Diminutive Phrases

Phrases

• A bear of very little brain
• A little bird told me
• A little dab'll do ya (Brylcreem advertising slogan)
• A little help from above
• A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
• A little learning is a dangerous thing (from a poem by Alexander Pope)
• A little of what you fancy does you good
• All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt (Charles M. Schulz quotation)
• As sure as God made little green apples
• Bama Lama Bama Loo (Little Richard song)
• Big fish eat little fish
• Big fleas have little fleas
• Computer says no (A catchphrase from Little Britain)
• Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen song)
• Daddy's little girl
• Dirty little secret
• Don't trouble your pretty little head about it
• Dream a little dream of you
• Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (Police song)
• Every little helps (Tesco advertising slogan)
• Everything you want from a store and a little bit more (Safeway Supermarkets advertising slogan)
• Get a little extra help (Halifax advertising slogan)
• Glow Little Glow-worm (children's nursery rhyme)
• Good Golly Miss Molly (Little Richard song)
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland song)
• He means wee
• I Say A Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin song)
• I am the only gay in the village (A catchphrase from Little Britain)
• I spy with my little eye
• I want that one (A catchphrase from Little Britain)
• I'll Get By With Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles song)
• I'm a laydee (A catchphrase from Little Britain)
• I'm a little bit wooooor, a little bit waaaaaaaaaayy, I'm a geezer! (A catchphrase from Chris The Crafty Cockney In The Fast Show)
• I've got a little list
• Into every life a little rain must fall
• Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morissette album)
• Keep A Knockin' (Little Richard song)
• Life's little luxuries
• Little Bo peep has lost her sheep (line from nursery rhyme)
• Little Boxes (Pete Seeger song)
• Little Boy Blue come blow your horn (line from nursery rhyme)
• Little Brown Jug (Glenn Miller tune)
• Little Chocolate (Nickname of George Dixon)
• Little Cuba (Nickname of Miami Florida)
• Little Deuce Coupe (Beach Boys song)
• Little General (Nickname of Avery Johnson)
• Little Hands of Stone (Nickname of Michael Carbajal)
• Little Hitler
• Little Jack Horner sat in a corner (line from nursery rhyme)
• Little London (Nickname of Gothenburg Sweden)
• Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey (line from nursery rhyme)
• Little New York (Nickname of Carmelo Anthony)
• Little Poison (Nickname of Lloyd Waner)
• Little Red Corvette (Prince song)
• Little Red Rooster (Rolling Stones song)
• Little Rhody (Nickname of the US state of Rhode Island)
• Little Robin Red breast sat upon a tree (line from nursery rhyme)
• Little Sure Shot (Nickname of Annie Oakley)
• Little Tommy Tucker sings for his supper (line from nursery rhyme)
• Little White Bull (Tommy Steele song)
• Little Women (Louisa May Alcott book)
• Little black book
• Little black dress
• Little black number
• Little blighter
• Little boxes made of ticky tacky
• Little by little
• Little devil
• Little fish in a big pond (someone considered unimportant compared to their more significant peers)
• Little gentleman in the velvet coat
• Little green men

• Little pitchers have big ears
• Little strokes fell great oaks
• Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape
• Little things please little minds
• Little tin god
• Little treasure
• Little white lie
• Long Tall Sally (Little Richard song)
• Make little of
• Mary had a little lamb its fleece was white as snow (line from nursery rhyme)
• Mighty oaks from little acorns grow
• Mother's little helper
• Move On Up a Little Higher (Mahalia Jackson song)
• Nothing to worry your pretty little head about
• O ye, of little faith
• Oh little town of Bethlehem
• One of life's little ironies
• Pee Wee (Nickname of Harold Reese and Paul Wanninger)
• Pizza! Pizza! (Little Caesars restaurants advertising slogan)
• Poor little rich girl
• Precious little
• Quite the little gentleman
• Ready Teddy (Little Richard song)
• Santa's Little Helpers (allusion to the elves that help Father Christmas)
• Show a little leg
• So many books, so little time (Frank Zappa quotation)
• Sticks and snails and puppy dog's tails that's what little boys are made of (line from nursery rhyme)
• Suffer the little children
• Sugar and spice and all things nice that's what little girls are made of (line from nursery rhyme)
• Sweet Little Sixteen (Chuck Berry / Beatles song)
• The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (Burt Reynolds / Dolly Parton movie)
• The Girl Can't Help It (Little Richard song and movie)
• The Little Big Man (Nickname of Sharmba Mitchell)
• The Little Buttercup (Nickname of Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason))
• The Little Corporal (Nickname of Napoleon Bonaparte)
• The Little Drummer Boy (Harry Simeone Chorale song)
• The Little Engine (Nickname of T.J.Ford)
• The Little Lady (Nickname of Jo Anne Santini (Michele Scarabelli))
• The Little Master (Nickname of Sachin Tendulkar - Indian cricketer)
• The Little Mermaid (Disney cartoon movie)
• The Little Paris (Nickname of Bucharest Romania)
• The Little Queen of the Soap Operas (Nickname of actress Anne Francis)
• The Little Sparrow (Nickname of Edith Piaf)
• The Little Witch (Nickname of Juan Sebastian Veron)
• The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer
• The little boys' room
• The little dog laughed to see such fun
• The little engine that could
• The little people
• The patter of tiny feet
• There's a little McDonald's in Everyone (McDonald's advertising slogan)
• These little things are sent to try us
• This little piggy had roast beef, this little piggy had none (line from nursery rhyme)
• This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed at home (line from nursery rhyme)
• Time out for tiny little tea leaves in Tetley Tea (Tetley Tea advertising slogan)
• Tiptoe through the tulips (1920s Broadway song and Tiny Tim hit)
• Too little, too late
• Try A Little Tenderness (Otis Redding song)
• Tutti Frutti (Little Richard song)
• Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are (line from nursery rhyme)
• Twist around your little finger
• Two little dicky birds sitting on a wall, one named Peter, one named Paul (line from nursery rhyme)
• Two little ducks (Bingo call for number twenty two)
• Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown (line from nursery rhyme)
• Wee small hours of the morning
• Who's little boy are you?
• With A Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles song)
• Wrapped around your little finger
• Yeah but, no but (A catchphrase from Little Britain)
• Yeah, I know (A catchphrase from Little Britain)
• You'll look a little lovelier each day, with fabulous pink Camay (Camay Soap advertising slogan)