Distant Phrases

Phrases

• A bridge too far
• A soft answer turneth away wrath
• A step too far
• A world apart
• Absentee landlord
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away
• And never the twain shall meet
• Art is going one step too far
• As far as it goes
• As far as the eye can see
• As near as dammit
• Away go troubles down the drain (Roto-Rooter advertising slogan)
• Away in a manger
• Away with the fairies
• Away with you
• Beaver away at
• Blaze away at
• Blow away the cobwebs
• Blow someone away
• Blown away
• Blue are the hills that are far away
• Breed apart
• Buy Opera today And make this banner go away (Opera advertising slogan)
• Calgon, take me away! (Calgon advertising slogan)
• Cart away
• Children's shoes have far to go (Start-Rite Shoes advertising slogan)
• Come Away with Me (Norah Jones album)
• Come apart at the seams
• Coming to a screen near you
• Companion plant (a plant grown near to another species to enhance its growth)
• Dance the night away
• Deep space
• Distance learning
• Distance lends enchantment to the view
• Distance vision (the ability to see distant objects)
• Distance yourself
• Do away with
• Dream away ()
• Explain away
• Fall apart at the seams
• Far From The Madding Crowd (Julie Christie / Alan Bates movie)
• Far From The Madding Crowd (Thomas Hardy book)
• Far and away
• Far be it from me
• Far better for being near to you (The Chesham Building Society advertising slogan)
• Far cry
• Far horizons
• Far out
• Few and far between
• Fire away
• Foreign exchange
• Fritter away
• Get away from it all
• Get away with it
• Get away with murder
• Get away with you (An exclamation of surprise)
• Get away with you!
• Get away! (Lunn Polly advertising slogan)
• Get carried away
• Get your end away
• Give the game away
• Give the show away
• Go the distance
• Going away (Going on holiday)
• Hasten away
• Have it away
• He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day
• Hiyo Silver away (A catchphrase from The Lone Ranger)

• I was miles away
• In the middle of nowhere
• Into the wild blue yonder
• It takes your breath away
• It's a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done
• Keep a safe distance
• Light years apart
• Lock him up and throw away the key
• Look away now
• Near and dear to my heart
• Near death experience
• Near miss
• Near sighted
• Near the knuckle
• Near to one's heart
• Ninth inning (A baseball expression meaning an event or process is near the end)
• Not Fade Away (Buddy Holly song)
• Not a hundred miles away
• Oceans apart
• Old soldiers never die, they just fade away
• Out front. Pulling away (Goodyear Tyres advertising slogan)
• Out of earshot
• Over the hills and far away
• Pine away
• Rain, rain go away, come again another day (line from nursery rhyme)
• Rode hard and put away wet
• Sail away
• Salt away
• Set yourself apart
• Slave away at
• Slip, Slidin' Away (Paul Simon song)
• Slip, sliding away
• Slog away
• So far so good
• Soothe it away the Oraldene way (Oraldene advertising slogan)
• Squirrel away
• Stash away
• Take apart
• Take your breath away
• The apple never falls far from the tree
• The dim distant past
• The dish ran away with the spoon (line from nursery rhyme)
• The ends of the Earth
• The fruit does not fall far from the tree
• The one that got away
• The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there (the opening line of The Go-Between)
• The planet Zog
• Throw away the key
• Thursday's child has far to go
• Thus far into the bowels of the land
• Tom Tom the pipers son stole a pig and away he ran (line from nursery rhyme)
• Twistin' The Night Away (Sam Cooke song)
• Up, Up And Away (Jimmy Webb song)
• Up, up and away
• Up, up and away with TWA (Trans World Airways advertising slogan)
• Waste away
• Wednesday's child has far to go
• When the cat's away the mice will play
• Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away (Robert Maynard Hutchins quotation)
• While away the hours
• While away the time
• Whittle away at
• Wishing your life away
• Within spitting distance
• Within striking distance
• Worlds apart
• You can't get there from here
• You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (The Beatles song)