Phrase thesaurus

Rub Phrases

50 phrases and expressions related to "rub".

Phrases

  • Axe to grind
  • Bow and scrape
  • Bump and grind
  • Burn rubber
  • Daily grind (the daily routine of a dull or boring job)
  • Don't let the bastards grind you down
  • Get into a scrape
  • Grind to a halt
  • Hasn't got two cents to rub together
  • Lay down rubber
  • Massage one's ego
  • Not two pennies to rub together
  • Rub a dub (Cockney rhyming slang for pub)
  • Rub a dub dub men in a tub
  • Rub along with
  • Rub it in
  • Rub of the green
  • Rub out
  • Rub salt in the wound
  • Rub shoulders with
  • Rub someone's nose in it
  • Rub up the wrong way
  • Rub your nose in it
  • Rubber Soul (Beatles album)
  • Rubber bullet (a bullet made of rubber or plastic and used for riot control)
  • Rubber cheque (a cheque that is returned (bounced) due to insufficient funds)
  • Rubber chicken (poor quality or overcooked chicken)
  • Rubber chicken curcuit (a speaking or fundraising event at which poor quality meat is served)
  • Rubber duck (a floating bath toy)
  • Rubber is racing
  • Rubber johnny (a British slang term for a condom)
  • Scrape a living
  • Scrub around it
  • To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub
  • Where the rubber meets the road (Firestone Tyres advertising slogan)
  • Where the rubber meets the road (where the important facts or realities lie)

Related

  • Hasn't got two cents to rub together
  • Not two pennies to rub together
  • Rub a dub (Cockney rhyming slang for pub)
  • Rub a dub dub men in a tub
  • Rub along with
  • Rub it in
  • Rub of the green
  • Rub out
  • Rub salt in the wound
  • Rub shoulders with
  • Rub someone's nose in it
  • Rub up the wrong way
  • Rub your nose in it
  • To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub