Acquire Phrases

Phrases

• Accept a wooden nickel
• Accept that some days you are the pigeon, some days you are the statue
• Accept with thanks
• Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
• Acquired immunity
• Acquired taste
• Always have your nose in a book
• Anyhow Have a Winfield (Winfield Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?
• As good luck would have it
• As luck would have it
• As you make your bed so must you lie on it
• As you sow so shall you reap
• Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer
• Assume nothing
• Baa baa black sheep have you any wool? (line from nursery rhyme)
• Beecham's pills make all the difference (Beecham's Pills advertising slogan)
• Before you make up your mind, open it (Irish Independent advertising slogan)
• Big fleas have little fleas
• Blondes have more fun
• Buy Opera today And make this banner go away (Opera advertising slogan)
• Buy a bucket of chicken and have a barrel of fun (Kentucky Fried Chicken advertising slogan)
• Buy one, get one free
• Calgon, take me away! (Calgon advertising slogan)
• Can I Get A Witness? (Marvin Gaye song)
• Can I have a 'p' please, bob (A catchphrase from Blockbusters)
• Can't Get Enough of That Golden Crisp (Golden Crisp Cereals advertising slogan)
• Can't Get You Out of My Head (Kylie Minogue song)
• Can't get enough of this (Ford Cars advertising slogan)
• Can't make head or tail of it
• Can't win for losing
• Catches win matches
• Cheaters never win, and winners never cheat (proverbial saying)
• Children's shoes have far to go (Start-Rite Shoes advertising slogan)
• Collect your wits
• Come And Get It (Badfinger song)
• Come and get it
• Couldn't Have Said It Better (Meatloaf song)
• Couldn't make head or tail of it
• Crunch all you want, we'll make more (Doritos advertising slogan)
• Cut a wide swathe (make a pompous display)
• Details make the difference
• Did you get dressed in the dark?
• Do I have to paint you a picture?
• Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
• Do you have the bunny inside? (Energizer Max advertising slogan)
• Does a wooden horse have a hickory dick?
• Does it make sense to jump out of a warm bed into a cold cereal? (Quaker Oats advertising slogan)
• Does you does, or does you don't take Access? (Access Credit Card advertising slogan)
• Doesn't have a jealous bone in his body
• Doesn't make a blind bit of difference
• Don't get a complex, get Amplex (Amplex Deodorant advertising slogan)
• Don't get a face on
• Don't get mad get even
• Don't get me started
• Don't get vexed, ask Teletext (Teletext advertising slogan)
• Don't get your balls in an uproar
• Don't get your knickers in a knot
• Don't get your knickers in a twist
• Don't get your tits in the wringer
• Don't get your wires crossed
• Don't have a bean
• Don't have a clue
• Don't have a cow, man (A catchphrase from The Simpsons)
• Don't have nightmares (A catchphrase from Nick Ross)
• Don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars (line from the movie Now, Voyager)
• Don't make a big production out of it
• Don't make a federal case of it
• Don't make a peep
• Don't make waves
• Don't take it lying down
• Don't take on so
• Don't you people have homes to go to?
• Double take
• Down to the last out (A baseball expression meaning to have one last chance)
• Due a win
• Empty vessels make the most noise
• Enough to make a cat laugh
• Enough to make the angels weep
• Enough to make you sick
• Enough to make your hair curl
• Every Breath You Take (The Police song)
• Every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost
• Fake it till you make it
• Flattery will get you everywhere
• Flattery will get you nowhere
• For mash get Smash (Cadbury's Smash advertising slogan)
• From the get go
• Gain admittance
• Gain advantage
• Gain ground
• Gentlemen we can rebuild him. We have the technology. (A catchphrase from Six Million Dollar Man)
• Get Back (The Beatles song)
• Get Buckets (Nickname of basketball player Ricky Davis)
• Get N or get out (Nintendo 64 advertising slogan)
• Get Off My Cloud (Rolling Stones song)
• Get Rich quick (Kenco Really Rich Coffee advertising slogan)
• Get a bang out of something
• Get a can on
• Get a feel for
• Get a fix on
• Get a gold star (earn a merit point for doing well)
• Get a grip
• Get a handle on
• Get a kick out of it
• Get a legger on
• Get a life
• Get a little extra help (Halifax advertising slogan)
• Get a load of that
• Get a load on
• Get a move on
• Get a shift on
• Get a toehold
• Get a wiggle on
• Get a word in edgeways
• Get above yourself
• Get around to it
• Get at
• Get away from it all
• Get away with it
• Get away with murder
• Get away with you!
