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All over the
show
Am I bovvered? ( A catchphrase from The Catherine Tate
Show
)
America's Oldest Living Teenager ( Nickname of game
show
host Dick Clark )
And
how
Any old
how
Be careful
how
you use it! ( Hai Karate Aftershave advertising slogan )
Best in
show
Boutros Boutros Ghali ( A catchphrase from The Fast
Show
)
Brain dump
By way of explanation
Call to account
Can you
tell
Stork from butter? ( Stork Margarine advertising slogan )
Can you
tell
what it is yet? ( A catchphrase from Rolf Harris )
Cattle
show
Children and fools
tell
the truth
Cleanup hitter ( A baseball expression meaning a batter who comes in to
solve
a problem )
Crank That ( Soulja Boy ) ( Soulja Boy
Tell
'Em song )
Dead men
tell
no tales
Doctor Strangelove Or
How
I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb ( Peter Sellers movie )
Does my bum look big in this? ( A catchphrase from The Fast
Show
)
Dog and pony
show
Don't piss in my pocket and
tell
me it's raining
Enjoy the
Show
( E! Entertainment Television advertising slogan )
Even your best friend won't
tell
you ( Lifebuoy Soap advertising slogan )
Even your best friends won't
tell
you ( Listerine Mouthwash advertising slogan )
Explain away
Father Knows Best ( American TV
Show
)
For the benefit of Mr.Kite there will be a
show
tonight on trampoline ( Beatles song lyric )
Funny how? ( A catchphrase from Goodfellas )
Get it straight
Get the
show
on the road
Give a good account of yourself
Give the
show
away
Go
tell
your mother she wants you
Gravy
train
He's fallen in the water ( A catchphrase from The Goon
Show
)
Hear
tell
of
Heeere's Johnny ( A catchphrase from Johnny Carson
Show
)
Here's the thing
Hey there, Boo Boo! ( A catchphrase from The Yogi Bear
Show
)
Hey, Soul Sister (
Train
song )
Holy mackerel! ( A catchphrase from Kingfish In Amos 'N' Andy
Show
)
How
Deep Is Your Love? ( Bee Gees song )
How
Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You ( Marvin Gaye song )
How
The West Was Won ( James Stewart movie )
How
To Murder Your Wife ( Jack Lemmon movie )
How
To Win Friends And Influence People ( Dale Carnegie book )
How
about that?
How
are the mighty fallen
How
are the other half lives
How
are you doing?
How
are you? ( Vodafone advertising slogan )
How
come?
How
con-veen-ient! ( A catchphrase from The Church Lady In Saturday Night Live )
How
dare you!
How
do I love thee? Let me count the ways ( from a poem by Browning )
How
do you feel? I feel like a Toohey's ( Toohey's beer advertising slogan )
How
do you like them apples?
How
do you spell relief? ( Rolaids advertising slogan )
How
do you spell soap? Why P-E-A-R-S, of course ( Pears' Soap advertising slogan )
How
does it feel to be one of the beautiful people? ( Beatles song lyric )
How
does that play in Peoria?
How
does the wireless industry make you feel? ( Sprint PCS advertising slogan )
How
does your garden grow?
How
goes it?
How
goes the battle?
How
long is a piece of string?
How
long, O Lord,
how
long?
How
many bars do you have? ( AT&T Wireless advertising slogan )
How
may I serve you?
How
much can you handle ( Bubble Tape advertising slogan )
How
now brown cow?
How
refreshing
How
Heineken ( Heineken advertising slogan )
How
sad is that?
How
sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child?
How
sweet it is
How
sweet it is! ( A catchphrase from The Honeymooners )
How
tickled I am ( A catchphrase from Ken Dodd )
How
very dare you ( A catchphrase from The Catherine Tate
Show
)
How
was it for you?
How
wrong can you be?
How
you doin'? ( A catchphrase from Joey In Friends )
How's it hanging?
How's that again?
How's tricks?
