When Phrases

Phrases

• Any which way
• Baby brain (forgetfulness caused by lack of sleep when caring for a newborn)
• Beauty contest (a political contest in which the result is infuenced by personality and image more than by policy)
• Beauty parade (a political contest in which the result is infuenced by personality and image more than by policy)
• Brand new ballgame (A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the game)
• Can of corn (A baseball expression meaning a ball which is easy to catch)
• Court of last resort (a legal court from which no further appeals may be made)
• Don't kick a man when he's down
• Don't know which way to look
• Even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while
• Every Which Way But Loose (Clint Eastwood movie)
• Fiddling while Rome burns
• Figure painting (a form of painting in which the human body is the subject)
• Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
• Get while the getting's good
• Get while the going is good
• Going going gone (A baseball expression by which an announcer describes a home run that is heading over the fence)
• Good Americans when they die go to Paris
• Hear what you like, when you like (Rex Records advertising slogan)
• High season (the most popular time to visit a resort or attraction - when prices are highest)
• High ticket item (a consumer good that would constitute a major expense when bought)
• I coulda been a contender, instead of a bum, which is what I am (On The Waterfront)
• I'll have what she's having (A catchphrase from When Harry Met Sally)
• I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens (Woody Allen quotation)
• I've been cheated by you since I don't know when (ABBA lyric)
• If you can keep your head when all about you (from a poem by Kipling)
• In days of old when knights were bold
• Is this a dagger which I see before me?
• It cleans your breath while it cleans your teeth (Colgate Toothpaste advertising slogan)
• It only hurts when I laugh
• Just when you thought it was safe to go back in water (Jaws II advertising tagline)
• Kick a man when he's down
• Know which end is up
• Know which side your bread is buttered
• Landscape painting (a form of painting in which the natural world is the subject)
• Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans (John Lennon quotation)

• Life is what happens while you are busy doing other things
• Look your best while you wear our least (Jockey Shorts advertising slogan)
• Make hay while the sun shines
• My heart went boom when I crossed that room (Beatles song lyric)
• Needs must when the Devil drives
• Never kick a dog when he's down
• Nine While Nine (The Sisters Of Mercy song)
• Nine while nine
• Nobody loves a fairy when she's forty
• Not going anywhere for a while? Grab a Snickers (Snickers advertising slogan)
• Not the ill wind which blows no man to good
• Once in a while
• One instinctively knows when something is right (Croft Original Sherry advertising slogan)
• Portrait painting (a form of painting in which the human face is the subject)
• Quit while you're ahead
• Ready when you are (Delta Airlines advertising slogan)
• Remember when?
• Rock a bye baby on the tree top, when the wind blows the cradle will rock (line from nursery rhyme)
• Rubber chicken curcuit (a speaking or fundraising event at which poor quality meat is served)
• Say when
• See which way the cat jumps
• Shot while trying to escape
• Shovel ready (a building project in which all the preliminaries have been arranged)
• Since when I have used no other (Pears' Soap advertising slogan)
• Slippery when wet
• Speak when you are spoken to
• Still life (a form of painting in which inanimate objects are the subject)
• Strike out swinging (A baseball expression meaning to fail while giving it your best effort)
• Strike while the iron is hot
• Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan
• Sweet as the moment when the pod went 'pop' (Birds Eye Peas advertising slogan)
• That which does not kill us makes us stronger (Friedrich Nietzsche quotation)
• The Great Wen (Nickname of London England)
• The empire on which the sun never sets
• The exception which proves the rule
• Time flies when you are having fun

Related

• Baby brain (forgetfulness caused by lack of sleep when caring for a newborn)
• Brand new ballgame (A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the game)
• Don't kick a man when he's down
• Good Americans when they die go to Paris
• Hear what you like, when you like (Rex Records advertising slogan)
• High season (the most popular time to visit a resort or attraction - when prices are highest)
• High ticket item (a consumer good that would constitute a major expense when bought)
• I'll have what she's having (A catchphrase from When Harry Met Sally)
• I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens (Woody Allen quotation)
• I've been cheated by you since I don't know when (ABBA lyric)
• If you can keep your head when all about you (from a poem by Kipling)
• In days of old when knights were bold
• It only hurts when I laugh
• Just when you thought it was safe to go back in water (Jaws II advertising tagline)
• Kick a man when he's down
• My heart went boom when I crossed that room (Beatles song lyric)
• Needs must when the Devil drives
• Never kick a dog when he's down
• Nobody loves a fairy when she's forty
• One instinctively knows when something is right (Croft Original Sherry advertising slogan)
• Ready when you are (Delta Airlines advertising slogan)
• Remember when?
• Rock a bye baby on the tree top, when the wind blows the cradle will rock (line from nursery rhyme)
• Say when
• Since when I have used no other (Pears' Soap advertising slogan)
• Slippery when wet
• Speak when you are spoken to
• Sweet as the moment when the pod went 'pop' (Birds Eye Peas advertising slogan)
• Time flies when you are having fun