• Get away! (Lunn Polly advertising slogan)
• Get back at
• Get back on your feet
• Get back together
• Get back your oo with Typhoo (Typhoo Tea advertising slogan)
• Get behind in your work
• Get busy with the fizzy (Soda Stream advertising slogan)
• Get by
• Get carried away
• Get connected! (G4 advertising slogan)
• Get cracking
• Get down
• Get down Shep (A catchphrase from John Noakes On Blue Peter)
• Get down and dirty
• Get down and get funky
• Get down to brass tacks
• Get down to business
• Get down with the kids
• Get even
• Get fresh
• Get good wood on it
• Get hitched
• Get hold of the wrong end of the stick
• Get hooked on
• Get in on the act
• Get in on the ground floor
• Get in shape
• Get in your hair
• Get into a scrape
• Get into bed with
• Get into deep water
• Get into gear
• Get into hot water
• Get into shape
• Get into someone's pants
• Get into the habit
• Get into the swing of it
• Get into your stride
• Get it in the neck
• Get it into your head
• Get it off your chest
• Get it on
• Get it out of your system
• Get it straight
• Get it together
• Get it up
• Get knotted
• Get laid
• Get loaded
• Get lost
• Get more (T-Mobile advertising slogan)
• Get my drift
• Get naked
• Get no change out of someone
• Get nowhere fast
• Get off lightly
• Get off my back
• Get off my case
• Get off my tail
• Get off on the right foot
• Get off on the wrong foot
• Get off the dime
• Get off the ground
• Get off the mark
• Get off to a bad start
• Get off to a flying start
• Get off with
• Get off your arse
• Get off your bike
• Get off your high horse
• Get on in life
• Get on like a house on fire
• Get on with it
• Get on your hind legs
• Get on your nerves
• Get out of hand
• Get out of jail free
• Get out of jail free card (a means of avoiding justice - from the eponymous card in the Monopoly boardgame)
• Get out of my face
• Get out of my hair
• Get out of that (A catchphrase from Eric Morecambe)
• Get out of the wrong side of the bed
• Get out there (Royal Caribbean cruise lines advertising slogan)
• Get over it
• Get over yourself
• Get ready to rumble (prepare to fight or do battle)
• Get real
• Get religion
• Get rich quick
• Get round the table
• Get shot of
• Get shut of
• Get some shuteye
• Get straight to the point
• Get stuck in
• Get stuffed
• Get stupid
• Get the Abbey habit (Abbey National advertising slogan)
• Get the ball rolling
• Get the better of
• Get the bit between your teeth
• Get the chop
• Get the creative juices flowing
• Get the drift
• Get the drop on
• Get the feel of
• Get the hang of it
• Get the hell out of Dodge
• Get the jump on
• Get the lead out
• Get the low down
• Get the message
• Get the monkey off my back
• Get the needle
• Get the picture
• Get the point
• Get the push
• Get the sack
• Get the scoop
• Get the show on the road
• Get the upper hand
• Get thee behind me Satan
• Get thee to a nunnery
• Get to first base
• Get to first base with
• Get to grips with
• Get to second base
• Get to the bottom of
• Get to the end of your tether
• Get to the heart of the matter
• Get under way
• Get under your feet
• Get under your skin
• Get up and go
• Get up steam
• Get up to speed
• Get up your nose
• Get used to it
• Get weaving
• Get well soon
• Get while the getting's good
• Get while the going is good
• Get wind of
• Get with it
• Get with the program
• Get your act together
• Get your ass into gear
• Get your ass over here
• Get your coat
• Get your coat, you've pulled
• Get your ducks in a row
• Get your end away
• Get your eye in
• Get your facts straight
• Get your family into Shape, without them even noticing (St. Ivel Yogurt advertising slogan)
