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A countenance more in sorrow than in anger
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A finger of Fudge is just enough to
give
your kids a treat ( Cadbury's advertising slogan )
Accept
a wooden nickel
Accept
that some days you are the pigeon, some days you are the statue
Accept
with thanks
Acknowledge
the corn
Admit
defeat
Age of
consent
Agree
to differ
Agree
to disagree
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And God said
Let
there be light And the was light
Arsenic And Old Lace ( Cary
Grant
movie )
Australians wouldn't
give
a XXXX for anything else ( Castlemaine XXXX Lager advertising slogan )
Ballpark
figure
Bringing Up Baby ( Cary
Grant
/ Katharine Hepburn movie )
Buy to
let
Come to the Central Park Zoo Cafeteria.
Let
the animals watch you eat for a change ( Central Park Zoo advertising slogan )
Cry havoc and
let
slip the dogs of war
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Do you love anyone enough to
give
them your last Rolo? ( Rolo Chocolate advertising slogan )
Doctor, doctor,
give
me the news, I've got a bad case of loving you ( Robert Palmer song lyric )
Don't
Give
Up ( Kate Bush Peter Gabriel song )
Don't
Let
The Sun Go Down On Me ( Elton John song )
Don't
give
a fig
Don't
give
a hang
Don't
give
a monkey's
Don't
give
two hoots
Don't
give
up the day job
Don't
give
up the ship ( Cutty Sark Whisky advertising slogan )
Don't
let
the bastards grind you down
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Don't
let
the grass grow under your feet
Expressed written
consent
Figure
it out
Figure
painting ( a form of painting in which the human body is the subject )
Fine
figure
of a man
Fine
figure
of a woman
Frankly, my dear, I don't
give
a damn ( Gone With the Wind )
Friends don't
let
friends drive drunk ( United States Department of Transportation advertising slogan )
Give
'till it hurts
Give
Me Everything ( Pitbull with Ne-Yo, Afrojack, and Nayer song )
Give
Peace A Chance ( John Lennon song )
Give
a dog a bad name
Give
a dog a bad name and hang him
Give
a good account of yourself
Give
a hand
Give
a hoot, don't pollute ( United States Forest Service advertising slogan )
Give
a leg up
Give
a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
Give
a man enough rope and he will hang himself
Give
and take
Give
credit where credit is due
Give
him a right good Hemeling tonight ( Hemeling Lager advertising slogan )
Give
him an inch and he'll take a mile
Give
him enough rope and he'll hang himself
Give
it a once over
Give
it a rest
Give
it a spin
Give
it a whirl
Give
it all you've got
Give
it plenty
Give
it some wellie
Give
it the green light
Give
it the gun
Give
it the hairy eyeball
Give
it the old college try
Give
it to me straight
Give
it your best shot
Give
me a break
Give
me a break! Break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar! ( Kit Kat chocolate advertising slogan )
Give
me a call
Give
me a sign
Give
me liberty or
give
me death
Give
me the works
Give
no quarter
Give
one's eye teeth for
Give
one's right arm for
Give
or take
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
Give
thanks
Give
the Devil his due
Give
the brush off
Give
the game away
Give
the lie to
Give
the show away
Give
the slip
Give
up
Give
up the blueline
Give
up the ghost
Give
us a call
Give
us a twirl ( A catchphrase from Bruce Forsyth )
Give
way
Give
your baby something you never had as a baby. A drier bottom ( Pampers advertising slogan )
Give
your name to
Give
your word
Go
figure
Grant
no quarter
Hate
figure
He just wouldn't
let
it lie
He will
give
the Devil his due
How do I love thee?
