Claw Phrases

Phrases

• Anchor man
• Bow and scrape
• By hook or by crook
• Captain Hook (Nickname of baseball manager George Anderson)
• Cast anchor
• Cat scratch fever
• Duncan the Wonder Horse (Nickname of TV news anchor Tom Brokaw)
• Get into a scrape
• Hook line and sinker
• Hook up with
• I scratch your back and you scratch mine

• Left Hook (Nickname of Jeff Lacy)
• Let off the hook
• Mister Gorbachev, tear down this wall! (A slogan from President Reagan)
• Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall (Political slogan)
• Nature, red in tooth and claw
• Off the hook
• Ring off the hook
• Scrape a living
• Scratch around
• Scratch the surface
• Sling your hook

• Start from scratch
• Tear jerker
• Tear limb from limb
• Tear off a strip
• Tear to ribbons
• Tear your hair out
• Up to scratch
• Weigh anchor
• You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours