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A cat may
look
at a king
A wandering
eye
Absolute pitch ( the ability to determine a musical
note
by ear )
Advanced
notice
All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses An
Eye
( Christopher Brookmyer book )
All my
eye
and Betty Martin
Always
Look
On The Bright Side Of Life ( Monty Python's Flying Circus song )
Am catching
An
eye
for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
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Arm candy
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As far as the
eye
can
see
As queer as a nine bob
note
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At a moment's
notice
Be the change that you wish to
see
in the world ( Mahatma Gandhi quotation )
Beauty is in the
eye
of the beholder
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Better than a poke in the
eye
with a sharp stick
Bird's
eye
view
Blank
look
Bring your A game (
perform
to your best ability )
Can't
see
beyond the end of your nose
Can't
see
the wood for the trees
Cast an
eye
over
Catch your
eye
Celebrate
the Moments of Your Life ( General Foods International Coffee advertising slogan )
Christmas is a time to believe in things you can't
see
( 3M Company Scotch Tape advertising slogan )
Clapped eyes on
Click bait ( an
eye
ctaching word or image on a website )
Come home to Birds
Eye
Country ( Birds
Eye
Frozen Foods advertising slogan )
Come to the Central Park Zoo Cafeteria. Let the animals
watch
you eat for a change ( Central Park Zoo advertising slogan )
Come up and
see
me sometime ( A catchphrase from Mae West )
Cutting
remark
Dirty
look
Distance vision ( the ability to
see
distant objects )
Does my bum
look
big in this? ( A catchphrase from The Fast Show )
Don't
Look
Now ( Julie Christie / Donald Sutherland movie )
Don't know which way to
look
Don't
look
a gift horse in the mouth
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Don't shoot until you can
see
the whites of their eyes
Eye
candy
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Eye
for a bargain
Eye
it try it buy it! ( Chevrolet advertising slogan )
Eye
of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog
Eye
of the Tiger ( Survivor song )
Eye
of the storm
Eye
popping
Eye
someone up and down
Eye
to
eye
Eye
up the competition
Eye
watering
Faraway
look
Fly on the wall
Follow
in the footsteps of
Follow
suit
Follow
the yellow brick road
Follow
your heart
Follow
your nose ( Froot Loops advertising slogan )
For great lager,
follow
the bear ( Hoffmeister lager advertising slogan )
Funny, you don't
look
Jewish
Get your
eye
in
Give one's
eye
teeth for
Go to
see
a man about a dog
God is dead ( philosophical
comment
by Friedrich Nietzsche )
Good mornings
follow
a good Nytol ( Nytol Sleeping Pills advertising slogan )
Got my
eye
in
Got my
eye
on
Half an
eye
Hand in your
notice
Hard act to
follow
Hate
watch
( viewing a television programme in order to mock it )
Have a Captain Cook ( Cockney rhyming slang for
look
)
Have a
look
Hear no evil, speak no evil,
see
no evil
Here's mud in your
eye
Here's one in your
eye
Honour and
obey
I Can
See
Clearly Now ( Johnny Cash and Jimmy Cliff song and Nescafe advertising slogan )
I believe in angels, something good in everything I
see
( ABBA lyric )
I call them like I
see
them
I can
see
you standing over a hot stove, but I can't
see
the stove ( Groucho Marx line )
I could
see
you a mile off
I
look
at the world and I
notice
it's turning ( The Beatles song lyric )
I
see
dead people ( The Sixth Sense )
I
see
nothing - nothing! ( A catchphrase from Hogan's Heroes )
I
see
you stand like greyhounds in the slips
I spy with my little
eye
I think that I shall never
see
a poem lovely as a tree, Kilmer )
I think therefore I am ( philosophical
comment
by Rene Descartes )
I'll
Follow
The Sun ( The Beatles song )
I'll
see
you all right
I've got my
eye
on you
I've got your number
If you haven't looked at Ford lately,
look
again ( Ford Cars advertising slogan )
In a pig's
eye
In my mind's eye, Horatio
In the blink of an
eye
In the public
eye
In the twinkling of an
eye
Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just glad to
see
me?
Is this a dagger which I
see
before me?
It is easier for a camel to go through the
eye
of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
It's beginning to
look
a lot like Christmas
Just a glint in his father's
eye
Just
watch
Keep a weather
eye
open
Keep an
eye
on
Keep an
eye
open
Keep an
eye
out
Keep tabs on
Keep track of
Keep
watch
Keep your
eye
on the ball
Keep your eyes on the prize
Keep your eyes peeled
Keep your finger on the pulse
Lay eyes on
Let the dog
see
the rabbit
Let's
see
the colour of your money
Lo and
behold
Long time no
see
Look
Ma, no cavities! ( Crest Toothpaste advertising slogan )
Look
a fright
Look
after number one
Look
after the pennies and the pounds will
look
after themselves
Look
alive
Look
and feel
Look
away now
Look
before you leap
Look
both ways
Look
daggers
Look
death in the
eye
Look
down on
Look
down your nose
Look
for the Golden Arches ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Look
in on
Look
into
Look
lively
Look
ma, no hands!