• Get your feet under the table
• Get your feet wet
• Get your fingers burnt
• Get your foot in the door
• Get your hands dirty
• Get your head around something
• Get your head down
• Get your head together
• Get your hooks into something
• Get your kit off
• Get your leg over
• Get your lumps
• Get your marching orders
• Get your message across
• Get your money's worth
• Get your monkey up
• Get your paws on it
• Get your retaliation in first
• Get your rocks off
• Get your shit together
• Get your skates on
• Get your smile on (Lay's potato chips advertising slogan)
• Get your tanks off my lawn
• Get your teeth into
• Get your ticket punched
• Get your toe in the door
• Get your way
• Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper song)
• Give and take
• Give him an inch and he'll take a mile
• Give or take
• Go ahead, make my day (A catchphrase from Sudden Impact)
• Go on punk make my day
• Good fences make good neighbours
• Good luck would have it
• Good morning! Have you used Pear's Soap? (Pears' Soap advertising slogan)
• Got To Get You Into My Life (The Beatles song)
• Gotta have my pops! (Corn Pops advertising slogan)
• Graded grains make finer flour (Homepride Flour advertising slogan)
• Granny, what big teeth you have got
• Had a good war (to have been successful during a military campaign)
• Hard cases make bad law
• Hard to take
• Have I got news for you
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland song)
• Have a Captain Cook (Cockney rhyming slang for look)
• Have a Tropicana Morning (Tropicana advertising slogan)
• Have a ball
• Have a bird
• Have a bite to eat
• Have a bone to pick
• Have a break, have a Kit Kat (Kit Kat chocolate advertising slogan)
• Have a coke and a smile (Coca Cola advertising slogan)
• Have a crack at something
• Have a cross to bear
• Have a crush on
• Have a dekko
• Have a drag
• Have a field day
• Have a fit
• Have a fix
• Have a flat
• Have a fling
• Have a flutter
• Have a glow on
• Have a go
• Have a go hero
• Have a guess
• Have a hand in
• Have a heart
• Have a laugh
• Have a look
• Have a looksee
• Have a mind to
• Have a nice day
• Have a puff
• Have a say in
• Have a shot at
• Have a sip
• Have a soft spot for
• Have a stab at
• Have a thing about
• Have a whiz
• Have a word with yourself
• Have all the luck
• Have an inkling
• Have at you
• Have at your fingertips
• Have clean hands
• Have designs on
• Have fun
• Have gun, will travel (A catchphrase from TV series)
• Have half a mind to
• Have in your sights
• Have it away
• Have it both ways
• Have it coming
• Have it in for
• Have it in hand
• Have it made
• Have it out with
• Have it your own way
• Have it your way (Burger King advertising slogan)
• Have many irons in the fire
• Have no truck with
• Have one on me
• Have someone on toast
• Have someone's ear
• Have the advantage of
• Have the ball at your feet
• Have the final say
• Have the painters in
• Have the stomach for
• Have the world at your fingertips
• Have tickets on yourself
• Have to your name
• Have words with
• Have you any last requests? (humorous question asked as though a person was about to be killed)
• Have you driven a Ford lately? (Ford Cars advertising slogan)
• Have you ever had a bad time in Levi's? (Levi's Jeans advertising slogan)
• Have you ever wished you were better informed? (The Times advertising slogan)
• Have you for breakfast
• Have you got a light mac?
• Have you had your Weetabix (Weetabix advertising slogan)
• Have you had your break today? (McDonald's advertising slogan)
• Have you read any good books lately?
