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  • A better bus service all round (Carousel Buses advertising slogan)
  • A product of the master mind (Senior Service cigarettes advertising slogan)
  • Always have your nose in a book
  • Anyhow Have a Winfield (Winfield Cigarettes advertising slogan)
  • Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?
  • As good luck would have it
  • As luck would have it
  • At your service
  • Baa baa black sheep have you any wool? (line from nursery rhyme)
  • Be like Dad, keep mum (WWII slogan)
  • Big fleas have little fleas
  • Blondes have more fun
  • Buy a bucket of chicken and have a barrel of fun (Kentucky Fried Chicken advertising slogan)
  • Can I have a ‘p’ please, bob (A catchphrase from Blockbusters)
  • Children’s shoes have far to go (Start-Rite Shoes advertising slogan)
  • Couldn’t Have Said It Better (Meatloaf song)
  • Denial of service attack
  • Do I have to paint you a picture?
  • Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
  • Do you have the bunny inside? (Energizer Max advertising slogan)
  • Does a wooden horse have a hickory dick?
  • Doesn’t have a jealous bone in his body
  • Don’t have a bean
  • Don’t have a clue
  • Don’t have a cow, man (A catchphrase from The Simpsons)
  • Don’t have nightmares (A catchphrase from Nick Ross)
  • Don’t keep a dog and bark yourself
  • Don’t keep us in suspense
  • Don’t let’s ask for the moon. We have the stars (line from the movie Now, Voyager)
  • Don’t you people have homes to go to?
  • Down to the last out (A baseball expression meaning to have one last chance)
  • Gentlemen we can rebuild him. We have the technology. (A catchphrase from Six Million Dollar Man)
  • Getting things done (AmeriCorps national service program advertising slogan)
  • Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper song)
  • Give a hoot, don’t pollute (United States Forest Service advertising slogan)
  • Good luck would have it
  • Good morning! Have you used Pear’s Soap? (Pears’ Soap advertising slogan)
  • Gotta have my pops! (Corn Pops advertising slogan)
  • Granny, what big teeth you have got
  • Had a good war (to have been successful during a military campaign)
  • Have I got news for you
  • Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland song)
  • Have a Captain Cook (Cockney rhyming slang for look)
  • Have a Tropicana Morning (Tropicana advertising slogan)
  • Have a ball
  • Have a bird
  • Have a bite to eat
  • Have a bone to pick
  • Have a break, have a Kit Kat (Kit Kat chocolate advertising slogan)
  • Have a coke and a smile (Coca Cola advertising slogan)
  • Have a crack at something
  • Have a cross to bear
  • Have a crush on
  • Have a dekko
  • Have a drag
  • Have a field day
  • Have a fit
  • Have a fix
  • Have a flat
  • Have a fling
  • Have a flutter
  • Have a glow on
  • Have a go
  • Have a go hero
  • Have a guess
  • Have a hand in
  • Have a heart
  • Have a laugh
  • Have a look
  • Have a looksee
  • Have a mind to
  • Have a nice day
  • Have a puff
  • Have a say in
  • Have a shot at
  • Have a sip
  • Have a soft spot for
  • Have a stab at
  • Have a thing about
  • Have a whiz
  • Have a word with yourself
  • Have all the luck
  • Have an inkling
  • Have at you
  • Have at your fingertips
  • Have clean hands
  • Have designs on
  • Have fun
  • Have gun, will travel (A catchphrase from TV series)
  • Have half a mind to
  • Have in your sights
  • Have it away
  • Have it both ways
  • Have it coming
  • Have it in for
  • Have it in hand
  • Have it made
  • Have it out with
  • Have it your own way
  • Have it your way (Burger King advertising slogan)
  • Have many irons in the fire
  • Have no truck with
  • Have one on me
  • Have someone on toast
  • Have someone’s ear
  • Have the advantage of
  • Have the ball at your feet
  • Have the final say
  • Have the painters in
  • Have the stomach for
  • Have the world at your fingertips
  • Have tickets on yourself
  • Have to your name
  • Have words with
  • Have you any last requests? (humorous question asked as though a person was about to be killed)
  • Have you driven a Ford lately? (Ford Cars advertising slogan)
  • Have you ever had a bad time in Levi’s? (Levi’s Jeans advertising slogan)
  • Have you ever wished you were better informed? (The Times advertising slogan)
  • Have you for breakfast
  • Have you got a light mac?
