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A boy's
best
friend is his mother ( Psycho )
A dog is a man's
best
friend
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A feather in your
cap
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A few roos loose in the top paddock
A girl's
best
friend
A
head
for business and a body for sin
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat ( A line from Monty Python's Flying
Circus
)
Above my
head
Acid
head
Air
head
All the
best
All's for the
best
in the
best
of all possible worlds ( Voltaire quotation - in Candide )
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life ( Monty Python's Flying
Circus
song )
America's Next Top Model
America's
best
record ( Puritan Records advertising slogan )
And now for something completely different ( A catchphrase from Monty Python's Flying
Circus
)
As mad as a bear with a sore
head
Attack is the
best
form of defence
Baby I Need Your Loving ( Four
Tops
song )
Bang your
head
against a brick wall
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her
head
( The Beatles song lyric )
Be it on your
head
Be the
best
( British Army advertising slogan )
Best
bib and tucker
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Best
friend
Best
friends forever
Best
in class
Best
in show
Best
of all
Best
of breed
Best
of friends
Best
practice
Best
stop now
Bite someone's
head
off
Blow the
lid
off
Blow your top
Bone
head
Boob tube
Breast is
best
( slogan of breastfeeding campaign )
Bring out the Hellmann's, and bring out the
best
( Hellmann's Mayonnaise advertising slogan )
Bring out your
best
( Bud Light advertising slogan )
Bring to a
head
Bring your A game ( perform to your
best
ability )
Bury your
head
in the sand
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Butt
head
Can't Get You Out of My
Head
( Kylie Minogue song )
Can't make
head
or tail of it
Cap
and trade ( A policy tool aimed at protecting the environment )
Cap
in hand
Cherry top
Coffee at its
best
( Nescafe Gold Blend advertising slogan )
Come out on top
Come to a
head
Concrete
ceiling
Couldn't make
head
or tail of it
Cream always rises to the top
Data
cap
Diamonds are a girl's
best
friend
Do your
head
in
Do your level
best
Doff one's
cap
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Doing what we do
best
( American Airlines advertising slogan )
Don't mess with my
head
Don't trouble your pretty little
head
about it
Drink Camp - its the best! ( Camp Coffee advertising slogan )
East, west, home's
best
Even your
best
friend won't tell you ( Lifebuoy Soap advertising slogan )
Even your
best
friends won't tell you ( Listerine Mouthwash advertising slogan )
Exceed
your brief
Experience is the
best
teacher
Eyes in the back of your
head
Father Knows
Best
( American TV Show )
Feather in your
cap
Fish always rot from the
head
downwards
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Flip your
lid
For the
best
For top laps ( The Economist advertising slogan )
Ford is the
Best
in Texas ( Ford Cars advertising slogan )
Fountain
head
Fred Carno's
circus
From the top
From top to toe
Full
head
of hair
Funny in the
head
Get it into your
head
Get your
head
around something
Get your
head
down
Get your
head
together
Give it your
best
shot
Glass
ceiling
Go and boil your
head
Go boil your
head
Go
cap
in hand
Go over the top
Go to the top of the class
Go to your
head
Good
head
on his shoulders
Got your
head
screwed on
Hang your
head
Hanging over your
head
Have your
best
interests at heart
Have your
head
examined
He went to bed and bound his
head
with vinegar and brown paper ( line from nursery rhyme )
Head
and shoulders above
Head
banger
Head
case
Head
count
Head
doctor
Head
first
Head
for figures
Head
for heights
Head
for the Border ( Taco Bell Restaurants advertising slogan )
Head
for the hills
Head
for the mountains ( Busch Beer advertising slogan )
Head
games
Head
honcho
Head
hunting
Head
in the clouds
Head
in the sand
Head
like a sieve
Head
of hair
Head
of steam
Head
of the family
Head
of the household
