Clam Phrases

Phrases

• 101 Dalmatians (Disney cartoon and Glenn Close movie)
• A Fish Called Wanda (John Cleese movie)
• A close thing
• A tight corner
• A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
• All is fish that comes to the net
• As happy as a clam
• As tight as Dick's hatband
• As tight as a drum
• As tight as a duck's arse
• As tight as a tick
• At close quarters
• Big fish eat little fish
• Big fish in a small pool (someone considered influential compared to their less significant peers)
• Bigger fish to fry
• Clam up
• 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
• Cold fish
• Cry stinking fish
• Dangerous Liaisons (Glenn Close movie)
• Different kettle of fish
• Don't Stand So Close To Me (Police song)
• Don't close your eyes for a minute
• Draw to a close
• Drink like a fish
• Fatal Attraction (Glenn Close / Michael Douglas movie)
• Fish always rot from the head downwards
• Fish and finger pie (Beatles song lyric)
• Fish and guests smell after three days
• Fish it out
• Fish or cut bait
• Fish out
• Fish out of water
• Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
• Goodnight, sleep tight
• Got bigger fish to fry
• Hold very tight please
• Holding your cards close to your chest
• In a tight spot
• Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer (proverbial saying)
• Like a fish out of water
• Like shooting fish in a barrel
• Little fish in a big pond (someone considered unimportant compared to their more significant peers)
• Neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring
• Night night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite
• Odd fish
• On a tight leash
• Pretty kettle of fish
• Queer fish
• Run a tight ship
• Sail close to the wind
• School of fish
• Sit tight
• Sleep tight
• So long and thanks for all the fish (line from Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide)
• There's plenty more fish in the sea
• Tight lipped
• To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! (line from the movie A Fish Called Wanda)
• Too close for comfort
• Too close to call
• Up close and personal
• Wet fish
• What does that have to do with the price of fish?