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A Doll's House (
play
by Henrik Ibsen )
A Mars a day helps you work, rest and
play
( Mars Chocolate advertising slogan )
A Streetcar Named Desire ( Marlon Brando movie )
A class
act
Act
of God
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Act
out
Act
the fool
Act
the giddy goat
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Act
the part
Act
up
Act
white
Act
your age
Address the ball ( golfing term denoting readiness to
play
)
All work and no
play
makes Jack a dull boy
An Ideal Husband (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
Angels in America (
play
by Tony Kushner )
Balancing
act
Billy Liar ( Novel and
play
by Keith Waterhouse and Tom Courtenay / Julie Christie movie )
Brilliant cleaning starts with
Finish
(
Finish
Detergent advertising slogan )
Bring your A game ( perform to your best ability )
Brum brum ( child's
play
idiom expressing the sound of a vehicle )
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (
play
by Tennesee Williams and Elizabeth Taylor movie )
Caught in the
act
Child's
play
Chips With Everything ( Arnold Wesker
play
)
Class
act
Clean up your
act
Close of
play
Come out and
play
Complete
shambles
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Couldn't
act
his way out of a paper bag
Death of a Salesman (
play
by Arthur Miller )
Do a disappearing
act
Don't
play
the innocent
Double
act
Everything to
play
for
Fair
play
Fair
play
to you
Foot in the bucket ( A baseball expression meaning to
act
timidly or cowardly )
Games people
play
Get in on the
act
Get your
act
together
Go and
play
in the traffic
Hard
act
to follow
He will never
play
the piano again
Hedda Gabler (
play
by Henrik Ibsen )
High wire
act
Hit it out of the park ( A baseball expression denoting a
complete
or spectacular success )
Horse
play
How does that
play
in Peoria?
Human Rights
Act
I do
I took my harp to the party but no one asked me to
play
I've started so I'll
finish
( A catchphrase from Mastermind )
If music be the food of love,
play
on ( from Twelth Night by Shakespeare )
In on the
act
In
play
It was twenty years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to
play
( Beatles song lyric )
It's good to
play
together ( Microsoft Xbox advertising slogan )
It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you
play
the game
Juno and the Paycock (
play
by Sean O'Casey )
Kid n'
Play
( Nickname of Kevin Martin )
Knock it out of the park ( A baseball expression denoting a
complete
or spectacular success )
Lady Windermere's Fan (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
Live in your world,
play
in ours ( Sony advertising slogan )
Long Day's Journey into Night (
play
by Eugene O'Neil )
Love
play
Make a
complete
fool of yourself
Make a
play
for
Make great
play
of
Man and Superman (
play
by George Bernard Shaw )
Mother Courage (
play
by Bertolt Brecht )
Mourning Becomes Electra (
play
by Eugene O'Neill )
Nice guys
finish
last
O Romeo, Romeo; wherefore art thou Romeo ( from the
play
by Shakespeare )
Oh, behave! ( Austin Powers )
Phone it in ( perform an
act
in an uncommitted disinterested manner )
Photo
finish
Piss or get off the pot
Play
Cupid
Play
God
Play
Misty For Me ( Clint Eastwood movie )
Play
a blinder
Play
a waiting game
Play
around
Play
ball
Play
both ends against the middle
Play
by ear
Play
by
play
Play
by the rules
Play
catch up
Play
catchup
Play
chicken
Play
dead
Play
devil's advocate
Play
dirty
Play
ducks and drakes
Play
fast and loose
Play
favorites
Play
favourites
Play
for keeps
Play
for time
Play
from the tips
Play
gooseberry
Play
hard to get
Play
hardball ( A baseball expression meaning to be or
act
tough or aggressive )
Play
havoc with
Play
hell
Play
hide the sausage
Play
hookey
Play
it again Sam
Play
it again, Sam ( New York State Lottery advertising slogan )
Play
it by the book
Play
it cool
Play
it for laughs
Play
it safe
Play
kissy face
Play
off
Play
possum
Play
safe
Play
second fiddle
Play
silly buggers
Play
softball ( A baseball expression meaning to ask easy questions )
Play
the field ( - indulge in a series of sexual relationships )
Play
the fool
Play
the game
Play
the old soldier
Play
the percentage game
Play
the race card
Play
the white man
Play
to win
Play
with fire
Play
within a
play
Play
your cards right
Play
your part
Play
yourself in
Playboy of the Western World (
play
by John Millington Synge )
Plug and
play
Put on an
act
Random
act
of kindness
Read the riot
act
Roll over and
play
dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (
play
by Tom Stoppard )
Shape up or ship out
She Stoops to Conquer (
play
by Oliver Goldsmith )
Shit or get off the pot
Sister
Act
( Whoopie Goldberg movie )
Sword
play
The Admirable Crichton (
Play
by J M Barrie and nickname of James Crichton )
The Boys in the Band (
play
by Mart Crowley )
The Cherry Orchard (
play
by Anton Chekhov )
The Devil's Disciple ( Bernard Shaw
play
and Burt Lancaster movie )
The Ginger Man (
play
by JP Donleavy )
The Glass Menagerie (
play
by Tennessee Williams )
The Iceman Cometh (
play
by Eugene O'Neill )
The Importance of Being Ernest (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
The Plough and the Stars (
play
by Sean O'Casey )
The Quare Fellow (
play
by Brendan Behan )
The Scottish
play
The
act
you've known for all these years ( Beatles song lyric )
The cat who doesn't
act
finicky soon loses control of his owner ( 9 Lives Cat Food advertising slogan )
The play's the thing
Think global,
act
local
Think globally,
act
locally ( Friends of the Earth advertising slogan )
Threepenny Opera (
play
by Bertolt Brecht )
Triple
play
( A baseball expression denoting the
act
of making three outs during the same
play
)
Two can
play
at that game
View from a Bridge (
play
by Arthur Miller )
Waiting for Godot (
play
by Samuel Beckett )
When the cat's away the mice will
play
Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? (
play
by Edward Albee )
You hum it and I'll
play
it