Kin Phrases

Phrases

• A poor relation
• All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way (the opening line of Anna Karenina)
• Am I my brother's keeper?
• An everyday story of country folk (A catchphrase from The Archers)
• As queer as folk
• Beanpole family
• Big Brother
• Big Brother is watching you
• Black sheep of the family
• Brother Jonathan
• Did I do that? (A catchphrase from Family Matters)
• Different strokes for different folks
• Dysfunctional family

• Family fortunes
• Family man
• Family matters
• Family ties
• Family tree
• Family values
• Food, Folks and Fun (McDonald's advertising slogan)
• Get your family into Shape, without them even noticing (St. Ivel Yogurt advertising slogan)
• He ain't heavy, he's my brother
• Head of the family
• I Think I Love You (The Partridge Family song)
• In the family way
• It's a family affair

• It's complicated (Facebook relationship status)
• Keep it in the family
• Kith and kin
• Love-hate relationship
• My arse (A catchphrase from Royle Family)
• O Brother Where Art Thou (A catchphrase from Ed Murrow and George Clooney movie title)
• Our survey says (A catchphrase from Family Fortunes)
• Queer as folk
• Runs in the family
• Saviour sibling (a child born in order to provide a transplant for another with a fatal disease)
• Selling the family silver
• Show's over folks
• Sibling rivalry

• Soul brother
• Spend more time with my family
• That's all folks (A catchphrase from Bugs Bunny)
• The Royle Family (BBC comedy television series)
• The family jewels
• The family silver
• The family that prays together stays together
• There's nowt so queer as folk
• Today the discriminating family finds it absolutely necessary to own two or more motor cars (Buick advertising slogan)
• Try everything once, except incest and folk dancing (Sir Thomas Beecham quotation)
• We're Just One Big Happy Family (Richard Hawley song)
• We're just one big happy family
• You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family