Lock Phrases

Phrases

• 101 Dalmatians (Disney cartoon and Glenn Close movie)
• A Man For All Seasons (Paul Schofield / Robert Bolt movie)
• A close thing
• A golden key can open any door
• Air Power is Peace Power (Lockheed Aircraft advertising slogan)
• Alarmed? You should be (Moss Security advertising slogan)
• An open and shut case (a straightforward legal case)
• Any time, anywhere, acid indigestion can catch you out (Alka Selzer advertising slogan)
• At close quarters
• Bernie, the bolt (A catchphrase from The Golden Shot)
• Bolt down
• Bolt from the blue
• Bolt hole
• Bolt upright
• Buzz me in

• Can of corn (A baseball expression meaning a ball which is easy to catch)
• Catch 22 (Joseph Heller book)
• Catch a case
• Catch a cold
• Catch a falling star
• Catch a wave
• Catch as catch can
• Catch fire
• Catch hell
• Catch of the day
• Catch on
• Catch our smile (PSA advertising slogan)
• Catch some rays
• Catch some zzzs
• Catch that Pepsi spirit. Drink it in, drink it in, drink it in (Pepsi advertising slogan)

• Catch you later
• Catch your breath
• Catch your death of cold
• Catch your eye
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Richard Dreyfuss movie)
• Close call
• Close enough for government work
• Close enough for jazz
• Close friends
• Close of play
• Close proximity
• Close quarters
• Close ranks
• Close shave
• Close the books

• Close to home
• Close to the bone
• Close to the mark
• Close your eyes and think of England
• Close, but no cigar
• Clunk click every trip (Road Safety Campaign advertising slogan)
• Curl up and die
• Curl your lip
• Cut and shut
• Dangerous Liaisons (Glenn Close movie)
• Davy Jones' locker
• Don't Stand So Close To Me (Police song)
• Don't close your eyes for a minute
• Draw to a close
• Enough to make your hair curl

• Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick movie)
• Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night (All About Eve)
• Fatal Attraction (Glenn Close / Michael Douglas movie)
• Fear Is The Key (Barry Newman movie)
• First catch your hare
• Get shut of
• Go out of curl
• Grid lock
• Handbrake turn (180 degree turn in a car by locking the back wheels)
• Holding your cards close to your chest
• I'm convinced the Goodyear Grand Prix-S is a major contribution to road safety (Goodyear Tyres advertising slogan)
• If the sky falls we shall catch larks
• It takes a thief to catch a thief
• It's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted
• Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer (proverbial saying)

• Keep your mouth shut
• Keep your trap shut
• Key of the door (Bingo call for number twenty one)
• Key to your heart
• Keyhole surgery
• Land locked
• Latch on to
• Like a bolt from the blue
• Lock and load
• Lock him up and throw away the key
• Lock horns with
• Lock stock and barrel
• Lock up your daughters
• Locker room humour
• Low key

• Make a bolt for the door
• Make someone's toes curl
• Off key
• On lock down
• Place of safety
• Play catch up
• Prize catch
• Put up or shut up
• Safety first
• Safety in numbers
• Safety net
• Sail close to the wind
• Secure in the knowledge
• Set a thief to catch a thief
• Shave yourself (Gillette safety razor advertising slogan)

• Shut it (A catchphrase from The Office)
• Shut that door (A catchphrase from Larry Grayson)
• Shut up and take my money (A catchphrase from Futurama)
• Shut up shop
• Shut up, fool. (A catchphrase from The A-Team)
• Shut your cake hole
• Shut your face
• Shut your pie hole
• Shut your trap
• Skeleton key
• Sprat to catch a mackerel
• Stop, Look and Listen; remember the Green Cross Code (UK Road Safety Campaign advertising slogan)
• Swipe in
• The Rape Of The Lock (Alexander Pope book)
• The key to a nice, relaxed evening (Horlicks advertising slogan)

• Throw away the key
• Too close for comfort
• Too close to call
• Under lock and key
• Unlock your future
• Up close and personal
• Vacation is a world where there are no locks on the doors or the mind or the body (Club Med Resorts advertising slogan)
• What's the catch?
• Where's the catch?
• Who lives in a house like this? (A catchphrase from Through the Keyhole)
• You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
• You could learn a lot from a dummy, Buckle Up (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration advertising slogan)
• You couldn't catch a monkey with a shotgun and a sack
• You know it makes sense (Road Safety Campaign advertising slogan)