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Clam Phrases

78 phrases and expressions related to "clam".

Phrases

  • Drink like a fish
  • Fatal Attraction (Glenn Close / Michael Douglas movie)
  • Fish always rot from the head downwards
  • Fish and finger pie (Beatles song lyric)
  • Fish and guests smell after three days
  • Fish it out
  • Fish or cut bait
  • Fish out
  • Fish out of water
  • Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
  • Goodnight, sleep tight
  • Got bigger fish to fry
  • Hold very tight please
  • Holding your cards close to your chest
  • In a tight spot
  • Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer (proverbial saying)
  • Like a fish out of water
  • Like shooting fish in a barrel
  • Little fish in a big pond (someone considered unimportant compared to their more significant peers)
  • Neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring
  • Night night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite
  • Odd fish
  • On a tight leash
  • Pretty kettle of fish
  • Queer fish
  • Run a tight ship
  • Sail close to the wind
  • School of fish
  • Sit tight
  • Sleep tight
  • So long and thanks for all the fish (line from Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide)
  • There's plenty more fish in the sea
  • Tight lipped
  • To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! (line from the movie A Fish Called Wanda)
  • Too close for comfort
  • Too close to call
  • Up close and personal
  • Wet fish
  • What does that have to do with the price of fish?