Let
me count the ways ( from a poem by Browning )
Humour me
I cannot be doing with it ( I am unwilling to
tolerate
it )
I couldn't
agree
more
I don't
give
a flying f*ck
I don't
give
a hoot
I don't
give
a rats ass
I
give
up
I'll
give
it a miss
If I've only one life,
let
me live it as a blonde! ( Clairol Hair Colouring advertising slogan )
If you have to ask the price you can't
afford
it ( Rolls Royce slogan )
It won't
let
you down ( Sure anti-perspirant advertising slogan )
It's better to
give
than to receive
Leave the door open for
Let
Hertz put you in the driver's seat ( Hertz Car Rental advertising slogan )
Let
It Be ( The Beatles song )
Let
It Bleed ( Rolling Stones song )
Let
It Snow ( Sammy Cahn song recorded by Sinatra and Dean Martin )
Let
a smile be your umbrella
Let
alone
Let
battle commence
Let
bygones be bygones
Let
down
Let
fly
Let
her rip
Let
into the secret
Let
it all hang out
Let
it drop
Let
it ride
Let
it rip
Let
it slip through your fingers
Let
loose
Let
me be brief
Let
me count the ways
Let
me make one thing perfectly clear
Let
me not judge anyone until I have walked a mile in his moccasins
Let
me take you down, cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields ( Beatles song lyric )
Let
nature take its course
Let
not the sun go down on your wrath
Let
off
Let
off steam
Let
off the hook
Let
off the leash
Let
on
Let
one go
Let
one thousand flowers bloom
Let
out
Let
sleeping dogs lie
Let
something slip
Let
the buyer beware
Let
the cat out of the bag
Let
the chips fall where they may
Let
the dead bury the dead
Let
the dog see the rabbit
Let
the games begin
Let
the genie out of the bottle
Let
the good times roll
Let
the polluter pay
Let
the punishment fit the crime
Let
the side down
Let
the train take the strain ( British Rail advertising slogan )
Let
them eat cake ( Marie Antoinette quotation - attributed )
Let
there be light
Let
up
Let
us pray
Let
well alone
Let
your conscience be your guide
Let
your fingers do the walking ( Yellow Pages advertising slogan )
Let
your hair down
Let
your imagination run riot
Let
yourself go
Let's be careful out there ( A catchphrase from Hill Street Blues )
Let's do lunch
Live And
Let
Die ( James Bond movie Roger Moore )
Live and
let
live
Maasai Mara National
Reserve
( tourist attraction in Kenya )
Make free with
My my, I could never
let
you go ( ABBA lyric )
Never
give
a sucker an even break ( A catchphrase from W C Fields )
Night night, sleep tight, don't
let
the bed bugs bite
No one can make you feel inferior without your
consent
( Eleanor Roosevelt quotation )
North By Northwest ( Cary
Grant
/ Alfred Hitchcock movie )
Oh
Give
Me A Home Where The Buffalo Roam ( Brewster Higly song )
Please
let
it be a dream
Portion
control
Promise her anything, but
give
her Arpege ( Arpege Perfume advertising slogan )
Room to
let
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and
let
it lie, bad luck you'll have all day
Suck it up (
accept
a bad situation and move on )
Take a bath in the dark tonight and
let
the water make love to your skin ( Lavin Perfumes & Soaps advertising slogan )
Take account of
The Philadelphia Story ( Cary
Grant
/ Katharine Hepburn movie )
The only 'sauce' I dare
give
Father ( Burma Sauce advertising slogan )
There will be an answer,
let
it be ( The Beatles song lyric )
To
let
What God has joined together
let
no man put asunder
What do you
give
to a man who has everything?
Whisper words of wisdom,
let
it be ( The Beatles song lyric )
Who
Let
The Dogs Out? ( Baha Men song )
Who's that behind those Foster Grants? ( Foster
Grant
advertising slogan )
Wouldn't
give
you the time of day
You
Give
Love A Bad Name ( Bon Jovi song )
You Never
Give
Me Your Money ( The Beatles song )
You
give
us 22 minutes, we'll
give
you the world ( WINS Radio, New York advertising slogan )
You've got a lot to live, and Pepsi's got a lot to
give
( Pepsi advertising slogan )
Your mission, if you choose to
accept
it ... ( A catchphrase from Mission Impossible )