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...of the
clock
All happy families are alike; each unhappy
family
is unhappy in its own way ( the opening line of Anna Karenina )
Around the
clock
At sixty miles an hour the loudest noise in the new Rolls-Royce comes from the electric
clock
( Rolls Royce advertising slogan )
Baby
father
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Baby
grand
Beanpole
family
Beat the
clock
Black sheep of the
family
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Clean your
clock
Clock
on
Clock
watching
Did I do that? ( A catchphrase from
Family
Matters )
Drink, feck, arse ( A catchphrase from
Father
Ted )
Dysfunctional
family
Elder
statesman
Face that could stop a
clock
Family
fortunes
Family
man
Family
matters
Family
ties
Family
tree
Family
values
Father
Knows Best ( American TV Show )
Father
Of The Bride ( Steve Martin movie )
Father
Ted ( BBC comedy television series )
Father
of The Atomic Bomb ( Nickname of Robert Oppenheimer )
Founding
father
Full fathom five thy
father
lies ( from The Tempest by Shakespeare )
Get your
family
into Shape, without them even noticing ( St. Ivel Yogurt advertising slogan )
Grand
Theft Auto ( video game title )
Grand
old man
Grand
passion
Grand
slam
Grandfather clause
Head of the
family
Hickory dickory dock the mouse ran up the
clock
( line from nursery rhyme )
His father's son
Honour thy
father
and mother
How's your
father
I Think I Love You ( The Partridge
Family
song )
I want to be alone ( A catchphrase from
Grand
Hotel )
I'm convinced the Goodyear
Grand
Prix-S is a major contribution to road safety ( Goodyear Tyres advertising slogan )
In the
family
way
In the
grand
scheme of things
It's a
family
affair
Just a glint in his father's eye
Keep it in the
family
Le
Grand
Orange ( Nickname of Daniel Staub )
Like father, like son
My arse ( A catchphrase from Royle
Family
)
On a
grand
scale
Our
father
who art in heaven
Our survey says ( A catchphrase from
Family
Fortunes )
Put the
clock
back
Race against the
clock
Roar, Boys, Roar, It tastes like more, What a flavor, Zippity-zow - its
grand
- and HOW ( Grape-Nuts Flakes Cereal advertising slogan )
Rock Around The
Clock
( Bill Haley song )
Runs in the
family
Santa's Little Helpers ( allusion to the elves that help
Father
Christmas )
Selling the
family
silver
Seriously though, he's doing a
grand
job ( A catchphrase from David Frost )
Spend more time with my
family
Stop the clock, I've found a clue
The
Grand
Alliance
The
Grand
Canyon ( tourist attraction in the USA )
The
Grand
Canyon State ( Nickname of the US state of Arizona )
The
Grand
Ol Opry ( tourist attraction in Nashville USA )
The
Grand
old Duke of York he had ten thousand men ( line from nursery rhyme )
The Royle
Family
( BBC comedy television series )
The Sash My
Father
Wore ( Irish traditional song )
The biological
clock
is ticking
The boy is
father
to the man
The child is
father
of the man ( from a poem by Wordsworth )
The
clock
is ticking
The
family
jewels
The
family
silver
The
family
that prays together stays together
The only 'sauce' I dare give
Father
( Burma Sauce advertising slogan )
The sash my
father
wore
The wish is
father
to the thought
This is Not Your Father's Oldsmobile ( Oldsmobile advertising slogan )
Today the discriminating
family
finds it absolutely necessary to own two or more motor cars ( Buick advertising slogan )
Turn back the
clock
Turn the
clock
back
Watching the
clock
We're Just One Big Happy
Family
( Richard Hawley song )
We're just one big happy
family
You can choose your friends but you can't choose your
family