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...Baby One More
Time
( Britney Spears album and song )
...of the
clock
A Bicycle Built For
Two
( Victorian popular song )
A Brief History Of
Time
( Stephen Hawking book )
A Tale Of
Two
Cities ( Charles Dickens book )
A World
first
A bird in the hand is worth
two
in the bush
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A good
time
was had by all
A
moment
of clarity
A
moment
on the lips, a lifetime on the hips
A stitch in
time
saves nine
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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A
two
pipe problem
A week is a long
time
in politics
About
time
too
Accuracy to
seconds
a month ( Pulsar Watches advertising slogan )
Ahead of his
time
Ain't my
first
rodeo ( said by someone who has experience of a situation )
All I Want For Christmas Is My
Two
Front Teeth ( Spike Jones song )
All in a good
time
All the taste, 1/3 of the calories ( Pepsi Max advertising slogan )
All the
time
in the world
All
time
low
And it's goodnight from, me, and it's goodnight from him ( A catchphrase from The
Two
Ronnies )
Any time, any place, any where ( Martini advertising slogan )
Any time, anywhere, acid indigestion can catch you out ( Alka Selzer advertising slogan )
Architecture is music frozen in
time
( Friedrich von Schelling quotation )
Around the
clock
As alike as
two
peas in a pod
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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As cross as
two
sticks
As happy as a dog with
two
tails
As thick as
two
short planks
As
time
goes by
At a moment's notice
At
first
blush
At
first
hand
At sixty miles an hour the loudest noise in the new Rolls-Royce comes from the electric
clock
( Rolls Royce advertising slogan )
At the last
minute
At this
moment
in
time
At this point in
time
Back
number
Bad
time
Bath
time
Be the
first
to know ( CNN advertising slogan )
Beat the
clock
Beer and sandwiches at
Number
10
Better luck next
time
Between
two
stools
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Bide your
time
Big
time
Bits per second
Brighton line ( Bingo call for
number
fifty nine )
Buy some
time
Buy
time
Calendar year ( twelve months beginning from the
first
of January )
Call
time
on
Cast the
first
stone
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Caught in
two
minds
Caught up in the
moment
Children, one is one,
two
is fun, three is a house full
Christmas is a
time
to believe in things you can't see ( 3M Company Scotch Tape advertising slogan )
Chucking out
time
Clean your
clock
Clickety click ( Bingo call for
number
sixty six )
Clock
on
Clock
watching
Close Encounters of the
Third
Kind ( Richard Dreyfuss movie )
Complex
number
( a
number
containing real and imaginary parts )
Crunch
time
Cushy
number
Daylight saving
time
( the adjustment of clocks to provide longer evening daylight )
Dead on
time
Desmond Tutu ( Cockney rhyming slang for Second class
degree
( 2,2 ) )
Dickens of a
time
Do a
number
on
Do hard
time
( Spend
time
in a high security prison )
Doctor's Orders ( Bingo call for
number
nine )
Don't close your eyes for a
minute
Don't give
two
hoots
Double header ( A baseball expression denoting
two
events held on the same day with the same participants )
Double
time
Droopy drawers ( Bingo call for
number
forty four )
Eating for
two
Employee
Number
8 ( Nickname of Antoine Walker )
Equal pay, equal
time
( Bulova Watches advertising slogan )
Every stick has
two
ends
Every
time
a bell rings, an angel gets it's wings ( line from It's A Wonderful Life )
Every
time
a good
time
( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Face palm
moment
Face that could stop a
clock
Face
time
First
Among Equals ( Jeffrey Archer book )
First
Slip ( field position in the game of cricket )
First
World ( the indutrialised affluent and wealthy nations )
First
World problem ( a relatively trivial problem only affecting the affluent )
First
among equals ( the most senior person in a group of equal rank )
First
amongst equals
First
and foremost
First
blood
First
came to fame
First
catch your hare
First
come
first
served
First
comes love, then comes marriage
First
contact
First
cut
First
flush
First
footing ( making a round of visits at New Year )
First
impressions last
First
light
First
past the post
First
rate
First
relationships last (
First
National Bank of Chicago advertising slogan )
First
responder ( the member of the emergency services to arrive at a disaster )
First
strike
First
thing
First
things
first
First
time
caller
First
to market
First
up
First
with the Hits ( Mercury Records advertising slogan )
First, do no harm
For the
time
being
Forever is a long
time
Four by
two
From the beginning of
time
From this
moment
on
From
time
immemorial
From
time
to
time
Game of
two
halves
Game
time
Geological
time
Get to
first
base
Get to
first
base with
Get to second base
Get your retaliation in
first
Gift of
time
Go down for the
third
time
Good Time, Great Taste, That's Why This is My Place ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Good
time
charlie
Good
time
girl
Goody
two
shoes
Got no
time
for
Got your
number
Half a
jiffy
Half a second
Handbrake turn ( 180
degree
turn in a car by locking the back wheels )
Hang on a
minute
Hang
time
Hasn't got
two
cents to rub together
Have a second string to your bow have
Have you ever had a bad
time
in Levi's? ( Levi's Jeans advertising slogan )
Head
first
Hello big boy, would you like a nice time?
