Tell Phrases

Phrases

• A little bird told me
• Actions speak louder than words
• All over the show
• Am I bovvered? (A catchphrase from The Catherine Tate Show)
• America's Oldest Living Teenager (Nickname of game show host Dick Clark)
• America's story teller (Kodak advertising slogan)
• Apple pie order
• As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner book)
• Atilla of the American Continent (Nickname of General William Sherman)
• Bang out of order
• Bat Masterson (Nickname of American western character William Barclay Masterson)
• Before you could say Jack Robinson
• Before you could say knife
• Best in show
• Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt
• Billy The Kid (Nickname of Henry McCarty aka William Bonney)
• Boutros Boutros Ghali (A catchphrase from The Fast Show)
• Buffalo Bill (Nickname of William Cody)
• Built to order
• Can you tell Stork from butter? (Stork Margarine advertising slogan)
• Can you tell what it is yet? (A catchphrase from Rolf Harris)
• Cattle show
• Chain of command
• Children and fools tell the truth
• Command and control
• Command central
• Congratulations are in order
• Covers a multitude of Chins (William's Shaving Cream advertising slogan)
• Crank That (Soulja Boy) (Soulja Boy Tell 'Em song)
• Dead men tell no tales
• Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down
• Did Somebody Say McDonald's? (McDonald's advertising slogan)
• Do as I say not as I do
• Does my bum look big in this? (A catchphrase from The Fast Show)
• Dog and pony show
• Don't piss in my pocket and tell me it's raining
• Don't say brown - say Hovis (Hovis Bread advertising slogan)
• Enjoy the Show (E! Entertainment Television advertising slogan)
• Even your best friend won't tell you (Lifebuoy Soap advertising slogan)
• Even your best friends won't tell you (Listerine Mouthwash advertising slogan)
• Every picture tells a story (Doanes Backache Kidney Pills advertising slogan)
• Explain away
• Expose oneself
• Father Knows Best (American TV Show)
• For the benefit of Mr.Kite there will be a show tonight on trampoline (Beatles song lyric)
• Gagging order
• Get the show on the road
• Get your message across
• Give the show away
• Go public
• Go tell your mother she wants you
• Hate watch (viewing a television programme in order to mock it)
• Have a say in
• Have the final say
• Have your say
• He understands every word I say to him
• He's fallen in the water (A catchphrase from The Goon Show)
• Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil
• Hear tell of
• Heeere's Johnny (A catchphrase from Johnny Carson Show)
• Hey there, Boo Boo! (A catchphrase from The Yogi Bear Show)
• Hit the bricks (a cursory slang term telling someone to leave)
• Holy mackerel! (A catchphrase from Kingfish In Amos 'N' Andy Show)
• How very dare you (A catchphrase from The Catherine Tate Show)
• I Say A Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin song)
• I cannot tell a lie
• I declare
• I don't have to show you any stinking badges (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
• I don't want to say I told you so, but I told you so
• I get no respect, I tell ya (A catchphrase from Rodney Dangerfield In Comedy Monologue)
• I have nothing to declare but my genius (Oscar Wilde quotation)
• I hear what you say
• I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me (The Beatles song lyric)
• I refuse to reveal my sources
• I swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
• I tell a lie
• I told you I was ill (Spike Milligan line inscribed on his gravestone)
• I was very very drunk (A catchphrase from The Fast Show)
• I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here (Reality TV show)
• I'm a little bit wooooor, a little bit waaaaaaaaaayy, I'm a geezer! (A catchphrase from Chris The Crafty Cockney In The Fast Show)
• I'm going to tell on you
• I'm smarter than the average bear! (A catchphrase from The Yogi Bear Show)
• If I tell you I will have to shoot you
• If I tell you, I'll have to kill you
• If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times
• If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself (Albert Einstein quotation)
• If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything (Mark Twain quotation)
• In short order
• In the order of
• Just say no (A catchphrase from Nancy Reagan)
• Just say the word
• Keep the show on the road
• Kiss Me Thru the Phone (Soulja Boy Tell 'Em song)
• Kiss and tell
• Law and order
• Let on
• Let's do the show right here
• Listen I will say zis only wunce (A catchphrase from Allo Allo)
• Live to tell the tale
• Lord Haw-Haw (Nickname of William Joyce)
• Love means never having to say you're sorry (Love Story)
• Madman Muntz (Nickname of Earl William Muntz)
• Mail order bride
• Needless to say
• Never Can Say Goodbye (The Jackson 5 song)
• Never say die
• Never say never
• Never say never again
• Never speak ill of the dead
• Never tell tales out of school
• Nobody can say no to the honey nut Os in Honey Nut Cheerios (Cheerios Cereals advertising slogan)
• Not to speak of
• Nothing to declare
• On show
• One-man show
• Only time will tell
• Oranges and lemons say the bells of Saint Clements (line from nursery rhyme)
• Order about
• Order in the court
• Order of magnitude
• Order order
• Order up
• Out of order
• Pecking order
• Peep show
• Pray tell
• Put your house in order

• Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel (A catchphrase from Batman TV show)
• Saviour sibling (a child born in order to provide a transplant for another with a fatal disease)
• Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud (James Brown song)
• Say a few words
• Say cheese
• Say goodnight Dick (A catchphrase from Rowan and Martin's Laugh In)
• Say goodnight Gracie (A catchphrase from George Burns)
• Say it ain't so, Joe (A baseball expression denoting disbelief)
• Say it loud and say it proud
• Say it with flowers (Interflora advertising slogan)
• Say it, don't spray it
• Say kids, what time is it? (A catchphrase from Howdy Doody Show)
• Say the magic word and win $100 dollars (A catchphrase from Groucho Marx In You Bet Your Life)
• Say uncle
• Say what you mean and mean what you say
• Say what you see (A catchphrase from Catchphrase)
• Say when
• Say your piece
• Say your prayers
• See no evil, hear no evil speak no evil
• Seven for a secret, never to be told (Magpie nursery rhyme)
• Shirtsleeve order
• Show a clean pair of heels
• Show a leg
• Show a little leg
• Show and tell
• Show down
• Show me the money (A catchphrase from Jerry Maguire)
• Show me the spot (Abraham Lincoln quotation)
• Show no quarter
• Show of hands
• Show off
• Show pony
• Show some appreciation
• Show the door
• Show the flag
• Show the ropes
• Show the white feather
• Show up
• Show your hand
• Show your true colours
• Show's over folks
• Side order
• So no one told you life was gonna be this way
• So to speak
• Speak as you find
• Speak for yourself
• Speak in tongues
• Speak of the devil
• Speak softly and carry a big stick
• Speak the same language
• Speak when you are spoken to
• Speak your mind
• Speak your piece
• Spread the word
• Steal the show
• Stop the show
• Suit you, sir (A catchphrase from The Fast Show)
• Surf report
• Talk out of school
• Tall order
• Tell Laura I Love Her (Ricky Valance song)
• Tell it like it is
• Tell it to the Marines
• Tell me about it
• Tell me honestly
• Tell me straight
• Tell me the worst doctor
• Tell someone where to get off
• Tell tale sign
• Tell tales out of school
• Tell the truth and shame the Devil
• Tell them about the honey, mummy (Sugar Puffs advertising slogan)
• Tell your fortune
• Telling bone
• That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them
• That would be telling
• The Amazing Race (US TV show)
• The Bard of Avon (Nickname of William Shakespeare)
• The Best Years Of Our Lives (William Wyler movie)
• The Big Bad (Nickname of William the Bloody (James Marsters))
• The Fridge (Nickname of William Perry)
• The Greatest Show on Earth (Barnum & Bailey Circus advertising slogan)
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (Charlton Heston movie)
• The Last Picture Show (Jeff Bridges movie)
• The Potato Man (Nickname of Frank William Tucker (David Proval))
• The Refrigerator (Nickname of William Perry)
• The Say Hey Kid (Nickname of Willie Mays)
• The Show (Nickname of Harold Arceneaux)
• The Show Business Capital Of The World (Nickname of Hollywood California)
• The Smartest Dumbbell in the History of Show Business (Nickname of comedienne Gracie Allen)
• The Swan of Avon (Nickname of William Shakespeare)
• The Tell-Tale Heart
• The Truman Show (Jim Carey movie)
• The bank that likes to say Yes (Trustee Savings Bank advertising slogan)
• The love that dare not speak its name
• The only show in town
• The order of the boot
• The order of the day
• The show must go on
• There's No Business Like Show Business (Judy Garland song)
• There's no telling
• This above all: to thine own self be true (William Shakespeare)
• Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it
• Time to Say Goodbye (Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman song)
• Time will tell
• Tip someone off
• Tip someone the wink
• Tonight's top ten list (A catchphrase from David Letterman In The Late Show)
• Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray book)
• Wardrobe malfunction (when an item of clothing slips out of place to expose part of the body - typically a woman's breast)
• We report, you decide (FOX News advertising slogan)
• What I tell you three times is true
• What we have here is a failure to communicate (line from Cool Hand Luke)
• When you say Budweiser, you've said it all (Budweiser Beer advertising slogan)
• Which was nice (A catchphrase from The Fast Show)
• While you live, tell truth and shame the Devil!
• White man speak with forked tongue
• Why don't we do the show right here?
• Why don't you say what you really think?
• Will the real ... stand up? (A catchphrase from To Tell The Truth)
• Wouldn't say boo to a goose
• You Never Can Tell (Chuck Berry song)
• You aren't obliged to say anything
• You can't tell a book by looking at its cover
• You never can tell
• You say you want a revolution (Line from Beatles song)
• You're telling me

Related

• Can you tell Stork from butter? (Stork Margarine advertising slogan)
• Can you tell what it is yet? (A catchphrase from Rolf Harris)
• Children and fools tell the truth
• Crank That (Soulja Boy) (Soulja Boy Tell 'Em song)
• Dead men tell no tales
• Don't piss in my pocket and tell me it's raining
• Even your best friend won't tell you (Lifebuoy Soap advertising slogan)
• Even your best friends won't tell you (Listerine Mouthwash advertising slogan)
• Go tell your mother she wants you
• Hear tell of
• I cannot tell a lie
• I get no respect, I tell ya (A catchphrase from Rodney Dangerfield In Comedy Monologue)
• I swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
• I tell a lie
• I'm going to tell on you
• If I tell you I will have to shoot you
• If I tell you, I'll have to kill you
• If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything (Mark Twain quotation)
• Kiss Me Thru the Phone (Soulja Boy Tell 'Em song)
• Kiss and tell
• Live to tell the tale
• Never tell tales out of school
• Only time will tell
• Pray tell
• Show and tell
• Tell Laura I Love Her (Ricky Valance song)
• Tell it like it is
• Tell it to the Marines
• Tell me about it
• Tell me honestly
• Tell me straight
• Tell me the worst doctor
• Tell someone where to get off
• Tell tale sign
• Tell tales out of school
• Tell the truth and shame the Devil
• Tell them about the honey, mummy (Sugar Puffs advertising slogan)
• Tell your fortune
• Time will tell
• What I tell you three times is true
• While you live, tell truth and shame the Devil!
• Will the real ... stand up? (A catchphrase from To Tell The Truth)
• You Never Can Tell (Chuck Berry song)
• You can't tell a book by looking at its cover
• You never can tell