Aim Phrases

Phrases

• A Place in the Sun (Elizabeth Taylor movie)
• A Room With A View (E M Forster book)
• A View To A Kill (James Bond movie Roger Moore)
• A goal in mind
• A means to an end
• A place for everything and everything in its place
• A place in the sun (an idealistic dream of a sunny hideaway)
• A woman's place is in the home
• Accidentally on purpose
• Aim high
• Ain't no reason to go anyplace else (Wendy's advertising slogan)
• All good things must come to an end
• All over the place
• And the next object is (A catchphrase from Twenty Questions)
• Any time, any place, any where (Martini advertising slogan)
• At a loose end
• At knife point
• At the end of a gun
• At the end of the day
• At the end of your rope
• At the end of your tether
• At this point in time
• At your wits' end
• Be It Ever So Humble There's No Place Like Home (John Howard Payne and Sir Henry Bishop song)
• Beside the point
• Better by design
• Between a rock and a hard place
• Bird's eye view
• Bow to reason
• Bring to an end
• Business end
• Calgon, take me away! (Calgon advertising slogan)
• Can't see beyond the end of your nose
• Cheer up, it's not the end of the world
• Click into place
• Colour one's view
• Come into view
• Come to a sticky end
• Cover Point (field position in the game of cricket)
• Dead end
• Deep Point (field position in the game of cricket)
• Design flaw
• Design for life
• Dim view
• Direct mail
• Direct to your door
• Distance lends enchantment to the view
• Does you does, or does you don't take Access? (Access Credit Card advertising slogan)
• Don't shoot the messenger
• Don't shoot the piano player
• Don't shoot until you can see the whites of their eyes
• Don't take it lying down
• Don't take on so
• Double take
• Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
• Drive your point home
• End in itself
• End of a perfect day
• End of an era
• End of story
• End of the ball game
• End of the line
• End product
• End up at
• Every Breath You Take (The Police song)
• Every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost
• Evil intent
• Feel 95 point great (Capital FM advertising slogan)
• Fit for purpose
• Flash point
• General purpose
• Genius bonus (a joke or theme added to a programme aimed at well informed people)
• Get a gold star (earn a merit point for doing well)
• Get hold of the wrong end of the stick
• Get straight to the point
• Get the point
• Get to the end of your tether
• Get your end away
• Give and take
• Give him an inch and he'll take a mile
• Give or take
• Go off the deep end
• Good Time, Great Taste, That's Why This is My Place (McDonald's advertising slogan)
• Gravy train
• Happy place
• Hard to place
• Hard to take
• Have your hair stand on end
• Hey, Soul Sister (Train song)
• Higher purpose
• I Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Muse song)
• I'll take my hat off to you
• I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! (line from the movie Network)
• If I tell you I will have to shoot you
• If it doesn't get all over the place, it doesn't belong in your face (Carl's Jr advertising slogan)
• If that don't take the rag off the bush
• In point of fact
• In the right place at the right time
• It doesn't take a minute to bag it and bin it (UK public advertisement advertising slogan)
• It stands to reason
• It will all end in tears
• It's The End Of The World As We Know It (R.E.M. song)
• It's how the smooth take the rough (Range Rover advertising slogan)
• Journey's end
• Jumping off point
• Just shoot me
• Keep your end up
• Kept in your place
• Know which end is up
• Leave the gun, take the cannoli (line from The Godfather)
• 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)
• Light at the end of the tunnel
• Lightning never strikes twice in the same place
• Listen to reason
• Makes your hair stands on end
• Making the sky the best place on Earth (Air France advertising slogan)
• McDonald's is Your Kind of Place (McDonald's advertising slogan)
• Money is no object
• Moot point
• Never hear the end of it
• Nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there
• Night Train (Nickname of Dick Lane)
• Ninth inning (A baseball expression meaning an event or process is near the end)
• No earthly reason
• No end of
• Not fit for purpose
• Not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning
• Not to put too fine a point on it
• Object lesson
• On the receiving end
