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A
bird
in the hand is worth two in the bush
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A
goal
in mind
A little
bird
told me
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A marvellous
bird
is the pelican, its beak holds more than its belly can
Above the
law
Against the
law
And Your
Bird
Can Sing ( Beatles song )
As black as Newgate's knocker
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As free as a
bird
Bean Burrito ( Nickname of basketball player
Nick
Young )
Behind bars
Big
Bird
( Nickname of Joel Garner - Barbados and West Indies cricketer )
Big house
Bird
Man ( Nickname of basketball player Chris Andersen )
Bird
brained
Bird
dog
Bird
of passage
Bird's eye view
Brush with the
law
Cause a
stir
Clap him in irons
Click it or ticket ( United States seat belt
law
advertising slogan )
Cold Mountain ( Jude
Law
/ Renee Zellweger / Nicole Kidman movie )
Cool your heels
Detained at Her Majesty's pleasure
Do
bird
Do hard time ( Spend time in a high security
prison
)
Don't have nightmares ( A catchphrase from
Nick
Ross )
Early
bird
Eat like a
bird
Fall foul of the
law
Flip someone the
bird
Flip the
bird
Folsom
Prison
Blues ( Johnny Cash song )
Free As A
Bird
( Beatles song )
Game
bird
Get out of
jail
free
Get out of
jail
free card ( a means of avoiding justice - from the eponymous card in the Monopoly boardgame )
Go directly to jail, do not pass go
Go straight
Go to
law
Hard cases make bad
law
Have a
bird
His word is
law
I arrest you in the name of the
law
I fought the
law
and the
law
won
If you can't do the time, don't do the crime
In good
nick
In the eyes of the
law
In the
nick
of time
In the slammer
Is it a bird, is it a plane, no it's Superman? ( A catchphrase from Superman )
It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it ( A catchphrase from
Nick
Stone In Tightrope )
It's the early
bird
that gets the worm
Jail
bait
Jail
bird
Jailhouse
Rock ( Elvis Presley song )
Jet
lag
Jonnies out of
jail
Larry Legend ( Nickname of Larry
Bird
)
Law
abiding
Law
and order
Law
unto oneself
Lay the
law
down
Lock him up and throw away the key
Nick
at Night ( Nickname of
Nick
Van Exel )
Nick
is for kids ( Nickelodeon TV channel advertising slogan )
Nick
the Quick ( Nickname of
Nick
Van Exel )
Norwegian Wood - This
Bird
Has Flown ( Beatles song )
Old
lag
On death row
One
law
for the rich and another for the poor
Outside the
law
Pay your debt to society
Possession is nine tenths of the
law
Prison
works
Rare
bird
Robben Island - South Africa
Score an own
goal
Send down
Sing like a
bird
Social jet
lag
Spandau Ballet
Stir
crazy
Stir
the pot
Stir
up a hornet's nest
Stir
up an ant's nest
Stir
up trouble
Take no prisoners
Take someone to
law
Take the
law
into your own hands
That
bird
has flown
The Basketball Jesus ( Nickname of Larry
Bird
)
The
Bird
Man of Alcatraz ( Nickname of Robert Stroud )
The Biscuit ( Nickname of John
Cage
( Peter MacNicol ) )
The Great
Bird
of the Galaxy ( Nickname of writer Gene Roddenberry )
The Great Escape ( Steve McQueen movie )
The Hick from French Lick ( Nickname of Larry
Bird
)
The
bird
has flown
The early
bird
catches the worm
The house of many doors
The
law
is an ass
The
law
of averages
The
law
of diminishing returns
The
law
of the jungle
The
law
of the land
The letter of the
law
The long arm of the
law
There ought to be a
law
There's no
law
against it
They're waffly versatile ( Bird's Eye Potato Waffles advertising slogan )
Three strikes and you are out
Under lock and key
Walk free
Who rattled your cage?