Nurture Phrases

Phrases

• All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way (the opening line of Anna Karenina)
• Beanpole family
• Black sheep of the family
• Bringing up the rear
• Did I do that? (A catchphrase from Family Matters)
• Dysfunctional family
• Family fortunes
• Family man
• Family matters
• Family ties
• Family tree
• Family values
• Get your family into Shape, without them even noticing (St. Ivel Yogurt advertising slogan)
• Harden off
• Head of the family
• I Think I Love You (The Partridge Family song)
• In the family way
• It's a family affair
• Keep it in the family
• My arse (A catchphrase from Royle Family)
• My mama didn't raise no dummy
• Nature or nurture
• Nurse a grudge
• Our survey says (A catchphrase from Family Fortunes)
• Raise Cain

• Raise a loan
• Raise a stink
• Raise dust
• Raise hell
• Raise the bar
• Raise the dead
• Raise the devil
• Raise the limit
• Raise the roof
• Raise the wind
• Raise your game
• Raise your hand if you're sure (Sure advertising slogan)
• Rear Window (James Stewart / Alfred Hitchcock movie)
• Rear admiral (naval rank)
• Rear gunner (slang term for a homosexual)
• Runs in the family
• Selling the family silver
• Spend more time with my family
• The Royle Family (BBC comedy television series)
• The family jewels
• The family silver
• The family that prays together stays together
• Today the discriminating family finds it absolutely necessary to own two or more motor cars (Buick advertising slogan)
• We're Just One Big Happy Family (Richard Hawley song)
• We're just one big happy family
• You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family