phrase thesaurus

A list of phrases containing the word "been"...


  • Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?
  • Been and gone
  • Been around the block a few times
  • Been had
  • Been here before
  • Been in the wars
  • Been there, done that, got the T-shirt ( the meaning and origin of this phrase... )
  • Brand new ballgame ( A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the game )
  • Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been ( Beatles song lyric )
  • For years we've been making our products as if lives depend on them ( Squib drug products advertising slogan )
  • Had a good war ( to have been successful during a military campaign )
  • Her Honeymoon - and it should have been mine! ( Listerine Mouthwash advertising slogan )
  • I coulda been a contender, instead of a bum, which is what I am ( On The Waterfront )
  • I've been brokenhearted, blue since the day we parted ( ABBA lyric )
  • I've been cheated by you since I don't know when ( ABBA lyric )
  • I've been had
  • It's been a hard day's night, and I'd been working like a dog ( Beatles song lyric )
  • Mistakes have been made
  • My stomach thinks my throat's been cut
  • Normal service has been resumed
  • Pussycat pussycat, where have you been? ( line from nursery rhyme )
  • Shovel ready ( a building project in which all the preliminaries have been arranged )
  • Sweet sixteen and never been kissed
  • The die has been cast
  • You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby ( Bing Crosby song )
  • You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth, It Must Have Been Whilst You Were Kissing Me ( Meatloaf song )
  • You know when you've been Tango'd ( Tango advertising slogan )
  • You look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards
  • You'll wish you had never been born

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