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A list of phrases related to the word "eight"...
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A stitch in time saves
nine
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As queer as a
nine
bob note
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At sixes and sevens
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Back
number
Beer and sandwiches at
Number
10
Behind the eight ball
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Brighton line ( Bingo call for
number
fifty
nine
)
Cat has
nine
lives
Clickety click ( Bingo call for
number
sixty six )
Complex
number
( a
number
containing real and imaginary parts )
Cushy
number
Do a
number
on
Doctor's Orders ( Bingo call for
number
nine
)
Double O
Seven
Droopy drawers ( Bingo call for
number
forty four )
Eight Days A Week ( Beatles song )
Eight maids a-milking ( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Eight out of ten cats prefer it ( Whiskas Cat Food advertising slogan )
Eight ways to Sunday
Employee
Number
8 ( Nickname of Antoine Walker )
Four score and
seven
years ago
Freddie Star
ate
my hamster
Front
nine
( The first
nine
holes in a game of golf )
Got your
number
Gottaloveit (
Seven
Network Australia advertising slogan )
I
ate
his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti ( The Silence of the Lambs )
I can't believe I
ate
the whole thing ( Alka Seltzer advertising slogan )
I was a
seven
stone weakling ( Charles Atlas advertising slogan )
I've got your
number
Itsy Bitsy
spider
climbing up the spout, down came the rain and washed the
spider
out ( line from nursery rhyme )
Key of the door ( Bingo call for
number
twenty one )
Legs eleven ( Bingo call for
number
eleven )
Little black
number
Look after
number
one
Look out for
number
one
Love Potion
Number
Nine
( Leiber and Stoller song )
Lucky
number
seven
Name, rank, and serial
number
Nine
To Five ( Lily Tomlin / Dolly Parton / Jane Fonda movie )
Nine
While
Nine
( The Sisters Of Mercy song )
Nine
days' wonder
Nine
ladies dancing ( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Nine
tailors make a man
Nine
while
nine
Number
10 Downing Street ( address of the British Prime Minister )
Number
Six ( Pseudonym of Peter Smith The Prisoner ( Patrick McGoohan ) )
Number
crunching
Number
one
Number
one concubine ( name given to the partner of Bertrand Russell )
Number
one son
Number
two
Number
unobtainable
On cloud
nine
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One over the eight
One year's seeds make
seven
year weeds
Parsley seed goes
nine
times to the devil
Pieces of eight
Possession is
nine
tenths of the law
Public Enemy
Number
One ( Nickname of John Dillinger )
Rain before seven, fine before eleven
Seven
day wonder
Seven
deadly sins
Seven
for a secret, never to be told ( Magpie nursery rhyme )
Seven
league boots
Seven
swans a-swimming ( line from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Seven
twenty-four
Seven
year itch
Seven
years' bad luck
Snakes alive ( Bingo call for
number
fifty five )
Snow White and the
Seven
Dwarfs ( Disney cartoon movie )
So easy to use, no wonder it's
number
one ( AOL advertising slogan )
That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them
The Black
Spider
( Nickname of Lev Yashin )
The Magnificent
Seven
( Steve McQueen / Yul Brynner / Charles Bronson movie )
The
Nine
Days Queen ( Nickname of Lady Jane Grey )
The
Seven
Pillars of Wisdom ( Autobiography of T E Lawrence ( of Arabia ) )
The dog
ate
my homework
The magic
number
Times without
number
Top of the shop ( Bingo call for
number
ninety )
Two and eight ( Cockney rhyming slang for state )
Two fat ladies ( Bingo call for
number
eighty eight )
Two four six eight who do we appreciate ( cheerleader chant )
Two little ducks ( Bingo call for
number
twenty two )
Unlucky for some ( Bingo call for
number
thirteen )
Want to reach 8 out of 10 adults - walk this way ( Yellow Pages advertising slogan )
Was she worth it ( Bingo call for
number
fifty six )
We're
number
two. We try harder ( Avis Rent-a-Car advertising slogan )
Whole
nine
yards