Napkin Phrases

Phrases

• Bring to the table
• Cloth ears
• Contingency table (A matrix of numbers illustrating the correlation of one variable with another)
• Cut from the same cloth
• Cut your coat to suit your cloth
• Drunk under the table
• Get round the table
• Get your feet under the table
• In the lap of the gods
• Lap it up
• Lap of honour
• Lap of luxury
• Lap up
• Lay the table
• Lay your cards on the table
• Man of the cloth
• On the table
• Only the best for the Captain's table (Birdseye advertising slogan)
• Put bread on the table
• Put your cards on the table
• Round table talks
• Round the table
• Table Mountain (tourist attraction in South Africa)
• Table for two
• The crumbs from a rich man's table
• The last lap
• Top table
• Wipe out
• Wipe the floor with
• Wipe the slate clean
• Wipe the smile off your face
• Wipe your face