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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 Portrait Of The Artist As A
Young
Man ( James Joyce book )
A Streetcar Named Desire ( Marlon Brando movie )
A
child
is an island of curiosity surrounded by a sea of question marks ( Shell advertising slogan )
Action Man ( children's male doll )
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Address the ball ( golfing term denoting readiness to
play
)
After The Gold Rush ( Neil
Young
song )
All around Robin Hood's barn
All children, except one, grow up ( the opening line of Peter Pan )
All work and no
play
makes Jack a dull boy
An Ideal Husband (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
Angels in America (
play
by Tony Kushner )
Angry
young
man
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Bean Burrito ( Nickname of basketball player Nick
Young
)
Billy Liar ( Novel and
play
by Keith Waterhouse and Tom Courtenay / Julie Christie movie )
Blossoming
youth
Boyz n the
hood
Bright
young
thing
Brum brum ( child's
play
idiom expressing the sound of a vehicle )
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (
play
by Tennesee Williams and Elizabeth Taylor movie )
Child
of God
Child's
play
Childhood friend
Childhood memories
Childhood sweetheart
Children
and fools tell the truth
Children
should be seen and not heard
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Children's shoes have far to go ( Start-Rite Shoes advertising slogan )
Children, one is one, two is fun, three is a house full
Chips With Everything ( Arnold Wesker
play
)
Cinnamon Girl ( Neil
Young
song )
Close of
play
Come out and
play
Death of a Salesman (
play
by Arthur Miller )
Don't
play
the innocent
Everything to
play
for
Fair
play
Fair
play
to you
Fourth Quarter Vince ( Nickname of American football player Vince
Young
)
Games people
play
Glow Little Glow-worm ( children's nursery rhyme )
Go West
young
man
Go and
play
in the traffic
Go with
child
Goodnight
children
everywhere ( A catchphrase from Uncle Mac )
Grapes, like children, need love and affection ( Almaden advertising slogan )
He will never
play
the piano again
Heart Of Gold ( Neil
Young
song )
Heavy with
child
Hedda Gabler (
play
by Henrik Ibsen )
Helpless Helpless Helpless Helpless ( Neil
Young
song lyric )
Horse
play
How does that
play
in Peoria?
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child?
I took my harp to the party but no one asked me to
play
If music be the food of love,
play
on ( from Twelth Night by Shakespeare )
In
play
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
Juno and the Paycock (
play
by Sean O'Casey )
Kid n'
Play
( Nickname of Kevin Martin )
Lady Madonna,
children
at your feet ( Beatles song lyric )
Lady Windermere's Fan (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
Leave no
child
behind ( Political slogan )
Let's rock ( A catchphrase from Al Bundy In Married With
Children
)
Live in your world,
play
in ours ( Sony advertising slogan )
Long Day's Journey into Night (
play
by Eugene O'Neil )
Love
child
Love in This Club ( Usher with
Young
Jeezy song )
Love
play
Love's
young
dream
Make a
play
for
Make great
play
of
Man and Superman (
play
by George Bernard Shaw )
Midnight's
Children
Mother Courage (
play
by Bertolt Brecht )
Mourning Becomes Electra (
play
by Eugene O'Neill )
Not so
young
as you were
O Romeo, Romeo; wherefore art thou Romeo ( from the
play
by Shakespeare )
Old head on
young
shoulders
Only Love Can Break Your Heart ( Neil
Young
song )
Our
children
are not our
children
Pass the Dutchie ( Musical
Youth
song )
Pepsi - for those who think
young
( Pepsi advertising slogan )
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
Problem
child
Robin
Hood
- Men In Tights ( Mel Brooks movie )
Rockin' In The Free World ( Neil
Young
song )
Roll over and
play
dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (
play
by Tom Stoppard )
Saturday's
child
works hard for a living
Saviour sibling ( a
child
born in order to provide a transplant for another with a fatal disease )
Schooldays are the happiest days of your life
Second childhood
She Stoops to Conquer (
play
by Oliver Goldsmith )
Spare the rod and spoil the
child
Strapping
young
man
Suffer the little
children
Sunday's
child
is full of grace
Sword
play
The Admirable Crichton (
Play
by J M Barrie and nickname of James Crichton )
The Boys in the Band (
play
by Mart Crowley )
The Charlie Chaplin of Television ( Nickname of comedian Alan
Young
)
The Cherry Orchard (
play
by Anton Chekhov )
The Devil's Disciple ( Bernard Shaw
play
and Burt Lancaster movie )
The Famous Five ( characters in Enid Blyton's series of children's book )
The Ginger Man (
play
by JP Donleavy )
The Glass Menagerie (
play
by Tennessee Williams )
The God Of Small Things ( Arundhati Roy book )
The Iceman Cometh (
play
by Eugene O'Neill )
The Importance of Being Ernest (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
The Man
Child
( Nickname of Dwight Howard )
The Man with the
Child
in His Eyes ( Kate Bush song )
The Plough and the Stars (
play
by Sean O'Casey )
The Quare Fellow (
play
by Brendan Behan )
The Scottish
play
The
Young
Ones ( BBC comedy television series )
The
Young
Pretender ( Nickname of Charles Edward Stuart )
The
child
is father of the man ( from a poem by Wordsworth )
The flower of one's
youth
The fountain of
youth
The good die
young
The night is
young
The play's the thing
The wheels on the bus go round and round ( title of children's song )
Those whom the Gods love die
young
Threepenny Opera (
play
by Bertolt Brecht )
Thursday's
child
has far to go
To bring the wolves out - Riding
Hood
Red ( Max Factor Cosmetics advertising slogan )
Trap and ball ( children's ball game )
Triple
play
( A baseball expression denoting the act of making three outs during the same
play
)
Twas the night before Christmas - the
children
were dreaming of a Ford in their future - smart, swanky and gleaming ( Ford Cars advertising slogan )
Two can
play
at that game
Under the
hood
View from a Bridge (
play
by Arthur Miller )
Voodoo
Child
( Jimi Hendrix song )
Waiting for Godot (
play
by Samuel Beckett )
War baby ( someone born during the war - especially the illegitimate
child
of a soldier )
We Are
Young
( fun with Janelle Monae song )
Wednesday's
child
has far to go
When the cat's away the mice will
play
Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? (
play
by Edward Albee )
With
child
Women and
children
first
You hum it and I'll
play
it
You're as
young
as you feel
You're only
young
once
Young
Frankenstein ( Mel Brooks / Gene Wilder movie )
Young
Thunder ( Nickname of Dwight Howard )
Young
and sweet, only seventeen ( ABBA lyric )
Young
at heart
Young
fogey
Young
turk
Young, Gifted and Black ( Nina Simone song )
Youth
is wasted on the
young