Gargle Phrases

Phrases

• A hewer of wood and a drawer of water
• All mouth and trousers
• Bad taste in the mouth
• Black water rafting
• Blood in the water
• Blood is thicker than water
• Blow out of the water
• Born with a silver spoon in his mouth
• Both oars in the water
• Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel album and song)
• Butter wouldn't melt in her mouth
• Clear blue water
• Clearly Canadian Sparkling Mineral Water in Wild Fruit Flavours (Adelma Mineral Waters advertising slogan)
• Come hell or high water
• Come on in, the water's fine
• Dead in the water
• Dip your toe into the water
• Do you kiss your mother with that mouth
• Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
• Down in the mouth
• Fish out of water
• Foam at the mouth
• Foot in mouth
• Garbage mouth
• Gargle factory
• Get into deep water
• Get into hot water
• Go through fire and water for
• Hand to mouth
• He doesn't have both oars in the water
• He's fallen in the water (A catchphrase from The Goon Show)
• Hold water
• In deep water
• In hot water
• Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water (line from nursery rhyme)
• Just add water
• Just when you thought it was safe to go back in water (Jaws II advertising tagline)
• Keep your head above water
• Keep your mouth shut
• Leaves a bad taste in the mouth
• Like a duck to water
• Like a fish out of water
• Like water off a duck's back
• Lipton's gets into more hot water than anything (Lipton Tea advertising slogan)
• Loud mouth
• M&Ms melt in your mouth, not in your hand (M&Ms chocolate advertising slogan)
• Made to make your mouth water (Opal Fruits advertising slogan)
• Melts in the mouth
• Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water
• Mouth breather
• Mouth off
• Mouth to mouth
• Nasty taste in the mouth
• Never look a gift horse in the mouth
• Nil by mouth
• North and south (Cockney rhyming slang for mouth)
• Of the first water
• Oil and water don't mix
• Open your big mouth
• Pan galactic gargle blaster
• Potty mouth
• Potty mouth (a foul mouthed person)
• Pour cold water on
• Pure life (Nestle Aberfoyle Natural Spring Water advertising slogan)
• Put words into someone's mouth
• Put your foot in your mouth
• Put your head into the lion's mouth
• Put your money where your mouth is
• Run off at the mouth
• Shoot your mouth off
• Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep
• Spend money like water
• Straight from the horse's mouth
• Take a bath in the dark tonight and let the water make love to your skin (Lavin Perfumes & Soaps advertising slogan)
• Take the bread out of someone's mouth
• Take the words out of my mouth
• Test the water
• The Hot Water State (Nickname of the US state of Arkansas)
• The milk chocolate melts in your mouth, not in your hand (M&M advertising slogan)
• Throw cold water on
• Toilet mouth (a foul mouthed person)
• Tonic water by you know who (Schweppes advertising slogan)
• Turn to ashes in your mouth
• Walk on water
• Wash your mouth out with soap and water
• Watch your mouth
• Water down
• Water of life
• Water seeks its own level
• Water under the bridge
• Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink
• White water rafting
• Word of mouth
• You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth, It Must Have Been Whilst You Were Kissing Me (Meatloaf song)
• You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink