Phrase thesaurus
Tense Phrases
35 phrases and expressions related to "tense".
Phrases
- A tight corner
- As camp as a row of tents
- As nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
- As nervous as a whore in church
- 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
- At daggers drawn
- Bored stiff
- Goodnight, sleep tight
- Hanged, drawn and quartered
- Hold very tight please
- If it ain't Stiff it ain't worth a f*ck (Stiff Records advertising slogan)
- In a tight spot
- Keep a stiff upper lip
- Long drawn out
- Nervous Nellie
- Nervous breakdown
- Nervous titter
- Nervous wreck
- Never Nervous Pervis (Nickname of Pervis Ellison)
- Night night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite
- On a tight leash
- Run a tight ship
- Scared stiff
- Separation anxiety
- Sit tight
- Sleep tight
- Stiff competition
- Tense nervous headache
- Tight lipped
- Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
- You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife