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A
marriage
made in heaven
A match made in heaven
Agree
to differ
Agree
to disagree
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
Ahead of the
game
All men are cremated
equal
( Spike Milligan line )
All the news that's
fit
to print ( New York Times advertising slogan )
All your base are belong to us ( broken English phrase used in the video
game
Zero Wing )
America's Oldest Living Teenager ( Nickname of
game
show host Dick Clark )
Anyone's
game
As
fit
as a butcher's dog
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
As
fit
as a fiddle
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
As
game
as Ned Kelly
Baa baa black sheep have you any wool? ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Beaten at your own
game
Beauty
contest
( a political
contest
in which the result is infuenced by personality and image more than by policy )
Beauty parade ( a political
contest
in which the result is infuenced by personality and image more than by policy )
Beyond
compare
Big
Game
James ( Nickname of basketball player James Posey )
Big
Game
James ( Nickname of basketball player James Worthy )
Blame
game
Brand new ballgame ( A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the
game
)
Bring your A
game
( perform to your best ability )
Call of Duty ( video
game
title )
Cat and mouse
game
Catches win
matches
China plate ( Cockney rhyming slang for
mate
)
Civil
union
Compare
and contrast
Compare
apple and oranges
Compare
notes
Cover Point ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Deep Extra Cover ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Deep Fine Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Deep Gully ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Deep Mid Wicket ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Deep Point ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Deep Square Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Didn't they do well! ( A catchphrase from Bruce Forsyth In The Generation
Game
)
Different ball
game
Ding dong bell Pussy's in the well ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Dish
fit
for the gods
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
Doctor Foster went to Gloucester ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Doctors recommend Phillip Morris ( Philip Morris
Tobacco
advertising slogan )
Down came a blackbird and pecked off her nose ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
End of the ball
game
Equal
opportunities
Equal
pay,
equal
time ( Bulova Watches advertising slogan )
Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Extra Cover ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Fair
game
Farewell to the ugly
cigarette
( Eve Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Fighting
fit
First Slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
First among equals ( the most senior person in a group of
equal
rank )
First comes love, then comes
marriage
Fit
But You Know It ( The Streets' song )
Fit
Dunlop and be satisfied ( Dunlop Tyres advertising slogan )
Fit
a quart into a pint pot
Fit
for a king
Fit
for purpose
Fit
in with
Fit
of the giggles
Fit
the bill
Fit
to a T
Fit
to be tied
Five for silver ( Magpie nursery
rhyme
)
Five, six, pick up sticks ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
For every action there is an
equal
and opposite reaction
For want of a nail the shoe was lost ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Forward Short Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Four for a boy ( Magpie nursery
rhyme
)
Game
bird
Game
brain
Game
changer
Game
of two halves
Game
on
Game
over
Game
plan
Game
set and match
Game
time
Game
to the last
Georgie Porgie pudding and pie ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Give the
game
away
Glow Little Glow-worm ( children's nursery
rhyme
)
Golden Sombrero ( A baseball expression denoting a player who strikes out four times in a
game
)
Goosey Goosey Gander where shall I wander ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Got
game
Grand Theft Auto ( video
game
title )
Group of death ( the most difficult or competitive group in a sports
tournament
)
Guessing
game
Gunpowder treason and plot ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Half a pound of tuppenny rice, half a pound of treacle ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Hatch, match and dispatch
Have a
fit
Have you got a light mac?
He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
He went to bed and bound his head with vinegar and brown paper ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Hickory dickory dock the mouse ran up the clock ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Hissy
fit
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
I couldn't
agree
more
I'm
game
Internationally acknowledged to be the finest
cigarette
in the World ( Dunhill Cigarettes advertising slogan )
It's in the
game
( EA Sports advertising slogan )
It's just a
game
It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the
game
It's only a
game
It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring
It's that Condor moment ( Condor
tobacco
advertising slogan )
Itsy Bitsy spider climbing up the spout, down came the rain and washed the spider out ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Jack Sprat could eat no fat ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Jack be nimble Jack be quick ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Jack fell down and broke his crown ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Jack jump over the candlestick ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Join in
marriage
Keep in step with
Keep pace with
Keep time with
Keep up with
Late in the
game
Laugh
fit
to burst
Leg Gully ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Leg Slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Let the punishment
fit
the crime
Lift your
game
Light up
Little Bo peep has lost her sheep ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Little Boy Blue come blow your horn ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Little Robin Red breast sat upon a tree ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Little Tommy Tucker sings for his supper ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
London bridge is falling down ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Long Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Long Off ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Long On ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Long Stop ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Love and
marriage
go together like a horse and carriage
Love match
Lucky Strike means finer
tobacco
( Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Lucy Locket lost her pocket ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Making smoking 'safe' for smokers ( Bonded
Tobacco
Company advertising slogan )
Mario Kart ( video
game
title )
Marriage
isn't a word it's a sentence
Marriage
of convenience
Mary Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Mary had a little lamb its fleece was white as snow ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Mate's rates ( discount price offered to friends )
Meet your match
Mid Off ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Mid On ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Mid Wicket ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Mix and match
Mixed
marriage
More Doctors Smoke Camels than any other
cigarette
( Camel cigarettes advertising slogan )
More jobs through science (
Union
Carbide and Carbon advertising slogan )
More than a match for
Mug's
game
Must win
game
My old china ( Cockney rhyming slang for
mate
)
No
