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A Short History Of
Nearly
Everything ( Bill Bryson book )
A lot of fuss about nothing
About face
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About time too
About to find pups
About turn
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Active
listening
All About Eve ( Bette Davis movie )
All
around
Robin Hood's barn
America's
most
famous dessert ( Jell-O Gelatin Dessert advertising slogan )
America's
most
gifted whiskey ( Four Roses Whiskey advertising slogan )
America's
most
wanted
Around
The World In Eighty Days ( Jules Verne book )
Around
the clock
Arse about face
As
near
as dammit
Ask
around
Bandy about
Bang on about
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Bat the idea
around
Beat about the bush
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Been
around
the block a few times
Boss about
Bugger about
Bum about
Chasing nickels
around
dollar bills
Come about
Coming to a screen
near
you
Companion plant ( a plant grown
near
to another species to enhance its growth )
Cut up about
Dance
around
the problem
Dick
around
Don't go on about it
Don't trouble your pretty little head about it
Drag ass
around
Echo
Around
the World ( Edison Records advertising slogan )
Empty vessels make the
most
noise
Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask ( Woody Allen movie )
Everywhere
that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go ( line from nursery rhyme )
Extra, extra, read all about it
Fall about laughing
Fall about your ears
Far better for being
near
to you ( The Chesham Building Society advertising slogan )
Fart
around
Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night ( All About Eve )
First among equals ( the
most
senior person in a group of equal rank )
Flattery will get you
everywhere
Fool
around
Gad about
Get
around
to it
Get your head
around
something
Go about your business
Go
around
in circles
Go
around
with
Go on about
Go to see a man about a dog
Goodnight children
everywhere
( A catchphrase from Uncle Mac )
Goof
around
Green
around
the gills
Group of death ( the
most
difficult or competitive group in a sports tournament )
Hang about
Hang
around
with
Hannah And Her Sisters ( Mia Farrow / Michael Caine / Woody Allen movie )
Harp on about
Have a thing about
Have you any last requests? ( humorous question asked as though a person was about to be killed )
Have your wits about you
Hedged about
Here, There And
Everywhere
( The Beatles song )
High season ( the
most
popular time to visit a resort or attraction - when prices are highest )
Horse
around
Horsing
around
How about that?
I Get
Around
( Beach Boys song )
I don't know much about art but I know what I like
I may not know much about art, but I know what I like
If you can keep your head when all about you ( from a poem by Kipling )
In out, in out, shake it all about
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on ( Robert Frost quotation )
Intelligence
everywhere
( Motorola advertising slogan )
It's about time
It's all about you ( People Telecom advertising slogan )
It's
everywhere
you want to be ( Visa advertising slogan )
It's the empty can that makes the
most
noise
Jerk
around
Jig
around
Joke
around
Just
around
the corner
Keep on about
Keep your wits about you
Kick the gong
around
Kidding
around
Knock about
Knock about comedy
Know what you are about
Lark about
Loaf about
Make a song and dance about
Make no bones about
Make the
most
of it
Man about town
Man is born free and is
everywhere
in chains ( philosophical comment by Rousseau )
Mess
around
Messing about in boats
Milling about
Monkey
around
Mooching
around
Most
men live lives of quiet desperation
Much Ado About Nothing
Muck about
Near
and dear to my heart
Near
death experience
Near
miss
Near
sighted
Near
the knuckle
Near
to one's heart
Nearly
new
Ninth inning ( A baseball expression meaning an event or process is
near
the end )
Nose
around
Not just
nearly
clean, but really clean ( Ariel Ultra advertising slogan )
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about ( The Beatles song lyric )
Nothing to worry your pretty little head about
Nothing to write home about
Now they whisper to her not about her ( Cashmere Bouquet Soap advertising slogan )
Open warfare ( engaged in
active
fighting )
Order about
Out and about
Piss about
Play
around
Ponce about
Potter about
Progress is our
most
important product ( General Electric advertising slogan )
Prolongs
active
life ( PAL dog food advertising slogan )
Pussyfoot
around
Read all about it
Revenge mission ( an attempt to seek
active
retribution )
Ring
around
the collar ( Wisk detergent advertising slogan )
Rock
Around
The Clock ( Bill Haley song )
Rough
around
the edges
Run rings
around
Sanka, everything you love about coffee ( Sanka advertising slogan )
Scouting about
Scratch
around
Screw
around
Scrub
around
it
Shop
Around
( Smokey Robinson song )
Shop
around
Sleep
around
Smoke
around
the campfire
So creamy it's
almost
fattening ( Burma Shave Shaving Cream advertising slogan )
Something About You ( Four Tops song )
Something to crow about
Sorry about that, Chief. ( A catchphrase from Get Smart )
Stop faffing about
Stop messing about ( A catchphrase from Kenneth Williams )
Talks about talks
Tell me about it
Tell them about the honey, mummy ( Sugar Puffs advertising slogan )
That just about takes the biscuit
That's about it
That's about the size of it
The
Active
voice
The Garden Of Eden ( Ernest Hemingway book )
The busiest men have the
most
leisure
The end of the world is
nigh
The
most
human handset ( DiStar advertising slogan )
The
most
trusted name in news ( CNN advertising slogan )
The shot heard
around
the world
The world
around
one
There's Something About Mary ( Cameron Diaz movie )
There's a lot of it about ( A catchphrase from Spike Milligan )
There's something about her
There's something funny about it
There's too much arson about here
Throw your money
around
Throw your weight about
To live is the rarest thing in the world.
Most
people exist, that is all ( Oscar Wilde quotation )
Too Busy Thinking About My Baby ( Marvin Gaye song )
Tool
around
Trusted
everywhere
( Duracell Batteries advertising slogan )
Twist
around
your little finger
Up and about
Watch out there's a Humphrey about ( Milk Marketing Board advertising slogan )
Water water
everywhere
and not a drop to drink
What becomes a legend most? ( Blackglama Great Lakes Mink advertising slogan )
What goes
around
comes
around
What's It All About, Alfie? ( Michael Caine movie )
What's all the fuss about?
Wrapped
around
your little finger
You are now free to move about the country ( Southwest Airlines advertising slogan )
You can't keep quiet about a Wispa ( Cadbury's Wispa advertising slogan )
You won't have Nixon to kick
around
anymore