Circus Phrases

Phrases

• A few roos loose in the top paddock
• A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat (A line from Monty Python's Flying Circus)
• A political carnival
• All the fun of the fair
• All's fair in love and war
• Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life (Monty Python's Flying Circus song)
• America's Next Top Model
• And now for something completely different (A catchphrase from Monty Python's Flying Circus)
• As brave as a lion
• Balancing act
• Barnet Fair (Cockney rhyming slang for hair)
• Beard the lion in his den
• Big tent revival
• Blow your top
• Bread and circuses
• By fair means or foul
• Cherry top
• Come out on top
• Comedy circuit (A number of places where comedy is performed)
• Cream always rises to the top
• Dolphin friendly
• Faint heart never won fair lady
• Fair Trade
• Fair and Balanced (FOX News advertising slogan)
• Fair and aboveboard
• Fair and square
• Fair crack of the whip
• Fair dinkum
• Fair do's
• Fair enough
• Fair exchange is no robbery
• Fair game
• Fair go
• Fair market value (a reasonable price for an article for sale)
• Fair play
• Fair play to you
• Fair sex
• Fair shake
• Fair to middling
• Fair to midland
• Field day
• For fair
• For top laps (The Economist advertising slogan)
• Fred Carno's circus
• From the top
• From top to toe
• Go over the top
• Go to the top of the class
• If you can't ride two horses at once, you shouldn't be in the circus
• In like a lion out like a lamb
• In tip top condition
• Into the lion's den
• It's a fair cop
• It's lonely at the top
• It's tough at the top
• Just what I needed (Circuit City advertising slogan)
• Kangaroos in your top paddock
• Keep on top of
• Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars (A catchphrase from Casey Kasem In America's Top 40)
• Lion's share
• Major league (A baseball expression meaning at the top rank)
• March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb
• Media circus
• Mendoza line (A baseball expression denoting a line marking a very poor performance)
• My Fair Lady (Lerner and Loewe musical)
• No fair!
• No one expects the Spanish Inquisition (A catchphrase from Monty Python's Flying Circus)
• Nudge nudge, wink wink (A line from Monty Python's Flying Circus)
• Off the top of my head
• On top of the world
• Only the brave deserve the fair and the fair deserve JAEGER (Jaeger Sportswear advertising slogan)
• Opening night (the first night of a theatrical performance)
• Out of the top drawer
• Over the top
• Peak performance
• Put your head into the lion's mouth
• Race proven performance (Kumho Tires advertising slogan)
• Rock a bye baby on the tree top, when the wind blows the cradle will rock (line from nursery rhyme)
• Roll up, roll up, all the fun of the fair
• San Siro Stadium (tourist attraction in Italy)
• Send In The Clowns (Stephen Sondheim song)
• Shout at the top of one's lungs
• Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair (line from nursery rhyme)
• Sleep like a top
• Take it from the top
• Tears Of A Clown (Smokey Robinson song)
• The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (Sherlock Holmes story)
• The Clown Killer (Nickname of John Gacy)
• The Clown Prince (Nickname of Paul Gascoigne)
• The Fair City (Nickname of Dublin Ireland)
• The Greatest Show on Earth (Barnum & Bailey Circus advertising slogan)
• 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 Nou Camp Stadium (tourist attraction in Spain)
• The Tears of a Clown
• The Top Ten
• The elevator doesn't go to the top floor
• 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 top banana in the West (Hughes Air West advertising slogan)
• The top of the programme
• The view from the top
• Thin on top
• Tonight's top ten list (A catchphrase from David Letterman In The Late Show)
• Top Hat (Fred Astaire / Ginger Rogers movie)
• Top and tail
• Top banana
• Top breeders recommend it (Pedigree Chum Dog food advertising slogan)
• Top dog
• Top dollar
• Top down
• Top drawer
• Top flight
• Top gear
• Top hole
• Top it off
• Top marks
• Top notch
• Top o' the morning
• Top of the hour
• Top of the pops
• Top of the range
• Top of the shop (Bingo call for number ninety)
• Top of the tree
• Top out at
• Top people take the Times (The Times advertising slogan)
• Top priority
• Top quality
• Top seed
• Top shelf magazine
• Top slicing
• Top table
• Top the bill
• Top tips
• Under the big top
• Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray book)
• Wall of death
• Was there a lion on your egg this morning? (British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan)
• World's Fair
• You can rely on the lion (British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan)
• You can't top the copper top (Duracell Batteries advertising slogan)