Appearance Phrases

Phrases

• A cat may look at a king
• All manner of
• Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life (Monty Python's Flying Circus song)
• Appearances can be deceptive
• Attack is the best form of defence
• Bad form
• Blank look
• Body painting (a form of painting that uses the human body as a canvas)
• By no manner of means
• CD quality
• Dance attendance on
• Dirty look
• Does my bum look big in this? (A catchphrase from The Fast Show)
• Don't Look Now (Julie Christie / Donald Sutherland movie)
• Don't know which way to look
• Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
• Faraway look
• Figure painting (a form of painting in which the human body is the subject)
• Form follows function
• Form is temporary, class is permanent
• Free form
• Funny, you don't look Jewish
• Have a Captain Cook (Cockney rhyming slang for look)
• Have a look
• I look at the world and I notice it's turning (The Beatles song lyric)
• If it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck
• If you haven't looked at Ford lately, look again (Ford Cars advertising slogan)
• Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
• In a manner of speaking
• In fine form
• It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
• Keep up appearances
• Kerb appeal
• Landscape painting (a form of painting in which the natural world is the subject)
• Letter quality
• Look Ma, no cavities! (Crest Toothpaste advertising slogan)
• Look a fright
• Look after number one
• Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
• Look alive
• Look and feel
• Look away now
• Look before you leap
• Look both ways
• Look daggers
• Look death in the eye
• Look down on
• Look down your nose
• Look for the Golden Arches (McDonald's advertising slogan)
• Look in on
• Look into
• Look lively
• Look ma, no hands!

• Look no further
• Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair (from a poem by Shelley)
• Look out
• Look out for number one
• Look over
• Look over your shoulder
• Look sharp
• Look sharp, feel sharp (Gillette advertising slogan)
• Look someone up and down
• Look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls! (A catchphrase from Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In)
• Look the other way
• Look to your laurels
• Look up to
• Look what the cat dragged in
• Look who's talking?
• Look you bach
• Look your best while you wear our least (Jockey Shorts advertising slogan)
• Look, no hands
• Looks can be deceiving
• Managed attendance
• Never look a gift horse in the mouth
• Never look back
• Old fashioned look
• Out of thin air
• Over the teeth and through the gums, look out stomach here it comes
• Phone it in (perform an act in an uncommitted disinterested manner)
• Portrait painting (a form of painting in which the human face is the subject)
• Premium quality
• Put in an appearance
• Quality control
• Quality is job one (Ford Cars advertising slogan)
• Quality never goes out of style (Levi's Jeans advertising slogan)
• Quality time
• Rubber chicken (poor quality or overcooked chicken)
• Rubber chicken curcuit (a speaking or fundraising event at which poor quality meat is served)
• Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit
• Star quality
• Still life (a form of painting in which inanimate objects are the subject)
• Stop, Look and Listen; remember the Green Cross Code (UK Road Safety Campaign advertising slogan)
• Take a butchers (Cockney rhyming slang for look)
• Take a cold hard look
• The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (Sherlock Holmes story)
• The cut of your jib
• The honour of your presence is requested
• The look is Immac-ulate (Immac Depilatory advertising slogan)
• The quality of mercy is not strained (from The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare)
• To the manner born
• Top quality
• War game (a simulation of war intended as preparation)
• You look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards
• You look as though you've seen the ghost
• You look... Mahvelous! (A catchphrase from Saturday Night Live)
• You'll look a little lovelier each day, with fabulous pink Camay (Camay Soap advertising slogan)
• Your choice down at Wendy's, where quality is our recipe (Wendy Burgers advertising slogan)