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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

Bronx cheer

Brummagem screwdriver

Bugger Bognor!

Canterbury pace

Carey Street

Carry coals to Newcastle

Close your eyes and think of England

Fiddling while Rome burns

Go Dolally

Goodnight Vienna

Grinning like a Cheshire cat

Houston, we have a problem

Khyber pass

Local derby

Meet your Waterloo

Memory lane

Not for all the tea in China

Queer street

Richard of York gave battle in vain

Sent to Coventry

Ship shape and Bristol fashion

Sloane Ranger

Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire

When in Rome, do as the Romans do