Checkmate Phrases

Phrases

• A cat may look at a king
• A means to an end
• All good things must come to an end
• America loves burgers, and we're America's Burger King (Burger King advertising slogan)
• Aren't you hungry for Burger King now? (Burger King advertising slogan)
• At a loose end
• 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 your wits' end
• Brilliant cleaning starts with Finish (Finish Detergent advertising slogan)
• Bring to an end
• Burger King - the home of the Whopper (Burger King advertising slogan)
• Burger King. Where kids are king (Burger King advertising slogan)
• Business end
• Can't see beyond the end of your nose
• Cheer up, it's not the end of the world
• China plate (Cockney rhyming slang for mate)
• Come to a sticky end
• Comeback king
• Dead end
• Don't lose any sleep over it
• Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
• 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
• Face card (the jack queeen or king in a set of playing cards)
• Farmer George (Nickname of King George III)
• Fit for a king
• Get hold of the wrong end of the stick
• Get to the end of your tether
• Get your end away
• Go off the deep end
• Got nothing to lose
• Have it your way (Burger King advertising slogan)
• Have your hair stand on end
• Heads I win, tails you lose
• I've started so I'll finish (A catchphrase from Mastermind)
• In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king
• It takes two hands to hold a Whopper (Burger King advertising slogan)
• It will all end in tears
• It's The End Of The World As We Know It (R.E.M. song)
• It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game
• Journey's end
• Keep your end up
• King Dick (Nickname of Richard Cromwell)
• King Eric (Nickname of Eric Cantona)
• King Felix (Nickname of Felix Hernandez)
• King James (Nickname of LeBron James)
• King Kong (Naomi Watts movie)
• King Lear
• King Solomon's Mines
• King of Clutch (Nickname of Reggie Miller)
• King of Spain (Nickname of Ashley Giles - English cricketer)
• King of kings
• King of the castle
• King of the hill
• King of the jungle
• King of the road
• King pin
• King sized
• King's evidence
• King's ransom
• Know which end is up
• Light at the end of the tunnel
• Live like a king
• Lose Yourself (Eminem song)
• Lose control
• Lose count
• Lose face
• Lose ground on
• Lose hands down
• Lose out on
• Lose sight of
• Lose the plot
• Lose the thread
• Lose touch with
• Lose track of time
• Lose your balance
• Lose your bearings
• Lose your bottle
• Lose your cherry

• Lose your cool
• Lose your hair
• Lose your head
• Lose your heart
• Lose your inhibitions
• Lose your looks
• Lose your lunch
• Lose your marbles
• Lose your nerve
• Lose your rag
• Lose your shirt
• Lose your temper
• Lose your tongue
• Lose your touch
• Makes your hair stands on end
• Mate's rates (discount price offered to friends)
• My old china (Cockney rhyming slang for mate)
• Never hear the end of it
• Nice guys finish last
• Ninth inning (A baseball expression meaning an event or process is near the end)
• No end of
• Not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning
• Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he (line from nursery rhyme)
• On the receiving end
• Once and future king
• Photo finish
• Put an end to
• Royal flush (in poker - a hand including a ten jack queen king and ace of the same suit)
• Save The Last Dance For Me (Ben E King song)
• Shallow end
• Shit (or short) end of the stick
• Short end of the stick
• Some you win: some you lose
• Spanish Harlem (Ben E King song)
• Sun King (The Beatles song)
• Take the king's shilling
• The Blue End State (Nickname of the US state of Delaware)
• The End Of The World (Nickname of Anchorage Alaska)
• The Hammer of The Scots (Nickname of King Edward I)
• The King (Nickname of Elvis Presley)
• The King Of Comedy (Robert De Niro movie)
• The King and Queen Might Eat Thereof and Noblemen Besides (Jell-O Gelatin Dessert advertising slogan)
• The King is dead, long live the King
• The King of Beers (Budweiser Beer advertising slogan)
• The King of Late Night Television (Nickname of Jack Paar)
• The King of Rock 'N' Roll (Nickname of Elvis Presley)
• The King of Swing (Nickname of Benny Goodman)
• The King of the Cowboys (Nickname of Roy Rogers)
• The King of the Mini-series (Nickname of Richard Chamberlain)
• The King of the Wild Frontier (Nickname of explorer Davy Crockett)
• The King's Speech (Colin Firth movie)
• The Lion King (Disney cartoon movie)
• The Lizard King (Nickname of Jim Morrison)
• The Sun King (Nickname of King Louis XIV)
• The Wisest Fool In Christendom (Nickname of King James I)
• The be all and end all
• The beginning of the end
• The bitter end
• The customer is king
• The deep end
• The end of civilization as we know it
• The end of the road
• The end of the world is nigh
• The king was in his counting house counting out his money (line from nursery rhyme)
• The light at the end of the tunnel may just be a train coming the other way
• The means to an end
• The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
• The shit end of the stick
• The short end of the stick
• The thick end of
• The war to end wars
• Thin end of the wedge
• Thrown in at the deep end
• Till the end of time
• Toward this end
• Up On The Roof (Carole King song)
• Use it or lose it
• We do it your way (Burger King advertising slogan)
• What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
• Who's got the best darn burgers in the whole wide world? (Burger King and I advertising slogan)
• Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (Carole King song)
• Win lose or draw
• Win some, lose some
• Workers of the world arise you have nothing to lose but your chains
• World without end
• You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman (Carole King song)
• You win some: you lose some
• You're the boss (Burger King advertising slogan)
• You've Got A Friend (Carole King James Taylor song)