Look
no further
Look
on my works, ye mighty, and despair ( from a poem by Shelley )
Look
out
Look
out for number one
Look
over
Look
over your shoulder
Look
sharp
Look
sharp, feel sharp ( Gillette advertising slogan )
Look
someone up and down
Look
that up in your Funk and Wagnalls! ( A catchphrase from Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In )
Look
the other way
Look
to your laurels
Look
up to
Look
what the cat dragged in
Look
who's talking?
Look
you bach
Look
your best while you wear our least ( Jockey Shorts advertising slogan )
Look, no hands
Man is born free and is everywhere in chains ( philosophical
comment
by Rousseau )
Meet one's
eye
Monkey see: monkey do
More than meets the
eye
Must
see
TV ( NBC, advertising slogan )
Never
follow
( Audi advertising slogan )
Never
look
a gift horse in the mouth
Never
look
back
Nice to
see
you, to
see
you nice ( A catchphrase from Bruce Forsyth )
Night
Watch
( Terry Pratchett book )
No F.T. no
comment
( Financial Times Newspaper advertising slogan )
No
comment
Not A Dry
Eye
In The House ( Meatloaf song )
Not a dry
eye
in the house
Not on my
watch
Not so as you'd
notice
Nothing more to
see
Now you
see
it, now you don't
Obey
your thirst ( Sprite advertising slogan )
Old fashioned
look
One in the
eye
Over the teeth and through the gums,
look
out stomach here it comes
People watching
Phone it in (
perform
an act in an uncommitted disinterested manner )
Places to go, people to see, things to do
Put a sparkle in your
eye
Quicker than the
eye
Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross to
see
a fine lady upon a white horse ( line from nursery rhyme )
Run it up the flagpole and
see
who salutes
Say what you
see
( A catchphrase from Catchphrase )
See
America at
see
level ( Amtrak advertising slogan )
See
Naples and die
See
You Late Alligator ( Bill Haley song )
See
a penny and pick it up
See
a pin and pick it up
See
a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck;
see
a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day
See
eye
to
eye
See
here
See
how it runs! ( Cerebos salt advertising slogan )
See
how they run like pigs from a gun ( The Beatles song lyric )
See
it for what it is
See
it out
See
no evil, hear no evil speak no evil
See
red
See
something through
See
that girl,
watch
that scene ( ABBA lyric )
See
the USA in a Chevrolet ( Chevrolet advertising slogan )
See
the back of someone
See
the bigger picture
See
the elephant
See
the face you love light up with Terry's All Gold ( Terrys Chocolates advertising slogan )
See
things in a different light
See
what brown can do for you ( UPS advertising slogan )
See
what happens
See
what the future has in store ( Future Shop advertising slogan )
See
what we mean ( Canon advertising slogan )
See
which way the cat jumps
See
you anon
See
you in court
See
you later alligator
See
you way clear
See
yourself out
Side
eye
( a sidelong glance )
Sit up and take
notice
Sleep with one
eye
open
Spectacles, testicles, wallet and
watch
Spit in the
eye
of
Stop,
Look
and Listen; remember the Green Cross Code ( UK Road Safety Campaign advertising slogan )
Suck it and
see
Sweet as the moment when the pod went 'pop' ( Birds
Eye
Peas advertising slogan )
Take a butchers ( Cockney rhyming slang for
look
)
Take a cold hard
look
Take a gander
Take
note
of
The Black
Watch
( Nickname of The Royal Highland Regiment )
The
Eye
into the Eyes ( CBS advertising slogan )
The all seeing
eye
The apple of his
eye
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The
eye
in the sky
The hand is quicker than the
eye
The little dog laughed to
see
such fun
The
look
is Immac-ulate ( Immac Depilatory advertising slogan )
The one to
watch
( Channel 7 Australia advertising slogan )
There are none so blind as those that will not
see
There's none so blind as those who will not
see
They're waffly versatile ( Bird's
Eye
Potato Waffles advertising slogan )
Three blind mice,
see
how they run ( line from nursery rhyme )
Through the
eye
of a needle
Trust and
obey
Turn a blind
eye
Watch
and learn
Watch
my chops
Watch
my smoke
Watch
out
Watch
out there's a Humphrey about ( Milk Marketing Board advertising slogan )
Watch
over
Watch
the birdy
Watch
the sparks fly
Watch
the time
Watch
the world go by
Watch
this space
Watch
you like a hawk
Watch
your back
Watch
your language
Watch
your mouth
Watch
your step
We love to
see
you smile ( Mcdonalds advertising slogan )
We're off to
see
the wizard
What the
eye
doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over
What you
see
is what you get
Whatever it is I think I
see
becomes a Tootsie Roll to me! ( Tootsie Rolls advertising slogan )
White man's
watch
Why don't you come up sometime and
see
me? ( She Done Him Wrong )
Window on the world
With a jaundiced
eye
Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's
eye
( Beatles song lyric )
You cannot step into the same river twice ( philosophical
comment
by Heraclitus )
You
look
as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards
You
look
as though you've seen the ghost
You look... Mahvelous! ( A catchphrase from Saturday Night Live )
You should
see
what's on HGTV ( HGTV advertising slogan )
You watch, we listen ( British Satellite Broadcasting advertising slogan )
You won't
see
me for dust
You'll
look
a little lovelier each day, with fabulous pink Camay ( Camay Soap advertising slogan )