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A golden key can
open
any door
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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
Alive
alive
O
Alive
and kicking
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Alive
and well
All
About
Eve ( Bette Davis movie )
All ashore that's
going
ashore
All stations go
All systems go
Alternative
energy
An
open
and shut case ( a straightforward legal case )
Arse
about
face
Art is
going
one step too far
As
busy
as a beaver
As
busy
as a bee
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As
busy
as a one armed paper hanger
As
busy
as a one legged arse kicker
As
quick
as a flash
Attention deficit disorder
Bandy
about
Bang on
about
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Be
open
with
Beat
about
the bush
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Before you make up your mind,
open
it ( Irish Independent advertising slogan )
Born 1820 - Still
going
strong ( Johnny Walker Black Whiskey advertising slogan )
Boss
about
Buckle your seat belts it's
going
to be a bumpy ride
Bugger
about
Bum
about
Busy
bee
Busy
busy
Busy
old fool, unruly sun ( from a poem by John Donne )
Busy
yourself
Cheeburger, cheeburger, cheeburger ( A catchphrase from Saturday Night
Live
)
Come Alive! You're in the Pepsi Generation ( Pepsi advertising slogan )
Come
about
Come out
fighting
Cut to the
quick
Cut up
about
Denial ain't just a river in Egypt! ( A catchphrase from Saturday Night
Live
)
Don't go on
about
it
Don't trouble your pretty little head
about
it
Double
quick
Down to the pub for a
quick
one
Eat someone
alive
Eat to
live
Eat to live, not
live
to eat
Eaten
alive
Energy
to burn
Energy
vampire
Enough to be
going
on with ( Sufficient resources to allow progress for the time being )
Everything You Wanted To Know
About
Sex But Were Afraid To Ask ( Woody Allen movie )
Extra, extra, read all
about
it
Fall
about
laughing
Fall
about
your ears
Fasten your seatbelts, it's
going
to be a bumpy night ( All
About
Eve )
Feel your oats
Fighting
chance
Fighting
fit
Fighting
mad
Fighting
talk
Gad
about
Get Rich
quick
( Kenco Really Rich Coffee advertising slogan )
Get
busy
living, or get
busy
dying ( line from the movie The Shawshank Redemption )
Get
busy
with the fizzy ( Soda Stream advertising slogan )
Get rich
quick
Get while the
going
is good
Go
about
your business
Go down
fighting
Go
live
Go on
about
Go to see a man
about
a dog
Going
away (
Going
on holiday )
Going
beyond expectations ( Malaysia Airlines advertising slogan )
Going
beyond the call ( SBC Communications advertising slogan )
Going
concern
Going
down
Going
down the tubes
Going
forward
Going
going
gone ( A baseball expression by which an announcer describes a home run that is heading over the fence )
Going
my way?
Going
nowhere fast
Going
strong
Going
swimmingly
Going
through the motions
Going, going, gone
Half
alive
Hands on
Hang
about
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
He who fights and runs away, may
live
to fight another day
Heavy
going
Hedged
about
Hello, hello, what's
going
on here then?
His life's an
open
book
Hit 'em where they
live
How
about
that?
How con-veen-ient! ( A catchphrase from The Church Lady In Saturday Night
Live
)
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
I'm
going
to Walt Disney World! ( Disney World advertising slogan )
I'm
going
to make him an offer he can't refuse ( The Godfather )
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I'm
going
to tell on you
I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me! ( A catchphrase from Stuart Smiley In Saturday Night
Live
)
If I've only one life, let me
live
it as a blonde! ( Clairol Hair Colouring advertising slogan )
If you can keep your head when all
about
you ( from a poem by Kipling )
If you're not
busy
being born, you're
busy
dying ( Bob Dylan song lyric )
In full flow
In out, in out, shake it all
about
In play
In
quick
succession
In the swing
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned
about
life: it goes on ( Robert Frost quotation )
Intercity makes the
going
easy ( British Rail advertising slogan )
Is it live, or is it Memorex? ( Memorex video cassettes advertising slogan )
It keeps going, and going, and
going
( Energizer Batteries advertising slogan )
It's
about
time
It's all
about
you ( People Telecom advertising slogan )
Jack be
nimble
Jack be
quick
( line from nursery rhyme )
Keep a weather eye
open
Keep an eye
open
Keep an
open
mind
Keep
going
well - keep
going
Shell ( Shell advertising slogan )
Keep hope
alive
Keep on
about
Keep
open
house
Keep your options
open
Keep your wits
about
you
Kiss me
quick
Knock
about
Knock
about
comedy
Know what you are
about
Kung Fu
Fighting
( Carl Douglas song )
Lark
about
Lean mean
fighting
machine
Leave out door
open
Leave the door
open
for
Leave your options
open
Leave yourself
open
Legs that keep on
going
Let me take you down, cos I'm
going
to Strawberry Fields ( Beatles song lyric )
Let's get
busy
Life is what happens to you while you're
busy
making other plans ( John Lennon quotation )
Life is what happens while you are
busy
doing other things
Like buttah ( A catchphrase from Linda Richman in Saturday Night
Live
)
Live
And Let Die ( James Bond movie Roger Moore )
Live
Oak ( Nickname of Edward S.Taylor )
Live
Your Life ( T.I. with Rihanna song )
Live
a Cutty above ( Cutty Sark Whisky advertising slogan )
Live
a lie
Live
action
Live
and learn
Live
and let
live
Live
as if you will die tomorrow but learn as if you will
live
forever ( Mahatma Ghandhi quotation )
