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All
shapes
and sizes
America's Next Top
Model
As you
make
your bed so must you lie on it
Attack is the best
form
of defence
Bad
form
Ballpark
figure
Beecham's pills
make
all the difference ( Beecham's Pills advertising slogan )
Before you
make
up your mind, open it ( Irish Independent advertising slogan )
Bent out of shape
Better by
design
Body painting ( a
form
of painting that uses the human body as a canvas )
Break the
mould
Buy Opera today And
make
this banner go away ( Opera advertising slogan )
Can't
make
head or tail of it
Carve
Her Name With Pride ( Virginia McKenna movie )
Carve
out a niche
Carve
up
Cast
a long shadow
Cast
a spell
Cast
an eye over
Cast
anchor
Cast
doubt on
Cast
in concrete
Cast
in stone
Cast
iron alibi
Cast
iron guarantee
Cast
off
Cast
out
Cast
the first stone
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Cast
the net wide
Cast
to the four winds
Cast
your bread upon the waters
Cast
your mind back
Couldn't
make
head or tail of it
Crunch all you want, we'll
make
more ( Doritos advertising slogan )
Cut a wide swathe (
make
a pompous display )
Design
flaw
Design
for life
Details
make
the difference
Do you want a shape like a bra? Or do you want a shape like a woman? ( Warner's Body Bra advertising slogan )
Does it
make
sense to jump out of a warm bed into a cold cereal? ( Quaker Oats advertising slogan )
Doesn't
make
a blind bit of difference
Don't
cast
your pearls before swine
Don't
make
a big production out of it
Don't
make
a federal case of it
Don't
make
a peep
Don't
make
waves
Dream
machine
Empty vessels
make
the most noise
Enough to
make
a cat laugh
Enough to
make
the angels weep
Enough to
make
you sick
Enough to
make
your hair curl
Fake it till you
make
it
Figure
it out
Figure
painting ( a
form
of painting in which the human body is the subject )
Fine
figure
of a man
Fine
figure
of a woman
Form
follows function
Form
is temporary, class is permanent
Free
form
Freeze
frame
Get in shape
Get into shape
Get your family into Shape, without them even noticing ( St. Ivel Yogurt advertising slogan )
Go ahead,
make
my day ( A catchphrase from Sudden Impact )
Go
figure
Go on punk
make
my day
Good fences
make
good neighbours
Graded grains
make
finer flour ( Homepride Flour advertising slogan )
Halo
model
Happiness is egg shaped ( British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan )
Hard cases
make
bad law
Hate
figure
Hey Jude, Don't
Make
It Bad ( The Beatles song lyric )
High
profile
How does the wireless industry
make
you feel? ( Sprint PCS advertising slogan )
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they
make
as they go by ( Douglas Adams quotation )
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to
make
an exception ( Groucho Marx line )
I will
make
you fishers of men
I'll
make
it my business
I'm going to
make
him an offer he can't refuse ( The Godfather )
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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If you don't
make
mistakes you don't
make
anything
Imitation is the sincerest
form
of flattery
In fine
form
In the
frame
It Takes People Like You To
Make
People Like Me ( Buck Owens song )
It don't
make
no nevermind
It takes 40 dumb animals to
make
a fur coat, but only one to wear it
It takes a tough man to
make
a tender chicken ( Perdue Farms advertising slogan )
It takes all sorts to
make
a world
It's all gone pear shaped
It's the things that
make
you go Mmmmm ( Macdonalds advertising slogan )
Keep a low
profile
Keep in shape
Kiss and
make
up
Knock into shape
Know how many beans
make
five
Land of
make
believe
Landscape painting ( a
form
of painting in which the natural world is the subject )
Lean mean fighting
machine
Let me
make
one thing perfectly clear
Let's
make
things better ( Philips advertising slogan )
Lick into shape
Life is what you
make
it
Like mother used to
make
Low
profile
Machine
Gun Kelly ( Nickname of George Kelly )
Machine
readable
Made to
make
your mouth water ( Opal Fruits advertising slogan )
Make
7-up yours ( 7-Up advertising slogan )
Make
Your Own Kind Of Music ( Mama Cass Elliot song )
Make
a back
Make
a balls of something
Make
a beeline for
Make
a bid for
Make
a bolt for the door
Make
a break for it
Make
a bundle of money
Make
a clean break
Make
a clean breast of it
Make
a complete fool of yourself
Make
a date
Make
a day of it
Make
a deal with the devil
Make
a difference
Make
a face
Make
a fool of yourself
Make
a fresh start
Make
a fuss
Make
a go of it
Make
a good fist of it
Make
a good job of it
Make
a hash of it
Make
a killing
Make
a list; check it twice
Make
a man out of you
Make
a meal of it
Make
a monkey out of him
Make
a mountain out of a molehill
Make
a move on
Make
a name for yourself
Make
a pass at
Make
a pig of yourself
Make
a pitch
Make
a pitch for
Make
a play for
Make
a rod for your own back
Make
a sale
Make
