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A hands
turn
A tight
corner
A
turn
for the worse
About
turn
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After all, tomorrow is another day ( Gone With the
Wind
)
Ahead of the
curve
Angle
for
Any way the
wind
blows
Arch
enemy
Bad
turn
Behind the
curve
Bend over backwards to help
Bend the rules
Bend to my will
Bend your ear
Bend your elbow
Bent
double
Bent
out of shape
Blind
corner
Blow with the
wind
Blowin' In The
Wind
( Bob Dylan song )
Bow the
knee
Break
wind
Breath of
wind
Buggin's
turn
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Can't
Turn
You Loose ( Otis Redding song )
Candle In The
Wind
( Elton John song )
Cleans round the bend ( Harpic Lavatory Cleaner advertising slogan )
Coffin
corner
Come
wind
come weather
Corner
the market
Curl
up and die
Curl
your lip
Curve
ball ( a difficult proposition - deriving from baseball terminology )
Didn't
turn
a hair
Do a good
turn
Don't get your knickers in a
twist
Done to a
turn
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Drive someone into a
corner
Enough to make your hair
curl
Even a worm will
turn
Fender
bender
Flex
your muscles
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn ( Gone With the
Wind
)
Gender
bender
Get
wind
of
Go down on bended
knee
Go like the
wind
Go on a
bender
Go out of
curl
Go to a neutral
corner
Gone With The
Wind
( Clark Gable / Vivien Leigh movie )
Got the
wind
up
Hand's
turn
Handbrake
turn
( 180 degree
turn
in a car by locking the back wheels )
Head
wind
Hell
bent
Housemaid's
knee
Idiot
Wind
( Bob Dylan song )
In the
loop
In your
corner
It's an ill
wind
that blows no one any good
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Jimmy Horner ( Cockney rhyming slang for
corner
)
Just around the
corner
Kitty
corner
Knee
deep in
Knee
high to a duck
Knee
high to a grasshopper
Knee
jerk reaction
Knee
trembler
Knock the
wind
out of
Learning
curve
Learnt at your mother's
knee
Like a candle in the
wind
Like the
wind
Little Jack Horner sat in a
corner
( line from nursery rhyme )
Loop
the
loop
Make someone's toes
curl
Not the ill
wind
which blows no man to good
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On bended
knee
On the
turn
One good
turn
deserves another
One two many and you might
turn
Bertie ( Bassett's Liquorice Allsorts advertising slogan )
Paint yourself into a
corner
Painted into a
corner
Pissing in the
wind
Please
turn
over
Put the
wind
up
Raise the
wind
Ride like the
wind
Rock a bye baby on the tree top, when the
wind
blows the cradle will rock ( line from nursery rhyme )
Round the bend
Round the
twist
Run like the
wind
Sail close to the
wind
Second
wind
Stay ahead of the
curve
Summer
Wind
( Frank Sinatra song )
Swing in the
wind
Take a
turn
for the worse
Take the
wind
out of my sails
The Big Bend State ( Nickname of the US state of Tennessee )
The Naughty
Corner
The North
wind
doth blow and we shall have snow ( line from nursery rhyme )
The
Wind
in the Willows ( children's book by Kenneth Grahame )
The answer my friend is blowing in the
wind
( Bob Dylan song lyric )
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on
The
wind
of change is blowing through this continent
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind
Three sheets to the
wind
Throw caution to the
wind
Thrown for a
loop
Turn
a blind eye
Turn
a trick
Turn
back the clock
Turn
coat
Turn
geese into swans
Turn
heads
Turn
in
Turn
it in
Turn
of events
Turn
of phrase
Turn
of the century
Turn
on
Turn
on a dime
Turn
on the fun ( Best Buy advertising slogan )
Turn
on your heel
Turn
on, tune in, drop out ( A catchphrase from Timothy Leary )
Turn
over a new leaf
Turn
that frown upside down
Turn
the clock back
Turn
the
corner
Turn
the other cheek
Turn
the tables
Turn
the tide
Turn
to ashes in your mouth
Turn
turtle
Turn
up for the books
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Turn
up the heat
Turn
up your toes
Turn
your back on
Turn
your nose up at
Turn
your stomach
Twist
And Shout ( Beatles song )
Twist
around your little finger
Twist
in the
wind
Twist
of fate
Twist
the knife
Twist
your arm
Wind
at your back
Wind
dummy
Wind
farm
Wind
of Change ( Scorpions song )
Wind
someone up ( deliberately draw attention to something that will create agitation )
Wind
up
Wind
up in
Wind
your neck in
You don't need a weather man to know which way the
wind
blows