phrase thesaurus

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

  • A World first
  • Ain't my first rodeo ( said by someone who has experience of a situation )
  • At first blush
  • At first hand
  • Be the first to know ( CNN advertising slogan )
  • Calendar year ( twelve months beginning from the first of January )
  • Cast the first stone ( the meaning and origin of this phrase... )
  • First Among Equals ( Jeffrey Archer book )
  • First Slip ( field position in the game of cricket )
  • First World ( the indutrialised affluent and wealthy nations )
  • First World problem ( a relatively trivial problem only affecting the affluent )
  • First among equals ( the most senior person in a group of equal rank )
  • First amongst equals
  • First and foremost
  • First blood
  • First came to fame
  • First catch your hare
  • First come first served
  • First comes love, then comes marriage
  • First contact
  • First cut
  • First flush
  • First footing ( making a round of visits at New Year )
  • First impressions last
  • First light
  • First past the post
  • First rate
  • First relationships last ( First National Bank of Chicago advertising slogan )
  • First responder ( the member of the emergency services to arrive at a disaster )
  • First strike
  • First thing
  • First things first
  • First time caller
  • First to market
  • First up
  • First with the Hits ( Mercury Records advertising slogan )
  • First, do no harm
  • Get to first base
  • Get to first base with
  • Get your retaliation in first
  • Head first
  • If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again
  • If you ain't first, you're last
  • If you change your mind, I'm the first in line ( ABBA lyric )
  • La Belle Epoque ( the golden age or beautiful era preceding the First World War )
  • Ladies first
  • Last in first out
  • Leadoff hitter ( A baseball expression denoting the player who bats first )
  • Love at first sight
  • Make first base
  • Me first
  • Of the first water
  • Opening night ( the first night of a theatrical performance )
  • Pinch, punch, first of the month
  • Safety first
  • Shoot first, ask questions later
  • The First Cut Is The Deepest ( Rod Stewart song )
  • The First Garden City Of The World ( Nickname of Letchworth England )
  • The First Lady of Television ( Nickname of Faye Emerson )
  • The First State ( Nickname of the US state of Delaware )
  • The first network for men ( Spike TV advertising slogan )
  • The first time is never the best ( Campari advertising slogan )
  • The mainspring in a Bulova is made to last 256 years or 146 leather straps - whichever comes first ( Bulova Watches advertising slogan )
  • To cast the first stone
  • Today is the first day of the rest of your life
  • What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive
  • When war is declared, truth is the first casualty
  • Which came first the chicken or the egg?
  • Who blinked first?
  • Women and children first
  • World's first
  • You don't get a second chance at a first impression
  • You heard it here first
  • You only get one chance to make a first impression

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