Hello, one
two
three testing
Hickory dickory dock the mouse ran up the
clock
( line from nursery rhyme )
High old
time
High season ( the most popular
time
to visit a resort or attraction - when prices are highest )
High
time
Hold on a
minute
I Second That Emotion ( Smokey Robinson song )
I've got your
number
Idea whose
time
has come
If at
first
you don't succeed try, try and try again
If you ain't first, you're last
If you can't do the time, don't do the crime
If you can't ride
two
horses at once, you shouldn't be in the circus
If you change your mind, I'm the
first
in line ( ABBA lyric )
If you've got the time, we've got the beer ( Miller Beer advertising slogan )
In a
jiffy
In good
time
In less than no
time
In no
time
flat
In real
time
In record
time
In the fullness of
time
In the heat of the
moment
In the nick of
time
In the right place at the right
time
In
two
minds
In
two
shakes
In
two
shakes of a lamb's tail
In your own
time
Is this a great
time
or what? ( MCI Communications advertising slogan )
It doesn't take a
minute
to bag it and bin it ( UK public advertisement advertising slogan )
It takes
two
hands to hold a Whopper ( Burger King advertising slogan )
It takes
two
to tango
It was the best of times: it was the worst of times ( the opening line of A Tale Of
Two
Cities )
It's Miller time! ( Miller High Life advertising slogan )
It's a Good
Time
for the Great Taste of mcdonald's ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
It's about
time
It's high
time
It's payback
time
It's that Condor
moment
( Condor tobacco advertising slogan )
It's
time
for U ( UPN advertising slogan )
It's
time
to call it a day
It's
time
to fly ( United Airlines advertising slogan )
Just a question of
time
Just in
time
Just slightly ahead of our
time
( Panasonic advertising slogan )
Keep
time
with
Key of the door ( Bingo call for
number
twenty one )
Kill
time
Kill
time
until
time
kills you
Kill
two
birds with one stone
La Belle Epoque ( the golden age or beautiful era preceding the
First
World War )
Ladies
first
Lapse of
time
Last in
first
out
Last
minute
Last
time
of asking
Laugh a
minute
Leadoff hitter ( A baseball expression denoting the player who bats
first
)
Legs eleven ( Bingo call for
number
eleven )
Like a dog with
two
dicks
Like a dog with
two
tails
Little black
number
Live for the
moment
Living on borrowed
time
Local
time
Long
time
no see
Look after
number
one
Look out for
number
one
Lose track of
time
Love In The
Time
Of Cholera
Love Potion
Number
Nine ( Leiber and Stoller song )
Love at
first
sight
Lucky
number
seven
Make
first
base
Make good
time
Make up for lost
time
Man of the
moment
March of
time
Marilyn Monroe
moment
Mark
time
Matter of
time
Me
first
Meat and
two
veg
Miller
Time
( Nickname of Reggie Miller )
Mind the
time
My precious ( The Lord of the Rings:
Two
Towers )
Name, rank, and serial
number
Never a dull
moment
New York
minute
No man can serve
two
masters
Not
two
pennies to rub together
Now is the
time
for all good men to come to the aid of the party
Number
10 Downing Street ( address of the British Prime Minister )
Number
Six ( Pseudonym of Peter Smith The Prisoner ( Patrick McGoohan ) )
Number
crunching
Number
one
Number
one concubine ( name given to the partner of Bertrand Russell )
Number
one son
Number
two
Number
unobtainable
Of the
first
water
Old before your
time
On second thoughts
On the spur of the
moment
Once Upon A
Time
In America ( Robert De Niro movie )
Once upon a
time
One fall,
two
submissions or a knockout
One for sorrow,
two
for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth
One leg at a
time
( Dockers advertising slogan )
One
minute
to midnight
One
moment
please
One more
time
One second
One step at a
time
One step forward,
two
steps back
One
two
buckle my shoe ( line from nursery rhyme )
One
two
many and you might turn Bertie ( Bassett's Liquorice Allsorts advertising slogan )
One
two
three o'clock four o'clock rock
Only a matter of
time
Only
time
will tell
Opening night ( the
first
night of a theatrical performance )
Out Of
Time
( Rolling Stones song )
