Taut Phrases

Phrases

• A tight corner
• As stiff as a poker
• As tight as Dick's hatband
• As tight as a drum
• As tight as a duck's arse
• As tight as a tick
• Bored stiff
• Goodnight, sleep tight
• Hold very tight please
• If it ain't Stiff it ain't worth a f*ck (Stiff Records advertising slogan)
• In a tight spot
• It was twenty years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play (Beatles song lyric)
• Keep a stiff upper lip
• Night night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite
• On a tight leash
• Run a tight ship
• Scared stiff
• Sit tight
• Sleep tight
• So round, so firm, so fully packed (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Stiff competition
• The quality of mercy is not strained (from The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare)
• Tight lipped