Leaves Phrases

Phrases

• Absent without leave
• Acid rain
• By your leave
• Can't see the wood for the trees
• Charm the birds out of the trees
• Don't leave home without it (American Express advertising slogan)
• Don't leave your manners on the doorstep
• Eats shooots and leaves (classic example of the need for punctuation)
• Eats, Shoots And Leaves (Lynne Truss book)
• French leave
• Gardening leave
• Go Greyhound and leave the driving to us (Greyhound Lines advertising slogan)
• Hit the bricks (a cursory slang term telling someone to leave)
• It leaves a lot to be desired
• Leaf through
• Leave be
• Leave it out
• Leave no child behind (Political slogan)
• Leave no stone unturned
• Leave off
• Leave out
• Leave out door open
• Leave out in the cold
• Leave someone cold
• Leave the door open for
• Leave the gun, take the cannoli (line from The Godfather)
• Leave the nest
• Leave the room
• Leave well enough alone
• Leave your options open
• Leave yourself open
• Leaves a bad taste in the mouth
• Leaves a lot to be desired
• Love them and leave them
• Make like a tree and leave
• Money doesn't grow on trees
• Shake like a leaf
• Shoot through (to leave or abscond)
• Softly As I Leave You (Frank Sinatra song)
• Take it or leave it
• Take leave of your senses
• Tangerine trees and marmalade skies (Beatles song lyric)
• Tea leaf (Cockney rhyming slang for thief)
• That's going to leave a mark
• Time out for tiny little tea leaves in Tetley Tea (Tetley Tea advertising slogan)
• Turn over a new leaf
• We'll leave the light on for you (Motel 6 advertising slogan)
• You can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff (Groucho Marx line)