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A class
act
A funny thing happened on the way to the
theatre
A
woman
is only a
woman
but a good cigar is a smoke
A
woman
without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
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A woman's place is in the home
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A woman's right to choose
Act
of God
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Act
out
Act
the fool
Act
the giddy goat
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Act
the part
Act
up
Act
white
Act
your age
Agent Zero ( Nickname of basketball
player
Gilbert Arenas )
Air Canada ( Nickname of basketball
player
Vince Carter )
Air Jordan ( Nickname of basketball
player
Michael Jordan )
Air Zaire ( Nickname of basketball
player
Dikembe Mutombo )
All Day ( Nickname of American football
player
Adrian Peterson )
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players
America's Favorite Cowboy ( Nickname of
actor
Gene Autry )
America's Sweetheart ( Nickname of Mary Pickford )
As the actress said to the bishop
Baby Bull ( Nickname of baseball
player
Orlando Cepeda )
Baby Gramps ( Nickname of basketball
player
Greg Oden )
Baby Jordan ( Nickname of basketball
player
Harold Miner )
Bad Moon ( Nickname of American football
player
Andre Rison )
Balancing
act
Bam Bam ( Nickname of baseball
player
Hensley Meulens )
Bart the Cool ( Nickname of American football
player
Bart Starr )
Bean Burrito ( Nickname of basketball
player
Nick Young )
Beast or Perk ( Nickname of basketball
player
Kendrick Perkins )
Behind every great man there's a great
woman
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Big Al ( Nickname of football
player
Alan Shearer and of basketball
player
Al Jefferson )
Big Baby ( Nickname of basketball
player
Glen Davis )
Big Ben ( Nickname of basketball
player
Ben Wallace and American football
player
Ben Roethlisberger )
Big Cat ( Nickname of American football
player
Leon Lett )
Big Cat ( Nickname of baseball
player
Andres Galarraga )
Big Country ( Nickname of basketball
player
Bryant Reeves )
Big Dog ( Nickname of basketball
player
Glenn Robinson )
Big Game James ( Nickname of basketball
player
James Posey )
Big Game James ( Nickname of basketball
player
James Worthy )
Big Mac ( Nickname of baseball
player
Mark McGwire )
Big Nasty ( Nickname of basketball
player
Corliss Williamson )
Big Papi ( Nickname of baseball
player
David Ortiz )
Big Poison ( Nickname of baseball
player
Paul Waner )
Big Puma ( Nickname of baseball
player
Lance Berkman )
Big Red ( Nickname of basketball
player
Arvydas Sabonis )
Big Shot Becky ( Nickname of basketball
player
Becky Hammon )
Big Shot Bob ( Nickname of basketball
player
Robert Horry )
Big Six ( Nickname of baseball
player
Christy Mathewson )
Big Smooth ( Nickname of basketball
player
Charlie Villanueva )
Big Snacks ( Nickname of basketball
player
Jerome James )
Big Sofo ( Nickname of basketball
player
Sofoklis Schortsanitis )
Big Z ( Nickname of baseball
player
Carlos Zambrano )
Big Z ( Nickname of basketball
player
Zydrunas Ilgauskas )
Bird Man ( Nickname of basketball
player
Chris Andersen )
Bit
player
Black Jack ( Nickname of baseball
player
Jack McDowell )
Black Jesus ( Nickname of basketball
player
Amare Stoudemire )
Black Mamba ( Nickname of basketball
player
Kobe Bryant )
Black Mike ( Nickname of baseball
player
Mickey Cochrane )
Black Moses ( Nickname of basketball
player
Baron Davis )
Blow off the
stage
Blue Moon ( Nickname of baseball
player
John Odom )
Boom Dizzle ( Nickname of basketball
player
Baron Davis )
Brazilian Blur ( Nickname of basketball
player
Leandro Barbosa )
Broadway Joe ( Nickname of baseball
player
Joe Namath )
Bron Bron ( Nickname of basketball
player
LeBron James )
Buc The World ( Nickname of basketball
player
Greg Buckner )
Bucky Beaver ( Nickname of actress Jenna Elfman )
Buffet of Goodness ( Nickname of basketball
player
Channing Frye )
Bullet Joe ( Nickname of baseball
player
Charles Rogan )
Bye Bye ( Nickname of baseball
