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A Doll's House (
play
by Henrik Ibsen )
A Mars a day helps you work, rest and
play
( Mars Chocolate advertising slogan )
A Streetcar Named Desire ( Marlon Brando movie )
A class act
Act of God
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Act out
Act the fool
Act the giddy goat
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Act the part
Act up
Act white
Act your age
Action
Jackson ( Nickname of Stephen Jackson )
Action
Man ( Nickname of Prince Charles )
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Action
Man ( children's male doll )
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Action
packed
Action
painting
Action
plan
Action
replay
Action
stations
Address the ball ( golfing term denoting readiness to
play
)
Affirmative
action
All work and no
play
makes Jack a dull boy
America's Favorite Cowboy ( Nickname of
actor
Gene Autry )
Amped up ( excited and ready for
action
)
An Ideal Husband (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
Angels in America (
play
by Tony Kushner )
As the
actress
said to the bishop
Assume
nothing
Attack
is the best form of defence
Attack
of the Clones ( George Lucas movie in the Star Wars series )
Balancing act
Billy Liar ( Novel and
play
by Keith Waterhouse and Tom Courtenay / Julie Christie movie )
Break a leg
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Bring your A game (
perform
to your best ability )
Brum brum ( child's
play
idiom expressing the sound of a vehicle )
Bucky Beaver ( Nickname of
actress
Jenna Elfman )
Call to
action
Carry into
action
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (
play
by Tennesee Williams and Elizabeth Taylor movie )
Caught in the act
Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my
sham
friends! ( line from the movie 25th Hour )
Change of
scene
( A new location and way of thinking )
Child's
play
Chips With Everything ( Arnold Wesker
play
)
Class act
Clean up your act
Close of
play
Come out and
play
Couldn't act his way out of a paper bag
Daily grind ( the daily
routine
of a dull or boring job )
Death of a Salesman (
play
by Arthur Miller )
Denial of service
attack
Do a disappearing act
Don't let the grass grow under your feet
Don't
play
the innocent
Double act
Event
horizon
Everything to
play
for
Fair
play
Fair
play
to you
Fake
it till you make it
Fake
the funk
Fast
acting
Foot in the bucket ( A baseball expression meaning to act timidly or cowardly )
For every
action
there is an equal and opposite reaction
Games people
play
Get in on the act
Get your act together
Go and
play
in the traffic
Ham
actor
Ham it up
Happy
event
Hard act to follow
He will never
play
the piano again
Heart
attack
on a plate
Heart
attack
waiting to happen
Hedda Gabler (
play
by Henrik Ibsen )
High wire act
Horse
play
How does that
play
in Peoria?
Human Rights Act
I took my harp to the party but no one asked me to
play
If at first you don't
succeed
try, try and try again
If music be the food of love,
play
on ( from Twelth Night by Shakespeare )
In on the act
In
play
Industrial
action
It is easy to be wise after the
event
It was twenty years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to
play
( Beatles song lyric )
It's good to
play
together ( Microsoft Xbox advertising slogan )
It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you
play
the game
Joey Pants ( Nickname of
actor
Joe Pantoliano )
Johnny Pizza ( Nickname of
actor
John Santucci )
Juno and the Paycock (
play
by Sean O'Casey )
Kid n'
Play
( Nickname of Kevin Martin )
Knock the cover off the ball ( A baseball expression meaning
succeed
beyond expectation )
Lady Windermere's Fan (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
Lights, camera,
action
Line of
attack
Live
action
Live in your world,
play
in ours ( Sony advertising slogan )
Long Day's Journey into Night (
play
by Eugene O'Neil )
Love
play
Love
scene
Main
event
Make a
play
for
Make a
scene
( causing a disturbance )
Make great
play
of
Make the
scene
Make your move
Man and Superman (
play
by George Bernard Shaw )
Mendoza line ( A baseball expression denoting a line marking a very poor
performance
)
Missing in
action
Mother Courage (
play
by Bertolt Brecht )
Motion picture
event
Mourning Becomes Electra (
play
by Eugene O'Neill )
Ninth inning ( A baseball expression meaning an
event
or process is near the end )
No good
deed
goes unpunished
Nothing
acts
faster than Anadin ( Anadin advertising slogan )
O Romeo, Romeo; wherefore art thou Romeo ( from the
play
by Shakespeare )
Oh, behave! ( Austin Powers )
Opening night ( the first night of a theatrical
performance
)
Out of
action
Papal
decree