• Have your best interests at heart
• Have your bread buttered on both sides
• Have your ears chewed off
• Have your fingers in the till
• Have your hair stand on end
• Have your head examined
• Have your period
• Have your ticket punched
• Have your wits about you
• Have your work cut out for you
• He doesn't have both oars in the water
• Heads I win, tails you lose
• Her Honeymoon - and it should have been mine! (Listerine Mouthwash advertising slogan)
• Hey Jude, Don't Make It Bad (The Beatles song lyric)
• Houston, we have a problem (John Swigert Jr. quotation)
• How To Win Friends And Influence People (Dale Carnegie book)
• How does the wireless industry make you feel? (Sprint PCS advertising slogan)
• How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child?
• I Can't Get No Satisfaction (Rolling Stones song)
• I Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Muse song)
• I Get Around (Beach Boys song)
• I Should Have Known Better (Beatles song)
• I Who Have Nothing (Shirley Bassey song)
• I did not have sexual relations with that woman
• I didn't get where I am today (A catchphrase from Martin Clunes In Reggie Perrin)
• I don't have to show you any stinking badges (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
• I get knocked down, but I get up again (Chumbawumba song)
• I get no respect, I tell ya (A catchphrase from Rodney Dangerfield In Comedy Monologue)
• I have a cunning plan (A catchphrase from Blackadder)
• I have a dream
• I have it on good authority
• I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work (Thomas Edison quotation)
• I have not slept one wink
• I have nothing to declare but my genius (Oscar Wilde quotation)
• I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat (Winston Churchill quotation)
• I have the power! (A catchphrase from He-Man In Masters Of The Universe)
• I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by (Douglas Adams quotation)
• I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception (Groucho Marx line)
• I will make you fishers of men
• I'd rather have a bowl of Coco Pops (Coco Pops advertising slogan)
• I'll Get By With Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles song)
• I'll have what she's having (A catchphrase from When Harry Met Sally)
• I'll have your guts for garters
• I'll make it my business
• I'll take my hat off to you
• I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here (Reality TV show)
• I'm a celebrity get me out of here
• I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! (line from the movie Network)
• I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse (The Godfather)
• I've fallen and I can't get up! (LifeCall Personal Emergency Response Systems advertising slogan)
• If God had meant us to fly he would have given us wings
• If I tell you I will have to shoot you
• If I tell you, I'll have to kill you
• If all the world were Jell-O, And whipped cream filled the sea, Then the only spoon from here to the moon Would have to belong to me (Jell-O Gelatin Dessert advertising slogan)
• If enough people would stop smoking and start drinking, we could get out of ashtrays and into vermouth (Cinzano advertising slogan)
• If it doesn't get all over the place, it doesn't belong in your face (Carl's Jr advertising slogan)
• If man were meant to fly, God would have lowered the fares (American Coach Lines advertising slogan)
• If that don't take the rag off the bush
• If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen (A catchphrase from Harry S Truman)
• If you don't get it, you don't get it (The Washington Post advertising slogan)
• If you don't make mistakes you don't make anything
• If you have to ask the price you can't afford it (Rolls Royce slogan)
• If you have your health you have everything
• If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
• If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
• If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything (Mark Twain quotation)
• If you think that you have another think coming
• If you vote for Goldwater, you'll get a war in Vietnam (Political slogan)
• If you want Kentucky Fried Chicken, you have to visit me (Kentucky Fried Chicken advertising slogan)
• If you want to get ahead, get a hat (Hat Council advertising slogan)
• If your friendly neighborhood grocer doesn't have a jar knock something off a shelf on the way out (Dilly Beans advertising slogan)
• Impulse purchase
• It Takes People Like You To Make People Like Me (Buck Owens song)
• It doesn't take a minute to bag it and bin it (UK public advertisement advertising slogan)
• It don't make no nevermind
• It takes 40 dumb animals to make a fur coat, but only one to wear it
• It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken (Perdue Farms advertising slogan)
• It takes all sorts to make a world
