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A bone to
pick
A poor workman blames his
tools
Air
brush
Always
pick
Flowers ( Flowers Fine Ales advertising slogan )
An Irish
screwdriver
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As daft as a
brush
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As skinny as a
rake
As thin as a
rake
At
knife
point
Axe
to grind
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver
hammer
came down upon her head ( The Beatles song lyric )
Before you could say
knife
Bone to
pick
with you
Boom boom ( A catchphrase from Basil
Brush
)
Broad
brush
Brumagem
screwdriver
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Brush
back ( A baseball expression meaning to subvert or threaten verbally )
Brush
it off
Brush
off
Brush
up on
Brush
with death
Brush
with the law
Bucket and
spade
holiday
Bury the
hatchet
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Call a
spade
a
shovel
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Call a
spade
a
spade
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Cherry
pick
Chinese fire
drill
Christmas is a time to believe in things you can't see ( 3M Company Scotch
Tape
advertising slogan )
Clamp
down on
Click go the
shears
boys
Cut through the red
tape
Dee plane, dee
plane
( A catchphrase from Fantasy Island )
Dial down ( adjust a
device
to reduce sound or temperature )
Down
tools
Drill
down
Drill, baby,
drill
Emotional
roller
coaster
False jeopardy ( plot
device
in TV melodramas where danger is threatened only for it to be found to be a false alarm )
Five, six,
pick
up sticks ( line from nursery rhyme )
Fly now.
Shovel
later ( Eastern Airlines advertising slogan )
Give the
brush
off
Given the
brush
off
Go at it with
hammer
and tongs
Go under the
knife
Go-Go
Gadget
Arms ( Nickname of basketball player Kevin Garnett )
Hammer
and tongs
Hammer
it home
Hammer
it out
Hand-held
device
Hard row to
hoe
Hatchet
faced
Hatchet
job
Hatchet
man
Have a bone to
pick
High
roller
( someone who gambles for high stakes )
Hoe
down
How much can you handle ( Bubble
Tape
advertising slogan )
I Dreamed I
Saw
St. Augustine ( Bob Dylan song )
I
Saw
Her Standing There ( Beatles song )
I
Saw
Mommy Kissing Santa Claus ( Spike Jones song )
I came, I saw, I conquered
Is it a bird, is it a plane, no it's Superman? ( A catchphrase from Superman )
Kerb
drill
Knife
and fork it
Labour saving
device
Lay it on with a
trowel
Like shit off a
shovel
Mac the
Knife
( Nickname of Harold Macmillan )
Mack The
Knife
( Bertold Brecht song )
Maxwell's Silver
Hammer
( The Beatles song )
Not the sharpest
knife
in the drawer
On a
knife
edge
Open the box ( A catchphrase from Take Your
Pick
)
P.P.Pick up a Penguin ( United Biscuits advertising slogan )
Pick
a card, any card
Pick
a fight
Pick
and choose
Pick
holes in
Pick
me up
Pick
nits
Pick
of the bunch
Pick
of the litter
Pick
off
Pick
on
Pick
the bones out of that
Pick
up the gauntlet
Pick
up the pieces
Pick
up the reins
Pick
up the tab
Pick
up your marbles and go home
Pick
your brains
Put the
hammer
down
Rake
in the money
Rake
it in
Rake
over the ashes
Rake
over the coals
Red
tape
Roller
coaster
See a penny and
pick
it up
See a pin and
pick
it up
See a pin and
pick
it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day
Shovel
ready ( a building project in which all the preliminaries have been arranged )
Spade
work
Take your
pick
Tarred with the same
brush
That's not a knife; that's a
knife
( Crocodile Dundee )
The
Axe
effect (
Axe
deodorant advertising slogan )
The
Hammer
( Nickname of Josh Willingham )
The
Hammer
( Nickname of Kris Humphries )
The
Hammer
( Nickname of Matt Carroll )
The
Hammer
of The Scots ( Nickname of King Edward I )
The Hebrew
Hammer
( Nickname of Ryan Braun )
The Holland
Hammer
( Nickname of Rick VandenHurk )
The Last Time I
Saw
Paris ( Elizabeth Taylor movie )
The Polish
Hammer
( Nickname of Sebastian Janikowski )
The right tool for the job
The right
tools
for the job
This
tape
will self-destruct in five seconds ( A catchphrase from Mission Impossible )
Tool around
Tooled up
Tools
of the trade
Tough row to
hoe
Twist the
knife
Under the
hammer
We
pick
you up ( Enterprise Car Rental advertising slogan )
What the butler
saw
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
While in Europe,
pick
up an ugly European ( Volkswagen advertising slogan )
You could have cut the atmosphere with a
knife
You know the
drill
You'll never put a better bit of butter on your
knife
( Country Life butter advertising slogan )
You'll wonder where the yellow went when you
brush
your teeth with Pepsodent ( Pepsodent toothpaste advertising slogan )