  • Have you had your Weetabix (Weetabix advertising slogan)
  • Have you had your break today? (McDonald’s advertising slogan)
  • Have you read any good books lately?
  • Have your best interests at heart
  • Have your bread buttered on both sides
  • Have your ears chewed off
  • Have your fingers in the till
  • Have your hair stand on end
  • Have your head examined
  • Have your period
  • Have your ticket punched
  • Have your wits about you
  • Have your work cut out for you
  • He doesn’t have both oars in the water
  • Her Honeymoon – and it should have been mine! (Listerine Mouthwash advertising slogan)
  • Houston, we have a problem (John Swigert Jr. quotation)
  • How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child?
  • I Should Have Known Better (Beatles song)
  • I Who Have Nothing (Shirley Bassey song)
  • I declare
  • I did not have sexual relations with that woman
  • I don’t have to show you any stinking badges (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
  • I have a cunning plan (A catchphrase from Blackadder)
  • I have a dream
  • I have it on good authority
  • I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work (Thomas Edison quotation)
  • I have not slept one wink
  • I have nothing to declare but my genius (Oscar Wilde quotation)
  • I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat (Winston Churchill quotation)
  • I have the power! (A catchphrase from He-Man In Masters Of The Universe)
  • I’d rather have a bowl of Coco Pops (Coco Pops advertising slogan)
  • I’ll have what she’s having (A catchphrase from When Harry Met Sally)
  • I’ll have your guts for garters
  • If God had meant us to fly he would have given us wings
  • If I tell you I will have to shoot you
  • If I tell you, I’ll have to kill you
  • If all the world were Jell-O, And whipped cream filled the sea, Then the only spoon from here to the moon Would have to belong to me (Jell-O Gelatin Dessert advertising slogan)
  • If man were meant to fly, God would have lowered the fares (American Coach Lines advertising slogan)
  • If you can keep your head when all about you (from a poem by Kipling)
  • If you have to ask the price you can’t afford it (Rolls Royce slogan)
  • If you have your health you have everything
  • If you keep late hours for Society’s sake, Bromo-Seltzer will cure that headache (Bromo-Seltzer advertising slogan)
  • If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything (Mark Twain quotation)
  • If you think that you have another think coming
  • If you want Kentucky Fried Chicken, you have to visit me (Kentucky Fried Chicken advertising slogan)
  • If your friendly neighborhood grocer doesn’t have a jar knock something off a shelf on the way out (Dilly Beans advertising slogan)
  • It’s a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done
  • It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
  • Just put your lips together and blow (To Have And Have Not)
  • Keep A Knockin’ (Little Richard song)
  • Keep a civil tongue in your head
  • Keep a clean sheet
  • Keep a cool head
  • Keep a good house
  • Keep a lid on it
  • Keep a low profile
  • Keep a safe distance
  • Keep a stiff upper lip
  • Keep a straight bat
  • Keep a straight face
  • Keep a weather eye open
  • Keep abreast of
  • Keep an even keel
  • Keep an eye on
  • Keep an eye open
  • Keep an eye out
  • Keep an open mind
  • Keep at bay
  • Keep at it
  • Keep bad company
  • Keep behind bars
  • Keep body and soul together
  • Keep calm and carry on
  • Keep cave
  • Keep company with
  • Keep count
  • Keep going well – keep going Shell (Shell advertising slogan)
  • Keep hope alive
  • Keep in check
  • Keep in line
  • Keep in mind
  • Keep in shape
  • Keep in step with
  • Keep in with
  • Keep it dark
  • Keep it down
  • Keep it in the family
  • Keep it real
  • Keep it simple stupid
  • Keep it to yourself
  • Keep it under your hat
  • Keep it up
  • Keep left
  • Keep mum
  • Keep mum, she’s not so dumb (WWII slogan)
  • Keep off the grass
  • Keep on about
  • Keep on at
  • Keep on keeping on
