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A Short History Of Nearly
Everything
( Bill Bryson book )
A close thing
A funny thing happened on the way to the theatre
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
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A little learning is a dangerous thing ( from a poem by Alexander Pope )
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A mind is a terrible thing to waste ( United Negro College Fund advertising slogan )
A place for
everything
and
everything
in its place
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A slip of a thing
A thing of beauty is a joy forever ( from a poem by Keats )
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All
Things
Bright and Beautiful ( popular Anglican hymn )
All
Things
Must Pass ( George Harrison album )
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All good
things
must come to an end
All
things
are possible with God
All
things
come to he who waits
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All
things
considered
All
things
to all men
An ill-favoured thing sir, but mine own
And the next
object
is ( A catchphrase from Twenty Questions )
Anything
You Can Do I Can Do Better ( Judy Garland song )
Anything
but
Anything
for a quiet life
Anything
goes
Anything's possible
Article
of faith
As a
matter
of fact
Australians wouldn't give a XXXX for
anything
else ( Castlemaine XXXX Lager advertising slogan )
Better
things
for better living, through chemistry ( Dupont advertising slogan )
Bottled
things
up
Bright young thing
Challenge
everything
( EA Games advertising slogan )
Chance would be a fine thing
Chips With
Everything
( Arnold Wesker play )
Christmas is a time to believe in
things
you can't see ( 3M Company Scotch Tape advertising slogan )
Comes to the same thing
Crazy Little Thing Called Love ( Queen song )
Deny
everything
( A catchphrase from The X-Files )
Dial down ( adjust a
device
to reduce sound or temperature )
Do the wild thing
Do your own thing
Don't
Matter
( Akon song )
Don't believe
everything
that's written in the newspapers
Don't believe
everything
you hear
Don't do
anything
I wouldn't do
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic ( Police song )
Everything
I Do, I Do It For You ( Bryan Adams song )
Everything
London ( Harrods Store advertising slogan )
Everything
You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask ( David Reuben book )
Everything
You Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask ( Woody Allen movie )
Everything
but the kitchen sink
Everything
but the oink
Everything
in the garden is rosey
Everything
is easier on a Mac ( Apple Computer advertising slogan )
Everything
must go
Everything
to play for
Everything
under the sun
Everything
we do is driven by you ( Ford Cars advertising slogan )
Everything
you always wanted in a beer. And less ( Miller Lite advertising slogan )
Everything
you can imagine is real ( Pablo Picasso quotation )
Everything
you hear is true ( Pioneer advertising slogan )
Everything
you want from a store and a little bit more ( Safeway Supermarkets advertising slogan )
Everything's coming up daisies
Everything's coming up roses
Fair market value ( a reasonable price for an
article
for sale )
False jeopardy ( plot
device
in TV melodramas where danger is threatened only for it to be found to be a false alarm )
Finer
things
of life
First thing
First
things
first
For
everything
there is a season
Get to the heart of the
matter
Getting
things
done ( AmeriCorps national service program advertising slogan )
Give Me
Everything
( Pitbull with Ne-Yo, Afrojack, and Nayer song )
Good
things
come in small packages
Good
things
come in small parcels
Good
things
come in threes
Good
things
come to those who wait ( Guinness advertising slogan )
Grey
matter
Hand-held
device
Harrods for
everything
( Harrods Store advertising slogan )
Have a thing about
He knows the cost of
everything
and the value of nothing
Here's the thing
High ticket
item
( a consumer good that would constitute a major expense when bought )
Hold
everything
I believe in angels, something good in
everything
I see ( ABBA lyric )
I can resist
everything
except temptation ( Oscar Wilde quotation )
I can't believe I ate the whole thing ( Alka Seltzer advertising slogan )
I'd Do
Anything
For Love But I Won't Do That ( Meatloaf song )
If
anything
can go wrong, it will
If only
everything
in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen ( Volkswagen advertising slogan )
If you don't make mistakes you don't make
anything
If you don't stand for something you will fall for
anything
( Malcolm X quotation )
If you have your health you have
everything
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember
anything
( Mark Twain quotation )
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself
Image is
everything
In the grand scheme of
things
In the nature of
things
In the thick of
things
In three words I can sum up
everything
I've learned about life: it goes on ( Robert Frost quotation )
Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results ( Albert Einstein quotation )
It doesn't
matter
who you vote for, the government always gets in
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got swing
It was just one of those
things
It's a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done
It's a red thing ( Tizer advertising slogan )
It's the real thing ( Coca Cola advertising slogan )
It's the
things
that make you go Mmmmm ( Macdonalds advertising slogan )
Item
du jour
Just one more thing ( A catchphrase from Columbo )
Labour saving
device
Let me make one thing perfectly clear
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off ( Irving Berlin song )
Let's make
things
better ( Philips advertising slogan )
Life is just one damned thing after another
Life is what happens while you are busy doing other
things
Lipton's gets into more hot water than
anything
( Lipton Tea advertising slogan )
Little
things
please little minds
Love is the greatest thing
Matter
of course
Matter
of life and death
Matter
of time
Mind over
matter
Mind over matter: if you don't mind it don't
matter
Moderation in all
things
Money is no
object
Money isn't
everything
Neither one thing nor the other
No laughing
matter
No
matter
No
matter
what what's-his-name says, I'm the prettiest and Lite's the greatest ( Miller Beer advertising slogan )
Not
everything
in black and white makes sense ( Guinness advertising slogan )
Not that there's
anything
wrong with that ( A catchphrase from Seinfeld )
Object
lesson
One thing leads to another
Only a
matter
of time
Onto a good thing
Onto something
Pearline keeps white
things
white and bright women bright ( Pearline washing powder advertising slogan )
Places to go, people to see,
things
to do
Poor thing but mine own
Promise her anything, but give her Arpege ( Arpege Perfume advertising slogan )
Root of the
matter
Sanka,
everything
you love about coffee ( Sanka advertising slogan )
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans
everything
See
things
in a different light
Shed light on the
matter
Size does
matter
Softness is a thing called Comfort ( Comfort fabric conditioner advertising slogan )
Spice
things
up
Stranger
things
have happened
Sugar and spice and all
things
nice that's what little girls are made of ( line from nursery rhyme )
Sure thing
Teach someone a thing or two
That Obscure
Object
Of Desire ( Luis Bunuel movie )
That beats
everything
The God Of Small
Things
( Arundhati Roy book )
The Internet of
things
The best thing since sliced bread
The best
things
in life are free
The genuine
article
( Budweiser Beer advertising slogan )
The
matter
in hand
The more
things
change, the more they stay the same
The next small thing
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself ( Political slogan )
The overall scheme of
things
The play's the thing
The shape of
things
to come
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 )
The vision thing
There are some
things
money can't buy. For
everything
else, there's Mastercard ( MasterCard advertising slogan )
There's a time and a place for
everything
There's no such thing as a free lunch
There's no such thing as bad publicity
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These little
things
are sent to try us
These
things
happen
They will do
anything
Things
We Said Today ( The Beatles song )
Things
aren't what they used to be
Things
fall apart; the centre cannot hold ( from a poem by Yeats )
Things
go better with Coke ( Coca Cola advertising slogan )
Things
happen after a Badedas bath ( Badedas advertising slogan )
Things
that go bump in the night
Things
that make you go 'mmm' ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Things
to come
Timing is
everything
To err is human, but to really foul
things
up requires a computer
To every thing there is a season
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive
Too much of a good thing
Too much of a good thing is wonderful
Try
everything
once, except incest and folk dancing ( Sir Thomas Beecham quotation )
Unexpected
item
in bagging area
War movie ( a film with war as the subject
matter
)
Wardrobe malfunction ( when an
item
of clothing slips out of place to expose part of the body - typically a woman's breast )
We bring good
things
to life ( General Electric advertising slogan )
We carry
everything
( Pickford's Removals 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're tobacco men not medicine men. Old Gold cures just one thing. The World's Best Tobacco ( Old Gold Cigarettes advertising slogan )
What do you give to a man who has everything?
What with one thing and another
What's the matter?
When all you have is a hammer,
everything
looks like a nail
Where the wild
things
are
Wild Thing ( Nickname of Anderson Varejo )
Yellow
matter
custard dripping from a dead dog's eye ( Beatles song lyric )
You aren't obliged to say
anything
You can have too much of a good thing
You've Got a Good Thing Going ( Kent Cigarettes advertising slogan )