Opening Phrases

Phrases

• 2001 A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick movie)
• A mighty maze of mystic magic rays (lyric of song used at the opening of television)
• A once in a lifetime opportunity
• Ace in the hole
• All Things Must Pass (George Harrison album)
• All access pass
• Apparently space isn't the final frontier (Syquest advertising slogan)
• As patient as Job
• Blow job
• Boarding pass
• Bolt hole
• Boob job
• Botched job
• Breach of promise
• Breach of the peace
• Breach of trust
• Break-out space
• Breakout space
• Breathing space
• Bridge that gap with Cadbury's Snack (Cadbury's Snack advertising slogan)
• Bridge the gap
• Burn a hole in your pocket
• Captain Underpants And The Invasion Of The Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space (Dav Pilkey book)
• Daily grind (the daily routine of a dull or boring job)
• Danger, Will Robinson (A catchphrase from The Robot In Lost In Space)
• Deep space
• Do not pass Go
• Does not compute (A catchphrase from Lost In Space)
• Doesn't know his arse from a hole in the ground
• Doing a sterling job
• Don't give up the day job
• Don't pass gas (American Legacy Foundation advertising slogan)
• Factory outlet (a shop where goods are sold directly to the public by the manufacturer)
• Factory shop (a retail outlet where goods are sold directly to the public by the manufacturer)
• Fall down on the job
• Fire in the hole
• Fixing A Hole (Beatles song)
• Foot in the door
• Geezer gap
• Generation gap
• Get a toehold
• Glory hole
• Go directly to jail, do not pass go
• Godforsaken hole
• Golden opportunity
• Grace space pace (Jaguar advertising slogan)
• Hand job
• Hatchet job
• Hazards of the job
• Head them off at the pass
• Hell hole
• Hold down a job
• Hole in one
• Hole in the wall
• Hole out
• I'm only doing my job
• If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well
• In a hole
• In space, no one can hear you scream (tagline from the movie Alien)
• Inside job
• It came to pass
• It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it (A catchphrase from Nick Stone In Tightrope)
• It's come to a pretty pass
• Just the job
• Khyber pass (Cockney rhyming slang for arse)
• Lie down on the job
• Make a good job of it
• Make a pass at
• Make the best of a bad job
• Mind the gap
• More honoured in the breach than in the observance

• Nineteenth hole
• No job too small
• Office space
• On the job
• On the job training
• Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more
• Open the bay doors HAL (A catchphrase from 2001, A Space Odyssey)
• Opening night (the first night of a theatrical performance)
• Opportunity never knocks twice
• Opportunity only knocks once
• Pass by
• Pass down
• Pass it on
• Pass muster
• Pass my lips
• Pass off
• Pass on
• Pass out
• Pass over to the other side
• Pass sentence
• Pass the Dutchie (Musical Youth song)
• Pass the baton
• Pass the buck
• Pass the hat
• Pass the parcel
• Pass the time of day
• Pass up
• Pass with flying colours
• Personal space
• Photo opportunity
• Plug the gap
• Praise the lord and pass the ammunition
• Press pass (a priority ticket giving access to events to the media)
• Put the wood in the hole
• Put-up job
• Quality is job one (Ford Cars advertising slogan)
• Retail opportunity
• Rush job
• Seriously though, he's doing a grand job (A catchphrase from David Frost)
• Ships that pass in the night
• Shut your cake hole
• Shut your pie hole
• Snow job
• Space Oddity (David Bowie song)
• Space cadet
• Space, the final frontier (A catchphrase from Star Trek)
• Square peg in a round hole
• Step into the breach
• Stifle a yawn
• Technicolor yawn
• The Hole in the Wall Gang (Nickname of fictional western outlaw gang)
• The Italian Job (Michael Caine movie)
• The Space Age
• The Vomit Comet (Nickname of space simulator)
• The mint with the hole (Polo Mints advertising slogan)
• The patience of Job
• The right man for the job
• The right tool for the job
• The right tools for the job
• The toughest job you'll ever love (United States Peace Corps advertising slogan)
• They shall not pass
• This too shall pass
• To make that tough job easier - you deserve M&M candy (M&Ms advertising slogan)
• Top hole
• Waste of space
• Watch this space
• Watering hole
• When you are in a hole, stop digging
• Window of opportunity
• You don't know your ass from a hole in the ground
• You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! (line from the Michael Caine movie The Italian Job)