contest
Not
fit
for a dog
Not
fit
for purpose
Numbers
game
Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor doggie a bone ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
On an
equal
footing
On the
game
One for sorrow ( Magpie nursery
rhyme
)
One two buckle my shoe ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Only A Pawn In Their
Game
( Bob Dylan song )
Only
game
in town
Open
marriage
Oranges and lemons say the bells of Saint Clements ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Pat a cake, Pat a cake, baker's man, bake me a cake as fast as you can ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Peer
pressure
Perfect
fit
Perfect match
Peter Peter pumpkin eater ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Pissing
contest
Platinum Sombrero ( A baseball expression denoting striking out five times in a
game
)
Play Cupid
Play a waiting
game
Play the
game
Play the percentage
game
Polly put the kettle on, we'll all have tea ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Primal Rage ( film and video
game
)
Pussycat pussycat, where have you been? ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Put your
game
face on
Rain, rain go away, come again another day ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Raise your
game
Remember remember the fifth of November ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Rhyme
nor reason
Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross to see a fine lady upon a white horse ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Ring aring of roses, a pocketful of posies, atishoo, atishoo, all fall down ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Rock a bye baby on the tree top, when the wind blows the cradle will rock ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Round and round the garden like a teddy bear ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Second slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Seesaw Margery Daw Johnny shall have a new master ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Seven for a secret, never to be told ( Magpie nursery
rhyme
)
Shall I
compare
thee to a summer's day? ( from a poem by Shakespeare )
Shell
game
Short Fine Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Short Mid Wicket ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Short Square Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Silly Mid Off ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Silly Mid On ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Silly Point ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Silver wedding ( a celebration of twenty-five years of
marriage
)
Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Six for gold ( Magpie nursery
rhyme
)
Skin in the
game
Smokers are requested to use Swan Vestas ( Swan Vesta
matches
advertising slogan )
Sod this for a
game
of soldiers
Sonic the Hedgehog ( video
game
title )
Square Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Starter
marriage
Sticks and snails and puppy dog's tails that's what little boys are made of ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Strike a light
Sugar and spice and all things nice that's what little girls are made of ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Super Mario Brothers ( video
game
title )
Take me out to the ball
game
Take your hand in
marriage
Talk a good
game
The All Blacks ( Nickname of the New Zealand Rugby
Union
team )
The Army
Game
( BBC comedy television series )
The Big Ship Sails on The Ally-Ally-Oh ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
The Dowager Queen of the
Game
Shows ( Nickname of Pat Carroll )
The Grand old Duke of York he had ten thousand men ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
The North wind doth blow and we shall have snow ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts all on a summer's day ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
The Sims ( video
game
title )
The Thriller In Manila ( Ali versus Frazier boxing match )
The beautiful
game
The blame
game
The cow jumped over the moon ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
The dish ran away with the spoon ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
The
game
is afoot
The
game
is up
The house that Jack built ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
The king was in his counting house counting out his money ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
The name
game
The name of the
game
The queen was in the parlour eating bread and honey ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
The sheep's in the meadow the cow's in the corn ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
The smoker's match ( Swan Vesta
matches
advertising slogan )
There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
They danced by the light of the moon ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
They dined on mince, and slices of quince ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Third Slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Third man ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
This little piggy had roast beef, this little piggy had none ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed at home ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Three blind mice, see how they run ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Three for a girl ( Magpie nursery
rhyme
)
Three on a match
Three, four, knock at the door ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Tobacco
baron
Tobacco
is our middle name ( American Brands, Inc advertising slogan )
Today something we do will touch your life (
Union
Carbide and Carbon advertising slogan )
Tom Tom the pipers son stole a pig and away he ran ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Trap and ball ( children's ball
game
)
Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Two can play at that
game
Two for joy ( Magpie nursery
rhyme
)
Two little dicky birds sitting on a wall, one named Peter, one named Paul ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Up above the world so high , like a diamond in the sky ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Up your
game
Upstairs, downstairs and in my lady's chamber ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Use
matches
sparingly ( Swan Vesta
matches
advertising slogan )
War
game
( a simulation of war intended as preparation )
We sell more cars than Ford, Chrysler, Chevrolet, and Buick combined (
Matchbox
advertising slogan )
We won't make a drama out of a crisis ( Commercial
Union
advertising slogan )
We're
tobacco
men not medicine men. Old Gold cures just one thing. The World's Best
Tobacco
( Old Gold Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Well
fit
What's your game?
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, and down will come baby, cradle and all ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
When they were up, they were up ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Who are you? ( Nintendo
Game
Boy Advance advertising slogan )
Who killed Cock Robin ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
Whole new ball
game
Whole shooting match
Wicket Keeper ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Winston tastes good like a
cigarette
should ( Winston Cigarettes advertising slogan )
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes she shall have music wherever she goes ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
With silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids all in a row ( line from nursery
rhyme
)
You are in a Beauty
Contest
Every Day of your Life ( Camay Soap advertising slogan )
Zero sum
game
lookie likie ( a lookalike - someone who closely resembles another )