Decision Phrases

Phrases

• A Daniel come to judgement
• A drowning man will clutch at a straw
• Accidents will happen
• Against your will
• All I know is what I read in the papers (Will Rogers quotation)
• Appeal to your better judgment
• As a result of
• Ballot rigging
• Beauty contest (a political contest in which the result is infuenced by personality and image more than by policy)
• Beauty parade (a political contest in which the result is infuenced by personality and image more than by policy)
• Bend to my will
• Blood will out
• Boys will be boys
• Breeder's choice
• Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door
• Business is like a car, it will not run by itself except downhill
• By royal appointment
• Conflict resolution
• Cooler heads will prevail
• Danger, Will Robinson (A catchphrase from The Robot In Lost In Space)
• Day of Judgment
• Decision engine (A form of search engine)
• Decision height (The point at which a pilot must abort a landing)
• Decisions, decisions!
• Each to his own
• Ethnic stocking (the appointment to political office on the basis of ethnicity)
• Even a worm will turn
• Executive decision
• Faith will move mountains
• Flattery will get you everywhere
• Flattery will get you nowhere
• For the benefit of Mr.Kite there will be a show tonight on trampoline (Beatles song lyric)
• Foregone conclusion
• Four more years (Presidential election slogan)
• Free will
• Gettin' Jiggy Wit' It (Will Smith song)
• Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself
• Have gun, will travel (A catchphrase from TV series)
• He will give the Devil his due
• He will never play the piano again
• Heads will roll
• Hobson's Choice (David Lean movie)
• Hobson's choice (Cockney rhyming slang for voice)
• I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston song)
• I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor song)
• I will if you will
• I will make you fishers of men
• I will wear my heart upon my sleeve
• If I tell you I will have to shoot you
• If anything can go wrong, it will
• If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve
• If you build it they will come
• If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything (Malcolm X quotation)
• If you got the munchies, nothing else will do! (Hostess potato chips advertising slogan)
• If you keep late hours for Society's sake, Bromo-Seltzer will cure that headache (Bromo-Seltzer advertising slogan)
• If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
• Ill will
• It will all end in tears
• It will be all right on the night
• It will blow over
• Judgement At Nuremburg (Burt Lancaster / Spencer Tracy movie)
• Judgement call
• Judgement day
• Jump to the wrong conclusion
• Keep the shop and the shop will keep you
• Last will and testament
• Listen I will say zis only wunce (A catchphrase from Allo Allo)
• Live today. Tomorrow will cost more (Pan-Am World Airways advertising slogan)
• Living will
• Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves

• Love will find a way
• Multiple choice
• Murder will out
• My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion song)
• Never had it, never will (7-Up advertising slogan)
• New year's resolution
• Only time will tell
• Open verdict
• Rock a bye baby on the tree top, when the wind blows the cradle will rock (line from nursery rhyme)
• Rush to judgement
• Smoke Craven 'A' - will not affect your throat (Craven 'A' Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Smoke-filled room
• Snap decision
• Some day my prince will come
• Some day my prints will come
• Split decision
• Spoiled for choice
• Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me
• Stop, or my mom will shoot (line from Sylvestor Stallone movie)
• Sword of Damocles
• Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves
• That and a nickel will get you a ride on the subway
• The Last Judgment
• The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Gil Scott-Heron song)
• The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost poem)
• The Thrill (Nickname of Will Clark)
• The court will rise
• The judgement of Solomon
• The people's choice (a person or thing chosen by public acclamation)
• The referee's decision is final
• The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on
• The truth will out
• There are none so blind as those that will not see
• There will be an answer, let it be (The Beatles song lyric)
• There will be tears before bedtime
• There's none so blind as those who will not see
• There's none so deaf as they that will not hear
• They will do anything
• This one will run and run
• This tape will self-destruct in five seconds (A catchphrase from Mission Impossible)
• This time next year we will be millionaires (A catchphrase from Only Fools And Horses)
• Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas
• Throw enough dirt and some will stick
• Time will tell
• Today something we do will touch your life (Union Carbide and Carbon advertising slogan)
• Tomorrow will be cancelled due to lack of interest
• We Will Rock You (Queen song)
• We never forget you have a choice (British Caledonian Airline advertising slogan)
• We will cross that bridge when we come to it
• We will fight on the beaches
• We will sell no wine before it is time (Paul Masson Wines advertising slogan)
• What a result
• What will you do with all the money you save? (Toyota advertising slogan)
• Whatever will be will be
• When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them (Buick advertising slogan)
• When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, and down will come baby, cradle and all (line from nursery rhyme)
• When the cat's away the mice will play
• When the chips are down
• When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash; when the ash
• Where there's a will there's a way
• Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?
• Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (Carole King song)
• Will do
• Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?
• Will the real ... stand up? (A catchphrase from To Tell The Truth)
• Wind someone up (deliberately draw attention to something that will create agitation)
• With the best will in the world
• Without us, some guys will starve (Carl's Jr. advertising slogan)
• You pay your money and you take your choice
• Your choice down at Wendy's, where quality is our recipe (Wendy Burgers advertising slogan)