Party
time
Pass the
time
of day
Peace in our
time
Pinch, punch,
first
of the month
Play for
time
Play second fiddle
Prime
time
Procrastination is the thief of
time
Public Enemy
Number
One ( Nickname of John Dillinger )
Put the
clock
back
Put
two
and
two
together
Quality
time
Race against the
clock
Race against
time
Richard the
Third
( Cockney rhyming slang for turd )
Rock Around The
Clock
( Bill Haley song )
Sack
time
Safety
first
Same
time
tomorrow? ( Diet Pepsi advertising slogan )
Say kids, what
time
is it? ( A catchphrase from Howdy Doody Show )
Screen
time
Second banana
Second best
Second bite of the cherry
Second childhood
Second class
Second
degree
burns
Second generation
Second nature
Second sight
Second slip ( field position in the game of cricket )
Second storey man
Second thoughts
Second thoughts are best
Second to none
Second wind
Secondhand rose
Seconds
count
Seconds
out
Senior
moment
Serve your
time
Shoot first, ask questions later
Since
time
immemorial
Six and
two
threes
Six,
two
and even
Snakes alive ( Bingo call for
number
fifty five )
So easy to use, no wonder it's
number
one ( AOL advertising slogan )
So many books, so little
time
( Frank Zappa quotation )
Some other
time
Spend more
time
with my family
Squeaky bum
time
Stand on your own
two
feet
Steal
third
base
Stop the clock, I've found a clue
Summer
time
( the
time
adopted during the summer in advance of the standard
time
)
Sweet as the
moment
when the pod went 'pop' ( Birds Eye Peas advertising slogan )
Table for
two
Take a
moment
Take down a peg or
two
Take one day at a
time
Take
time
out
Take
two
aspirin and call me in the morning
Tea for
two
Teach someone a thing or
two
That's the second biggest ... I've ever seen! ( A catchphrase from Get Smart )
The Adventure of the Second Stain ( Sherlock Holmes story )
The Best Second Banana in the Business ( Nickname of Art Carney )
The
First
Cut Is The Deepest ( Rod Stewart song )
The
First
Garden City Of The World ( Nickname of Letchworth England )
The
First
Lady of Television ( Nickname of Faye Emerson )
The
First
State ( Nickname of the US state of Delaware )
The Last
Time
( Rolling Stones song )
The Last
Time
I Saw Paris ( Elizabeth Taylor movie )
The Man With
Two
Brains ( Steve Martin movie )
The
Third
Man ( Orson Welles movie )
The
Third
Rome ( Nickname of Moscow Russia )
The
Time
( Dirty Bit ) ( The Black Eyed Peas song )
The animals went in
two
by
two
The beast with
two
backs
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The biological
clock
is ticking
The
clock
is ticking
The
first
network for men ( Spike TV advertising slogan )
The
first
time
is never the best ( Campari advertising slogan )
The land that
time
forgot
The lesser of
two
evils
The magic
number
The mainspring in a Bulova is made to last 256 years or 146 leather straps - whichever comes
first
( Bulova Watches advertising slogan )
The
moment
of truth
The nth
degree
The right place at the wrong
time
The sands of
time
The square on the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares on the other
two
sides
The
third
age
The
time
has come the walrus said to talk of many things
The
time
has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things, Carroll )
There are
two
sides to every question
There's a
time
and a place for everything
There's no
time
like the present
There's one born every
minute
Thin
time
of it
Third
Slip ( field position in the game of cricket )
Third
degree
Third
man ( field position in the game of cricket )
Third
time
lucky
Third
time's a charm
Third
way
This tape will self-destruct in five
seconds
( A catchphrase from Mission Impossible )
This
time
it's personal ( Jaws The Revenge advertising tagline )
This
time
next year we will be millionaires ( A catchphrase from Only Fools And Horses )
Till the end of
time
Time
Out Of Mind ( Bob Dylan song )
Time
after
time
Time
and again
Time
and tide wait for no man
Time
and
time
again
Time
flies
Time
flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana ( Groucho Marx line )
Time
flies when you are having fun