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A man
after
my own heart
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Accessory
after
the fact
After
The Gold Rush ( Neil Young song )
After
a fashion
After
a storm comes a calm
After
all is said and done
After
all, tomorrow is another day ( Gone With the Wind )
After
dark ( Tia Maria advertising slogan )
After
hours
After
sun
After
the Lord Mayor's parade
After
the ball was over
After
you, my dear Alphonse
After
your blood
After
your own heart
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All behind, like a cow's tail
Anal
astronaut ( slang term for a homosexual )
Anal
retentive
And they lived happily ever
after
Answer
back
As smooth as a baby's
bottom
As soon as my
back
is turned
Ask
after
At last. A pickle that bites
back
( Marcus Valley Pickles advertising slogan )
At the
back
of my mind
Back
In Black ( AC/DC album )
Back
In The USSR ( The Beatles song )
Back
To Black ( Amy Winehouse song )
Back
To The Future
Back
at it
Back
at the ranch
Back
door man
Back
down
Back
from the dead
Back
in St. Olaf ... ( A catchphrase from The Golden Girls )
Back
in business
Back
in the day
Back
in the saddle
Back
number
Back
of beyond
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Back
off
Back
office bean counter
Back
on track
Back
on your feet
Back
out
Back
room boy
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Back
seat driver
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Back
slang
Back
street abortion
Back
teeth are floating
Back
the field
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Back
the wrong horse
Back
to
back
Back
to basics
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Back
to nature
Back
to school
Back
to square one
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Back
to the drawing board
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Back
to the salt mine
Back
up
Back
woods
Behind bars
Behind closed doors
Behind every great man there's a great woman
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Behind the beat
Behind the curtain
Behind the curve
Behind the eight ball
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Behind the scenes
Behind the times
Behind your
back
Bet your
bottom
dollar
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Bite
back
Bottom
cleavage
Bottom
feeder
Bottom
it
Bottom
of the bin
Bottom
up
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Bounce
back
Brand new ballgame ( A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the game )
Break the
back
of something
Break your
back
Bringing up the
rear
Brush
back
( A baseball expression meaning to subvert or threaten verbally )
Bump along the
bottom
Burn
After
Reading ( George Clooney movie )
But at my
back
I always hear ( from a poem by Marvell )
Buttock
basher ( slang term for a homosexual )
California licence plate ( Nickname for tattoo on lower
back
)
Cast your mind
back
Come
back
for more
Come from behind
Cover your
back
Crawl
back
into your shell
Deal from the
bottom
of the deck
Die
back
Don't burn your bridges behind you
Double
back
Eyes in the
back
of your head
Face like the
back
of a bus
Fall
back
on
Fed up to the
back
teeth
Fight
back
Fight
back
the tears
Fish and guests smell
after
three days
From the
bottom
of my heart
Get
Back
( The Beatles song )
Get
back
at
Get
back
on your feet
Get
back
together
Get
back
your oo with Typhoo ( Typhoo Tea advertising slogan )
Get behind in your work
Get off my
back
Get the monkey off my
back
Get thee behind me Satan
Get to the
bottom
of
Gimme, gimme, gimme a man
after
midnight ( ABBA lyric )
Give your baby something you never had as a baby. A drier
bottom
( Pampers advertising slogan )
Go
back
on a promise
Go
back
on one's word ( Retract a previous promise )
Go behind your
back
Handbrake turn ( 180 degree turn in a car by locking the
back
wheels )
Hang
back
Hanker
after
Happy ever
after
Hark
back
to
He's got a yellow streak down his
back
Hit rock
bottom
Hit the
back
wall
Hold
back
on
Holding
back
the years
I Want You
Back
( The Jackson 5 song )
I before E except
after
C
I scratch your
back
and you scratch mine
I'll be
back
( A catchphrase from The Terminator )
In the
back
of my mind
It fell off the
back
of a lorry
It is easy to be wise
after
the event
It's All Coming
Back
To Me Now ( Meatloaf song )
It's no use locking the stable door
after
the horse has bolted
Jack's
back
( Jack in the Box fast food chain advertising slogan )
Just when you thought it was safe to go
back
in water ( Jaws II advertising tagline )
Keep behind bars
Kick
back
Kick
back
and enjoy
Kisses On The
Bottom
( Paul Mccartney song )
Knock
back
Knock
back
a few
Know like the
back
of your hand
Laid
back
Latter
day
Lead from behind
Leave no child behind ( Political slogan )
Letters
after
your name
Lie
back
and think of England
Life
after
death
Life is just one damned thing
after
another
Like water off a duck's
back
Line
astern
Look
after
number one
Look
after
the pennies and the pounds will look
after
themselves
Lust
after
Make a
back
Make a rod for your own
back
Meanwhile
back
at the... ( A catchphrase from Superfriends )
Money
back
guarantee
My
Back
Pages ( Bob Dylan song )
My Boomerang Won't Come
Back
( Charlie Drake song )
Never look
back
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day
after
tomorrow ( Mark Twain quotation )
No going
back
Not in my
back
yard
On the
back
burner
On the
back
foot
One hand tied behind your
back
One step forward, two steps
back
Pat on the
back
Pin your ears
back
Plough something
back
Pump your money
back
into Canada ( Petro Canada, early advertising slogan )
Put on the
back
burner
Put the clock
back
Put the freshness
back
( Shake And Vac advertising slogan )
Put the fun
back
into driving ( Vauxhall Motors advertising slogan )
Put your
back
into it
Put your
back
up
Race to the
bottom
Rear
Window ( James Stewart / Alfred Hitchcock movie )
Rear
admiral ( naval rank )
Rear
gunner ( slang term for a homosexual )
Riding bitch ( riding pillion on a motorcycle )
Right
back
at ya
Rock
bottom
Scraping the
bottom
of the barrel
See the
back
of someone
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be
back
for breakfast ( A catchphrase from Red Dwarf )
Spring forward, Fall
back
Stab in the
back
Step on a crack, break your mother's
back
Still Crazy
After
All These Years ( Paul Simon song )
Take a
back
seat
Take
after
Take the shirt off your
back
That Friday feeling ( anticipation of the weekend
after
a hard working week )
The Bitch Is
Back
( Elton John song )
The Empire Strikes
Back
( George Lucas movie in the Star Wars series )
The
bottom
fell out of the market
The
bottom
line
The
bottom
line is the
bottom
line is the
bottom
line
The devil looks
after
his own
The last straw that broke the camel's
back
The morning
after
The power behind the throne
They never come
back
Things happen
after
a Badedas bath ( Badedas advertising slogan )
Throw it
back
in your face
Time
after
time
To Hell and
back
To get one's
back
up
Touch
bottom
Turn
back
the clock
Turn the clock
back
Turn your
back
on
Two steps forward and one step
back
Watch your
back
Wet behind the ears
Who's that behind those Foster Grants? ( Foster Grant advertising slogan )
Wind at your
back
Wise
after
the event
You can't take it back, it's out there ( When Harry met Sally )
You scratch my
back
and I'll scratch yours