenneth Williams line in Carry On Cleo)
• Iowa's Leading Edge (Nickname of Council Bluffs Iowa)
• Jump the line
• Keep in line
• Keep on the right side of
• Keep your sunny side up
• Know which side your bread is buttered
• Lace into
• Land locked
• Laugh on the wrong side of your face
• Lay it on the line
• Leading edge
• Leave the gun, take the cannoli (line from The Godfather)
• Let the side down
• Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon (Woody Allen line)
• Line abreast
• Line astern
• Line is full of misery and lonliness and it's over much too soon (Woody Allen line)
• Line of attack
• Line of least resistance
• Line of sight
• Line of work
• Line your pockets
• Love thy neighbour as thyself
• Mama always said that life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get (line from the movie Forrest Gump)
• Mendoza line (A baseball expression denoting a line marking a very poor performance)

• My one regret in life is that I am not someone else (Woody Allen line)
• My side of the story
• Neighbour's envy, owner's pride (Onida TV advertising slogan)
• Next in line to the throne
• Nine ladies dancing (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Nudge nudge, wink wink (A line from Monty Python's Flying Circus)
• Off line
• On The Fringe
• On a knife edge
• On a razor's edge
• On deck (A baseball expression meaning next in line)
• On edge
• On side
• On the bleeding edge
• On the blind side
• On the cutting edge
• On the edge of my seat
• On the outside looking in
• On the plus side
• On the side
• On the side of the angels
• On the sunny side of the street
• On the wrong side of the tracks
• One side of the story
• One toe over the line
• Out of line
• Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read (Groucho Marx line)
• Outside the box
• Outside the law
• Over the legal limit
• Over the limit
• Party line
• Pass over to the other side
• People smuggler (someone involved in smuggling immigrants between countries, often illegally)
• Picket line
• Please hold the line
• Profit margin
• Raise the limit
• Run Forrest, Run! (line from the movie Forrest Gump)
• Run for the border (Taco advertising slogan)
• Set your teeth on edge
• Seven swans a-swimming (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Shoot someone a line
• Side boob (the side of a female breast revealed by skimpy clothing)
• Side effect
• Side eye (a sidelong glance)
• Side order
• Sign on the dotted line
• Six geese a-laying (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• South of the border
• Space, the final frontier (A catchphrase from Star Trek)
• Starting line up
• Step out of line
• Stop, or my mom will shoot (line from Sylvestor Stallone movie)
• Sunny side up
• Take A Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed song)
• Take a hard line
• Take it outside
• Take someone to one side
• Take the edge off
• Ten lords a-leaping (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd album)
• The King of the Wild Frontier (Nickname of explorer Davy Crockett)
• The Last Frontier (Nickname of the US state of Alaska)
• The Mirror Cracked From Side To Side (Agatha Christie book title)
• The bleeding edge
• The bottom line
• The bottom line is the bottom line is the bottom line
• The bread always falls buttered side down
• The brink of disaster
• The finishing line
• The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
• The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep (Woody Allen line)
• The other side of the coin
• The sky's the limit
• The thin red line
• The valley of the shadow of death (line from the Psalm 23)
• These go to eleven (line from the movie This Is Spinal Tap)
• Think outside the box (Apple Computer advertising slogan)
• Think outside the bun (Taco Bell advertising slogan)
• This line of business
• This line of country
• Thorn in my side
• Three French hens (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Three line whip
• Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana (Groucho Marx line)
• To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! (line from the movie A Fish Called Wanda)
• To infinty and beyond (line from the movie Toy Story)
• Toe the line
• Treading a fine line
• Twelve drummers drumming (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Two turtle doves (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Up and down like the Ottoman Empire (line from Monty Python's Life Of Brian)
• Wait in line
• We are going to need considerably bigger buns (line from Calendar Girls)
• Well, nobody's perfect (line from the movie Some Like It Hot)
• West Side Story (Leonard Bernstein musical and Natalie Wood movie)
• What we have here is a failure to communicate (line from Cool Hand Luke)
• With God on our side
• With one bound he was at her side
• Wrong side of the blanket
• Wrong side of the tracks
• You can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff (Groucho Marx line)
• You look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards
• You say you want a revolution (Line from Beatles song)
• You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! (line from the Michael Caine movie The Italian Job)