Command Phrases

Phrases

• Apple pie order
• Aye aye shepherd's pie
• Aye aye sir
• Bang out of order
• Boss about
• Boss eyed
• Boss of all bosses
• Built to order
• Can you tell Stork from butter? (Stork Margarine advertising slogan)
• Can you tell what it is yet? (A catchphrase from Rolf Harris)
• Chain of command
• Children and fools tell the truth
• Close enough for government work
• Command and control
• Command central
• Congratulations are in order
• Control freak
• Cost control
• Crank That (Soulja Boy) (Soulja Boy Tell 'Em song)
• Crowd control
• Cruise control
• Dead men tell no tales
• Don't piss in my pocket and tell me it's raining
• Don't you just love being in control? (British Gas advertising slogan)
• Even your best friend won't tell you (Lifebuoy Soap advertising slogan)
• Even your best friends won't tell you (Listerine Mouthwash advertising slogan)
• Fall in
• Gagging order
• Go tell your mother she wants you
• Government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem (Political slogan)
• Hate watch (viewing a television programme in order to mock it)
• Hear tell of
• Heavy hitter (A baseball expression meaning a powerful or commanding person)
• I cannot tell a lie
• I get no respect, I tell ya (A catchphrase from Rodney Dangerfield In Comedy Monologue)
• I swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth
• I tell a lie
• I'm Ross, and you're the Boss (Ross Perot slogan)
• I'm from the government, and I'm here to help
• I'm going to tell on you
• If I tell you I will have to shoot you
• If I tell you, I'll have to kill you
• If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything (Mark Twain quotation)
• In short order
• In the order of
• It doesn't matter who you vote for, the government always gets in
• It's lonely at the top
• Kiss Me Thru the Phone (Soulja Boy Tell 'Em song)
• Kiss and tell
• Law and order
• Live to tell the tale
• Lose control
• Mail order bride

• Never tell tales out of school
• On a tight leash
• Only time will tell
• Open government
• Order about
• Order in the court
• Order of magnitude
• Order order
• Order up
• Out of control
• Out of order
• Pecking order
• Portion control
• Pray tell
• Put your house in order
• Quality control
• Radio control
• Rubber bullet (a bullet made of rubber or plastic and used for riot control)
• Saviour sibling (a child born in order to provide a transplant for another with a fatal disease)
• Shirtsleeve order
• Show and tell
• Side order
• Spiral out of control
• Tall order
• Tell Laura I Love Her (Ricky Valance song)
• Tell it like it is
• Tell it to the Marines
• Tell me about it
• Tell me honestly
• Tell me straight
• Tell me the worst doctor
• Tell someone where to get off
• Tell tale sign
• Tell tales out of school
• Tell the truth and shame the Devil
• Tell them about the honey, mummy (Sugar Puffs advertising slogan)
• Tell your fortune
• The Boss (Nickname of Bruce Springsteen)
• The Ten Commandments (Charlton Heston movie)
• The cat who doesn't act finicky soon loses control of his owner (9 Lives Cat Food advertising slogan)
• The order of the boot
• The order of the day
• Time will tell
• Wear the trousers
• What I tell you three times is true
• While you live, tell truth and shame the Devil!
• Whoever you vote for the government gets in (Anarchist political slogan)
• Will the real ... stand up? (A catchphrase from To Tell The Truth)
• World government
• You Never Can Tell (Chuck Berry song)
• You can't tell a book by looking at its cover
• You never can tell
• You're the boss (Burger King advertising slogan)
• Your fragrance Your rules (Hugo Boss Deep Red advertising slogan)