How's your father
I Love
How
You Love Me ( Paris Sisters, 1961 song )
I cannot
tell
a lie
I don't have to
show
you any stinking badges ( The Treasure of the Sierra Madre )
I get no respect, I
tell
ya ( A catchphrase from Rodney Dangerfield In Comedy Monologue )
I swear to
tell
the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
I
tell
a lie
I was very very drunk ( A catchphrase from The Fast
Show
)
I'll level with you
I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here ( Reality TV
show
)
I'm a little bit wooooor, a little bit waaaaaaaaaayy, I'm a geezer! ( A catchphrase from Chris The Crafty Cockney In The Fast
Show
)
I'm going to
tell
on you
I'm smarter than the average bear! ( A catchphrase from The Yogi Bear
Show
)
If I
tell
you I will have to shoot you
If I
tell
you, I'll have to kill you
If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself ( Albert Einstein quotation )
If you
tell
the truth, you don't have to remember anything ( Mark Twain quotation )
It's
how
the smooth take the rough ( Range Rover advertising slogan )
It's not whether you win or lose, it's
how
you play the game
Keep the
show
on the road
Kiss Me Thru the Phone ( Soulja Boy
Tell
'Em song )
Kiss and
tell
Know
how
Know
how
many beans make five
Let the
train
take the strain ( British Rail advertising slogan )
Let's do the
show
right here
Live to
tell
the tale
Lucy ... You got some 'splaining to do! ( A catchphrase from I Love Lucy )
Mary Mary quite contrary,
how
does your garden grow ( line from nursery rhyme )
Mind
how
you go ( A catchphrase from Dixon of Dock Green )
Never
tell
tales out of school
Night
Train
( Nickname of Dick Lane )
Oh,
how
the mighty have fallen
On
show
One half of the world does not know
how
the other half lives
One-man
show
Only time will
tell
Peep
show
Pray
tell
Put across an idea
Road
train
Roar, Boys, Roar, It tastes like more, What a flavor, Zippity-zow - its grand - and
HOW
( Grape-Nuts Flakes Cereal advertising slogan )
Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel ( A catchphrase from Batman TV
show
)
Say kids, what time is it? ( A catchphrase from Howdy Doody
Show
)
See
how
it runs! ( Cerebos salt advertising slogan )
See
how
they run like pigs from a gun ( The Beatles song lyric )
Set in
train
Set the stage
Show
a clean pair of heels
Show
a leg
Show
a little leg
Show
and
tell
Show
down
Show
me the money ( A catchphrase from Jerry Maguire )
Show
me the spot ( Abraham Lincoln quotation )
Show
no quarter
Show
of hands
Show
off
Show
pony
Show
some appreciation
Show
the door
Show
the flag
Show
the ropes
Show
the white feather
Show
up
Show
your hand
Show
your true colours
Show's over folks
Soul
train
Spell it out
Steal the
show
Stop the
show
Strangers On A
Train
( Farley Granger / Alfred Hitchcock movie )
Suit you, sir ( A catchphrase from The Fast
Show
)
Take The A
Train
( Duke Ellington tune )
Talk me through it
Tell
Laura I Love Her ( Ricky Valance song )
Tell
it like it is
Tell
it to the Marines
Tell
me about it
Tell
me honestly
Tell
me straight
Tell
me the worst doctor
Tell
someone where to get off
Tell
tale sign
Tell
tales out of school
Tell
the truth and shame the Devil
Tell
them about the honey, mummy ( Sugar Puffs advertising slogan )
Tell
your fortune
The Amazing Race ( US TV
show
)
The Big
Train
( Nickname of Walter Johnson )
The Greatest
Show
on Earth ( Barnum & Bailey Circus advertising slogan )
The Last Picture
Show
( Jeff Bridges movie )
The
Show
( Nickname of Harold Arceneaux )
The
Show
Business Capital Of The World ( Nickname of Hollywood California )
The Smartest Dumbbell in the History of
Show
Business ( Nickname of comedienne Gracie Allen )
The Truman
Show
( Jim Carey movie )
The ends
justify
the means
The light at the end of the tunnel may just be a
train
coming the other way
The only
show
in town
The
show
must go on
There's No Business Like
Show
Business ( Judy Garland song )
This is the age of the
train
( British Rail advertising slogan )
Three blind mice, see
how
they run ( line from nursery rhyme )
Time will
tell
Tonight's top ten list ( A catchphrase from David Letterman In The Late
Show
)
Train
crash
Train
of thought
Train
whistle blowing
Train
wreck
Twinkle twinkle little star,
how
I wonder what you are ( line from nursery rhyme )
Ukraine
Train
( Nickname of Vitaly Potapenko )
What I
tell
you three times is true
Which was nice ( A catchphrase from The Fast
Show
)
While you live,
tell
truth and shame the Devil!
Why don't we do the
show
right here?
Will the real ... stand up? ( A catchphrase from To
Tell
The Truth )
You Never Can
Tell
( Chuck Berry song )
You can't
tell
a book by looking at its cover
You never can
tell