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A
Place
in the Sun ( Elizabeth Taylor movie )
A Room With A
View
( E M Forster book )
A
View
To A Kill ( James Bond movie Roger Moore )
A
goal
in mind
A means to an
end
A
place
for everything and everything in its
place
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A
place
in the sun ( an idealistic dream of a sunny hideaway )
A woman's
place
is in the home
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Accidentally on
purpose
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Aim high
Ain't no
reason
to go anyplace else ( Wendy's advertising slogan )
All good things must come to an
end
All over the
place
And the next
object
is ( A catchphrase from Twenty Questions )
Any time, any place, any where ( Martini advertising slogan )
At a loose
end
At knife
point
At the
end
of a gun
At the
end
of the day
At the
end
of your rope
At the
end
of your tether
At this
point
in time
At your wits'
end
Be It Ever So Humble There's No
Place
Like Home ( John Howard Payne and Sir Henry Bishop song )
Beside the
point
Better by
design
Between a rock and a hard
place
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Bird's eye
view
Bow to
reason
Bring to an
end
Business
end
Calgon,
take
me away! ( Calgon advertising slogan )
Can't see beyond the
end
of your nose
Cheer up, it's not the
end
of the world
Click into
place
Colour one's
view
Come into
view
Come to a sticky
end
Cover
Point
( field position in the game of cricket )
Dead
end
Deep
Point
( field position in the game of cricket )
Design
flaw
Design
for life
Dim
view
Direct
mail
Direct
to your door
Distance lends enchantment to the
view
Does you does, or does you don't
take
Access? ( Access Credit Card advertising slogan )
Don't
shoot
the messenger
Don't
shoot
the piano player
Don't
shoot
until you can see the whites of their eyes
Don't
take
it lying down
Don't
take
on so
Double
take
Doubt is the beginning not the
end
of wisdom
Drive your
point
home
End
in itself
End
of a perfect day
End
of an era
End
of story
End
of the ball game
End
of the line
End
product
End
up at
Every Breath You
Take
( The Police song )
Every man for himself and the devil
take
the hindmost
Evil
intent
Feel 95
point
great ( Capital FM advertising slogan )
Fit for
purpose
Flash
point
General
purpose
Genius bonus ( a joke or theme added to a programme aimed at well informed people )
Get a gold star ( earn a merit
point
for doing well )
Get hold of the wrong
end
of the stick
Get straight to the
point
Get the
point
Get to the
end
of your tether
Get your
end
away
Give and
take
Give him an inch and he'll
take
a mile
Give or
take
Go off the deep
end
Good Time, Great Taste, That's Why This is My
Place
( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Gravy
train
Happy
place
Hard to
place
Hard to
take
Have your hair stand on
end
Hey, Soul Sister (
Train
song )
Higher
purpose
I Can't
Take
My Eyes Off You ( Muse song )
I'll
take
my hat off to you
I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to
take
this anymore! ( line from the movie Network )
If I tell you I will have to
shoot
you
If it doesn't get all over the place, it doesn't belong in your face ( Carl's Jr advertising slogan )
If that don't
take
the rag off the bush
In
point
of fact
In the right
place
at the right time
It doesn't
take
a minute to bag it and bin it ( UK public advertisement advertising slogan )
It stands to
reason
It will all
end
in tears
It's The
End
Of The World As We Know It ( R.E.M. song )
It's how the smooth
take
the rough ( Range Rover advertising slogan )
Journey's
end
Jumping off
point
Just
shoot
me
Keep your
end
up
Kept in your
place
Know which
end
is up
Leave the gun,
take
the cannoli ( line from The Godfather )
Let me
take
you down, cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields ( Beatles song lyric )
Let nature
take
its course
Let the
train
take
the strain ( British Rail advertising slogan )
Light at the
end
of the tunnel
Lightning never strikes twice in the same
place
Listen to
reason
Makes your hair stands on
end
Making the sky the best
place
on Earth ( Air France advertising slogan )
McDonald's is Your Kind of
Place
( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Money is no
object
Moot
point
Never hear the
end
of it
Nice
place
to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there
Night
Train
( Nickname of Dick Lane )
Ninth inning ( A baseball expression meaning an event or process is near the
end
)
No earthly
reason
No
end
of
Not fit for
purpose
Not the beginning of the end, but the
end
of the beginning
Not to put too fine a
point
on it
Object
lesson
On the receiving
end
On the
take
Open the box ( A catchphrase from
Take
Your Pick )
Out of
place
Paternal bonus ( a joke or theme added to a childrens programme aimed at adults )
Place
of safety
Place
your bets
Point
Break ( Keanu Reeves movie )
Point
Percy at the porcelain
Point
blank range
Point
duty
Point
of sale
Point
of
view
Point
out
Point
the finger
Point
to
point
Press your
point
home
Pride of
place
Put an
end
to
Put in his
place
Rest up (
take
a break from one's arduous efforts )
Revenge sex ( sex with the
intention
of infecting a partner with Aids )
Rhyme nor
reason
Road
train
Score an own
goal
Screw your courage to the sticking
place
Set in
train
Shallow
end
Shit ( or short )
end
of the stick
Shoot
'em up
Shoot
a birdie ( score one under par in a golf shot )
Shoot
a fairy
Shoot
blanks
Shoot
down in flames ( destroy an argument or theory )
Shoot
first, ask questions later
Shoot
from the hip
Shoot
him down in flames
Shoot
hoops
Shoot
it out
Shoot
me now
Shoot
on sight
Shoot
someone a line
Shoot
straight ( to talk or deal honestly )
Shoot
the breeze
Shoot
the moon ( remove household goods by night to avoid paying rent )
Shoot
the puppy
Shoot
through ( to leave or abscond )
Shoot
to kill
Shoot
your cuffs
Shoot
your mouth off
Shoot
yourself in the foot
Short
end
of the stick
Shut up and
take
my money ( A catchphrase from Futurama )
Silly
Point
( field position in the game of cricket )
Single
point
of contact
Sit up and
take
notice
Sitting
target
Soft
target
Soul
train
Spit
take
( spitting out a drink in response to a joke or surprise )
Step up to the mark ( mark yourself ready to
take
responsibility )
Sticking
point
Stop, or my mom will
shoot
( line from Sylvestor Stallone movie )
Strangers On A
Train
( Farley Granger / Alfred Hitchcock movie )
Stretch a
point
Take
A Walk On The Wild Side ( Lou Reed song )
Take
Five ( Dave Brubeck tune )
Take
On Me ( a-ha song )
Take
The A
Train
( Duke Ellington tune )
Take
These Chains From My Heart ( Ray Charles song )
Take
a Mulligan
Take
a Thomas Cook at our prices! ( Thomas Cook Travel advertising slogan )
Take
a back seat
Take
a bath
Take
a bath in the dark tonight and let the water make love to your skin ( Lavin Perfumes & Soaps advertising slogan )
Take
a beating
Take
a bite out of crime
Take
a bite out of crime! ( National Crime Prevention Council advertising slogan )
Take
a bite out of something
Take
a blue pencil to
Take
a bow
Take
a breather
Take
a butchers ( Cockney rhyming slang for look )
Take
a chance on me ( ABBA lyric )
Take
a chill pill
Take
a cold hard look
Take
a dip
Take
a fall for
Take
a few deep breaths
Take
a flier
Take
a gamble
Take
a gander
Take
a hammering
Take
a hard line
Take
a healthy interest
Take
a hike
Take
a long walk off a short pier
Take
a long walk off a short plank
Take
a moment
Take
a pew
Take
a pop at
Take
a pot shot at
Take
a powder
Take
a raincheck
Take
a running jump
Take
a seat
Take
a shine to
Take
a stab at
Take
a stand
Take
a swing at
Take
a turn for the worse
Take
account of
Take
advantage of
Take
after
Take
aim
Take
apart
Take
care of
Take
care of the pence and the pounds will
take
care of themselves
Take
centre stage
Take
charge
Take
courage ( Courage Beer advertising slogan )
Take
cuts at someone ( A baseball expression meaning taking a verbal swing or striking a blow at a reputation )
Take
down a peg or two
Take
five
Take
flight
Take
for granted
Take
fright
Take
home pay
Take
in your stride
Take
issue with
Take
it as read
Take
it as you find it
Take
it easy
Take
it for a spin
Take
it from the top
Take
it in good part
Take
it into your head
Take
it like a man
Take
it offline
Take
it on the chin
Take
it on the lam
Take
it or leave it
Take
it outside
Take
it to heart
Take
it to the mattresses
Take
it to the next level
