Basin Phrases

Phrases

• Basin Street Blues (Louis Armstrong song)
• Big fish in a small pool (someone considered influential compared to their less significant peers)
• Bison City (Nickname of Buffalo New York)
• Bowl over
• Come out in the wash
• Come with a begging bowl
• Dish fit for the gods
• Dish of the day
• Dish out
• Dish the dirt
• Dish up
• Everything but the kitchen sink
• I'd rather have a bowl of Coco Pops (Coco Pops advertising slogan)
• It won't wash
• Kitchen sink drama
• Life is just a bowl of cherries
• Loose lips sink ships (World War II advertising slogan)
• Pocket pool
• Revenge is a dish best served cold
• Rub a dub dub men in a tub
• Sink estate
• Sink like a stone
• Sink or swim
• Sink without trace
• Sink your teeth into it
• The Bison (Nickname of Michael Essien)
• The dish ran away with the spoon (line from nursery rhyme)
• Too posh to wash
• Tub of lard
• Wash and go
• Wash out
• Wash your dirty linen in public
• Wash your hands of it
• Wash your mouth out with soap and water