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A few roos loose in the
top
paddock
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat ( A line from Monty Python's Flying Circus )
A political
carnival
All the fun of the
fair
All's
fair
in love and war
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life ( Monty Python's Flying Circus song )
America's Next
Top
Model
And now for something completely different ( A catchphrase from Monty Python's Flying Circus )
As brave as a
lion
Balancing act
Barnet
Fair
( Cockney rhyming slang for hair )
Beard the
lion
in his den
Big
tent
revival
Blow your
top
Bread and circuses
By
fair
means or foul
Cherry
top
Come out on
top
Comedy
circuit
( A number of places where comedy is performed )
Cream always rises to the
top
Dolphin
friendly
Faint heart never won
fair
lady
Fair
Trade
Fair
and Balanced ( FOX News advertising slogan )
Fair
and aboveboard
Fair
and square
Fair
crack of the whip
Fair
dinkum
Fair
do's
Fair
enough
Fair
exchange is no robbery
Fair
game
Fair
go
Fair
market value ( a reasonable price for an article for sale )
Fair
play
Fair
play to you
Fair
sex
Fair
shake
Fair
to middling
Fair
to midland
Field day
For
fair
For
top
laps ( The Economist advertising slogan )
Fred Carno's circus
From the
top
From
top
to toe
Go over the
top
Go to the
top
of the class
If you can't ride two horses at once, you shouldn't be in the circus
In like a
lion
out like a lamb
In tip
top
condition
Into the lion's den
It's a
fair
cop
It's lonely at the
top
It's tough at the
top
Just what I needed (
Circuit
City advertising slogan )
Kangaroos in your
top
paddock
Keep on
top
of
Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars ( A catchphrase from Casey Kasem In America's
Top
40 )
Lion's share
Major league ( A baseball expression meaning at the
top
rank )
March comes in like a
lion
and goes out like a lamb
Media circus
Mendoza line ( A baseball expression denoting a line marking a very poor
performance
)
My
Fair
Lady ( Lerner and Loewe musical )
No fair!
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition ( A catchphrase from Monty Python's Flying Circus )
Nudge nudge, wink wink ( A line from Monty Python's Flying Circus )
Off the
top
of my head
On
top
of the world
Only the brave deserve the
fair
and the
fair
deserve JAEGER ( Jaeger Sportswear advertising slogan )
Opening night ( the first night of a theatrical
performance
)
Out of the
top
drawer
Over the
top
Peak
performance
Put your head into the lion's mouth
Race proven
performance
( Kumho Tires advertising slogan )
Rock a bye baby on the tree top, when the wind blows the cradle will rock ( line from nursery rhyme )
Roll up, roll up, all the fun of the
fair
San Siro
Stadium
( tourist attraction in Italy )
Send In The Clowns ( Stephen Sondheim song )
Shout at the
top
of one's lungs
Simple Simon met a pieman going to the
fair
( line from nursery rhyme )
Sleep like a
top
Take it from the
top
Tears Of A
Clown
( Smokey Robinson song )
The Adventure of the Lion's Mane ( Sherlock Holmes story )
The
Clown
Killer ( Nickname of John Gacy )
The
Clown
Prince ( Nickname of Paul Gascoigne )
The
Fair
City ( Nickname of Dublin Ireland )
The Greatest Show on Earth ( Barnum & Bailey Circus advertising slogan )
The
Lion
In Winter ( Peter O'Toole / Katharine Hepburn movie )
The
Lion
King ( Disney cartoon movie )
The
Lion
of Judah ( Nickname of Haile Selassie )
The
Lion
the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Nou Camp
Stadium
( tourist attraction in Spain )
The Tears of a
Clown
The
Top
Ten
The elevator doesn't go to the
top
floor
The
lion
leaps from strength to strength ( Peugeot advertising slogan )
The
lion
may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep ( Woody Allen line )
The
top
banana in the West ( Hughes Air West advertising slogan )
The
top
of the programme
The view from the
top
Thin on
top
Tonight's
top
ten list ( A catchphrase from David Letterman In The Late Show )
Top
Hat ( Fred Astaire / Ginger Rogers movie )
Top
and tail
Top
banana
Top
breeders recommend it ( Pedigree Chum Dog food advertising slogan )
Top
dog
Top
dollar
Top
down
Top
drawer
Top
flight
Top
gear
Top
hole
Top
it off
Top
marks
Top
notch
Top
o' the morning
Top
of the hour
Top
of the pops
Top
of the range
Top
of the shop ( Bingo call for number ninety )
Top
of the tree
Top
out at
Top
people take the Times ( The Times advertising slogan )
Top
priority
Top
quality
Top
seed
Top
shelf magazine
Top
slicing
Top
table
Top
the bill
Top
tips
Under the big
top
Vanity
Fair
( William Makepeace Thackeray book )
Wall of death
Was there a
lion
on your egg this morning? ( British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan )
World's
Fair
You can rely on the
lion
( British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan )
You can't
top
the copper
top
( Duracell Batteries advertising slogan )