Clamp Phrases

Phrases

• 101 Dalmatians (Disney cartoon and Glenn Close movie)
• A close thing
• An open and shut case (a straightforward legal case)
• At close quarters
• Can't hold a candle to
• Clamp down on
• 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
• Cop hold of that
• Cut and shut
• Dangerous Liaisons (Glenn Close movie)
• Den of vice
• Don't Stand So Close To Me (Police song)
• Don't close your eyes for a minute
• Don't hold your breath
• Draw to a close
• Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick movie)
• Fatal Attraction (Glenn Close / Michael Douglas movie)
• Freeze! this is Miami Vice (A catchphrase from Miami Vice)
• Get a grip
• Get hold of the wrong end of the stick
• Get shut of
• Grip of death
• Hold a candle
• Hold a grudge
• Hold a gun to his head
• Hold a mirror up to nature
• Hold a mirror up to society
• Hold a torch
• Hold all the aces
• Hold all the cards
• Hold at bay
• Hold back on
• Hold court
• Hold down a job
• Hold everything
• Hold fast
• Hold forth
• Hold hands
• Hold hard
• Hold it
• Hold it right there
• Hold it up to the light, not a stain and shining light (Surf Washing Powder advertising slogan)
• Hold on
• Hold on a minute
• Hold on by your fingertips
• Hold on for dear life
• Hold on to your seat
• Hold out for
• Hold responsible
• Hold that thought
• Hold the field (- remain the most important)
• Hold the floor
• Hold the fort
• Hold the front page
• Hold the line
• Hold the phone
• Hold the purse strings
• Hold the ring
• Hold up
• Hold up your head
• Hold very tight please
• Hold water
• Hold with the hare and run with the hounds
• Hold your breath
• Hold your drink
• Hold your head up high
• Hold your horses
• Hold your nose
• Hold your own
• Hold your peace
• Hold your tongue
• Holding your cards close to your chest
• I Want To Hold Your Hand (Beatles song)
• If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me?
• In the grip of the grape
• It takes two hands to hold a Whopper (Burger King advertising slogan)
• Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer (proverbial saying)
• Keep your mouth shut
• Keep your trap shut
• Please hold the line
• Put up or shut up
• Sail close to the wind
• Shut it (A catchphrase from The Office)
• Shut that door (A catchphrase from Larry Grayson)
• Shut up and take my money (A catchphrase from Futurama)
• Shut up shop
• Shut up, fool. (A catchphrase from The A-Team)
• Shut your cake hole
• Shut your face
• Shut your pie hole
• Shut your trap
• The right tool for the job
• Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold (from a poem by Yeats)
• To have and to hold
• Too close for comfort
• Too close to call
• Tool around
• Up close and personal
• You Really Got A Hold On Me (The Beatles and Smokey Robinson song)