Peak
performance
Penis Von Lesbian ( Nickname of
actor
Dick Van Dyke )
Phone it in (
perform
an act in an uncommitted disinterested manner )
Piece of the
action
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Play
Cupid
Play
God
Play
Misty For Me ( Clint Eastwood movie )
Play
a blinder
Play
a waiting game
Play
around
Play
ball
Play
both ends against the middle
Play
by ear
Play
by
play
Play
by the rules
Play
catch up
Play
catchup
Play
chicken
Play
dead
Play
devil's advocate
Play
dirty
Play
ducks and drakes
Play
fast and loose
Play
favorites
Play
favourites
Play
for keeps
Play
for time
Play
from the tips
Play
gooseberry
Play
hard to get
Play
hardball ( A baseball expression meaning to be or act tough or aggressive )
Play
havoc with
Play
hell
Play
hide the sausage
Play
hookey
Play
it again Sam
Play
it again, Sam ( New York State Lottery advertising slogan )
Play
it by the book
Play
it cool
Play
it for laughs
Play
it safe
Play
kissy face
Play
off
Play
possum
Play
safe
Play
second fiddle
Play
silly buggers
Play
softball ( A baseball expression meaning to ask easy questions )
Play
the field ( - indulge in a series of sexual relationships )
Play
the fool
Play
the game
Play
the old soldier
Play
the percentage game
Play
the race card
Play
the white man
Play
to win
Play
with fire
Play
within a
play
Play
your cards right
Play
your part
Play
yourself in
Playboy of the Western World (
play
by John Millington Synge )
Plug and
play
Pontiac: Designed for
Action
( Pontiac advertising slogan )
Put on an act
Race proven
performance
( Kumho Tires advertising slogan )
Random act of kindness
Random
acts
of kindness
Read the riot act
Ready and waiting ( alert and prepared for
action
)
Red Buttons ( Pseudonym of
actor
Aaron Chwatt )
Roll over and
play
dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (
play
by Tom Stoppard )
Rubber chicken curcuit ( a speaking or fundraising
event
at which poor quality meat is served )
Schnickle Fritz ( Nickname of
actress
Susan Lucci )
See that girl, watch that
scene
( ABBA lyric )
Seize the day
Serious as a heart
attack
Sexton Blake ( Cockney rhyming slang for
fake
)
She Stoops to Conquer (
play
by Oliver Goldsmith )
Sister Act ( Whoopie Goldberg movie )
Slice of the
action
Snack
attack
Special
event
Spring into
action
Stand-by for
action
Steal the
scene
Stunt
double
Survey the
scene
Sword
play
Take your cue
The Admirable Crichton (
Play
by J M Barrie and nickname of James Crichton )
The Boston Tea Party ( historical
event
where chests of tea were dumped into Boston harbour )
The Boys in the Band (
play
by Mart Crowley )
The Cherry Orchard (
play
by Anton Chekhov )
The Devil's Disciple ( Bernard Shaw
play
and Burt Lancaster movie )
The
Fake
Sheikh ( Nickname of journalist Mazher Mahmood )
The Ginger Man (
play
by JP Donleavy )
The Girl with the Upside-Down Eyes ( Nickname of
actress
Glynis Johns )
The Glass Menagerie (
play
by Tennessee Williams )
The Houses of
Parliament
( tourist attraction in London England )
The Iceman Cometh (
play
by Eugene O'Neill )
The Importance of Being Ernest (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
The Last
Action
Hero ( Arnold Schwarzenegger movie )
The Little Queen of the Soap Operas ( Nickname of
actress
Anne Francis )
The Man of Many Moods ( Nickname of
actor
Charles Laughton )
The Matinee Lady ( Nickname of
actress
Carol Wayne )
The Plough and the Stars (
play
by Sean O'Casey )
The Prince of Menace ( Nickname of
actor
Vincent Price )
The Quare Fellow (
play
by Brendan Behan )
The Scottish
play
The Voice of Canada ( Nickname of
actor
Lorne Greene )
The act you've known for all these years ( Beatles song lyric )
The cat who doesn't act finicky soon loses control of his owner ( 9 Lives Cat Food advertising slogan )
The main
event
The play's the thing
Think global, act local
Think globally, act locally ( Friends of the Earth advertising slogan )
Threepenny Opera (
play
by Bertolt Brecht )
Throw a beanball ( A baseball expression meaning to
attack
an opponent by aiming at their head )
To
assume
makes an ass out of u and me
Triple
play
( A baseball expression denoting the act of making three outs during the same
play
)
Two can
play
at that game
View from a Bridge (
play
by Arthur Miller )
Waiting for Godot (
play
by Samuel Beckett )
War hero ( someone who acted heroically during a war )
When the cat's away the mice will
play
Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? (
play
by Edward Albee )
Wise after the
event
Woolly Bully ( Sam The
Sham
and The Pharaohs song )
You hum it and I'll
play
it
You just can't help
acting
on Impulse ( Impulse Deodorant advertising slogan )
Your good
deed
for the day