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Acid house
Address the
ball
( golfing term denoting readiness to play )
After the
ball
was over
All singing, all
dancing
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Another Saturday Night ( Sam Cooke song )
Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?
Bachelorette
party
( Hen night )
Ball
achingly good
Ball
and chain
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Ball
of fire
Beat It ( Michael ( Jackson song )
Behind the eight
ball
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Bitch slap ( a full
swing
slap in the face intended to be humiliating )
Body popping
Boogie
on down
Boogie
woogie
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Bunny
hop
Bust a move ( dance in a stylish way )
Can of corn ( A baseball expression meaning a
ball
which is easy to catch )
Carry the
ball
Come to the aid of the
party
Come to the
party
Cuddle
party
Curve
ball
( a difficult proposition - deriving from baseball terminology )
Cut a rug
Dance With The One That Brought You ( Shania Twain song )
Dance around the problem
Dance attendance on
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Dance like nobody's watching
Dance of death
Dance on someone's grave
Dance the night away
Dance to someone's tune
Dance your socks off
Dances
With Wolves ( Kevin Costner movie )
Dancing
In The Dark ( Bruce Springsteen song )
Dancing
cheek to cheek
Dancing
is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire ( George Bernard Shaw quotation )
Dancing
on air
Dancing
pleats that won't sit out ( Orlon Fabric advertising slogan )
Different
ball
game
Digging the
dancing
queen ( ABBA lyric )
Ditty
Bop
( Nickname of basketball player Baron Davis )
Don't get your knickers in a
twist
Drop the
ball
End of the
ball
game
Fancy footwork
Fascinatin'
Rhythm
( George Gershwin song )
Fight For The Right To
Party
( Beastie Boys song )
Get into the
swing
of it
Get the
ball
rolling
Ground
ball
( A baseball expression meaning a prosaic or ordinary accomplishment )
Have a
ball
Have the
ball
at your feet
Have your card marked
Hen
party
High
ball
High stepper
Hip
hop
Hips Don't Lie ( Shakira with Wyclef Jean song )
Hoe down
Hop
it
Hop
off
Hop
to it
Hop,
skip
and jump
I Got
Rhythm
( George Gershwin song )
I Like To Move It ( Reel 2 Reel song )
I took my harp to the
party
but no one asked me to play
I'll
swing
for you
I'm Happy Just To Dance With You ( The Beatles song )
In full
swing
In out, in out, shake it all about
In the
swing
Injured
party
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got
swing
It takes two to
tango
It's My
Party
And I'll Cry If I Want To ( Lesley Gore song )
Jack Palancing ( Cockney rhyming slang for
dancing
)
Jig
around
Jive
talk
Jive
talkin' ( Bee Gees song )
Jungle
boogie
Just Dance ( Lady Gaga ( with Colby O'Donis song )
Keep the
ball
rolling
Keep your eye on the
ball
Knock the cover off the
ball
( A baseball expression meaning succeed beyond expectation )
La Bamba ( Richie Valens song )
Last
Tango
In Paris ( Marlon Brando movie )
Lead a merry dance
Let's Dance ( David Bowie song )
Let's face the music and dance
Let's
party
Life and soul of the
party
Light on your feet
Lindy
Hop
( Nickname of Charles Lindbergh )
Make a song and dance about
Mosh pit
Moves like Jagger ( Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera song )
Murder On The Dance Floor ( Sophie Ellis-Bexter song )
Necktie
party
Nine ladies
dancing
( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
No room to
swing
a cat
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the
party
On the
ball
Party
Like It's 1999 ( Prince song )
Party
Like a Rock Star ( Shop Boyz song )
Party
Rock Anthem ( LMFAO with Lauren Bennett and GoonRock song )
Party
animal
Party
down
Party
girl
Party
hearty
Party
in the U.S.A. ( Miley Cyrus song )
Party
line
Party
on
Party
on! ( A catchphrase from Wayne's World In Saturday Night Live )
Party
political broadcast
Party
pooper
Party
season
Party
till dawn
Party
time
Party
wall
Play
ball
Private
Dancer
( Tina Turner album )
Round the
twist
Run with the
ball
Save The Last Dance For Me ( Ben E King song )
Save the last dance for me
See that girl, watch that scene ( ABBA lyric )
Shake your booty
Singin' in the Rain ( Gene Kelly movie )
Skip
to My Lou ( Nickname of Rafer Alston )
Slow slow quick quick slow
Slumber
party
Smell the Glove ( fictional album by the spoof heavy-metal band Spinal
Tap
)
Smooth move
Song and dance
Song and dance man
Spandau
Ballet
Spot the
ball
Start the
ball
rolling
Strut your funky stuff
Strut your stuff
Sultan of
Swing
( Nickname of Wasim Akram - Pakistani cricketer )
Swing
both ways
Swing
by ( slang expression meaning drop in for a visit )
Swing
for the fences ( A baseball expression meaning try for a substantial gain )
Swing
in the wind
Swing
the lead
Tailgate
party
Take a
swing
at
Take cuts at someone ( A baseball expression meaning taking a verbal
swing
or striking a blow at a reputation )
Take me out to the
ball
game
Tea
Party
Express
Tea
party
Taliban
That's the way the
ball
bounces
The Adventure of the
Dancing
Men ( Sherlock Holmes story )
The Boston Tea
Party
( historical event where chests of tea were dumped into Boston harbour )
The Conservative
Party
at prayer ( The Church of England )
The
Dancing
Bear ( Nickname of Ron McDole )
The Head
Ball
Coach ( Nickname of Steve Spurrier )
The Highland Fling
The King of
Swing
( Nickname of Benny Goodman )
The Ol'
Ball
Coach ( Nickname of Steve Spurrier )
The Queen of TV Comedy ( Nickname of comedienne Lucille
Ball
)
The
ball
is in your court
The belle of the
ball
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The
jig
is up
The old
ball
and chain
The party's over
The sound of leather on willow ( sound of the
ball
on the bat in cricket )
The way the
ball
bounces
These go to eleven ( line from the movie This Is Spinal
Tap
)
They danced by the light of the moon ( line from nursery rhyme )
Throw a shape
Top Hat ( Fred Astaire / Ginger Rogers movie )
Trap and
ball
( children's
ball
game )
Trip the light fantastic
Try everything once, except incest and folk
dancing
( Sir Thomas Beecham quotation )
Twinkle toes
Twist
And Shout ( Beatles song )
Twist
around your little finger
Twist
in the wind
Twist
of fate
Twist
the knife
Twist
your arm
Two left feet
Walk like an Egyptian ( Bangles song )
Waltz
off with
West Side Story ( Leonard Bernstein musical and Natalie Wood movie )
Whole
ball
of wax
Whole new
ball
game
Wop
bop
a loo
bop
a wop bam boom
Working
party
Yes Sir, I Can
Boogie
( Baccara song )
You know when you've been Tango'd (
Tango
advertising slogan )