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A Case Of Identity ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
A Scandal in Bohemia ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
A Short History Of Nearly Everything (
Bill
Bryson book )
A Study in Scarlet ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
A
bill
of goods
Ain't no
reason
to go anyplace else ( Wendy's advertising slogan )
All human life is there (
News
Of The World advertising slogan )
All the
news
that's fit to print ( New York Times advertising slogan )
America's best
record
( Puritan Records advertising slogan )
America's
story
teller ( Kodak advertising slogan )
An everyday
story
of country folk ( A catchphrase from The Archers )
Answers to the
description
of
As solid as the
ground
we walk on
Baby Cakes ( Nickname of Cliff Huxtable (
Bill
Cosby ) )
Bad
news
Bad
news
travels fast
Bearer of bad
news
Begin at the beginning
Bill
And Ted's Bogus Journey ( Keanu Reeves movie )
Bill
And Ted's Excellent Adventure ( Keanu Reeves movie )
Bill
Stickers is innocent ( comic response to the warning
Bill
stickers will be prosecuted )
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Bill
and coo
Bill
for our barbecues
Blow by blow account
Bow to
reason
Break new
ground
Break the
news
Breaking
news
Breaking
story
Broken
record
Buffalo
Bill
( Nickname of William Cody )
Built from the
ground
up
By all
accounts
Call to account
Cast iron
alibi
Chilling account
Clean
bill
of health
Cock and bull
story
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Combustible Huxtable ( Nickname of Dr.Cliff Huxtable (
Bill
Cosby ) )
Common
ground
Cookie jar
accounting
Cover
story
Creative
accounting
Cut a long
story
short
Cut the
ground
from under your feet
Dark And Bloody
Ground
( Nickname of the US state of Kentucky )
Do you want the good
news
or the bad news?
Doctor, doctor, give me the news, I've got a bad case of loving you ( Robert Palmer song lyric )
Doesn't know his arse from a hole in the
ground
Dollar
Bill
( Nickname of basketball player
Bill
Bradley )
Down to the
ground
Duncan the Wonder Horse ( Nickname of TV
news
anchor Tom Brokaw )
Each
Record
a Masterpiece ( Van Dyke Records advertising slogan )
End of
story
Every picture tells a
story
( Doanes Backache Kidney Pills advertising slogan )
Fair and Balanced ( FOX
News
advertising slogan )
Fairytale ending ( a happy simplistic ending to a
story
similar to those found in fairy tales )
Fall on stony
ground
Fill the
bill
Fishy
story
Fit the
bill
Foot the
bill
For the
record
Gain
ground
Get in on the
ground
floor
Get off the
ground
Ghost Busters (
Bill
Murray / Dan Aykroyd movie )
Give a good account of yourself
Go to
ground
Ground
Hog Day ( Nickname of basketball player Tim Duncan )
Ground
ball ( A baseball expression meaning a prosaic or ordinary accomplishment )
Ground
zero
Groundhog Day (
Bill
Murray movie )
Happy hunting
ground
Have I got
news
for you
His Heinous ( Nickname of basketball player
Bill
Laimbeer )
His Last Bow ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
Hit the
ground
running
I
declare
I have nothing to
declare
but my genius ( Oscar Wilde quotation )
In on the
ground
floor
In
record
time
In the
news
Inside
story
It beggar'd all
description
It stands to
reason
It's black over Bill's mother's
It's complicated ( Facebook
relationship
status )
Keep score
Keep your ear to the
ground
Keep your feet on the
ground
Keep your feet on the
ground
and keep reaching for the stars ( A catchphrase from Casey Kasem In America's Top 40 )
Kill
Bill
( Quentin Tarantino movie )
L A
Story
( Steve Martin movie )
Liberal
Bill
( Nickname of Leonard Rosen )
Listen to
reason
Lose
ground
on
Lost In Translation (
Bill
Murray / Scarlett Johansson movie )
Love
Story
( Ali MacGraw / Ryan O'Neal movie )
Love
Story
( Taylor Swift song )
Love means never having to say you're sorry ( Love
Story
)
Love-hate
relationship
Meet the
bill
My side of the
story
Neutral
ground
News
for nerds, stuff that matters ( Slashdot advertising slogan )
News
from the front
News
management
No earthly
reason
No
news
is good
news
Nothing to
declare
Off the
record
On dangerous
ground
On the
record
One side of the
story
Open your account
Political high
ground
