Hook Phrases

Phrases

• Anchor man
• Any time, anywhere, acid indigestion can catch you out (Alka Selzer advertising slogan)
• As sharp as a tack
• At knife point
• At this point in time
• Beside the point
• By hook or by crook
• Can of corn (A baseball expression meaning a ball which is easy to catch)
• Captain America (Nickname of footballer Claudio Reyna)
• Captain Bly (Nickname of baseball player Bert Blyleven)
• Captain Bob (Nickname of Robert Maxwell)
• Captain Brassbound's Conversion
• Captain Canada (Nickname of basketball player Steve Nash)
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis de Bernieres book)
• Captain Crunch (Nickname of basketball player Jalen Rose)
• Captain Funkie Fresh (Nickname of Eddie Winslow (Darius McCrary))
• Captain Hook (Nickname of baseball manager George Anderson)
• Captain Jack (Nickname of basketball player Stephen Jackson)
• Captain Kirk (Nickname of basketball player Kirk Hinrich)
• Captain Marvel (Nickname of footballer Bryan Robson)
• Captain Underpants And The Invasion Of The Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space (Dav Pilkey book)
• Captain Underpants And The Perilous Plot Of Professor Poopypants (Dav Pilkey book)
• Captain Underpants And The Wrath Of The Wicked Wedgie Woman (Dav Pilkey book)
• Captain of industry
• Captain's log... (A catchphrase from Star Trek)
• Cast anchor
• Catch 22 (Joseph Heller book)
• Catch a case
• Catch a cold
• Catch a falling star
• Catch a wave
• Catch as catch can
• Catch fire
• Catch hell
• Catch of the day
• Catch on
• Catch our smile (PSA advertising slogan)
• Catch some rays
• Catch some zzzs
• Catch that Pepsi spirit. Drink it in, drink it in, drink it in (Pepsi advertising slogan)
• Catch you later
• Catch your breath
• Catch your death of cold
• Catch your eye
• Cover Point (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Point (field position in the game of cricket)
• Don't give a hang
• Drive your point home
• Duncan the Wonder Horse (Nickname of TV news anchor Tom Brokaw)
• Feel 95 point great (Capital FM advertising slogan)
• First catch your hare
• Flash point
• Get a gold star (earn a merit point for doing well)
• Get hooked on
• Get straight to the point
• Get the hang of it
• Get the point
• Get your hooks into something
• Give a dog a bad name and hang him
• Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself
• Give him enough rope and he'll hang himself
• Hang a left
• Hang a right
• Hang about
• Hang around with
• Hang back
• Hang by the neck until dead
• Hang fire
• Hang him out to dry
• Hang in there
• Hang loose
• Hang on
• Hang on a minute
• Hang on by your fingertips
• Hang on every word

• Hang on for dear life
• Hang on like grim death
• Hang on to your shirt tails
• Hang out
• Hang out with
• Hang out your shingle
• Hang ten
• Hang time
• Hang tough
• Hang up your boots
• Hang up your hat
• Hang up your sword
• Hang your hat on
• Hang your head
• Have a Captain Cook (Cockney rhyming slang for look)
• Hook line and sinker
• Hook up with
• Hooked on a feeling
• I'm hooked
• I'm not a crook
• If the sky falls we shall catch larks
• In point of fact
• In the loop
• It takes a thief to catch a thief
• Jumping off point
• Knit one purl one
• Knit your brow
• Knit your own sandals
• Left Hook (Nickname of Jeff Lacy)
• Let it all hang out
• Let off the hook
• Loop the loop
• Moot point
• Nature, red in tooth and claw
• Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish (Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band song)
• Not to put too fine a point on it
• Off the hook
• Only the best for the Captain's table (Birdseye advertising slogan)
• Play catch up
• Point Break (Keanu Reeves movie)
• Point Percy at the porcelain
• Point blank range
• Point duty
• Point of sale
• Point of view
• Point out
• Point the finger
• Point to point
• Press your point home
• Prize catch
• Ring off the hook
• Set a thief to catch a thief
• Sharp as a tack
• Silly Point (field position in the game of cricket)
• Single point of contact
• Sling your hook
• Sprat to catch a mackerel
• Sticking point
• Stretch a point
• Take a butchers (Cockney rhyming slang for look)
• Take the bait
• Talking point
• The Captain (Nickname of Kareem Abdul Jabbar)
• The case in point
• The point of contact (Sprint advertising slogan)
• The point of no return
• Thrown for a loop
• Tipping point
• Weigh anchor
• What's the catch?
• What's the point?
• Where's the catch?
• You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
• You couldn't catch a monkey with a shotgun and a sack
• Zabriskie Point (Michelangelo Antonioni movie)