Lamppost Phrases

Phrases

• A barking dog never bites
• A dog is a man's best friend
• A dog is for life, not just for Christmas
• And God said Let there be light And the was light
• As crooked as a dog's hind leg
• As deaf as a post
• As fit as a butcher's dog
• As happy as a dog with two tails
• As light as a feather
• As sick as a dog
• Big Dog (Nickname of basketball player Glenn Robinson)
• Bird dog
• Black dog
• Blinded by the light
• Bring out your best (Bud Light advertising slogan)
• Bring something to light
• Bring to light
• Brought to light
• C'mon Colman's, light my fire (Colman's Mustard advertising slogan)
• Charge of the Light Brigade (British cavalry charge against Russian army in the Crimean War and title of a poem by Tennyson)
• City of light
• Coffee Crisp makes a nice light snack (Coffee Crisp advertising slogan)
• Cold light of day
• Come On Baby Light My Fire (The Doors song)
• Come to light
• Crime Dog (Nickname of baseball player Fred McGriff)
• Democracy Wall (wall in Bejing China where dissidents post letters poems etc)
• Doesn't your dog deserve ALPO? (Alpo Dog Food advertising slogan)
• Dog Latin
• Dog and bone (Cockney rhyming slang for telephone)
• Dog and pony show
• Dog bites man
• Dog days
• Dog does not eat dog
• Dog eat dog
• Dog in the manger
• Dog tired
• Dog whistle politics (Political messages intended for a specific knowledgable audience)
• Dog your steps
• Dog's age
• Dog's bollocks
• Dog's breakfast
• Dog's dinner
• Dog's life
• Don't keep a dog and bark yourself
• Don't treat your puppy like a dog (Ralston Purina Pet Food advertising slogan)
• Every dog has his day
• Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog
• Feed a dog its own tail
• Fight like cat and dog
• First light
• First past the post
• Furry crocodile (military slang term for a guard dog)
• Gay dog
• Give a dog a bad name
• Give a dog a bad name and hang him
• Give it the green light
• Go out like a light (Go immediately to sleep)
• Go to see a man about a dog
• Guiding light
• Hair of the dog
• Hair of the dog that bit you
• Half light
• Have you got a light mac?
• Hide from the light
• Hide your light under a bushel
• Hold it up to the light, not a stain and shining light (Surf Washing Powder advertising slogan)
• Hot diggety dog
• Hound Dog (Elvis Presley song)
• I'd rather light a candle than curse the dark
• If you don't get it, you don't get it (The Washington Post advertising slogan)
• In the clear light of day
• In the light of
• In the light of experience
• It's been a hard day's night, and I'd been working like a dog (Beatles song lyric)
• It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness
• Joy to the World (Three Dog Night song)
• Junk Yard Dog (Nickname of Jerome Williams)
• Lead a dog's life
• Leading light
• Leg lamp
• Let the dog see the rabbit
• Let there be light
• Light My Fire (The Doors song)
• Light a fire under him
• Light a fire under some
• Light and shade
• Light at the end of the tunnel
• Light duties
• Light entertainment

• Light fingered
• Light hearted
• Light in the loafers
• Light lunch
• Light on your feet
• Light reading
• Light relief
• Light the blue touch paper and retire
• Light the fuse
• Light touch
• Light up
• Light upon
• Light years apart
• Like a dog with two dicks
• Like a dog with two tails
• Love me: love my dog
• Lucky dog
• Mad Dog (Nickname of Gene Hatcher)
• Mad Dog (Nickname of Greg Maddux)
• Mad Dog (Nickname of Mark Madsen)
• Make light of
• Make light work of
• Man bites dog
• Many hands make light work
• Meaner than a junkyard dog
• Neon Leon (Nickname of Leon Spinks)
• Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish (Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band song)
• Never kick a dog when he's down
• Not fit for a dog
• Not too heavy, not too light, its just right! (Kelloggs advertising slogan)
• One Dog (Nickname of Lance Johnson)
• One man and his dog
• Out like a light
• Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read (Groucho Marx line)
• Paradise By The Dashboard Light (Meatloaf song)
• Pavement princess
• Pipped at the post
• Post early for Christmas (Post Office advertising slogan)
• Post haste
• Post modern
• Post mortem
• Post partum
• Pound the pavement
• Pounding the pavement
• Prolongs active life (PAL dog food advertising slogan)
• Pushed from pillar to post
• Put on the dog
• Rage, rage, against the dying of the light
• Ray Of Light (Madonna album)
• Ray of light
• Red Light Curt (Nickname of Curt Schilling)
• Red light district
• Ride the light (Qwest advertising slogan)
• See the face you love light up with Terry's All Gold (Terrys Chocolates advertising slogan)
• See things in a different light
• Shed light on the matter
• Sly dog
• Somebody somewhere wants a letter from you (British Post Office advertising slogan)
• Sticks and snails and puppy dog's tails that's what little boys are made of (line from nursery rhyme)
• Strike a light
• Sweetness and light
• That dog won't hunt
• The Hit Dog (Nickname of Mo Vaughn)
• The Lady of The Lamp (Nickname of Florence Nightingale)
• The Leaning Tower of Pisa (tourist attraction in Italy)
• The cheque is in the post
• The dog ate my homework
• The light at the end of the tunnel may just be a train coming the other way
• The light of day
• The light of my life
• The little dog laughed to see such fun
• The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
• The tail wagging the dog
• There's life in the old dog yet
• They danced by the light of the moon (line from nursery rhyme)
• Three dog night
• Top breeders recommend it (Pedigree Chum Dog food advertising slogan)
• Top dog
• Travel light
• Trick of the light
• Trip the light fantastic
• Try it on the dog
• Until the last dog is hung
• We'll leave the light on for you (Motel 6 advertising slogan)
• Winning post
• Won't make a pom tiddly (Swan Light advertising slogan)
• Work like a dog
• Yellow dog Democrat
• Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye (Beatles song lyric)
• You can't teach an old dog new tricks
• You light up my life