• It's a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done
• It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
• It's how the smooth take the rough (Range Rover advertising slogan)
• It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game
• It's so big, you've gotta grin to get it in (Wagon Wheels advertising slogan)
• It's the things that make you go Mmmmm (Macdonalds advertising slogan)
• Just because you are paranoid it doesn't mean that they aren't out to get you
• Just put your lips together and blow (To Have And Have Not)
• Kiss and make up
• Know how many beans make five
• Land of make believe
• Leave the gun, take the cannoli (line from The Godfather)
• Let me make one thing perfectly clear
• Let me not judge anyone until I have walked a mile in his moccasins
• Let me take you down, cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields (Beatles song lyric)
• Let nature take its course
• Let the train take the strain (British Rail advertising slogan)
• Let's Get It On (Marvin Gaye song)
• Let's get busy
• Let's get out of these wet clothes and into a dry Martini
• Let's get physical
• Let's make things better (Philips advertising slogan)
• Lie down with dogs: get up with fleas
• Life is what you make it

• Like mother used to make
• Little pitchers have big ears
• Luck would have it
• Made to make your mouth water (Opal Fruits advertising slogan)
• Make 7-up yours (7-Up advertising slogan)
• Make Your Own Kind Of Music (Mama Cass Elliot song)
• Make a back
• Make a balls of something
• Make a beeline for
• Make a bid for
• Make a bolt for the door
• Make a break for it
• Make a bundle of money
• Make a clean break
• Make a clean breast of it
• Make a complete fool of yourself
• Make a date
• Make a day of it
• Make a deal with the devil
• Make a difference
• Make a face
• Make a fool of yourself
• Make a fresh start
• Make a fuss
• Make a go of it
• Make a good fist of it
• Make a good job of it
• Make a hash of it
• Make a killing
• Make a list; check it twice
• Make a man out of you
• Make a meal of it
• Make a monkey out of him
• Make a mountain out of a molehill
• Make a move on
• Make a name for yourself
• Make a pass at
• Make a pig of yourself
• Make a pitch
• Make a pitch for
• Make a play for
• Make a rod for your own back
• Make a sale
• Make a scene (causing a disturbance)
• Make a song and dance about
• Make a spectacle of yourself
• Make a splash
• Make a virtue out of a necessity
• Make a world of difference
• Make allowances
• Make amends
• Make an ass of yourself
• Make an entrance
• Make an example of
• Make an exhibition of yourself
• Make an honest woman of
• Make believe
• Make bold
• Make contact
• Make do
• Make do and mend
• Make ends meet
• Make every day a McDonalds Day (McDonald's advertising slogan)
• Make eyes at
• Make fast
• Make first base
• Make free with
• Make friends
• Make fun of
• Make giant strides
• Make good
• Make good time
• Make good your escape
• Make great play of
• Make haste
• Make haste slowly
• Make hay
• Make hay while the sun shines
• Make heavy weather of
• Make history
• Make inquiries
• Make it big
• Make it rain
• Make it snappy
• Make it so (A catchphrase from Star Trek)
• Make it up
• Make life difficult
• Make light of
• Make light work of
• Make like a banana and split
• Make like a tree and leave
• Make little of
• Make love
• Make love not war
• Make magic
• Make matters worse
• Make me beautiful
• Make mention of
• Make merry
• Make mincemeat out of
• Make mine Moxie (Moxie soda advertising slogan)
• Make mine a double
• Make mischief
• Make my day
• Make nice
• Make no bones about
• Make no mistake
• Make no secret of
• Make off with
• Make old bones
• Make one's hackles rise
• Make out
• Make over
• Make poverty history
• Make ready
• Make room
• Make sail
• Make sense of
• Make sheep's eyes at
• Make short work of
• Make some noise
• Make someone happy with a phone call (British Telecom advertising slogan)
• Make someone's toes curl
• Make the best of a bad job
• Make the cut
• Make the feathers fly
• Make the grade
• Make the most of it
• Make the scene
• Make the team
• Make tracks
• Make trouble
• Make up
• Make up for lost time
• Make war
• Make waves
• Make way
• Make welcome
• Make whoopee
• Make your bed and lie in it
• Make your fortune
• Make your head spin
• Make your mark
• Make your move
• Make your way
• Make yourself at home
• Make yourself heard (Ericsson advertising slogan)
• Make yourself scarce
• Make-up to make love in (Mary Quant advertising slogan)
• Many hands make light work
• Missed it by that much! (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
• Mistakes have been made
• Mr Kipling does make exceedingly good cakes (Mr Kipling Cakes advertising slogan)
• Must have
• Must have accessory
• Must win game
• Nice work if you can get it
• Nine tailors make a man