Prepare the
ground
Raze to the
ground
Rhyme nor
reason
Rock Around The Clock (
Bill
Haley song )
Run to
ground
Same old
story
Seattle
Bill
( Nickname of
Bill
James )
See You Late Alligator (
Bill
Haley song )
Set the
record
straight
Shake Rattle And Roll (
Bill
Haley song )
Silver Blaze ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
Slick Willy ( Nickname of
Bill
Clinton )
So fast your feet won't touch the
ground
Sob
story
Stamping
ground
Story
of my life
Suits you down to the
ground
Surf
report
Swallows And Amazons ( children's adventure
story
by Arthur Ransome )
Take account of
Ten summersets he'll undertake on solid
ground
( Beatles song lyric )
That's the
news
and I'm outta here ( A catchphrase from Dennis Miller In Saturday Night Live )
The Adventure of Black Peter ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Creeping Man ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Crooked Man ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Dancing Men ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Dying Detective ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Empty House ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Gloria Scott ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Lion's Mane ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Naval Treaty ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Priory School ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Red Circle ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Red-Headed League ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Reigate Squire ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Resident Patient ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Second Stain ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Speckled Band ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Three Gables ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Three Students ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventure of the Yellow Face ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Age Of
Reason
( Jean Paul Sartre book )
The Age of
Reason
The Big Tuna ( Nickname of
Bill
Parcells )
The Boscombe Valley Mystery ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Bully Boys ( Nickname of Dan Aykroyd,
Bill
Murray and John Belushi )
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Comeback Kid ( Nickname of
Bill
Clinton )
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Final Problem ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Five Orange Pips ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Greatest
Story
Ever Told ( Charlton Heston movie )
The Hound of the Baskervilles ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Invisible Man ( HG Wells
story
and later a film )
The Lord of the Rings ( J R R Tolkien
story
and Peter Jackson movie )
The Man with the Twisted Lip ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Old
Bill
The Owl Without a Vowel ( Nickname of
Bill
Mlkvy )
The Palm Beach
Story
( Claudette Colbert movie )
The Philadelphia
Story
( Cary Grant / Katharine Hepburn movie )
The Prince of Darkness ( Nickname of
Bill
Laimbeer )
The Problem of Thor Bridge ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Scarlet Letter ( Nathaniel Hawthorne
story
)
The Sign of the Four ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The Spaceman ( Nickname of
Bill
Lee )
The
Story
Of Tracy Beaker ( children's
story
by Jacqueline Wilson )
The Valley of Fear ( Sherlock Holmes
story
)
The moral high
ground
The most trusted name in
news
( CNN advertising slogan )
There's no
accounting
for taste
Thin on the
ground
To cut a long
story
short
To infinty and beyond ( line from the movie Toy
Story
)
To make a long
story
short
Top the
bill
Toy
Story
( Tom Hanks movie )
Track
record
Visa's Delta blow to cheques ( Visa Delta
Debit
Card advertising slogan )
Voice of
reason
We report, you decide ( FOX
News
advertising slogan )
West Side
Story
( Leonard Bernstein musical and Natalie Wood movie )
What's The
Story
Morning Glory? ( Oasis album )
Wild
Bill
Hickock ( Nickname of James Hickock )
Within
reason
Work yourself into the
ground
World
record
Yesterday's
news
You don't know your ass from a hole in the
ground