• On the take
• Open the box (A catchphrase from Take Your Pick)
• Out of place
• Paternal bonus (a joke or theme added to a childrens programme aimed at adults)
• Place of safety
• Place your bets
• Point Break (Keanu Reeves movie)
• Point Percy at the porcelain
• Point blank range
• Point duty
• Point of sale
• Point of view
• Point out
• Point the finger
• Point to point
• Press your point home
• Pride of place
• Put an end to
• Put in his place
• Rest up (take a break from one's arduous efforts)
• Revenge sex (sex with the intention of infecting a partner with Aids)
• Rhyme nor reason
• Road train
• Score an own goal
• Screw your courage to the sticking place
• Set in train
• Shallow end
• Shit (or short) end of the stick
• Shoot 'em up
• Shoot a birdie (score one under par in a golf shot)
• Shoot a fairy
• Shoot blanks
• Shoot down in flames (destroy an argument or theory)
• Shoot first, ask questions later
• Shoot from the hip
• Shoot him down in flames
• Shoot hoops
• Shoot it out
• Shoot me now
• Shoot on sight
• Shoot someone a line
• Shoot straight (to talk or deal honestly)
• Shoot the breeze
• Shoot the moon (remove household goods by night to avoid paying rent)
• Shoot the puppy
• Shoot through (to leave or abscond)
• Shoot to kill
• Shoot your cuffs
• Shoot your mouth off
• Shoot yourself in the foot
• Short end of the stick
• Shut up and take my money (A catchphrase from Futurama)
• Silly Point (field position in the game of cricket)
• Single point of contact
• Sit up and take notice
• Sitting target
• Soft target
• Soul train
• Spit take (spitting out a drink in response to a joke or surprise)
• Step up to the mark (mark yourself ready to take responsibility)
• Sticking point
• Stop, or my mom will shoot (line from Sylvestor Stallone movie)
• Strangers On A Train (Farley Granger / Alfred Hitchcock movie)
• Stretch a point
• 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
• Talking point
• That Obscure Object Of Desire (Luis Bunuel movie)
• The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place (Sherlock Holmes story)
• The Age Of Reason (Jean Paul Sartre book)
• The Age of Reason
• The Big Train (Nickname of Walter Johnson)
• The Blue End State (Nickname of the US state of Delaware)
• The Devil take the hindmost
• The Devil take you
• The End Of The World (Nickname of Anchorage Alaska)
• The be all and end all
• The beginning of the end
• The bitter end
• The case in point
• The deep end
• The end of civilization as we know it
• The end of the road
• The end of the world is nigh
• The happiest place on Earth (Disneyland advertising slogan)
• The light at the end of the tunnel may just be a train coming the other way
• The means to an end
• 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 point of contact (Sprint advertising slogan)
• The point of no return
• The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
• The right place at the wrong time
• The shit end of the stick
• The short end of the stick
• The thick end of
• The view from the top
• The war to end wars
• There's A Place For Us (Leonhard Bernstein song)
• There's a time and a place for everything
• There's no place like HBO (Home Box Office advertising slogan)
• There's no place like home
• They Shoot Horses Don't They? (Jane Fonda movie)
• Thin end of the wedge
• This is the age of the train (British Rail advertising slogan)
• Thrown in at the deep end
• Till the end of time
• Tipping point
• Top people take the Times (The Times advertising slogan)
• Toward this end
• Train crash
• Train of thought
• Train whistle blowing
• Train wreck
• Turkey shoot
• Ukraine Train (Nickname of Vitaly Potapenko)
• View from a Bridge (play by Arthur Miller)
• Voice of reason
• War room (the place where war plans are directed)
• War zone (the area that a war has taken place)
• Wardrobe malfunction (when an item of clothing slips out of place to expose part of the body - typically a woman's breast)
• We aim to please
• We'll take good care of you (British Airways advertising slogan)
• What's the point?
• Within reason
• World view
• World without end
• You can take that to the bank
• You can't take it back, it's out there (When Harry met Sally)
• You can't take it with you
• You pay your money and you take your choice
• You take the high road: I'll take the low road
• You'll never take me alive copper
• Your place or mine?
• Zabriskie Point (Michelangelo Antonioni movie)