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A
stick
to beat you with
At
knife
point
Before you could say
knife
Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp
stick
Cancer
stick
Carrot and
stick
Clean
cut
boy
Cut
a cheque
Cut
a dash
Cut
a deal
Cut
a hog
Cut
a long story short
Cut
a rug
Cut
a wide swathe ( make a pompous display )
Cut
above the rest
Cut
and dried
Cut
and paste
Cut
and run
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Cut
and shut
Cut
and
thrust
Cut
bait
Cut
corners
Cut
costs
Cut
from the same cloth
Cut
it fine
Cut
it out
Cut
loose
Cut
no ice
Cut
off at the knees
Cut
off without a penny
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Cut
out for
Cut
out the dead wood
Cut
prices to the bone
Cut
some slack
Cut
someone dead
Cut
someone down in their prime
Cut
someone down to size
Cut
the Gordian knot
Cut
the cackle
Cut
the cheese
Cut
the cord
Cut
the crap
Cut
the ground from under your feet
Cut
the mustard
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Cut
the umbilical cord
Cut
throat competition
Cut
through the red tape
Cut
to the chase
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Cut
to the quick
Cut
up about
Cut
up rough
Cut
your coat to suit your cloth
Cut
your losses
Cut
your own throat
Cut
your teeth
Die Another Day ( James Bond movie
Pierce
Brosnan )
Director's
cut
Don't
cut
off your nose to spite your face
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Every
stick
has two ends
Final
cut
First
cut
Fish or
cut
bait
Get hold of the wrong end of the
stick
Go under the
knife
Half
cut
Have a stab at
Have your work
cut
out for you
Hit by the stupid
stick
In a cleft
stick
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Knife
and fork it
Like a chicken with its head
cut
off
Mac the
Knife
( Nickname of Harold Macmillan )
Mack The
Knife
( Bertold Brecht song )
Make the
cut
Measure twice,
cut
once
Miss the
cut
More than you can shake a
stick
at
My stomach thinks my throat's been
cut
Not
cut
out for it
Not the sharpest
knife
in the drawer
On a
knife
edge
Pierce
through the heart
Prime
cut
Rub salt in the
wound
Shit ( or short ) end of the
stick
Shit stabber ( slang term for a homosexual )
Short end of the
stick
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness
thrust
upon 'em
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity
thrust
upon them
Speak softly and carry a big
stick
Spear
carrier
Stab in the back
Stab in the dark
Stick
fingers
Stick
in the mud
Stick
it to the man
Stick
to you like glue
Stick
to your guns
Stick
to your knitting
Stick
with me, kid
Stick
your chin out
Stick
your neck out
Stop all the clocks,
cut
off the telephone ( from a poem by Auden )
Take a stab at
That's not a knife; that's a
knife
( Crocodile Dundee )
The Final
Cut
( Pink Floyd song )
The First
Cut
Is The Deepest ( Rod Stewart song )
The Truth ( Nickname of Paul
Pierce
)
The World Is Not Enough ( James Bond movie
Pierce
Brosnan )
The cobbler should
stick
to his last
The
cut
of your jib
The shit end of the
stick
The short end of the
stick
The unkindest
cut
of all
Throw enough dirt and some will
stick
Thrust
into the limelight
To
cut
a long story short
Tomorrow Never Dies ( James Bond movie
Pierce
Brosnan )
Twist the
knife
Where's your white
stick
referee?
You could have
cut
the atmosphere with a
knife
You'll never put a better bit of butter on your
knife
( Country Life butter advertising slogan )