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A boy's best friend is his
mother
( Psycho )
A
child
is an island of curiosity surrounded by a sea of question marks ( Shell advertising slogan )
A woman's right to
choose
Accept
a wooden nickel
Accept
that some days you are the pigeon, some days you are the statue
Accept
with thanks
Alpha Mom ( an ambitious
mother
who aims to excel at work while raising children )
Are you sitting comfortably? ( A catchphrase from Listen With
Mother
)
Assume
nothing
Atom Heart
Mother
( Pink Floyd album )
Baby
father
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
Beg,
borrow
or steal
Borrow
trouble
Brum brum ( child's play idiom expressing the sound of a vehicle )
Calgon,
take
me away! ( Calgon advertising slogan )
Can you hear me, mother? ( A catchphrase from Sandy Powell )
Child
of God
Child's play
Choose
your weapon
Choosy Moms
choose
Jif ( Jif Peanut Butter advertising slogan )
Coin
a phrase
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
Coin
of the realm
Do you kiss your
mother
with that mouth
Does you does, or does you don't
take
Access? ( Access Credit Card advertising slogan )
Don't
take
it lying down
Don't
take
on so
Double
take
Drink, feck, arse ( A catchphrase from
Father
Ted )
Early adopter
Earth
mother
Every Breath You
Take
( The Police song )
Every man for himself and the devil
take
the hindmost
Every mother's son
Face that only a
mother
could love
Father
Knows Best ( American TV Show )
Father
Of The Bride ( Steve Martin movie )
Father
Ted ( BBC comedy television series )
Father
of The Atomic Bomb ( Nickname of Robert Oppenheimer )
Follow
in the footsteps of
Follow
suit
Follow
the yellow brick road
Follow
your heart
Follow
your nose ( Froot Loops advertising slogan )
For great lager,
follow
the bear ( Hoffmeister lager advertising slogan )
Founding
father
Full fathom five thy
father
lies ( from The Tempest by Shakespeare )
Give and
take
Give him an inch and he'll
take
a mile
Give or
take
Go tell your
mother
she wants you
Go with
child
Good mornings
follow
a good Nytol ( Nytol Sleeping Pills advertising slogan )
Hard act to
follow
Hard to
take
Heavy with
child
His father's son
Honour thy
father
and
mother
House
mother
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child?
How's your
father
I Can't
Take
My Eyes Off You ( Muse song )
I swear on my mother's life
I'll
Follow
The Sun ( The Beatles song )
I'll be
mother
I'll
take
my hat off to you
I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to
take
this anymore! ( line from the movie Network )
If that don't
take
the rag off the bush
It doesn't
take
a minute to bag it and bin it ( UK public advertisement advertising slogan )
It isn't nice to fool
mother
nature
It's how the smooth
take
the rough ( Range Rover advertising slogan )
Just a glint in his father's eye
Kid tested
Mother
approved ( Kix advertising slogan )
Learnt at your mother's knee
Leave no
child
behind ( Political slogan )
Leave the gun,
take
the cannoli ( line from The Godfather )
Let me
take
you down, cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields ( Beatles song lyric )
Let nature
take
its course
Let the train
take
the strain ( British Rail advertising slogan )
Like father, like son
Like
mother
used to make
Love
child
Mama always said that life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get ( line from the movie Forrest Gump )
Mother
Courage ( play by Bertolt Brecht )
Mother
Earth
Mother
Russia
Mother
Superior jumped the gun ( Beatles song lyric )
Mother
church
Mother
country
Mother
f*cker
Mother
hen
Mother
knows best
Mother
love
Mother
nature
Mother
of God
Mother
ship
Mother
tongue
Mother's boy
Mother's help
Necessity is the
mother
of invention
Never
follow
( Audi advertising slogan )
Old
Mother
Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor doggie a bone ( line from nursery rhyme )
Old enough to be your
mother
On the
take
Open the box ( A catchphrase from
Take
Your Pick )
Our
father
who art in heaven
Pick and
choose
Problem
child
Rest up (
take
a break from one's arduous efforts )
Santa's Little Helpers ( allusion to the elves that help
Father
Christmas )
Saturday's
child
works hard for a living
Saviour sibling ( a
child
born in order to provide a transplant for another with a fatal disease )
Shut up and
take
my money ( A catchphrase from Futurama )
Sit up and
take
notice
Spare the rod and spoil the
child
Spit
take
( spitting out a drink in response to a joke or surprise )
