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Primary Phrases

122 phrases and expressions related to "primary".

Phrases

  • A World first
  • Ain't my first rodeo (said by someone who has experience of a situation)
  • At first blush
  • At first hand
  • Basic Instinct (Sharon Stone movie)
  • Be the first to know (CNN advertising slogan)
  • Big white chief
  • Bringing it home to me (Prime Television advertising slogan)
  • Business end
  • Calendar year (twelve months beginning from the first of January)
  • Cast the first stone
  • Chief cook and bottle washer
  • Chief of staff
  • Color My World (James Pankow song)
  • Cut someone down in their prime
  • Dief the Chief (Nickname of John Diefenbaker)
  • First Among Equals (Jeffrey Archer book)
  • First Slip (field position in the game of cricket)
  • First World (the indutrialised affluent and wealthy nations)
  • First World problem (a relatively trivial problem only affecting the affluent)
  • First among equals (the most senior person in a group of equal rank)
  • First amongst equals
  • First and foremost
  • First blood
  • First came to fame
  • First catch your hare
  • First come first served
  • First comes love, then comes marriage
  • First contact
  • First cut
  • First flush
  • First footing (making a round of visits at New Year)
  • First impressions last
  • First light
  • First past the post
  • First rate
  • First relationships last (First National Bank of Chicago advertising slogan)
  • First responder (the member of the emergency services to arrive at a disaster)
  • First strike
  • First thing
  • First things first
  • First time caller
  • First to market
  • First up
  • First with the Hits (Mercury Records advertising slogan)
  • First, do no harm
  • Four more years (Presidential election slogan)
  • Get to first base
  • Get to first base with
  • Get your retaliation in first
  • Go native
  • Hail to the chief
  • Head first
  • Hold the field (- remain the most important)
  • If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again
  • If you ain't first, you're last
  • If you change your mind, I'm the first in line (ABBA lyric)
  • In your prime
  • Iowa's Leading Edge (Nickname of Council Bluffs Iowa)
  • La Belle Epoque (the golden age or beautiful era preceding the First World War)
  • Ladies first
  • Last in first out
  • Leading authority
  • Leading edge
  • Leading fashion hub
  • Leading indicator
  • Leading light
  • Leading question
  • Leadoff hitter (A baseball expression denoting the player who bats first)
  • Love at first sight
  • Main event
  • Make first base
  • Me first
  • Native American
  • Native wit
  • Number 10 Downing Street (address of the British Prime Minister)
  • Of the first water
  • Only 1 out of 25 men is color blind. The other 24 just dress that way (Mohara Suits advertising slogan)
  • Opening night (the first night of a theatrical performance)
  • Pinch, punch, first of the month
  • Primal Fear (film starring Richard Gere)
  • Primal Rage (film and video game)
  • Primal Scream (a psychological treatment for neurosis)
  • Primal fear (Neurosis therapy and British rock band)
  • Primal therapist (psychotherapist who uses Primal Scream method of treatment)
  • Prime condition (in perfect shape)
  • Prime cut
  • Prime of life
  • Prime time
  • Progress is our most important product (General Electric advertising slogan)
  • Safety first
  • Self important
  • Shoot first, ask questions later
  • Sorry about that, Chief. (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
  • The Chief (Nickname of Robert Parish)
  • The Color Of Money (Paul Newman / Tom Cruise movie)
  • The Color Purple (Whoopie Goldberg movie)
  • The First Cut Is The Deepest (Rod Stewart song)
  • The First Garden City Of The World (Nickname of Letchworth England)
  • The First Lady of Television (Nickname of Faye Emerson)
  • The First State (Nickname of the US state of Delaware)
  • The Gold Standard
  • The Prime Minister of Mirth (Nickname of George Robey)
  • The blind leading the blind
  • The first network for men (Spike TV advertising slogan)
  • The first time is never the best (Campari advertising slogan)
  • The main event
  • The mainspring in a Bulova is made to last 256 years or 146 leather straps - whichever comes first (Bulova Watches advertising slogan)
  • To cast the first stone
  • Today is the first day of the rest of your life
  • Top seed
  • War eagle (the golden eagle - used by Native Americans to make headdresses)
  • What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive
  • When war is declared, truth is the first casualty
  • Where the rubber meets the road (where the important facts or realities lie)
  • Which came first the chicken or the egg?
  • Who blinked first?
  • Women and children first
  • World's first
  • You don't get a second chance at a first impression
  • You heard it here first
  • You only get one chance to make a first impression