Only Phrases
Phrases with only in them
- A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
- A woman is only a woman but a good cigar is a smoke
- Beauty is only skin deep
- Does she or doesn't she? Only her hairdresser knows for sure (Clairol advertising slogan)
- Don't vote; it only encourages them (Anarchist political slogan)
- Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes (Ben Jonson poem and Victorian song)
- Face that only a mother could love
- False jeopardy (plot device in TV melodramas where danger is threatened only for it to be found to be a false alarm)
- First World problem (a relatively trivial problem only affecting the affluent)
- For Your Eyes Only (James Bond movie Roger Moore)
- For your eyes only
- God Only Knows (Beach Boys song)
- I am the only gay in the village (A catchphrase from Little Britain)
- I'm Only Sleeping (The Beatles song)
- I'm only doing my job
- I'm only here for the beer (Double Diamond advertising slogan)
- I'm only human
- If I've only one life, let me live it as a blonde! (Clairol Hair Colouring advertising slogan)
- 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 only
- If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen (Volkswagen advertising slogan)
- In name only
- It can only be Heineken (Heineken advertising slogan)
- It only hurts when I laugh
- It takes 40 dumb animals to make a fur coat, but only one to wear it
- It's Only Rock And Roll, But I Like It (Rolling Stones song)
- It's only a game
- It's only natural
- Just like a chocolate milkshake, only crunchy (Coco Pops advertising slogan)
- Listen I will say zis only wunce (A catchphrase from Allo Allo)
- Lovely jubbly (A catchphrase from Only Fools and Horses)
- Not the only pebble on the beach
- Now There is only one Mars (Mars Chocolate advertising slogan)
- Only 1 out of 25 men is color blind. The other 24 just dress that way (Mohara Suits advertising slogan)
- Only A Pawn In Their Game (Bob Dylan song)
- Only Fools and Horses
- Only Girl In the World (Rihanna song)
- Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Neil Young song)
- Only Nixon could go to China
- Only Smarties have the answer (Smarties advertising slogan)
- Only a matter of time
- Only connect
- Only fools and horses work
- Only game in town
- Only half there
- Only human
- Only in America
- Only in a Jeep (Jeep advertising slogan)
- Only the best for the Captain's table (Birdseye advertising slogan)
- Only the brave deserve the fair and the fair deserve JAEGER (Jaeger Sportswear advertising slogan)
- Only time will tell
- Only you can prevent forest fires (United States Forest Service advertising slogan)
- Opportunity only knocks once
- Oranges are not the only fruit
- Standing room only
- The Only Way Is Essex (British reality television series)
- The one and only Wonderbra (Wonderbra advertising slogan)
- The one and only cereal that comes in the shape of animals (Crispy Critters advertising slogan)
- The only 'sauce' I dare give Father (Burma Sauce advertising slogan)
- The only constant is change
- The only good Indian is a dead Indian
- The only show in town
- The only thing we have to fear is fear itself (Political slogan)
- The only way to fly (Western Airlines advertising slogan)
- There's only one
- They also serve who only stand and wait (from a poem by Milton)
- This time next year we will be millionaires (A catchphrase from Only Fools And Horses)
- Ugly is only skin-deep (Volkswagen advertising slogan)
- When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash
- Why do only fools and horses work?