a scene ( causing a disturbance )
Make
a song and dance about
Make
a spectacle of yourself
Make
a splash
Make
a virtue out of a necessity
Make
a world of difference
Make
allowances
Make
amends
Make
an ass of yourself
Make
an entrance
Make
an example of
Make
an exhibition of yourself
Make
an honest woman of
Make
believe
Make
bold
Make
contact
Make
do
Make
do and mend
Make
ends meet
Make
every day a McDonalds Day ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Make
eyes at
Make
fast
Make
first base
Make
free with
Make
friends
Make
fun of
Make
giant strides
Make
good
Make
good time
Make
good your escape
Make
great play of
Make
haste
Make
haste slowly
Make
hay
Make
hay while the sun shines
Make
heavy weather of
Make
history
Make
inquiries
Make
it big
Make
it rain
Make
it snappy
Make
it so ( A catchphrase from Star Trek )
Make
it up
Make
life difficult
Make
light of
Make
light work of
Make
like a banana and split
Make
like a tree and leave
Make
little of
Make
love
Make
love not war
Make
magic
Make
matters worse
Make
me beautiful
Make
mention of
Make
merry
Make
mincemeat out of
Make
mine Moxie ( Moxie soda advertising slogan )
Make
mine a double
Make
mischief
Make
my day
Make
nice
Make
no bones about
Make
no mistake
Make
no secret of
Make
off with
Make
old bones
Make
one's hackles rise
Make
out
Make
over
Make
poverty history
Make
ready
Make
room
Make
sail
Make
sense of
Make
sheep's eyes at
Make
short work of
Make
some noise
Make
someone happy with a phone call ( British Telecom advertising slogan )
Make
someone's toes curl
Make
the best of a bad job
Make
the cut
Make
the feathers fly
Make
the grade
Make
the most of it
Make
the scene
Make
the team
Make
tracks
Make
trouble
Make
up
Make
up for lost time
Make
war
Make
waves
Make
way
Make
welcome
Make
whoopee
Make
your bed and lie in it
Make
your fortune
Make
your head spin
Make
your mark
Make
your move
Make
your way
Make
yourself at home
Make
yourself heard ( Ericsson advertising slogan )
Make
yourself scarce
Make-up to
make
love in ( Mary Quant advertising slogan )
Many hands
make
light work
Model
behaviour
Model
citizen
Model
of virtue
Model
pupil
Mr Kipling does
make
exceedingly good cakes ( Mr Kipling Cakes advertising slogan )
Ne'er
cast
a clout till May is out
Nine tailors
make
a man
No one can
make
you feel inferior without your consent ( Eleanor Roosevelt quotation )
On the
make
One swallow doesn't
make
a summer
One year's seeds
make
seven year weeds
Portrait painting ( a
form
of painting in which the human face is the subject )
Potatoes in the
mould
( Cockney rhyming slang for cold )
Prime condition ( in perfect shape )
Put the
make
on
Rage against the
machine
Role
model
Sarcasm is the lowest
form
of wit
Sex
machine
Shape up or ship out
Shaping the future
Ship shape and Bristol fashion
Still life ( a
form
of painting in which inanimate objects are the subject )
Take a bath in the dark tonight and let the water
make
love to your skin ( Lavin Perfumes & Soaps advertising slogan )
Take shape
Tetley
make
teabags
make
tea ( Tetley Tea advertising slogan )
The Ghost In The
Machine
( Arthur Koestler book )
The
Machine
( Nickname of Sasha Vujacic )
The die has been
cast
The mind is its own place, and in itself, can
make
a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n ( from a poem by Milton )
The one and only cereal that comes in the shape of animals ( Crispy Critters advertising slogan )
The road isn't built that can
make
it breathe hard! ( Chevrolet advertising slogan )
The shape of things to come
The ultimate driving
machine
( BMW advertising slogan )
Things that
make
you go 'mmm' ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Throw a shape
To
cast
the first stone
To
make
a long story short
To
make
that tough job easier - you deserve M&M candy ( M&Ms advertising slogan )
Together we
make
a great team ( Midland Bank advertising slogan )
Two and two
make
five
Two and two
make
four
Two blacks don't
make
a white
Two wrongs don't
make
a right
Vital statistics
War eagle ( the golden eagle - used by Native Americans to
make
headdresses )
We
make
it simple ( Honda advertising slogan )
We
make
money the old fashioned way, we earn it ( Smith Barney advertising slogan )
We
make
things that bring people closer ( Western Electrics advertising slogan )
We
make
things that
make
communications work ( Lucent Technologies advertising slogan )
We won't
make
a drama out of a crisis ( Commercial Union advertising slogan )
Won't
make
a pom tiddly ( Swan Light advertising slogan )
You
Make
Me Feel Like A Natural Woman ( Carole King song )
You can lead a horse to water but you can't
make
it drink
You can lead a whore to culture but you can't
make
her think
You can't
make
a silk purse from a sow's ear
You can't
make
an omelette without breaking eggs
You can't
make
bricks without straw
You couldn't
make
it up
You
make
your bed, you sleep in it
You only get one chance to
make
a first impression