Live
as man and wife
Live
by your wits
Live
dangerously
Live
for the moment
Live
for today for tomorrow never comes
Live
free or die
Live
high on the hog
Live
in lover
Live
in your world, play in ours ( Sony advertising slogan )
Live
it large
Live
it up
Live
life in Comfort ( Comfort fabric softener advertising slogan )
Live
like a king
Live
like a lord
Live
long and prosper ( A catchphrase from Star Trek )
Live
on a shoestring
Live
on your nerves
Live
out of a suitcase
Live
over the shop
Live
richly ( Citibank advertising slogan )
Live
rough
Live
the dream
Live
to eat
Live
to fight another day
Live
to tell the tale
Live
today. Tomorrow will cost more ( Pan-Am World Airways advertising slogan )
Live
up to
Live
wire
Loaf
about
Look
alive
Look
lively
Make a song and dance
about
Make no bones
about
Man
about
town
Man does not
live
by bread alone
May you
live
in interesting times
Men's evil manners
live
in brass; their virtues we write in water
Messing
about
in boats
Milling
about
Mongoose
Quick
Rick ( Nickname of Ricky Davis )
More cowbell ( A catchphrase from Saturday Night
Live
)
More dead than
alive
Most men
live
lives of quiet desperation
Much Ado
About
Nothing
Muck
about
My door is always
open
Nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to
live
there
Nick the
Quick
( Nickname of Nick Van Exel )
No
going
back
Not
going
anywhere for a while? Grab a Snickers ( Snickers advertising slogan )
Not gonna do it. Wouldn't be prudent. ( A catchphrase from Saturday Night
Live
)
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 )
Ocean
going
On the go
Open
All Hours ( Ronnie Barker television comedy series )
Open
Pandora's box
Open
book
Open
door policy
Open
fire
Open
for business
Open
government
Open
house
Open
marriage
Open
mouth: closed mind
Open
road
Open
season
Open
sesame
Open
source
Open
source software
Open
the bay doors HAL ( A catchphrase from 2001, A Space Odyssey )
Open
the box ( A catchphrase from Take Your Pick )
Open
the floodgates
Open
the kimono
Open
to doubt
Open
to offers
Open
verdict
Open
warfare ( engaged in active
fighting
)
Open
wide
Open
your account
Open
your big mouth
Open
your eyes
Open
your heart
Order
about
Out and
about
Out in the
open
Party on! ( A catchphrase from Wayne's World In Saturday Night
Live
)
People who
live
in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Piss
about
Ponce
about
Potter
about
Prolongs active life ( PAL dog food advertising slogan )
Push at an
open
door
Quick
and dirty
Quick
buck
Quick
change artist
Quick
off the mark
Quick
on the draw
Quick
one
Quick
smart
Quick
study
Quick
witted
Quick, Henry, the FLIT! ( Flit insecticide advertising slogan )
Read all
about
it
Revenge mission ( an attempt to seek active retribution )
Sakes
alive
Sanka, everything you love
about
coffee ( Sanka advertising slogan )
Saturday Night
Live
Saturday Night's Alright For
Fighting
( Elton John song )
Scouting
about
Simple Simon met a pieman
going
to the fair ( line from nursery rhyme )
Skin
alive
Sleep with one eye
open
Slow slow
quick
quick
slow
Snakes
alive
Snakes
alive
( Bingo call for number fifty five )
Something
About
You ( Four Tops song )
Something to crow
about
Sorry
about
that, Chief. ( A catchphrase from Get Smart )
Stay ahead of the curve
Stayin'
Alive
( Bee Gees song )
Stop faffing
about
Stop messing
about
( A catchphrase from Kenneth Williams )
Street
Fighting
Man ( Rolling Stones song )
Take the money,
open
the box
Taking care of business
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
That's
going
to leave a mark
That's the news and I'm outta here ( A catchphrase from Dennis Miller In Saturday Night
Live
)
The Active voice
The
Dynamic
Duo
The
Fighting
Cowboy ( Nickname of James Tillis )
The King is dead, long
live
the King
The Original
Live
Test-Pattern Girl ( Nickname of Nanette Fabray )
The Shadow knows ( A catchphrase from the crime
fighting
vigilante )
The
quick
brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
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 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 )
Touch my monkey! ( A catchphrase from Sprockets In Saturday Night
Live
)
Turned on
Up and
about
Wanted, dead or
alive
Watch out there's a Humphrey
about
( Milk Marketing Board advertising slogan )
We all
live
in a yellow submarine ( Beatles song lyric )
We are
going
to need considerably bigger buns ( line from Calendar Girls )
We know where you
live
We're not worthy! ( A catchphrase from Wayne's World In Saturday Night
Live
)
What's
Going
On? ( Marvin Gaye song )
What's It All About, Alfie? ( Michael Caine movie )
What's all the fuss about?
When the
going
gets tough, the tough get
going
( A catchphrase from Joseph Kennedy )
When the
going
gets tough, the tough go shopping
While you live, tell truth and shame the Devil!
Who can
live
without it, I ask in all honesty? ( ABBA lyric )
Wide
open
spaces
With
open
arms
With your eyes
open
Yeah! That's the ticket! ( A catchphrase from Saturday Night
Live
)
You Only
Live
Twice ( James Bond movie Sean Connery )
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 look... Mahvelous! ( A catchphrase from Saturday Night
Live
)
You only
live
once
You only
live
once, but if you do it right, once is enough ( Mae West quotation )
You'll never take me
alive
copper
You're
going
to like us ( Trans World Airways advertising slogan )
You're
going
to need a bigger boat ( Jaws )
You've Got a Good Thing
Going
( Kent Cigarettes advertising slogan )
You've got a lot to live, and Pepsi's got a lot to give ( Pepsi advertising slogan )