Grandfather Phrases

Phrases

• ...of the clock
• All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way (the opening line of Anna Karenina)
• Around the clock
• At sixty miles an hour the loudest noise in the new Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock (Rolls Royce advertising slogan)
• Baby father
• Baby grand
• Beanpole family
• Beat the clock
• Black sheep of the family
• Clean your clock
• Clock on
• Clock watching
• Did I do that? (A catchphrase from Family Matters)
• Drink, feck, arse (A catchphrase from Father Ted)
• Dysfunctional family
• Elder statesman
• Face that could stop a clock
• Family fortunes
• Family man
• Family matters
• Family ties
• Family tree
• Family values
• Father Knows Best (American TV Show)
• Father Of The Bride (Steve Martin movie)
• Father Ted (BBC comedy television series)
• Father of The Atomic Bomb (Nickname of Robert Oppenheimer)
• Founding father
• Full fathom five thy father lies (from The Tempest by Shakespeare)
• Get your family into Shape, without them even noticing (St. Ivel Yogurt advertising slogan)
• Grand Theft Auto (video game title)
• Grand old man
• Grand passion
• Grand slam
• Grandfather clause
• Head of the family
• Hickory dickory dock the mouse ran up the clock (line from nursery rhyme)
• His father's son
• Honour thy father and mother
• How's your father
• I Think I Love You (The Partridge Family song)
• I want to be alone (A catchphrase from Grand Hotel)
• I'm convinced the Goodyear Grand Prix-S is a major contribution to road safety (Goodyear Tyres advertising slogan)
• In the family way

• In the grand scheme of things
• It's a family affair
• Just a glint in his father's eye
• Keep it in the family
• Le Grand Orange (Nickname of Daniel Staub)
• Like father, like son
• My arse (A catchphrase from Royle Family)
• On a grand scale
• Our father who art in heaven
• Our survey says (A catchphrase from Family Fortunes)
• Put the clock back
• Race against the clock
• Roar, Boys, Roar, It tastes like more, What a flavor, Zippity-zow - its grand - and HOW (Grape-Nuts Flakes Cereal advertising slogan)
• Rock Around The Clock (Bill Haley song)
• Runs in the family
• Santa's Little Helpers (allusion to the elves that help Father Christmas)
• Selling the family silver
• Seriously though, he's doing a grand job (A catchphrase from David Frost)
• Spend more time with my family
• Stop the clock, I've found a clue
• The Grand Alliance
• The Grand Canyon (tourist attraction in the USA)
• The Grand Canyon State (Nickname of the US state of Arizona)
• The Grand Ol Opry (tourist attraction in Nashville USA)
• The Grand old Duke of York he had ten thousand men (line from nursery rhyme)
• The Royle Family (BBC comedy television series)
• The Sash My Father Wore (Irish traditional song)
• The biological clock is ticking
• The boy is father to the man
• The child is father of the man (from a poem by Wordsworth)
• The clock is ticking
• The family jewels
• The family silver
• The family that prays together stays together
• The only 'sauce' I dare give Father (Burma Sauce advertising slogan)
• The sash my father wore
• The wish is father to the thought
• This is Not Your Father's Oldsmobile (Oldsmobile advertising slogan)
• Today the discriminating family finds it absolutely necessary to own two or more motor cars (Buick advertising slogan)
• Turn back the clock
• Turn the clock back
• Watching the clock
• We're Just One Big Happy Family (Richard Hawley song)
• We're just one big happy family
• You can choose your friends but you can't choose your family