Phrase thesaurus
While Phrases
77 phrases and expressions related to "while".
Phrases
- 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
- Even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while
- Fiddling while Rome burns
- Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
- Get while the getting's good
- Get while the going is good
- Good Americans when they die go to Paris
- Had a good war (to have been successful during a military campaign)
- 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)
- Holiday cheer (good feelings during a holiday, especially Christmas)
- 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 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
- 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
- Meanwhile back at the... (A catchphrase from Superfriends)
- 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)
- Once in a while
- One instinctively knows when something is right (Croft Original Sherry advertising slogan)
- 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)
- Say when
- Shot while trying to escape
- Since when I have used no other (Pears' Soap advertising slogan)
- Slippery when wet
- Speak when you are spoken to
- 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
- Summer time (the time adopted during the summer in advance of the standard time)
- Sweet as the moment when the pod went 'pop' (Birds Eye Peas advertising slogan)
- Time flies when you are having fun when you are having fun
Related
- Even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while
- Fiddling while Rome burns
- Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
- Get while the getting's good
- Get while the going is good
- It cleans your breath while it cleans your teeth (Colgate Toothpaste advertising slogan)
- 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
- Nine While Nine (The Sisters Of Mercy song)
- Nine while nine
- Not going anywhere for a while? Grab a Snickers (Snickers advertising slogan)
- Once in a while
- Quit while you're ahead
- Shot while trying to escape
- 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
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Beatles song)
- While away the hours
- While away the time
- While in Europe, pick up an ugly European (Volkswagen advertising slogan)
- While you live, tell truth and shame the Devil!
- Whistle while you work