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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat ( A line from Monty Python's
Flying
Circus )
All your base are belong to us ( broken English phrase used in the video game Zero
Wing
)
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life ( Monty Python's
Flying
Circus song )
And now for something completely different ( A catchphrase from Monty Python's
Flying
Circus )
As cute as a bug's ear
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As high as a
kite
As snug as a
bug
in a rug
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As the crow
flies
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Bar fly
Because you were born to fly ( TAM Brazilian Airlines advertising slogan )
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! ( The Beatles song )
Bitten by the
bug
Booze
cruise
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Born On The Fourth Of July ( Tom
Cruise
movie )
Break a
butterfly
on a wheel
Breed like
flies
Bug
off
Bug
out
Clyde the
Glide
( Nickname of basketball player Clyde Drexler )
Come Fly With Me ( Frank Sinatra song )
Cruise
control
Dropping like
flies
Earned his wings
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
Flown
the coop
Fly Me To The Moon ( Frank Sinatra song )
Fly a
kite
Fly by night
Fly by the seat of your pants
Fly by wire
Fly drive
Fly in the face of the evidence
Fly in the ointment
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Fly now. Shovel later ( Eastern Airlines advertising slogan )
Fly off the handle
Fly off the shelves
Fly on the wall
Fly the American way ( American Airlines advertising slogan )
Fly the coop
Fly the flag ( British Airways advertising slogan )
Fly the friendly skies ( United Airlines advertising slogan )
Fly the nest
Flying
Without Wings ( Westlife song )
Flying
blind
Flying
buttress
Flying
high
Flying
picket
For the benefit of Mr.Kite there will be a show tonight on trampoline ( Beatles song lyric )
Gad
about
Gad
zooks
Get off to a
flying
start
Get out there ( Royal Caribbean
cruise
lines advertising slogan )
Go down with
flying
colours
Go fly a
kite
Happy landings
Heavier than air
Helicopter
grazing
Helicopter
mom
Helicopter
parent
High
flyer
I don't give a
flying
f*ck
I'm Margie. Fly me ( National Airlines advertising slogan )
If God had meant us to fly he would have given us wings
If man were meant to fly, God would have lowered the fares ( American Coach Lines advertising slogan )
In full
sail
Intruder
alert
It's a lot less bovver than a
Hover
( Qualcast advertising slogan )
It's better with the
butterfly
( Microsoft advertising slogan )
It's much less bovver on a
Hover
( Hoverspeed advertising slogan )
It's not a bug, it's a feature
It's time to fly ( United Airlines advertising slogan )
June
bug
Keep the flag
flying
Kite
marked
Left
wing
Let fly
Like a blue arsed fly
Loop the loop
Lord Of The
Flies
( William Golding book )
Love
bug
Make
sail
Make the feathers fly
Millennium
bug
Mission Impossible ( Tom
Cruise
movie and television series title )
Moonlight
flit
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition ( A catchphrase from Monty Python's
Flying
Circus )
Norwegian Wood - This Bird Has
Flown
( Beatles song )
Nudge nudge, wink wink ( A line from Monty Python's
Flying
Circus )
On a
wing
and a prayer
On eagle's wings
On red
alert
On the
alert
On the fly
On the wings of a prayer
One
Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest ( Jack Nicholson movie )
Pass with
flying
colours
Pigs might fly
Quick, Henry, the FLIT! (
Flit
insecticide advertising slogan )
Ready and waiting (
alert
and prepared for action )
Red Army Fraction ( German left
wing
terrorist group also call Red Army Faction )
Red
alert
Right
wing
Sail
away
Sail
close to the wind
Sail
into
Set
sail
Shoot through ( to leave or
abscond
)
Singapore Girl, you're a great way to fly ( Singapore Airlines advertising slogan )
Skim
milk does not come from skinny cows ( Alba Dry Milk advertising slogan )
Skim
the surface
Social
butterfly
Spanish Fly
Straighten up and fly right
Take under your
wing
That bird has
flown
The Color Of Money ( Paul Newman / Tom
Cruise
movie )
The East
Coast
Assassin ( Nickname of Gilbert Arenas )
The
Flying
Dutchman ( Nickname of Dirk Nowitzki )
The
Flying
Dutchman ( Nickname of Honus Wagner )
The
Flying
Fisherman ( Nickname of Roscoe Vernon Gaddis )
The
Flying
Squad ( Nickname of the Specialist Crime Directorate, New Scotland Yard )
The
Helicopter
( Nickname of Ivan Zamorano )
The
Helicopter
( Nickname of Vahid Hashemian )
The Mosquito
Coast
( Harrison Ford movie )
The Queen Of The
Coast
( Nickname of Mar del Plata Argentina )
The West
Coast
Sound ( Shelly Manne song )
The West
Coast
Sound ( name applied to Californian pop music, especially that of The Beach Boys )
The bird has
flown
The
butterfly
effect
The
coast
is clear
The fur began to fly
The only way to fly ( Western Airlines advertising slogan )
There are no
flies
on you
Those Magnificent Men In Their
Flying
Machines ( Ken Annakin movie )
Tim
Bug
( Nickname of Tim Hardaway )
Time
flies
Time
flies
like an arrow. Fruit
flies
like a banana ( Groucho Marx line )
Time
flies
when you are having fun