player
Steve Balboni )
Captain Bly ( Nickname of baseball
player
Bert Blyleven )
Captain Canada ( Nickname of basketball
player
Steve Nash )
Captain Crunch ( Nickname of basketball
player
Jalen Rose )
Captain Jack ( Nickname of basketball
player
Stephen Jackson )
Captain Kirk ( Nickname of basketball
player
Kirk Hinrich )
Captain Underpants And The Wrath Of The Wicked Wedgie
Woman
( Dav Pilkey book )
Caught in the
act
Champagne Tony ( Nickname of American football
player
Tony Eason )
Charlie Hustle ( Nickname of baseball
player
Pete Rose )
Chicken Man ( Nickname of baseball
player
Wade Boggs )
Chocolate Thunder ( Nickname of basketball
player
Darryl Dawkins )
Class
act
Clean up your
act
Clyde the Glide ( Nickname of basketball
player
Clyde Drexler )
Connie Mack ( Nickname of baseball
player
Cornelius McGillicuddy )
Cool Joe ( Nickname of baseball
player
Joe Montana )
Cool Papa ( Nickname of baseball
player
James Bell )
Couldn't
act
his way out of a paper bag
Crazy Legs ( Nickname of American football
player
Elroy Hirsch )
Crime Dog ( Nickname of baseball
player
Fred McGriff )
DaWhite Howard ( Nickname of basketball
player
David Lee )
Dandy Don ( Nickname of American football
player
Don Meredith )
Defende Reboundo ( Nickname of basketball
player
Dikembe Mutombo )
Det the Threat ( Nickname of basketball
player
Detlef Schrempf )
Dice K ( Nickname of baseball
player
Daisuke Matsuzaka )
Ditty Bop ( Nickname of basketball
player
Baron Davis )
Do Right
Woman
Do Right Man ( Aretha Franklin song )
Do a disappearing
act
Do you want a shape like a bra? Or do you want a shape like a woman? ( Warner's Body Bra advertising slogan )
Doc Howard ( Nickname of basketball
player
Dwight Howard )
Dollar Bill ( Nickname of basketball
player
Bill Bradley )
Don't put your daughter on the
stage
Mrs Worthington
Don't shoot the piano
player
Donnie ( Nickname of baseball
player
Don Mattingly )
Double
act
Downtown Freddie ( Nickname of basketball
player
Fred Brown )
Dragon Slayer ( Nickname of baseball
player
Josh Fogg )
Earl the Pearl ( Nickname of basketball
player
Earl Monroe )
Earl the Squirrel ( Nickname of basketball
player
Earl Boykins )
El Caballo ( Nickname of baseball
player
Carlos Lee )
El Contusione ( Nickname of basketball
player
Manu Ginobili )
El Duque ( Nickname of baseball
player
Orlando Hernandez )
El Presidente ( Nickname of baseball
player
Dennis Martinez )
El Sid ( Nickname of baseball
player
Sid Fernandez )
El Toro ( Nickname of baseball
player
Fernando Valenzuela )
Everyday Eddie ( Nickname of baseball
player
Eddie Guardado )
Exit
stage
left
Film
at eleven
Fine figure of a
woman
Foot in the bucket ( A baseball expression meaning to
act
timidly or cowardly )
Fourth Quarter Vince ( Nickname of American football
player
Vince Young )
Frailty, thy name is
woman
Fred Ex ( Nickname of American football
player
Freddie Mitchell )
Fringe
theatre
Garbage Man ( Nickname of American football
player
Michael Bradley )
Get Buckets ( Nickname of basketball
player
Ricky Davis )
Get in on the
act
Get your
act
together
Ghostface ( Nickname of basketball
player
Joel Przybilla )
Go-Go Gadget Arms ( Nickname of basketball
player
Kevin Garnett )
Golden Graham ( Nickname of basketball
player
Joey Graham )
Golden Sombrero ( A baseball expression denoting a
player
who strikes out four times in a game )
Gorgeous George ( Nickname of baseball
player
George Sisler )
Grits N Gravy ( Nickname of basketball
player
Ricky Davis )
Ground Hog Day ( Nickname of basketball
player
Tim Duncan )
Hair Canada ( Nickname of basketball
player
Steve Nash )
Half Man Half Amazing ( Nickname of basketball
player
Vince Carter )
Ham
actor
Hanoi Jane ( Nickname of Jane Fonda )
Hard
act
to follow
He Hate Me ( Nickname of American football
player
Rod Smart )
Heavy Lunch ( Nickname of American football
player
Norman Hand )
Hell hath no fury like a
woman
scorned
High wire
act
His Airness ( Nickname of basketball
player
Michael Jordan )
His Heinous ( Nickname of basketball
player
Bill Laimbeer )
Home For The Holidays (
film
starring Holly Hunter and Robert Downey Jr. )
