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125 phrases and expressions related to "english".

Phrases

  • 1066 And All That: A Memorable History Of England (W. C. Sellar book)
  • 167 days of foggy, foggy dew can't claim all the credit for beautiful English complexions (Elizabeth Arden advertising slogan)
  • Abide with me (hymn traditionally sung at the English football Cup Final)
  • An Englishman's home is his castle
  • An Englishman's word is his bond
  • As dry as a pommy's bath towel
  • As safe as the Bank of England
  • Barnyard language
  • Be the best (British Army advertising slogan)
  • Big Ben (tourist attraction in London England)
  • Body language
  • British Bulldog (Nickname of boxer Brian London)
  • British Steel, British mettle (British Steel advertising slogan)
  • British racing green
  • Buckingham Palace (tourist attraction in London England)
  • Bulldog breed
  • Buy British
  • Charge of the Light Brigade (British cavalry charge against Russian army in the Crimean War and title of a poem by Tennyson)
  • Close your eyes and think of England
  • Complex sentence (a sentence containing subordinate clauses)
  • Desperate Dan (a cowboy strongman character in the British comic The Dandy)
  • Don't you just love being in control? (British Gas advertising slogan)
  • England expects
  • Fast Freddie (Nickname of Andrew Flintoff - English cricketer)
  • Fie, foh, and fum, I smell the blood of a British man
  • Field Marshall (the highest rank in the British Army)
  • Fly the flag (British Airways advertising slogan)
  • Foul language
  • Fred Flintstone (Nickname of Andrew Flintoff - English cricketer)
  • Geordieland (Nickname of Newcastle upon Tyne England)
  • Go to work on an egg (British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan)
  • Hadrians Wall (tourist attraction in northern England)
  • Happiness is egg shaped (British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan)
  • Hollywood North (Nickname of Vancouver British Columbia)
  • Hongkong City (Nickname of Richmond British Columbia)
  • I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside (British Music Hall song)
  • Intercity makes the going easy (British Rail advertising slogan)
  • It's Smart to be Square (British Satellite Broadcasting advertising slogan)
  • It's good to talk (British Telecom advertising slogan)
  • Its for Yoo-hoo! (British Telecom advertising slogan)
  • Join the professionals (British Army advertising slogan)
  • King of Spain (Nickname of Ashley Giles - English cricketer)
  • Language barrier
  • Let the train take the strain (British Rail advertising slogan)
  • Lie back and think of England
  • Madame Tussauds (tourist attraction in England)
  • Make someone happy with a phone call (British Telecom advertising slogan)
  • Merry England
  • Middle England
  • Mind your language
  • Mrs. Mop (traditional English name for a cleaning woman)
  • No wonder the English have kept cool for 192 years (Gordon's Gin advertising slogan)
  • Number 10 Downing Street (address of the British Prime Minister)
  • Oh to be in England
  • Paddy Pantsdown (Nickname of English politician Paddy Ashdown)
  • Pommy bashing (Australian slang term for physical or verbal attacks on the English)
  • Pomp and circumstance
  • Primal fear (Neurosis therapy and British rock band)
  • Rubber johnny (a British slang term for a condom)
  • Somebody somewhere wants a letter from you (British Post Office advertising slogan)
  • Speak the same language
  • St Paul's Cathedral (tourist attraction in London England)
  • The Backbone of England (Nickname of The Pennine Hills)
  • The Bank of England (tourist attraction in London England)
  • The Beast of Bolsover (Nickname of English politician Dennis Skinner)
  • The Boy David (Nickname of English politician David Steel)
  • The British Museum (tourist attraction in London England)
  • The British disease
  • The Chingford Strangler (Nickname of English politician Norman Tebbit)
  • The City (Nickname of The City of London England)
  • The Concrete Block (Nickname of Coventry England)
  • The Conservative Party at prayer (The Church of England)
  • The English disease
  • The English summer: three fine days and a thunderstorm
  • The First Garden City Of The World (Nickname of Letchworth England)
  • The Garden County (nickname of the English county of Hampshire)
  • The Garden of England (Nickname of the English counties of Kent and Worcestershire)
  • The Gaza Strip (Nickname of Surrey British Columbia)
  • The Great Wen (Nickname of London England)
  • The Houses of Parliament (tourist attraction in London England)
  • The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street (Nickname of The Bank of England)
  • The Only Way Is Essex (British reality television series)
  • The People's Republic of South Yorkshire (Nickname of Sheffield England)
  • The Royal Botanic Gardens (tourist attraction in Kew England)
  • The Smoke (Nickname of London England)
  • The Socialist Republic Of South Yorkshire (Nickname of Sheffield England)
  • The Steel City (Nickname of Sheffield England)
  • The Tower of London (tourist attraction in England)
  • The White Cliffs of Dover (tourist attraction in England)
  • The best of British
  • The best of British luck
  • The glorious twelfth (of August - the start of the British grouse shooting season)
  • The queen's English
  • The sound of leather on willow (sound of the ball on the bat in cricket)
  • The sun never sets on the British Empire
  • The world's favourite airline (British Airways advertising slogan)
  • This is the age of the train (British Rail advertising slogan)
  • Treacle Town (Nickname of Macclesfield Cheshire England)
  • Was there a lion on your egg this morning? (British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan)
  • Watch your language
  • We never forget you have a choice (British Caledonian Airline advertising slogan)
  • We'll take good care of you (British Airways advertising slogan)
  • We're getting there (British Rail advertising slogan)
  • Westminster Abbey (tourist attraction in London England)
  • Windsor Castle (tourist attraction in England)
  • Winter drawers on (old British euphemistic joke)
  • You can rely on the lion (British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan)
  • You watch, we listen (British Satellite Broadcasting advertising slogan)

Related

  • 167 days of foggy, foggy dew can't claim all the credit for beautiful English complexions (Elizabeth Arden advertising slogan)
  • Abide with me (hymn traditionally sung at the English football Cup Final)
  • Fast Freddie (Nickname of Andrew Flintoff - English cricketer)
  • Fred Flintstone (Nickname of Andrew Flintoff - English cricketer)
  • King of Spain (Nickname of Ashley Giles - English cricketer)
  • Mrs. Mop (traditional English name for a cleaning woman)
  • No wonder the English have kept cool for 192 years (Gordon's Gin advertising slogan)
  • Paddy Pantsdown (Nickname of English politician Paddy Ashdown)
  • Pommy bashing (Australian slang term for physical or verbal attacks on the English)
  • The Beast of Bolsover (Nickname of English politician Dennis Skinner)
  • The Boy David (Nickname of English politician David Steel)
  • The Chingford Strangler (Nickname of English politician Norman Tebbit)
  • The English disease
  • The English summer: three fine days and a thunderstorm
  • The Garden County (nickname of the English county of Hampshire)
  • The Garden of England (Nickname of the English counties of Kent and Worcestershire)
  • The queen's English