File Phrases

Phrases

• A fine line
• A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
• A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat (A line from Monty Python's Flying Circus)
• All aboard the Skylark (A line from Noah and Nelly)
• All men are cremated equal (Spike Milligan line)
• Axe to grind
• Biting the hand that feeds IT (The Register advertising slogan)
• Black list
• Blessed are the cheese makers (line from Monty Python's Life of Brian)
• Body mass index
• Brighton line (Bingo call for number fifty nine)
• Bump and grind
• Cake or death (line from Eddie Izzard comedy)
• Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends! (line from the movie 25th Hour)
• Chopsticks are one of the reasons the Chinese never invented custard (Spike Milligan line)
• Code monkey (slang term for a computer programmer)
• Come down to the line
• Come into line
• Computer assisted
• Computer nerd
• Computer says no (A catchphrase from Little Britain)
• Contraceptives should be used on all conceivable occasions (Spike Milligan line)
• Cross the line
• Daily grind (the daily routine of a dull or boring job)
• Do a line
• Don't let the bastards grind you down
• Don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars (line from the movie Now, Voyager)
• Draw a line in the sand
• Draw the line
• Drop dead list
• Drop me a line
• Dude, you're gettin' a Dell! (Dell Computer advertising slogan)
• Easy as Dell (Dell Computer advertising slogan)
• Eight maids a-milking (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Eleven pipers piping (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• End of the line
• Every time a bell rings, an angel gets it's wings (line from It's A Wonderful Life)
• Everything is easier on a Mac (Apple Computer advertising slogan)
• Fall into line
• Five golden rings (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Flash crash (the sudden drop in the Dow Jones index in 2010)
• For the rest of us (Apple Computer advertising slogan)
• Four calling birds (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Front line
• Get busy living, or get busy dying (line from the movie The Shawshank Redemption)
• Getting there is half the fun (Cunard Line advertising slogan)
• Go, and never darken my towels again (Groucho Marx line)
• Grind to a halt
• Hand a line
• He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy (line from the movie Life of Brian)
• Hit list
• Hold the line
• Hook line and sinker
• I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash song)
• I can see you standing over a hot stove, but I can't see the stove (Groucho Marx line)
• I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception (Groucho Marx line)
• I told you I was ill (Spike Milligan line inscribed on his gravestone)
• I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! (line from the movie Network)
• I've got a little list
• If you change your mind, I'm the first in line (ABBA lyric)
• If you want to impress someone, put him on your Black list (Johnny Walker Black Whiskey advertising slogan)
• In line for
• In the line of duty
• In the line of fire
• Indian file
• Infamy Infamy! They've all got it in for me! (Kenneth Williams line in Carry On Cleo)
• It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife (the opening line of Pride and Prejudice)
• Jump the line
• Jump the queue
• Keep in line
• Laundry list
• Lay it on the line
• Leave the gun, take the cannoli (line from The Godfather)
• Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon (Woody Allen line)
• Line abreast
• Line astern
• Line is full of misery and lonliness and it's over much too soon (Woody Allen line)
• Line of attack

• Line of least resistance
• Line of sight
• Line of work
• Line your pockets
• Mama always said that life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get (line from the movie Forrest Gump)
• Mendoza line (A baseball expression denoting a line marking a very poor performance)
• Multimedia you can use (Apple Computer advertising slogan)
• My one regret in life is that I am not someone else (Woody Allen line)
• Next in line to the throne
• Nine ladies dancing (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Nudge nudge, wink wink (A line from Monty Python's Flying Circus)
• Off line
• On deck (A baseball expression meaning next in line)
• On the critical list
• On the sick list
• One by one
• One toe over the line
• Out of line
• Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read (Groucho Marx line)
• Party line
• Picket line
• Please hold the line
• Power is Macintosh (Apple Computer advertising slogan)
• Rank and file
• Rip mix burn (Apple Computer advertising slogan)
• Run Forrest, Run! (line from the movie Forrest Gump)
• Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg movie)
• Scotch and the Single Girl (J&B Scotch advertising slogan)
• Seven swans a-swimming (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Shoot someone a line
• Short list
• Sign on the dotted line
• Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (Beyonce song)
• Single file
• Single out
• Single point of contact
• Single sign-on
• Six geese a-laying (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Starting line up
• Step out of line
• Stop, or my mom will shoot (line from Sylvestor Stallone movie)
• Take a hard line
• Ten lords a-leaping (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• The bottom line
• The bottom line is the bottom line is the bottom line
• The document company (Xerox advertising slogan)
• The finishing line
• The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep (Woody Allen line)
• The longest journey starts with a single step
• The network is the computer (Sun Microsystems advertising slogan)
• The power to be your best (Apple Computer advertising slogan)
• The thin red line
• The valley of the shadow of death (line from the Psalm 23)
• These go to eleven (line from the movie This Is Spinal Tap)
• Think different (Apple Computer advertising slogan)
• Think outside the box (Apple Computer advertising slogan)
• This line of business
• This line of country
• Three French hens (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Three line whip
• Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana (Groucho Marx line)
• To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! (line from the movie A Fish Called Wanda)
• To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer
• To infinty and beyond (line from the movie Toy Story)
• Toe the line
• Tonight's top ten list (A catchphrase from David Letterman In The Late Show)
• Treading a fine line
• Twelve drummers drumming (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Two turtle doves (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Up and down like the Ottoman Empire (line from Monty Python's Life Of Brian)
• Wait in line
• We are going to need considerably bigger buns (line from Calendar Girls)
• Well, nobody's perfect (line from the movie Some Like It Hot)
• What we have here is a failure to communicate (line from Cool Hand Luke)
• When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions
• Wolfman Jack (Pseudonym of disk jockey Robert Weston Smith)
• You can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff (Groucho Marx line)
• You say you want a revolution (Line from Beatles song)
• You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! (line from the Michael Caine movie The Italian Job)