Take
it up a gear
Take
it up a notch
Take
it with a grain of salt
Take
leave of your senses
Take
liberties
Take
liberties with
Take
me out to the ball game
Take
me to the river
Take
me to your leader
Take
no prisoners
Take
note of
Take
one day at a time
Take
one for the team
Take
shape
Take
someone out
Take
someone to law
Take
someone to one side
Take
someone to task
Take
someone to the woodshed
Take
someone's word for it
Take
something on board
Take
steps
Take
stock
Take
the Michael
Take
the air
Take
the bait
Take
the biscuit
Take
the bit between your teeth
Take
the bread out of someone's mouth
Take
the bull by the horns
Take
the chequered flag
Take
the count
Take
the easy way out
Take
the edge off
Take
the field ( begin a sporting event or a military campaign )
Take
the good with the bad
Take
the king's shilling
Take
the law into your own hands
Take
the lead
Take
the mickey
Take
the money and run
Take
the money, open the box
Take
the piss
Take
the pledge
Take
the plunge
Take
the rap
Take
the rough with the smooth
Take
the shilling
Take
the shirt off your back
Take
the town by storm
Take
the veil
Take
the weight off your feet
Take
the wind out of my sails
Take
the words out of my mouth
Take
time out
Take
to the boats
Take
to the hills
Take
to your bed
Take
two aspirin and call me in the morning
Take
umbrage
Take
under your wing
Take
up residence
Take
up the cudgels for
Take
up the slack
Take
up your bed and walk
Take
with a grain of salt
Take
with a pinch of salt
Take
your breath away
Take
your cue
Take
your groceries for a swim
Take
your hand in marriage
Take
your hat off to
Take
your heels
Take
your life
Take
your life in your hands
Take
your lumps
Take
your mind of it
Take
your pick
Take
your pleasure where you can find it
Talking
point
That Obscure
Object
Of Desire ( Luis Bunuel movie )
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old
Place
( Sherlock Holmes story )
The Age Of
Reason
( Jean Paul Sartre book )
The Age of
Reason
The Big
Train
( Nickname of Walter Johnson )
The Blue
End
State ( Nickname of the US state of Delaware )
The Devil
take
the hindmost
The Devil
take
you
The
End
Of The World ( Nickname of Anchorage Alaska )
The be all and
end
all
The beginning of the
end
The bitter
end
The case in
point
The deep
end
The
end
of civilization as we know it
The
end
of the road
The
end
of the world is nigh
The happiest
place
on Earth ( Disneyland advertising slogan )
The light at the
end
of the tunnel may just be a
train
coming the other way
The means to an
end
The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n ( from a poem by Milton )
The
point
of contact ( Sprint advertising slogan )
The
point
of no return
The pot of gold at the
end
of the rainbow
The right
place
at the wrong time
The shit
end
of the stick
The short
end
of the stick
The thick
end
of
The
view
from the top
The war to
end
wars
There's A
Place
For Us ( Leonhard Bernstein song )
There's a time and a
place
for everything
There's no
place
like HBO ( Home Box Office advertising slogan )
There's no
place
like home
They
Shoot
Horses Don't They? ( Jane Fonda movie )
Thin
end
of the wedge
This is the age of the
train
( British Rail advertising slogan )
Thrown in at the deep
end
Till the
end
of time
Tipping
point
Top people
take
the Times ( The Times advertising slogan )
Toward this
end
Train
crash
Train
of thought
Train
whistle blowing
Train
wreck
Turkey
shoot
Ukraine
Train
( Nickname of Vitaly Potapenko )
View
from a Bridge ( play by Arthur Miller )
Voice of
reason
War room ( the
place
where war plans are directed )
War zone ( the area that a war has taken
place
)
Wardrobe malfunction ( when an item of clothing slips out of
place
to expose part of the body - typically a woman's breast )
We aim to please
We'll
take
good care of you ( British Airways advertising slogan )
What's the point?
Within
reason
World
view
World without
end
You can
take
that to the bank
You can't
take
it back, it's out there ( When Harry met Sally )
You can't
take
it with you
You pay your money and you
take
your choice
You
take
the high road: I'll
take
the low road
You'll never
take
me alive copper
Your
place
or mine?
Zabriskie
Point
( Michelangelo Antonioni movie )