Plane Phrases

Phrases

• A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (Elia Kazan movie)
• A partridge in a pear tree
• Air Power is Peace Power (Lockheed Aircraft advertising slogan)
• Air support
• All your base are belong to us (broken English phrase used in the video game Zero Wing)
• As difficult as nailing jelly to a tree
• As plain as a pikestaff
• As plain as day
• As plain as the nose on your face
• Barking up the wrong tree
• Boarding pass
• Come out of the woodwork
• Crawl out of the woodwork
• Dee plane, dee plane (A catchphrase from Fantasy Island)
• Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (Glenn Miller tune)
• Done up like a Christmas tree
• Earned his wings
• Economy class syndrome
• Eight maids a-milking (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Eleven pipers piping (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Family tree
• Fast movers (US and Canadian military slang term for jet fighters, especially ground)
• Five golden rings (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Flight attendant
• Fly by wire
• Fly drive
• Fork the tree
• Four calling birds (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Heavier than air
• Hidden in plain sight
• Hit the woodwork
• I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree, Kilmer)
• In plain sight
• Is it a bird, is it a plane, no it's Superman? (A catchphrase from Superman)
• Jet lag
• Left wing
• Legs like tree trunks
• Lit up like a Christmas tree
• Little Robin Red breast sat upon a tree (line from nursery rhyme)
• Loop the loop
• Make like a tree and leave
• Nine ladies dancing (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Nose dive
• On a wing and a prayer
• Plain Jane
• Plain sailing
• Plain speaking

• Purl or plain
• Ready when you are (Delta Airlines advertising slogan)
• Red Army Fraction (German left wing terrorist group also call Red Army Faction)
• Rest, keep warm and drink liquids (American Airlines advertising slogan)
• Right wing
• Rock a bye baby on the tree top, when the wind blows the cradle will rock (line from nursery rhyme)
• Seven swans a-swimming (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Singapore Girl, you're a great way to fly (Singapore Airlines advertising slogan)
• Six geese a-laying (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Something special in the air (American Airlines advertising slogan)
• Take under your wing
• Ten lords a-leaping (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Thai - smooth as silk (Thai Airways International advertising slogan)
• The Joshua Tree (U2 album)
• The Wings of Man (Eastern Airlines advertising slogan)
• The apple never falls far from the tree
• The fruit does not fall far from the tree
• The mile high club
• The only way to fly (Western Airlines advertising slogan)
• The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain
• The reliable airline (KLM advertising slogan)
• The right tool for the job
• The tree is known by its fruit
• The world's favourite airline (British Airways advertising slogan)
• Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines (Ken Annakin movie)
• Three French hens (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (Dawn with Tony Orlando song)
• To the heart of Seoul and beyond (Asiana Airlines advertising slogan)
• Tool around
• Top of the tree
• Tree hugger
• Twelve drummers drumming (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Two turtle doves (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Under the greenwood tree
• Up a gum tree
• Up, up and away with TWA (Trans World Airways advertising slogan)
• We have to earn our wings every day (Eastern Airlines advertising slogan)
• We never forget you have a choice (British Caledonian Airline advertising slogan)
• We really move our tail for you (Continental Airlines advertising slogan)
• We'll take good care of you (British Airways advertising slogan)
• When you've got it, flaunt it (Braniff Airways advertising slogan)
• Wing it
• Woodman spare that tree
• Work hard. Fly right (Continental Airlines advertising slogan)
• You are now free to move about the country (Southwest Airlines advertising slogan)
• You'll love the way we fly (Delta Airlines advertising slogan)
• You're going to like us (Trans World Airways advertising slogan)