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A list of phrases related to the word "acquaintance"...
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A boy's best
friend
is his mother ( Psycho )
A dog is a man's best
friend
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A
friend
in need is a
friend
indeed
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A girl's best
friend
Access - your flexible
friend
( Access Credit Card advertising slogan )
Acquaint yourself with the facts
Beat
someone
black and blue
Best
friend
Big fish in a small pool (
someone
considered influential compared to their less significant peers )
Bite someone's head off
Bleed
someone
dry
Bleed
someone
white
Blow
someone
away
Bonus genius ( a good spirit accompanying and supporting
someone
)
Bore the pants off
someone
Bump into
someone
Bust someone's ass
Buttonhole
someone
Chew someone's ass
Childhood
friend
Come down on
someone
like a ton of bricks
Contact
sport
Cut
someone
dead
Cut
someone
down in their prime
Cut
someone
down to size
Dance on someone's grave
Dance to someone's tune
Dead white European male ( derogatory reference to
someone
who has an unjustified reputation )
Diamonds are a girl's best
friend
Did
Somebody
Say McDonald's? ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Draw someone's fire
Drive
someone
into a corner
Drop
someone
off
Dump on
someone
Eat out of someone's hand
Eat
someone
alive
Even your best
friend
won't tell you ( Lifebuoy Soap advertising slogan )
Eye
someone
up and down
Fair-weather
friend
Familiarity
breeds contempt
Feel
someone
up
Feel someone's collar
First
contact
Flip
someone
the bird
Freeze
someone
out
Friend
of Dorothy ( slang term for a homosexual, referring to Judy Garland's character in The Wizard of Oz )
Friend
or foe?
Friend
zone
Gentleman
friend
Get into someone's pants
Get no change out of
someone
Give
someone
a bell
Give
someone
a bloody nose
Give
someone
a boost
Give
someone
a good talking to
Give
someone
a rocket
Give
someone
a thick ear
Give
someone
a wide berth
Give
someone
an earful
Give
someone
hell
Give
someone
skin
Give
someone
the boot
Give
someone
the brush-off
Give
someone
the mushroom treatment
Give
someone
the slip
Give
someone
the willys
Give
someone
what for
Gotta Serve
Somebody
( Bob Dylan song )
Grass
someone
up
Have
someone
on toast
Have someone's ear
Hazy
information
Heap coals of fire on someone's head
Hear
someone
out
Hello, I'm Julian and this is my
friend
Sandy ( A catchphrase from Round the Horne )
High roller (
someone
who gambles for high stakes )
Hit the bricks ( a cursory slang term telling
someone
to leave )
I Want
Somebody
To Love ( The Beatles song )
I'll buy you a diamond ring my
friend
if it makes you feel alright ( The Beatles song lyric )
I'm Julian and this is my
friend
Sandy ( A catchphrase from Julian And Sandy in Round The Horne )
If I had to do the same again, I would my
friend
Fernando ( ABBA lyric )
If you want to impress someone, put him on your Black list ( Johnny Walker Black Whiskey advertising slogan )
If your
friend
jumped off a cliff, would you do it too?
Imaginary
friend
In someone's bad books
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Inside
information
Invite
someone
over
It's a dirty job, but
somebody
has to do it ( A catchphrase from Nick Stone In Tightrope )
It's all fun and games until
somebody
gets hurt
It's complicated ( Facebook
relationship
status )
Jog someone's elbow
Jump someone's bones
Keep
someone
sweet
Klunk! Klick, every trip ( UK Public
Information
Film advertising slogan )
Know by sight
Know
someone
in the biblical sense
Lay a trip on
someone
Lead
someone
to the altar
Leave
someone
cold
Lick someone's boots
Look
someone
up and down
Love-hate
relationship
Make
contact
Make
someone
happy with a phone call ( British Telecom advertising slogan )
Make someone's toes curl
Man's best
friend
Mine of
information
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows
Monstrous carbuncle on the face of an old
friend
( Prince Charles quotation )
My enemy's enemy is my
friend
( proverb suggesting that opposing parties should cooperate )
My friend, Joe Holmes, is now a horse ( Arrow Shirts advertising slogan )
My one regret in life is that I am not
someone
else ( Woody Allen line )
My right honourable
friend
On nodding acquaintance
Out for someone's blood
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read ( Groucho Marx line )
Phone a
friend
( A catchphrase from Who Wants to be a Millionaire )
Pop someone's cherry
Pull
someone
up short
Pull the wool over someone's eyes
Push someone's buttons
Put
someone
down
Put the bite on
someone
Put the fear of God into
someone
Put the fear of death into
someone
Put words into someone's mouth
Reach out and touch
someone
( American Telephone & Telegraph advertising slogan )
Renew your acquaintance
Rob
someone
blind
Rub shoulders with
Rub someone's nose in it
See the back of
someone
Sell
someone
a dummy
Sensitive
information
Shoot
someone
a line
Should old acquaintance be forgot
Sing someone's praises
Single point of
contact
Sit on someone's tail
Snap someone's head off
Somebody
That I Used to Know ( Gotye with Kimbra song )
Somebody
To Love ( Queen song )
Somebody
somewhere wants a letter from you ( British Post Office advertising slogan )
Someone
Like You ( Adele song )
Someone
ears are burning
Someone
walked on my grave
Steal someone's heart
Steal someone's thunder
String
someone
along
Suck
someone
dry
Take cuts at
someone
( A baseball expression meaning taking a verbal swing or striking a blow at a reputation )
Take
someone
out
Take
someone
to law
Take
someone
to one side
Take
someone
to task
Take
someone
to the woodshed
Take the bread out of someone's mouth
Teach
someone
a lesson
Teach
someone
a thing or two
Tell
someone
where to get off
The Girl Of My Best
Friend
( Elvis Presley song )
The
Information
Superhighway
The answer my
friend
is blowing in the wind ( Bob Dylan song lyric )
The empty chair ( the perceived absense of
someone
who is recently deceased )
The point of
contact
( Sprint advertising slogan )
Think once, think twice, think bike ( UK Public
Information
Film advertising slogan )
Throw the book at
someone
Tip
someone
off
Tip
someone
the wink
Too much
information
Top breeders recommend it ( Pedigree
Chum
Dog food advertising slogan )
Toy with someone's affections
Treat
someone
like dirt
Trifle with someone's affections
Use
Somebody
( Kings of Leon song )
Walk all over
someone
Walk
someone
off their feet
War baby (
someone
born during the war - especially the illegitimate child of a soldier )
War criminal (
someone
who has flouted the Geneva Convention )
War hero (
someone
who acted heroically during a war )
What are
friend
for?
When
Somebody
Loves You ( Frank Sinatra song )
Wind
someone
up ( deliberately draw attention to something that will create agitation )
You got a
friend
in the business ( Gateway 2000 advertising slogan )
You've Got A
Friend
( Carole King James Taylor song )
Your
friend
in the digital age ( COX Communications advertising slogan )