  • Keep on the rails
  • Keep on the right side of
  • Keep on the straight and narrow
  • Keep on top of
  • Keep on truckin’
  • Keep open house
  • Keep out
  • Keep out of harm’s way
  • Keep out of mischief
  • Keep pace with
  • Keep schtum
  • Keep score
  • Keep someone sweet
  • Keep tabs on
  • Keep that schoolgirl complexion (Palmolive Soap advertising slogan)
  • Keep the ball rolling
  • Keep the faith
  • Keep the field (- continue a military campaign)
  • Keep the flag flying
  • Keep the home fires burning
  • Keep the peace
  • Keep the pot boiling
  • Keep the shop and the shop will keep you
  • Keep the show on the road
  • Keep the wolf from the door
  • Keep time with
  • Keep to yourself
  • Keep track of
  • Keep under wraps
  • Keep up appearances
  • Keep up the good work
  • Keep up with
  • Keep up with the Joneses
  • Keep walking (Johnnie Walker advertising slogan)
  • Keep watch
  • Keep wicket
  • Keep you posted
  • Keep your chin up
  • Keep your cool
  • Keep your ear to the ground
  • Keep your end up
  • Keep your eye on the ball
  • Keep your eyes on the prize
  • Keep your eyes peeled
  • Keep your feet
  • Keep your feet on the ground
  • Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars (A catchphrase from Casey Kasem In America’s Top 40)
  • Keep your finger on the pulse
  • Keep your fingers crossed
  • Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer (proverbial saying)
  • Keep your hair on
  • Keep your hand in
  • Keep your hands to yourself
  • Keep your hat on
  • Keep your head
  • Keep your head above water
  • Keep your head down
  • Keep your lips sealed
  • Keep your mouth shut
  • Keep your nose clean
  • Keep your nose out of
  • Keep your nose to the grindstone
  • Keep your options open
  • Keep your own counsel
  • Keep your pants on
  • Keep your pecker up
  • Keep your powder dry
  • Keep your promise
  • Keep your shirt on
  • Keep your shoulder to the wheel
  • Keep your spirits up
  • Keep your sunny side up
  • Keep your trap shut
  • Keep your wig on
  • Keep your wits about you
  • Keep your word
  • Keep yourself to yourself
  • Legs that keep on going
  • Let me not judge anyone until I have walked a mile in his moccasins
  • Little pitchers have big ears
  • Luck would have it
  • Mistakes have been made
  • Must have
  • Must have accessory
  • No wonder the English have kept cool for 192 years (Gordon’s Gin advertising slogan)
  • Normal service has been resumed
  • Nothing to declare
  • Occupy one’s mind
  • Oh, how the mighty have fallen
  • On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (James Bond movie George Lazenby)
  • Only Smarties have the answer (Smarties advertising slogan)
  • Only you can prevent forest fires (United States Forest Service advertising slogan)
  • Out of service
  • Parents who use drugs have kids who use drugs (The Partnership for a Drug-Free America advertising slogan)
  • Pay lip service to
  • Polly put the kettle on, we’ll all have tea (line from nursery rhyme)
  • Press into service
  • Pussycat pussycat, where have you been? (line from nursery rhyme)
  • Put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry
  • Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (Burt Bacharach song)
  • Rest, keep warm and drink liquids (American Airlines advertising slogan)
  • Right service Right price (Meineke advertising slogan)
  • See a pin and pick it up, all the day you’ll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you’ll have all day
  • Seesaw Margery Daw Johnny shall have a new master (line from nursery rhyme)
  • Senior Service satisfy (Senior Service cigarettes advertising slogan)
  • Service level agreement
  • Service with a smile
  • Shovel ready (a building project in which all the preliminaries have been arranged)
  • Shrouds have no pockets
  • Silver service (a method of serving food using silver cutlery)
  • Since when I have used no other (Pears’ Soap advertising slogan)
  • Some Guys Have All The Luck (Robert Palmer song)
  • Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em
  • Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them
  • Stranger things have happened
  • The French Have A Word For It (Josh Lanyon book)
  • The French have a word for it
  • The North wind doth blow and we shall have snow (line from nursery rhyme)
  • The ayes have it
  • The best tyres in the world have Goodyear written all over them (Goodyear Tyres advertising slogan)
  • The busiest men have the most leisure
  • The chickens have come home to roost
  • The company you keep (New York Life advertising slogan)
  • The only thing we have to fear is fear itself (Political slogan)
  • The scales have fallen from my eyes
  • The walls have ears
  • The wheels have come off
  • This is a local shop, we’ll have no trouble here (A catchphrase from The League of Gentlemen)
  • Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all (from a poem by Tennyson)
  • To Have And Have Not (Humphrey Bogart movie)
  • To have and to hold
  • To have words with
  • To our members, we’re the fourth emergency service (Automobile Association advertising slogan)
  • Walls have ears
  • We have lift off
  • We have seen better days
  • We have to earn our wings every day (Eastern Airlines advertising slogan)
  • We have ways of making you talk
  • We keep your promises (DHL advertising slogan)
  • We never forget you have a choice (British Caledonian Airline advertising slogan)
  • We used to have one of those, but the wheels fell off
  • We’ll always have Paris (Casablanca
  • What does that have to do with the price of beans in Tijauna?
  • What does that have to do with the price of fish?
  • What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
  • What have the Romans ever done for us?
  • What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare (from a poem by Davies)
  • What we have here is a failure to communicate (line from Cool Hand Luke)
  • When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
  • When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth
  • Where Have All The Flowers Gone? (Pete Seeger song)
  • Why have low calories when you can have no calories (Natrena advertising slogan)
  • With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes she shall have music wherever she goes (line from nursery rhyme)
  • Workers of the world arise you have nothing to lose but your chains
  • World Service
  • Wouldn’t you really rather have a Buick? (Buick advertising slogan)
  • Yeoman service
  • Yes, We Have No Bananas (Novelty song)
  • You Keep Me Hangin’ On (The Supremes song)
  • You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby (Bing Crosby song)
  • You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth, It Must Have Been Whilst You Were Kissing Me (Meatloaf song)
  • You can have any colour as long as it’s black
  • You can have too much of a good thing
  • You can’t have your cake and eat it too
  • You can’t keep a good man down
  • You can’t keep quiet about a Wispa (Cadbury’s Wispa advertising slogan)
  • You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife
  • You could have heard a pin drop
  • You could have knocked me down with a feather
  • You don’t have to be Jewish to love Levy’s Rye Bread (Levy’s Rye Bread advertising slogan)
  • You don’t have to be mad to work here, but it helps
  • You don’t have to be silly to drink TK, but it helps! (TK minerals advertising slogan)
  • You have entered the twilight zone (A catchphrase from The Twilight Zone)
  • You have the right to remain silent
  • You have to be in it to win it
  • You keep all your money in a big brown bag inside a zoo (Beatles song lyric)
  • You too can have a body like mine (Charles Atlas advertising slogan)
  • You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore

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Writer and researcher on the origins of phrases and the creator of the Phrase Finder website. Over the past 26 years more than 700 million of his pages have been downloaded by readers. He is one of the most popular and trusted sources of information on phrases and idioms.
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