Launch Phrases

Phrases

• Abandon ship
• Al desko (eating one's lunch while still working)
• Begin at the beginning
• Boat person
• Boat race (Cockney rhyming slang for face)
• Brown bag lunch
• Don't give up the ship (Cutty Sark Whisky advertising slogan)
• Don't rock the boat
• Don't shoot the messenger
• Don't shoot the piano player
• Don't shoot until you can see the whites of their eyes
• Don't spoil the ship for a ha'pworth of tar
• Failure to launch
• Fresh off the boat
• Go down with the ship
• Heavy Lunch (Nickname of American football player Norman Hand)
• I married my husband for life, not for lunch
• If I tell you I will have to shoot you
• In the same boat
• Jump ship
• Just shoot me
• Ladies who lunch
• Launch one's lunch
• Launch out at
• Launch vehicle
• Let the games begin
• Let's do lunch
• Light lunch
• Like rats leaving a sinking ship
• Liquid lunch
• Lock him up and throw away the key
• Lose your lunch
• Miss the boat
• Mother ship
• My ship has come in
• No introduction necessary
• Out to lunch
• People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
• Power lunch
• Push the boat out
• Row, row, row your boat
• Run a tight ship
• Shape up or ship out
• Ship of fools
• Ship shape and Bristol fashion
• Ship to shore
• Shoot 'em up
• Shoot a birdie (score one under par in a golf shot)
• Shoot a fairy
• Shoot blanks
• Shoot down in flames (destroy an argument or theory)
• Shoot first, ask questions later
• Shoot from the hip

• Shoot him down in flames
• Shoot hoops
• Shoot it out
• Shoot me now
• Shoot on sight
• Shoot someone a line
• Shoot straight (to talk or deal honestly)
• Shoot the breeze
• Shoot the moon (remove household goods by night to avoid paying rent)
• Shoot the puppy
• Shoot through (to leave or abscond)
• Shoot to kill
• Shoot your cuffs
• Shoot your mouth off
• Shoot yourself in the foot
• Stone's throw
• Stop, or my mom will shoot (line from Sylvestor Stallone movie)
• Take the field (begin a sporting event or a military campaign)
• That ship has sailed
• The Big Ship Sails on The Ally-Ally-Oh (line from nursery rhyme)
• The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat (line from nursery rhyme)
• The face that launched a thousand ships
• There's no such thing as a free lunch
• They Shoot Horses Don't They? (Jane Fonda movie)
• Throw Another Log On The Fire (Outlaws song)
• Throw a beanball (A baseball expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their head)
• Throw a hump to
• Throw a shape
• Throw a wobbly
• Throw another shrimp on the barbie (Australian Tourist Commission advertising slogan)
• Throw away the key
• Throw caution to the wind
• Throw cold water on
• Throw down the gauntlet
• Throw enough dirt and some will stick
• Throw it back in your face
• Throw over the traces
• Throw the baby out with the bathwater
• Throw the book at someone
• Throw the towel in
• Throw to the wolves
• Throw up
• Throw your arms in horror
• Throw your hat into the ring
• Throw your money around
• Throw your toys out of the pram
• Throw your voice
• Throw your weight about
• Turkey shoot
• Unleash the beast
• Unleash the power of the sun (Sunny Delight advertising slogan)
• We're gonna need a bigger boat (Jaws advertising tagline)
• Whatever floats your boat
• You're going to need a bigger boat (Jaws)