Shooting Phrases

Phrases

• Don't shoot the messenger
• Don't shoot the piano player
• Don't shoot until you can see the whites of their eyes
• Drive by shooting
• Gunfight At The O K Corral (Burt Lancaster / Kurt Douglas movie)
• If I tell you I will have to shoot you
• Just shoot me
• Like shooting fish in a barrel
• Shoot 'em up
• Shoot a birdie (score one under par in a golf shot)
• Shoot a fairy
• Shoot blanks
• Shoot down in flames (destroy an argument or theory)
• Shoot first, ask questions later
• Shoot from the hip
• Shoot him down in flames
• Shoot hoops
• Shoot it out
• Shoot me now
• Shoot on sight
• Shoot someone a line
• Shoot straight (to talk or deal honestly)
• Shoot the breeze
• Shoot the moon (remove household goods by night to avoid paying rent)
• Shoot the puppy
• Shoot through (to leave or abscond)
• Shoot to kill
• Shoot your cuffs
• Shoot your mouth off
• Shoot yourself in the foot
• Shooting war
• Shootout at the OK Corral
• Stop, or my mom will shoot (line from Sylvestor Stallone movie)
• The glorious twelfth (of August - the start of the British grouse shooting season)
• They Shoot Horses Don't They? (Jane Fonda movie)
• Turkey shoot
• Whole shooting match