Head
off
Head
on
Head
on collision
Head
over heels in love
Head
start
Head
them off at the pass
Head
to
head
Head
to toe
Head
up
Head
wind
Heap coals of fire on someone's
head
High season ( the most popular time to visit a resort or attraction - when prices are
highest
)
Hit the
ceiling
Hit the nail on the
head
Hold a gun to his
head
Hold up your
head
Hold your
head
up high
Honesty is the
best
policy
Hope for the
best
I could do that standing on my
head
I never knew you had dandruff (
Head
and Shoulders shampoo advertising slogan )
If the
cap
fits, wear it
If you can keep your
head
when all about you ( from a poem by Kipling )
If you can't ride two horses at once, you shouldn't be in the
circus
In over your
head
In tip top condition
It was the
best
of times: it was the worst of times ( the opening line of A Tale Of Two Cities )
It's all done in the
best
possible taste ( A catchphrase from Kenny Everett )
It's lonely at the top
It's tough at the top
Kangaroos in your top paddock
Keep a civil tongue in your
head
Keep a cool
head
Keep a
lid
on it
Keep on top of
Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars ( A catchphrase from Casey Kasem In America's Top 40 )
Keep your
head
Keep your
head
above water
Keep your
head
down
Kelloggs, because your
best
days start with breakfast ( Kelloggs advertising slogan )
Knock it on the
head
Knowing me, knowing you, it's the
best
I can do ( ABBA lyric )
Knuckle
head
Laugh your
head
off
Laughter is the
best
medicine
Level
head
Lift the
lid
off
Like a chicken with its
head
cut off
Living well is the
best
revenge
Loaf of bread ( Cockney rhyming slang for
head
)
Look your
best
while you wear our least ( Jockey Shorts advertising slogan )
Lose your
head
Major league ( A baseball expression meaning at the top rank )
Make the
best
of a bad job
Make your
head
spin
Making the sky the
best
place on Earth ( Air France advertising slogan )
Man's
best
friend
Meat
head
Media
circus
Mother knows
best
Move in the
best
circles
My bottoms are
tops
( Gloria Vanderbilt Jeans advertising slogan )
My
head
is spinning
Need your
head
examined
Next to myself, I like BVD
best
( BVD Underwear advertising slogan )
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition ( A catchphrase from Monty Python's Flying
Circus
)
Not
best
pleased
Not right in the
head
Nothing but the
best
Nothing to worry your pretty little
head
about
Nudge nudge, wink wink ( A line from Monty Python's Flying
Circus
)
Number one
Off
peak
Off the top of my
head
Off with his
head
Off your
head
Old
head
on young shoulders
On me
head
son ( Invitation to cross a football so that another player can
head
it )
On top of the world
On your
best
behaviour
On your own
head
be it
One's level
best
Only the
best
for the Captain's table ( Birdseye advertising slogan )
Out of the top drawer
Out of your
head
Outside of a dog, a book is man's
best
friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read ( Groucho Marx line )
Over the top
Over your
head
Peak
performance
Pecker
head
Petrol
head
Pink
ceiling
Pointy
head
Pot
head
Price on his
head
Probably the
best
lager in the World ( Carlsberg advertising slogan )
Propeller
head
Puddin'
Head
( Nickname of Colonel Sherman Potter ( Harry Morgan ) )
Puddin'
Head
( Nickname of Willie Jones )
Pull your
head
in
Put a gun to your
head
Put on your thinking
cap
Put your
best
foot forward
Put your
head
above the parapet
Put your
head
into the lion's mouth
Put your
head
on the block
Raindrops Keep Falling On My
Head
( Burt Bacharach song )
Rally
cap
( A baseball expression denoting a
cap
is a worn inside out or backwards )
Reach Out And I'll Be There ( Four
Tops
song )
Revenge is a dish
best
served cold
Rock a bye baby on the tree top, when the wind blows the cradle will rock ( line from nursery rhyme )
Second
best
Second thoughts are
best
Set your
cap
at
Shout at the top of one's lungs
Simply The
Best
( Tina Turner song )
Simply the
best
there is ( Britvic advertising slogan )
Six of the
best
Sleep like a top
Sleepy
head
Snap someone's
head
off
