Fasten Phrases

Phrases

• A Man For All Seasons (Paul Schofield / Robert Bolt movie)
• Anchor man
• As bright as a new pin
• As neat as a new pin
• At the end of your tether
• Bernie, the bolt (A catchphrase from The Golden Shot)
• Black tie
• Bolt down
• Bolt from the blue
• Bolt hole
• Bolt upright
• But screw your courage to the sticking-place
• Cast anchor
• Chip and pin
• Duncan the Wonder Horse (Nickname of TV news anchor Tom Brokaw)
• Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night (All About Eve)
• Get to the end of your tether
• Get your hooks into something
• Glue factory
• Grid lock
• Hard to pin down
• He's got a screw loose
• King pin
• Lash out
• Lash up
• Latch on to
• Like a bolt from the blue
• Lock and load
• Lock him up and throw away the key
• Lock horns with
• Lock stock and barrel
• Lock up your daughters
• Make a bolt for the door

• Off the peg
• Old school tie
• On lock down
• Peg out
• Pin money
• Pin the tail on the donkey
• Pin your ears back
• Pin your hopes on
• Pull the pin
• Screw around
• Screw you, hippy (A catchphrase from South Park)
• Screw your courage to the sticking place
• Screw yourself (IKEA advertising slogan)
• Seal of approval
• Seal the deal
• Seal your fate
• Secure in the knowledge
• See a pin and pick it up
• See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day
• Square peg in a round hole
• Stick to you like glue
• Take down a peg or two
• The Peg (Nickname of Winnipeg Manitoba)
• The Rape Of The Lock (Alexander Pope book)
• The ties that bind
• Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (Dawn with Tony Orlando song)
• Tie one on
• Tie the knot
• Tie up the loose ends
• Tie yourself in knots
• Under lock and key
• Weigh anchor
• You could have heard a pin drop