Rail Phrases

Phrases

• A fine line
• A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat (A line from Monty Python's Flying Circus)
• All aboard the Skylark (A line from Noah and Nelly)
• All men are cremated equal (Spike Milligan line)
• As thin as a rail
• Back on track
• Beat a path to your door
• Blessed are the cheese makers (line from Monty Python's Life of Brian)
• Brighton line (Bingo call for number fifty nine)
• Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door
• Burn up the track
• Cake or death (line from Eddie Izzard comedy)
• Career path
• Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends! (line from the movie 25th Hour)
• Chopsticks are one of the reasons the Chinese never invented custard (Spike Milligan line)
• Come down to the line
• Come into line
• Contraceptives should be used on all conceivable occasions (Spike Milligan line)
• Cross the line
• Do a line
• Don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars (line from the movie Now, Voyager)
• Draw a line in the sand
• Draw the line
• Drop me a line
• Eight maids a-milking (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Eleven pipers piping (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• End of the line
• Every time a bell rings, an angel gets it's wings (line from It's A Wonderful Life)
• Fall into line
• Fast track
• Five golden rings (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Four calling birds (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Front line
• Get busy living, or get busy dying (line from the movie The Shawshank Redemption)
• Getting there is half the fun (Cunard Line advertising slogan)
• Go off the rails
• Go, and never darken my towels again (Groucho Marx line)
• Gravy train
• Hand a line
• He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy (line from the movie Life of Brian)
• Hey, Soul Sister (Train song)
• Hold the line
• Hook line and sinker
• I Walk The Line (Johnny Cash song)
• I can see you standing over a hot stove, but I can't see the stove (Groucho Marx line)
• I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception (Groucho Marx line)
• I told you I was ill (Spike Milligan line inscribed on his gravestone)
• I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! (line from the movie Network)
• If you change your mind, I'm the first in line (ABBA lyric)
• In line for
• In the line of duty
• In the line of fire
• Infamy Infamy! They've all got it in for me! (Kenneth Williams line in Carry On Cleo)
• Inside track
• Intercity makes the going easy (British Rail advertising slogan)
• Jump the line
• Jump the track
• Keep in line
• Keep on the rails
• Keep track of
• Lay it on the line
• Lead up the garden path
• Leave the gun, take the cannoli (line from The Godfather)
• Let the train take the strain (British Rail advertising slogan)
• Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon (Woody Allen line)
• Line abreast
• Line astern
• Line is full of misery and lonliness and it's over much too soon (Woody Allen line)
• Line of attack
• Line of least resistance
• Line of sight
• Line of work
• Line your pockets
• Lose track of time
• Mama always said that life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get (line from the movie Forrest Gump)

• Mendoza line (A baseball expression denoting a line marking a very poor performance)
• My one regret in life is that I am not someone else (Woody Allen line)
• Next in line to the throne
• Night Train (Nickname of Dick Lane)
• Nine ladies dancing (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Nudge nudge, wink wink (A line from Monty Python's Flying Circus)
• Off line
• Off the beaten track
• Off the rails
• On deck (A baseball expression meaning next in line)
• On the right track
• On track
• One toe over the line
• One track mind
• Out of line
• Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read (Groucho Marx line)
• Party line
• Picket line
• Please hold the line
• Primrose path
• Ride the rails
• Road train
• Route one
• Run Forrest, Run! (line from the movie Forrest Gump)
• Run out of town on a rail
• Set in train
• Seven swans a-swimming (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Shoot someone a line
• Sign on the dotted line
• Six geese a-laying (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Soul train
• Starting line up
• Stay on track
• Step out of line
• Stop, or my mom will shoot (line from Sylvestor Stallone movie)
• Strangers On A Train (Farley Granger / Alfred Hitchcock movie)
• Take The A Train (Duke Ellington tune)
• Take a hard line
• Ten lords a-leaping (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• The Big Train (Nickname of Walter Johnson)
• The bottom line
• The bottom line is the bottom line is the bottom line
• The finishing line
• The light at the end of the tunnel may just be a train coming the other way
• The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep (Woody Allen line)
• The thin red line
• The valley of the shadow of death (line from the Psalm 23)
• These go to eleven (line from the movie This Is Spinal Tap)
• This is the age of the train (British Rail advertising slogan)
• This line of business
• This line of country
• Three French hens (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Three line whip
• Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana (Groucho Marx line)
• To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! (line from the movie A Fish Called Wanda)
• To infinty and beyond (line from the movie Toy Story)
• Toe the line
• Track record
• Train crash
• Train of thought
• Train whistle blowing
• Train wreck
• Treading a fine line
• Twelve drummers drumming (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Two turtle doves (line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree)
• Ukraine Train (Nickname of Vitaly Potapenko)
• Up and down like the Ottoman Empire (line from Monty Python's Life Of Brian)
• Wait in line
• We are going to need considerably bigger buns (line from Calendar Girls)
• We're getting there (British Rail advertising slogan)
• Well, nobody's perfect (line from the movie Some Like It Hot)
• What we have here is a failure to communicate (line from Cool Hand Luke)
• You can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff (Groucho Marx line)
• You say you want a revolution (Line from Beatles song)
• You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! (line from the Michael Caine movie The Italian Job)