- You Are My Sunshine, My Only Sunshine (Johnny Cash song)
- You Only Live Twice (James Bond movie Sean Connery)
- You know it makes sense (A catchphrase from Only Fools And Horses)
- You only get one chance to make a first impression
- You only hurt the one you love
- You only live once
- You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough (Mae West quotation)
- You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! (line from the Michael Caine movie The Italian Job)
- You're only young once
- Young and sweet, only seventeen (ABBA lyric)
Phrases about only
- A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
- A dog is for life, not just for Christmas
- A finger of Fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat (Cadbury’s advertising slogan)
- A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
- A woman is only a woman but a good cigar is a smoke
- Ain’t just whistling Dixie (completely correct)
- Beauty is only skin deep
- Betcha can’t eat just one (Lay’s potato chips advertising slogan)
- Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt! (A catchphrase from Saturday Night Live)
- Does she or doesn't she? Only her hairdresser knows for sure (Clairol advertising slogan)
- Don’t just book it, Thomas Cook it (Thomas Cook advertising slogan)
- Don’t just sit there
- Don’t just stand there, do something (A catchphrase from Wacky Races)
- Don’t just travel. Travel right (Expedia advertising slogan)
- Don't vote; it only encourages them (Anarchist political slogan)
- Don’t you just love being in control? (British Gas advertising slogan)
- Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes (Ben Jonson poem and Victorian song)
- Face that only a mother could love
- False jeopardy (plot device in TV melodramas where danger is threatened only for it to be found to be a false alarm)
- First World problem (a relatively trivial problem only affecting the affluent)
- For Your Eyes Only (James Bond movie Roger Moore)
- For your eyes only
- Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper song)
- God Only Knows (Beach Boys song)
- He just wouldn’t let it lie
- Hiyo Silver away (A catchphrase from The Lone Ranger)
- Home alone
- Honey, I just forgot to duck
- I am the only gay in the village (A catchphrase from Little Britain)
- I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work (Thomas Edison quotation)
- I want to be alone (A catchphrase from Grand Hotel)
- I’m Happy Just To Dance With You (The Beatles song)
- I'm Only Sleeping (The Beatles song)
- I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens (Woody Allen quotation)
- I'm only doing my job
- I'm only here for the beer (Double Diamond advertising slogan)
- I'm only human
- If I've only one life, let me live it as a blonde! (Clairol Hair Colouring advertising slogan)
- 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 it feels good then just do it (Nike advertising slogan)
- If only
- If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen (Volkswagen advertising slogan)
- In name only
- Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?
- It can only be Heineken (Heineken advertising slogan)
- It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife (the opening line of Pride and Prejudice)
- It only hurts when I laugh
- It takes 40 dumb animals to make a fur coat, but only one to wear it
- It was just one of those things
- It's Only Rock And Roll, But I Like It (Rolling Stones song)
- It’s just a game
- It’s just not my day
- It’s not just for breakfast anymore (Florida Orange Juice Growers Association advertising slogan)
- It's only a game
- It's only natural
- Just 15 minutes can save you 15 percent or more on car insurance (GEICO advertising slogan)
- Just Another Diamond Day (Vashti Bunyan song)
- Just Dance (Lady Gaga (with Colby O’Donis song)
- Just Like A Woman (Bob Dylan song)
- Just What the Doctor Ordered (L&M Cigarettes advertising slogan)
- Just a glint in his father’s eye
- Just a question of time
- Just a regular guy
- Just add water
- Just another day at the office
- Just around the corner
- Just as well
- Just because you are paranoid it doesn’t mean that they aren’t out to get you
- Just cause
- Just deserts
- Just do it (Nike advertising slogan)
- Just for kicks
- Just for starters
- Just for the taste of it (Diet Coke advertising slogan)
- Just forget it
- Just good friends
- Just imagine (NEC advertising slogan)
- Just in case
- Just in time
- Just like a chocolate milkshake, only crunchy (Coco Pops advertising slogan)
- Just like that (A catchphrase from Tommy Cooper)
- Just looking
- Just lucky, I guess
- Just married
- Just one more thing (A catchphrase from Columbo)
- Just one of those days
- Just passing through
- Just put your lips together and blow (To Have And Have Not)
- Just say no (A catchphrase from Nancy Reagan)
- Just say the word
- Just shoot me
- Just slightly ahead of our time (Panasonic advertising slogan)
- Just so
- Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars song)
- Just the job
- Just the ticket
- Just this once
- Just watch
