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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 )
Address the ball ( golfing term denoting readiness to
play
)
All work and no
play
makes Jack a dull boy
Alma Mater ( the
school
or college from which a person has graduated )
An Ideal Husband (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
And shining morning face, creeping like a snail unwillingly to
school
Angels in America (
play
by Tony Kushner )
Baa baa black sheep have you any wool? ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Back to
school
Billy Liar ( Novel and
play
by Keith Waterhouse and Tom Courtenay / Julie Christie movie )
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 )
Charm
school
Child's
play
Chips With Everything ( Arnold Wesker
play
)
Close of
play
Come out and
play
Death of a Salesman (
play
by Arthur Miller )
Ding dong bell Pussy's in the well ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Doctor Foster went to Gloucester ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Don't
play
the innocent
Down came a blackbird and pecked off her nose ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Everything to
play
for
Everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Fair
play
Fair
play
to you
Five for silver ( Magpie
nursery
rhyme )
Five, six, pick up sticks ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
For want of a nail the shoe was lost ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Four for a boy ( Magpie
nursery
rhyme )
Games people
play
Georgie Porgie pudding and pie ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Glow Little Glow-worm ( children's
nursery
rhyme )
Go and
play
in the traffic
Goosey Goosey Gander where shall I wander ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Gunpowder treason and plot ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Half a pound of tuppenny rice, half a pound of treacle ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
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 )
He will never
play
the piano again
Hedda Gabler (
play
by Henrik Ibsen )
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 )
Horse
play
How does that
play
in Peoria?
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
I took my harp to the party but no one asked me to
play
If music be the food of love,
play
on ( from Twelth Night by Shakespeare )
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
It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring
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 )
Juno and the Paycock (
play
by Sean O'Casey )
Kid n'
Play
( Nickname of Kevin Martin )
Lady Windermere's Fan (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
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 )
Live in your world,
play
in ours ( Sony advertising slogan )
London bridge is falling down ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Long Day's Journey into Night (
play
by Eugene O'Neil )
Love
play
Lucy Locket lost her pocket ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Make a
play
for
Make great
play
of
Man and Superman (
play
by George Bernard Shaw )
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 )
Mother Courage (
play
by Bertolt Brecht )
Mourning Becomes Electra (
play
by Eugene O'Neill )
Nanny
state
Never tell tales out of
school
O Romeo, Romeo; wherefore art thou Romeo ( from the
play
by Shakespeare )
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 )
Old
school
Old
school
tie
One for sorrow ( Magpie
nursery
rhyme )
One two buckle my shoe ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
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 )
Peter Peter pumpkin eater ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
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
Polly put the kettle on, we'll all have tea ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Pussycat pussycat, where have you been? ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Rain, rain go away, come again another day ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Remember remember the fifth of November ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
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 )
Roll over and
play
dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (
play
by Tom Stoppard )
Round and round the garden like a teddy bear ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
School
dunce
School
for scandal
School
of fish
School
of hard knocks
School
of thought
School's out for summer
School's out forever
Seesaw Margery Daw Johnny shall have a new master ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Seven for a secret, never to be told ( Magpie
nursery
rhyme )
She Stoops to Conquer (
play
by Oliver Goldsmith )
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 )
Sticks and snails and puppy dog's tails that's what little boys are made of ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Sugar and spice and all things nice that's what little girls are made of ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Sunday
school
Sword
play
Talk out of
school
Tell tales out of
school
The Admirable Crichton (
Play
by J M Barrie and nickname of James Crichton )
The Adventure of the Priory
School
( Sherlock Holmes story )
The Big Ship Sails on The Ally-Ally-Oh ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
The Boys in the Band (
play
by Mart Crowley )
The Bronx Zoo ( Nickname of Benjamin Harrison High
School
)
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 Grand old Duke of York he had ten thousand men ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
The Iceman Cometh (
play
by Eugene O'Neill )
The Importance of Being Ernest (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
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 Plough and the Stars (
play
by Sean O'Casey )
The Quare Fellow (
play
by Brendan Behan )
The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts all on a summer's day ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
The Scottish
play
The cow jumped over the moon ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
The dish ran away with the spoon ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
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 play's the thing
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 )
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 )
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, four, knock at the door ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Threepenny Opera (
play
by Bertolt Brecht )
Tom Tom the pipers son stole a pig and away he ran ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Triple
play
( A baseball expression denoting the act of making three outs during the same
play
)
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 )
Upstairs, downstairs and in my lady's chamber ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
View from a Bridge (
play
by Arthur Miller )
Waiting for Godot (
play
by Samuel Beckett )
Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
What Katy Did At
School
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, and down will come baby, cradle and all ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
When the cat's away the mice will
play
When they were up, they were up ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Who killed Cock Robin ( line from
nursery
rhyme )
Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? (
play
by Edward Albee )
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 hum it and I'll
play
it