• No one can make you feel inferior without your consent (Eleanor Roosevelt quotation)
• No pain, no gain
• No win, no fee
• No wonder the English have kept cool for 192 years (Gordon's Gin advertising slogan)
• Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about (The Beatles song lyric)
• Oh, Max! (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
• Oh, how the mighty have fallen
• Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor doggie a bone (line from nursery rhyme)
• On the make
• On the take
• On your mark, get set, go
• One swallow doesn't make a summer
• One year's seeds make seven year weeds
• Only Smarties have the answer (Smarties advertising slogan)
• Open the box (A catchphrase from Take Your Pick)
• Out to get you
• Parents who use drugs have kids who use drugs (The Partnership for a Drug-Free America advertising slogan)
• Piss or get off the pot
• Play hard to get
• Play to win
• Polly put the kettle on, we'll all have tea (line from nursery rhyme)
• Preaching to the choir
• Pussycat pussycat, where have you been? (line from nursery rhyme)
• Put the make on
• Ready, get set, go
• Reap the rewards of Money (Money Magazine advertising slogan)
• Rest up (take a break from one's arduous efforts)
• Say the magic word and win $100 dollars (A catchphrase from Groucho Marx In You Bet Your Life)
• See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day
• Seesaw Margery Daw Johnny shall have a new master (line from nursery rhyme)
• Shit or get off the pot
• Shovel ready (a building project in which all the preliminaries have been arranged)
• Shrouds have no pockets
• Shut up and take my money (A catchphrase from Futurama)
• Since when I have used no other (Pears' Soap advertising slogan)
• Sit up and take notice
• Some Guys Have All The Luck (Robert Palmer song)
• Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em
• Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them
• Some you win: some you lose
• Sorry about that, Chief. (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
• Spit take (spitting out a drink in response to a joke or surprise)
• Stay contented, get Radio Rented (Radio Rentals advertising slogan)
• Step up to the mark (mark yourself ready to take responsibility)
• Stop the world I want to get off
• Stranger things have happened
• Suck it up (accept a bad situation and move on)
• Swing for the fences (A baseball expression meaning try for a substantial gain)
• Take A Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed song)
• Take Five (Dave Brubeck tune)
• Take On Me (a-ha song)
• Take The A Train (Duke Ellington tune)
• Take These Chains From My Heart (Ray Charles song)
• Take a Mulligan
• Take a Thomas Cook at our prices! (Thomas Cook Travel advertising slogan)
• Take a back seat
• Take a bath
• Take a bath in the dark tonight and let the water make love to your skin (Lavin Perfumes & Soaps advertising slogan)
• Take a beating
• Take a bite out of crime
• Take a bite out of crime! (National Crime Prevention Council advertising slogan)
• Take a bite out of something
• Take a blue pencil to
• Take a bow
• Take a breather
• Take a butchers (Cockney rhyming slang for look)
• Take a chance on me (ABBA lyric)
• Take a chill pill
• Take a cold hard look
• Take a dip
• Take a fall for
• Take a few deep breaths
• Take a flier
• Take a gamble
• Take a gander
• Take a hammering
• Take a hard line
• Take a healthy interest
• Take a hike
• Take a long walk off a short pier
• Take a long walk off a short plank
• Take a moment
• Take a pew
• Take a pop at
• Take a pot shot at
• Take a powder
• Take a raincheck
• Take a running jump
• Take a seat
• Take a shine to
• Take a stab at
• Take a stand
• Take a swing at
• Take a turn for the worse
• Take account of
• Take advantage of
• Take after
• Take aim
• Take apart
• Take care of
• Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves
• Take centre stage
• Take charge
• Take courage (Courage Beer advertising slogan)
• Take cuts at someone (A baseball expression meaning taking a verbal swing or striking a blow at a reputation)
• Take down a peg or two
• Take five
• Take flight
• Take for granted
• Take fright
• Take home pay
• Take in your stride
• Take issue with
• Take it as read
• Take it as you find it
• Take it easy
• Take it for a spin
• Take it from the top
• Take it in good part
• Take it into your head
• Take it like a man
• Take it offline
• Take it on the chin
• Take it on the lam
• Take it or leave it
• Take it outside
• Take it to heart
• Take it to the mattresses
• Take it to the next level
• Take it up a gear
• Take it up a notch
• Take it with a grain of salt
• Take leave of your senses
• Take liberties
• Take liberties with
• Take me out to the ball game
• Take me to the river
• Take me to your leader
• Take no prisoners
• Take note of
• Take one day at a time
