Dictate Phrases

Phrases

• Actions speak louder than words
• Alpha and omega (the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, used as a name for God or Jesus)
• Before you could say Jack Robinson
• Before you could say knife
• Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt
• Chain letter
• Command and control
• Control freak
• Cost control
• Crowd control
• Cruise control
• Dead letter
• Did Somebody Say McDonald's? (McDonald's advertising slogan)
• Do as I say not as I do
• Don't say brown - say Hovis (Hovis Bread advertising slogan)
• Don't you just love being in control? (British Gas advertising slogan)
• Four letter word
• French letter
• Have a say in
• Have the final say
• Have your say
• He understands every word I say to him
• Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil
• I Say A Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin song)
• I don't want to say I told you so, but I told you so
• I hear what you say
• I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me (The Beatles song lyric)
• Just say no (A catchphrase from Nancy Reagan)
• Just say the word
• Letter bomb
• Letter for letter
• Letter perfect
• Letter quality
• Listen I will say zis only wunce (A catchphrase from Allo Allo)
• Lose control
• Love means never having to say you're sorry (Love Story)
• Needless to say
• Never Can Say Goodbye (The Jackson 5 song)
• Never say die
• Never say never
• Never say never again
• Never speak ill of the dead
• Nobody can say no to the honey nut Os in Honey Nut Cheerios (Cheerios Cereals advertising slogan)
• Not to speak of
• Oranges and lemons say the bells of Saint Clements (line from nursery rhyme)
• Out of control
• Poison pen letter
• Portion control
• Quality control
• Radio control
• Red letter day

• Rubber bullet (a bullet made of rubber or plastic and used for riot control)
• Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud (James Brown song)
• Say a few words
• Say cheese
• Say goodnight Dick (A catchphrase from Rowan and Martin's Laugh In)
• Say goodnight Gracie (A catchphrase from George Burns)
• Say it ain't so, Joe (A baseball expression denoting disbelief)
• Say it loud and say it proud
• Say it with flowers (Interflora advertising slogan)
• Say it, don't spray it
• Say kids, what time is it? (A catchphrase from Howdy Doody Show)
• Say the magic word and win $100 dollars (A catchphrase from Groucho Marx In You Bet Your Life)
• Say uncle
• Say what you mean and mean what you say
• Say what you see (A catchphrase from Catchphrase)
• Say when
• Say your piece
• Say your prayers
• See no evil, hear no evil speak no evil
• So to speak
• Somebody somewhere wants a letter from you (British Post Office advertising slogan)
• Speak as you find
• Speak for yourself
• Speak in tongues
• Speak of the devil
• Speak softly and carry a big stick
• Speak the same language
• Speak when you are spoken to
• Speak your mind
• Speak your piece
• Spiral out of control
• That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them
• The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin movie)
• The Purloined Letter
• The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allan Poe book)
• The Say Hey Kid (Nickname of Willie Mays)
• The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne story)
• The Secretary of Defense (Nickname of David Jones)
• The Secretary of Defense (Nickname of Garry Maddox)
• The bank that likes to say Yes (Trustee Savings Bank advertising slogan)
• The cat who doesn't act finicky soon loses control of his owner (9 Lives Cat Food advertising slogan)
• The letter of the law
• The love that dare not speak its name
• Three letter acronym
• Time to Say Goodbye (Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman song)
• To the letter
• When you say Budweiser, you've said it all (Budweiser Beer advertising slogan)
• White man speak with forked tongue
• Why don't you say what you really think?
• Wouldn't say boo to a goose
• You aren't obliged to say anything
• You say you want a revolution (Line from Beatles song)