Soft in the
head
Some of our
best
men are women ( United States Army advertising slogan )
Something About You ( Four
Tops
song )
Stand it on its
head
Standing In The Shadows Of Love ( Four
Tops
song )
Strike out swinging ( A baseball expression meaning to fail while giving it your
best
effort )
Strong in the arm and thick in the
head
Sunday
best
Surely the
best
tactic ( Tic Tac Candy advertising slogan )
Take it from the top
Take it into your
head
Talk over your
head
Talking
head
The
Best
Bad Girl on TV ( Nickname of Cloris Leachman )
The
Best
Little Whorehouse In Texas ( Burt Reynolds / Dolly Parton movie )
The
Best
Second Banana in the Business ( Nickname of Art Carney )
The
Best
Years Of Our Lives ( William Wyler movie )
The
Best
never rest ( Ford Trucks advertising slogan )
The Devil has all the
best
tunes
The
Dome
of the Rock ( tourist attraction in Israel )
The Girl Of My
Best
Friend ( Elvis Presley song )
The Greatest Show on Earth ( Barnum & Bailey
Circus
advertising slogan )
The
Head
Ball Coach ( Nickname of Steve Spurrier )
The Same Old Song ( Four
Tops
song )
The Top Ten
The
best
a man can get ( Gillette advertising slogan )
The
best
defence is a good offence
The
best
is the enemy of the good
The
best
is yet to come
The
best
laid plans
The
best
laid schemes of mice and men
The
best
of British
The
best
of British luck
The
best
of both worlds
The
best
part of waking up is Folgers in your cup ( Folgers Coffee advertising slogan )
The
best
seat in the house ( Jockey Shorts advertising slogan )
The
best
that money can buy
The
best
thing since sliced bread
The
best
things in life are free
The
best
to you each morning ( Kelloggs advertising slogan )
The
best
tyres in the world have Goodyear written all over them ( Goodyear Tyres advertising slogan )
The
best
way of expressing your intelligence (
Zenith
Data Systems advertising slogan )
The
best
way to get music out of your system ( Philips advertising slogan )
The brightest and the
best
The elevator doesn't go to the top floor
The first time is never the
best
( Campari advertising slogan )
The good is the enemy of the
best
The original and the
best
The power to be your
best
( Apple Computer advertising slogan )
The top banana in the West ( Hughes Air West advertising slogan )
The top of the programme
The view from the top
Thin on top
Thousands of possibilities, get yours (
Best
Buy advertising slogan )
Throw a beanball ( A baseball expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their
head
)
To
cap
it all
Tonight's top ten list ( A catchphrase from David Letterman In The Late Show )
Top Hat ( Fred Astaire / Ginger Rogers movie )
Top and tail
Top banana
Top breeders recommend it ( Pedigree Chum Dog food advertising slogan )
Top dog
Top dollar
Top down
Top drawer
Top flight
Top gear
Top hole
Top it off
Top marks
Top notch
Top o' the morning
Top of the hour
Top of the pops
Top of the range
Top of the shop ( Bingo call for number ninety )
Top of the tree
Top out at
Top people take the Times ( The Times advertising slogan )
Top priority
Top quality
Top seed
Top shelf magazine
Top slicing
Top table
Top the bill
Top tips
Towel
head
( derogatory slang term referring to an Arab man )
Turn on the fun (
Best
Buy advertising slogan )
Under the big top
Uneasy lies the
head
that wears a crown
Upon your
head
be it
We're tobacco men not medicine men. Old Gold cures just one thing. The World's
Best
Tobacco ( Old Gold Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Wet the baby's
head
Who's got the
best
darn burgers in the whole wide world? ( Burger King and I advertising slogan )
Win by a
head
With the
best
will in the world
Yorkshire born in Yorkshire bred, strong in the arm and weak in the
head
You can't top the copper top ( Duracell Batteries advertising slogan )
You would forget your
head
if it weren't screwed on
You're As Good As The
Best
And Better Than The Rest ( Tina Turner song )
You've seen the rest, now try the
best
Your
best
bet
Your
best
bet for a fuller flavour ( Carling Black Label advertising slogan )