• Take one for the team
• Take shape
• Take someone out
• Take someone to law
• Take someone to one side
• Take someone to task
• Take someone to the woodshed
• Take someone's word for it
• Take something on board
• Take steps
• Take stock
• Take the Michael
• Take the air
• Take the bait
• Take the biscuit
• Take the bit between your teeth
• Take the bread out of someone's mouth
• Take the bull by the horns
• Take the chequered flag
• Take the count
• Take the easy way out
• Take the edge off
• Take the field (begin a sporting event or a military campaign)
• Take the good with the bad
• Take the king's shilling
• Take the law into your own hands
• Take the lead
• Take the mickey
• Take the money and run
• Take the money, open the box
• Take the piss
• Take the pledge
• Take the plunge
• Take the rap
• Take the rough with the smooth
• Take the shilling
• Take the shirt off your back
• Take the town by storm
• Take the veil
• Take the weight off your feet
• Take the wind out of my sails
• Take the words out of my mouth
• Take time out
• Take to the boats
• Take to the hills
• Take to your bed
• Take two aspirin and call me in the morning
• Take umbrage
• Take under your wing
• Take up residence
• Take up the cudgels for
• Take up the slack
• Take up your bed and walk
• Take with a grain of salt
• Take with a pinch of salt
• Take your breath away
• Take your cue
• Take your groceries for a swim
• Take your hand in marriage
• Take your hat off to
• Take your heels
• Take your life
• Take your life in your hands
• Take your lumps
• Take your mind of it
• Take your pick
• Take your pleasure where you can find it
• Tell someone where to get off
• Tetley make teabags make tea (Tetley Tea advertising slogan)
• That and a nickel will get you a ride on the subway
• That's the second biggest ... I've ever seen! (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
• The Devil take the hindmost
• The Devil take you
• The French Have A Word For It (Josh Lanyon book)
• The French have a word for it
• The North wind doth blow and we shall have snow (line from nursery rhyme)
• The ayes have it
• The best a man can get (Gillette advertising slogan)
• The best tyres in the world have Goodyear written all over them (Goodyear Tyres advertising slogan)
• The best way to get music out of your system (Philips advertising slogan)
• The busiest men have the most leisure
• The chickens have come home to roost
• The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep (Woody Allen line)
• The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n (from a poem by Milton)
• The more you get the more you want
• The only thing we have to fear is fear itself (Political slogan)
• The rich get richer and the poor get poorer
• The road isn't built that can make it breathe hard! (Chevrolet advertising slogan)
• The scales have fallen from my eyes
• The walls have ears
• The wheels have come off
• They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind
• Things that make you go 'mmm' (McDonald's advertising slogan)
• This is a local shop, we'll have no trouble here (A catchphrase from The League of Gentlemen)
• Thousands of possibilities, get yours (Best Buy advertising slogan)
• Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all (from a poem by Tennyson)
• To Have And Have Not (Humphrey Bogart movie)
• To assume makes an ass out of u and me
• To get one's back up
• To have and to hold
• To have words with
• To make a long story short
• To make that tough job easier - you deserve M&M candy (M&Ms advertising slogan)
• Together we make a great team (Midland Bank advertising slogan)
• Took the collar (A baseball expression meaning failing to get any hits)
• Top people take the Times (The Times advertising slogan)
• Two and two make five
• Two and two make four
• Two blacks don't make a white
• Two wrongs don't make a right
• Walls have ears
• War eagle (the golden eagle - used by Native Americans to make headdresses)
• We have lift off
• We have seen better days
• We have to earn our wings every day (Eastern Airlines advertising slogan)
• We have ways of making you talk
• We make it simple (Honda advertising slogan)
• We make money the old fashioned way, we earn it (Smith Barney advertising slogan)
• We make things that bring people closer (Western Electrics advertising slogan)
• We make things that make communications work (Lucent Technologies advertising slogan)
• We never forget you have a choice (British Caledonian Airline advertising slogan)
• We used to have one of those, but the wheels fell off
• We won't make a drama out of a crisis (Commercial Union advertising slogan)
• We'll always have Paris (Casablanca
• We'll take good care of you (British Airways advertising slogan)
• What You Want is What You Get (McDonald's advertising slogan)
• What does that have to do with the price of beans in Tijauna?