- Just what I needed (Circuit City advertising slogan)
- Just what the doctor ordered
- Just when you thought it was safe to go back in water (Jaws II advertising tagline)
- Ke-mo sah-bee (A catchphrase from Tonto In The Lone Ranger)
- Kemo Sabe (Nickname of The Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore))
- Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and, you weep alone
- Leave well enough alone
- Let alone
- Let well alone
- Life is just a bowl of cherries
- Life is just one damned thing after another
- Listen I will say zis only wunce (A catchphrase from Allo Allo)
- Lovely jubbly (A catchphrase from Only Fools and Horses)
- Man does not live by bread alone
- More than just a front (Blackpool advertising slogan)
- No bottles to break – just hearts (Arpege Perfume advertising slogan)
- Not just a pretty face
- Not just nearly clean, but really clean (Ariel Ultra advertising slogan)
- Not the only pebble on the beach
- Not too heavy, not too light, its just right! (Kelloggs advertising slogan)
- Now There is only one Mars (Mars Chocolate advertising slogan)
- Old soldiers never die, they just fade away
- On your Pat (Cockney rhyming slang for alone)
- On your jack (Cockney rhyming slang for alone)
- On your tod (Cockney rhyming slang for alone)
- Only 1 out of 25 men is color blind. The other 24 just dress that way (Mohara Suits advertising slogan)
- Only A Pawn In Their Game (Bob Dylan song)
- Only Fools and Horses
- Only Girl In the World (Rihanna song)
- Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Neil Young song)
- Only Nixon could go to China
- Only Smarties have the answer (Smarties advertising slogan)
- Only a matter of time
- Only connect
- Only fools and horses work
- Only game in town
- Only half there
- Only human
- Only in America
- Only in a Jeep (Jeep advertising slogan)
- Only the best for the Captain's table (Birdseye advertising slogan)
- Only the brave deserve the fair and the fair deserve JAEGER (Jaeger Sportswear advertising slogan)
- Only time will tell
- Only you can prevent forest fires (United States Forest Service advertising slogan)
- Opportunity only knocks once
- Oranges are not the only fruit
- Ours is not to wonder why, ours is just to do or die
- Scotch and the Single Girl (J&B Scotch advertising slogan)
- Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (Beyonce song)
- Single file
- Single out
- Single point of contact
- Single sign-on
- Sleep of the just
- Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone
- Standing room only
- That just about takes the biscuit
- The Lone Ranger (Pseudonym of John Reid (Clayton Moore))
- The Lone Star Cobra (Nickname of Donald Curry)
- The Lone Star State (Nickname of the US state of Texas)
- The Only Way Is Essex (British reality television series)
- The cheese stands alone
- The darkest hour is just before the dawn
- The light at the end of the tunnel may just be a train coming the other way
- The longest journey starts with a single step
- The one and only Wonderbra (Wonderbra advertising slogan)
- The one and only cereal that comes in the shape of animals (Crispy Critters advertising slogan)
- The only 'sauce' I dare give Father (Burma Sauce advertising slogan)
- The only constant is change
- The only good Indian is a dead Indian
- The only show in town
- The only thing we have to fear is fear itself (Political slogan)
- The only way to fly (Western Airlines advertising slogan)
- There's only one
- They also serve who only stand and wait (from a poem by Milton)
- This time next year we will be millionaires (A catchphrase from Only Fools And Horses)
- Ugly is only skin-deep (Volkswagen advertising slogan)
- Wait just a cotton picking minute
- We’re Just One Big Happy Family (Richard Hawley song)
- We’re just one big happy family
- We’re tobacco men not medicine men. Old Gold cures just one thing. The World’s Best Tobacco (Old Gold Cigarettes advertising slogan)
- Well, she was just seventeen you know what I mean (The Beatles song lyric)
- What Just Happened? (Robert De Niro movie)
- When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions
- When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash
- Who was that masked man? (A catchphrase from The Lone Ranger)
- Why do only fools and horses work?
- You Are My Sunshine, My Only Sunshine (Johnny Cash song)
- You Only Live Twice (James Bond movie Sean Connery)
- You just can’t help acting on Impulse (Impulse Deodorant advertising slogan)
- You know it makes sense (A catchphrase from Only Fools And Horses)
- You only get one chance to make a first impression
- You only hurt the one you love
- You only live once
- You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough (Mae West quotation)
- You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! (line from the Michael Caine movie The Italian Job)
- You’ll never walk alone
- You’re never alone with a Strand (Strand Cigarettes advertising slogan)
- You're only young once
- Young and sweet, only seventeen (ABBA lyric)
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