Honky Tonk
Woman
( Rolling Stones song )
Hot Plate ( Nickname of basketball
player
John Sam Williams )
Hot Rod ( Nickname of basketball
player
Rodney Hundley )
Human Rights
Act
Hungry Hungry Hilton ( Nickname of basketball
player
Hilton Armstrong )
I Got A
Woman
( Ray Charles song )
I did not have sexual relations with that
woman
In on the
act
In the
limelight
Is your
film
as good as Gold? ( Kodak advertising slogan )
Joey Pants ( Nickname of
actor
Joe Pantoliano )
Johnny Pizza ( Nickname of
actor
John Santucci )
Just Like A
Woman
( Bob Dylan song )
Kept
woman
Klunk! Klick, every trip ( UK Public Information
Film
advertising slogan )
Leadoff hitter ( A baseball expression denoting the
player
who bats first )
Loose
woman
Major
player
Make an honest
woman
of
Mrs. Mop ( traditional English name for a cleaning
woman
)
Nip slip ( the inadvertent exposure of a woman's nipple )
Oh, Pretty
Woman
( Roy Orbison song )
Penis Von Lesbian ( Nickname of
actor
Dick Van Dyke )
Phone it in ( perform an
act
in an uncommitted disinterested manner )
Play hardball ( A baseball expression meaning to be or
act
tough or aggressive )
Player's please ( John
Player
& Sons advertising slogan )
Primal Fear (
film
starring Richard Gere )
Primal Rage (
film
and video game )
Put on an
act
Random
act
of kindness
Read the riot
act
Red Buttons ( Pseudonym of
actor
Aaron Chwatt )
Revenge Of The Nerds ( 1984
film
)
Schnickle Fritz ( Nickname of actress Susan Lucci )
Set the
stage
She's A
Woman
( Beatles song )
Sister
Act
( Whoopie Goldberg movie )
Stage
door Johnny
Star of
stage
and screen
Suicide is painless ( title of the theme song to MASH tv series and
film
)
Take centre
stage
Team
player
That
woman
speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them
The Cannonball Kid ( Nickname of tennis
player
Roscoe Tanner )
The Divine Sarah ( Nickname of Sarah Bernhardt )
The Dream Factory (
film
or television studio where idealised concepts are manufactured - especially Hollywood )
The French Lieutenant's
Woman
( Jeremy Irons / Meryl Streep movie )
The Girl with the Upside-Down Eyes ( Nickname of actress Glynis Johns )
The Incredible Shrinking
Woman
( Lily Tomlin / Dolly Parton / Jane Fonda movie )
The Invisible Man ( HG Wells story and later a
film
)
The It Girl ( Nickname of Clara Bow )
The Little Queen of the Soap Operas ( Nickname of actress Anne Francis )
The Man of Many Moods ( Nickname of
actor
Charles Laughton )
The Matinee Lady ( Nickname of actress Carol Wayne )
The Prince of Menace ( Nickname of
actor
Vincent Price )
The Sweater Girl ( Nickname of Lana Turner )
The Voice of Canada ( Nickname of
actor
Lorne Greene )
The
Woman
In Me ( Shania Twain album )
The
Woman
In White ( Wilkie Collins book )
The World's Sweetheart ( Nickname of Mary Pickford )
The
act
you've known for all these years ( Beatles song lyric )
The cat who doesn't
act
finicky soon loses control of his owner ( 9 Lives Cat Food advertising slogan )
The other
woman
The
stage
is set
The town bike ( promiscuous
woman
)
There was an old
woman
who lived in a shoe ( line from nursery rhyme )
Think global,
act
local
Think globally,
act
locally ( Friends of the Earth advertising slogan )
Think once, think twice, think bike ( UK Public Information
Film
advertising slogan )
This Woman's Work ( Kate Bush song )
Thrust into the
limelight
Tread the boards
Triple play ( A baseball expression denoting the
act
of making three outs during the same play )
Two-ton Tessie ( Nickname of Tessie O'Shea )
Vanity thy name is
woman
Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman! ( Coty Perfumes advertising slogan )
War movie ( a
film
with war as the subject matter )
War widow ( a
woman
whose husband died in a war )
Wardrobe malfunction ( when an item of clothing slips out of place to expose part of the body - typically a woman's breast )
When A Man Loves A
Woman
( Percy Sledge song )
When I am an old
woman
I shall wear purple ( from a poem by Joseph )
Woman's work is never done
You Make Me Feel Like A Natural
Woman
( Carole King song )