• What does that have to do with the price of fish?
• What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
• What have the Romans ever done for us?
• What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare (from a poem by Davies)
• What we have here is a failure to communicate (line from Cool Hand Luke)
• What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
• What you see is what you get
• When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
• When the going gets tough, the tough get going (A catchphrase from Joseph Kennedy)
• When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash
• When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth
• Where Have All The Flowers Gone? (Pete Seeger song)
• Why have low calories when you can have no calories (Natrena advertising slogan)
• Win big
• Win by a head
• Win by a mile
• Win by a neck
• Win by a nose
• Win faster (One Brand Group advertising slogan)
• Win friends and influence people
• Win lose or draw
• Win on points
• Win over
• Win some, lose some
• Win the day
• Win the wooden spoon
• Win win situation
• Win your spurs
• With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes she shall have music wherever she goes (line from nursery rhyme)
• Won't make a pom tiddly (Swan Light advertising slogan)
• Workers of the world arise you have nothing to lose but your chains
• Would not get out of bed for
• Would you believe ... (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
• Wouldn't you really rather have a Buick? (Buick advertising slogan)
• Yes, We Have No Bananas (Novelty song)
• You Can't Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stone song)
• You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman (Carole King song)
• You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby (Bing Crosby song)
• You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth, It Must Have Been Whilst You Were Kissing Me (Meatloaf song)
• You can always get it at the Co-op (Co-op advertising slogan)
• You can have any colour as long as it's black
• You can have too much of a good thing
• You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
• You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think
• You can take that to the bank
• You can't get blood out of a stone
• You can't get there from here
• You can't have your cake and eat it too
• You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear
• You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
• You can't make bricks without straw
• You can't take it back, it's out there (When Harry met Sally)
• You can't take it with you
• You can't win them all
• You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife
• You could have heard a pin drop
• You could have knocked me down with a feather
• You couldn't make it up
• You don't get a second chance at a first impression
• You don't have to be Jewish to love Levy's Rye Bread (Levy's Rye Bread advertising slogan)
• You don't have to be mad to work here, but it helps
• You don't have to be silly to drink TK, but it helps! (TK minerals advertising slogan)
• You get a big delight in every bite of Hostess snacks (Hostess advertising slogan)
• You get what you pay for
• You have entered the twilight zone (A catchphrase from The Twilight Zone)
• You have the right to remain silent
• You have to be in it to win it
• You make your bed, you sleep in it
• You only get one chance to make a first impression
• You pay your money and you take your choice
• You reap what you sow
• You take the high road: I'll take the low road
• You too can have a body like mine (Charles Atlas advertising slogan)
• You win some: you lose some
• You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore
• You'll get shot
• You'll get square eyes
• You'll never take me alive copper
• Your mission, if you choose to accept it ... (A catchphrase from Mission Impossible)