Cutting Phrases

Phrases

• Companion plant (a plant grown near to another species to enhance its growth)
• Cost cutting
• Cutting remark
• Don't shoot the messenger
• Don't shoot the piano player
• Don't shoot until you can see the whites of their eyes
• I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine (Bob Dylan song)
• I Saw Her Standing There (Beatles song)
• I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Spike Jones song)
• I came, I saw, I conquered
• If I tell you I will have to shoot you
• In a critical condition

• Just shoot me
• Life is but a vale of tears
• Mission critical
• On the critical list
• On the cutting edge
• Shoot 'em up
• Shoot a birdie (score one under par in a golf shot)
• Shoot a fairy
• Shoot blanks
• Shoot down in flames (destroy an argument or theory)
• Shoot first, ask questions later
• Shoot from the hip

• Shoot him down in flames
• Shoot hoops
• Shoot it out
• Shoot me now
• Shoot on sight
• Shoot someone a line
• Shoot straight (to talk or deal honestly)
• Shoot the breeze
• Shoot the moon (remove household goods by night to avoid paying rent)
• Shoot the puppy
• Shoot through (to leave or abscond)
• Shoot to kill

• Shoot your cuffs
• Shoot your mouth off
• Shoot yourself in the foot
• Stop, or my mom will shoot (line from Sylvestor Stallone movie)
• The Last Time I Saw Paris (Elizabeth Taylor movie)
• They Shoot Horses Don't They? (Jane Fonda movie)
• Turkey shoot
• Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs
• What the butler saw