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A list of phrases that include placenames

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A list of phrases that include placenames

A list of phrases that include placenames Placenames often crop up in English language phrases.

Sometimes they are real places: sometimes imaginary.

An Oxford scholar

As black as Newgate's knocker

Born within the sound of Bow Bells

Brummagem screwdriver

Canterbury pace

Carry coals to Newcastle

Close your eyes and think of England

Fiddling while Rome burns

Goodnight Vienna

Grinning like a Cheshire cat

Houston, we have a problem

Meet your Waterloo

Not for all the tea in China

Richard of York gave battle in vain

Sent to Coventry

Ship shape and Bristol fashion

Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire

When in Rome, do as the Romans do