Ancestor Phrases

Phrases

• A poor relation
• All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way (the opening line of Anna Karenina)
• Baby father
• Barq's has bite (Barq's root beer advertising slogan)
• Be like Dad, keep mum (WWII slogan)
• Beanpole family
• Best of breed
• Big Daddy (Nickname of American football Dan Wilkinson)
• Big Daddy (Nickname of Idi Amin)
• Black sheep of the family
• Breed apart
• Breed like flies
• Breed like rabbits
• Bulldog breed
• Dad's Army (BBC comedy television series)
• Daddy's little girl
• Did I do that? (A catchphrase from Family Matters)
• Disneyland daddy
• Don't panic (A catchphrase from Dad's Army)
• Drink, feck, arse (A catchphrase from Father Ted)
• Dying breed
• Dysfunctional family
• Family fortunes
• Family man
• Family matters
• Family ties
• Family tree
• Family values
• Father Knows Best (American TV Show)
• Father Of The Bride (Steve Martin movie)
• Father Ted (BBC comedy television series)
• Father of The Atomic Bomb (Nickname of Robert Oppenheimer)
• Founding father
• Full fathom five thy father lies (from The Tempest by Shakespeare)
• Get your family into Shape, without them even noticing (St. Ivel Yogurt advertising slogan)
• Head of the family
• His father's son
• Honour thy father and mother
• How's your father
• I Think I Love You (The Partridge Family song)
• I'll Be Missing You (Puff Daddy with Faith Evans and 112 song)
• In the family way
• It's a family affair

• Just a glint in his father's eye
• Keep it in the family
• Like father, like son
• Money is the root of all evil
• My arse (A catchphrase from Royle Family)
• Nash Daddy (Nickname of Steve Nash)
• Our father who art in heaven
• Our survey says (A catchphrase from Family Fortunes)
• Root and branch
• Root for
• Root hog or die
• Root of the matter
• Root out
• Root up
• Runs in the family
• Santa's Little Helpers (allusion to the elves that help Father Christmas)
• Selling the family silver
• Spend more time with my family
• Sugar daddy
• That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine (Gene Autry song)
• That frosty mug sensation (A&W Root Beer advertising slogan)
• The Royle Family (BBC comedy television series)
• The Sash My Father Wore (Irish traditional song)
• The bank of mum and dad
• The boy is father to the man
• The child is father of the man (from a poem by Wordsworth)
• The family jewels
• The family silver
• The family that prays together stays together
• The grand-daddy of them all
• The love of money is the root of all evil
• The only 'sauce' I dare give Father (Burma Sauce advertising slogan)
• The sash my father wore
• The wish is father to the thought
• This Happy Breed (David Lean movie)
• This is Not Your Father's Oldsmobile (Oldsmobile advertising slogan)
• Today the discriminating family finds it absolutely necessary to own two or more motor cars (Buick advertising slogan)
• We're Just One Big Happy Family (Richard Hawley song)
• We're just one big happy family
• What did you do in the war Daddy?
• Who's your daddy?
• You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family
• You stupid boy! (A catchphrase from Dad's Army)