Step up to the mark ( mark yourself ready to
take
responsibility )
Suck it up (
accept
a bad situation and move on )
Summer time ( the time adopted during the summer in advance of the standard time )
Sunday's
child
is full of grace
Take
A Walk On The Wild Side ( Lou Reed song )
Take
Five ( Dave Brubeck tune )
Take
On Me ( a-ha song )
Take
The A Train ( Duke Ellington tune )
Take
These Chains From My Heart ( Ray Charles song )
Take
a Mulligan
Take
a Thomas Cook at our prices! ( Thomas Cook Travel advertising slogan )
Take
a back seat
Take
a bath
Take
a bath in the dark tonight and let the water make love to your skin ( Lavin Perfumes & Soaps advertising slogan )
Take
a beating
Take
a bite out of crime
Take
a bite out of crime! ( National Crime Prevention Council advertising slogan )
Take
a bite out of something
Take
a blue pencil to
Take
a bow
Take
a breather
Take
a butchers ( Cockney rhyming slang for look )
Take
a chance on me ( ABBA lyric )
Take
a chill pill
Take
a cold hard look
Take
a dip
Take
a fall for
Take
a few deep breaths
Take
a flier
Take
a gamble
Take
a gander
Take
a hammering
Take
a hard line
Take
a healthy interest
Take
a hike
Take
a long walk off a short pier
Take
a long walk off a short plank
Take
a moment
Take
a pew
Take
a pop at
Take
a pot shot at
Take
a powder
Take
a raincheck
Take
a running jump
Take
a seat
Take
a shine to
Take
a stab at
Take
a stand
Take
a swing at
Take
a turn for the worse
Take
account of
Take
advantage of
Take
after
Take
aim
Take
apart
Take
care of
Take
care of the pence and the pounds will
take
care of themselves
Take
centre stage
Take
charge
Take
courage ( Courage Beer advertising slogan )
Take
cuts at someone ( A baseball expression meaning taking a verbal swing or striking a blow at a reputation )
Take
down a peg or two
Take
five
Take
flight
Take
for granted
Take
fright
Take
home pay
Take
in your stride
Take
issue with
Take
it as read
Take
it as you find it
Take
it easy
Take
it for a spin
Take
it from the top
Take
it in good part
Take
it into your head
Take
it like a man
Take
it offline
Take
it on the chin
Take
it on the lam
Take
it or leave it
Take
it outside
Take
it to heart
Take
it to the mattresses
Take
it to the next level
Take
it up a gear
Take
it up a notch
Take
it with a grain of salt
Take
leave of your senses
Take
liberties
Take
liberties with
Take
me out to the ball game
Take
me to the river
Take
me to your leader
Take
no prisoners
Take
note of
Take
one day at a time
Take
one for the team
Take
shape
Take
someone out
Take
someone to law
Take
someone to one side
Take
someone to task
Take
someone to the woodshed
Take
someone's word for it
Take
something on board
Take
steps
Take
stock
Take
the Michael
Take
the air
Take
the bait
Take
the biscuit
Take
the bit between your teeth
Take
the bread out of someone's mouth
Take
the bull by the horns
Take
the chequered flag
Take
the count
Take
the easy way out
Take
the edge off
Take
the field ( begin a sporting event or a military campaign )
Take
the good with the bad
Take
the king's shilling
Take
the law into your own hands
Take
the lead
Take
the mickey
Take
the money and run
Take
the money, open the box
Take
the piss
Take
the pledge
Take
the plunge
Take
the rap
Take
the rough with the smooth
Take
the shilling
Take
the shirt off your back
Take
the town by storm
Take
the veil
Take
the weight off your feet
Take
the wind out of my sails
Take
the words out of my mouth
Take
time out
Take
to the boats
Take
to the hills
Take
to your bed
Take
two aspirin and call me in the morning
Take
umbrage
Take
under your wing
Take
up residence
Take
up the cudgels for
Take
up the slack
Take
up your bed and walk
Take
with a grain of salt
Take
with a pinch of salt
Take
your breath away
Take
your cue
Take
your groceries for a swim
Take
your hand in marriage
Take
your hat off to
Take
your heels
Take
your life
Take
your life in your hands
Take
your lumps
Take
your mind of it
Take
your pick
Take
your pleasure where you can find it
The Devil
take
the hindmost
The Devil
take
you
The Man
Child
( Nickname of Dwight Howard )
The Man with the
Child
in His Eyes ( Kate Bush song )
The Sash My
Father
Wore ( Irish traditional song )
The boy is
father
to the man
The
child
is
father
of the man ( from a poem by Wordsworth )
The
mother
of all battles
The only 'sauce' I dare give
Father
( Burma Sauce advertising slogan )
The other side of the
coin
The sash my
father
wore
The wish is
father
to the thought
This is Not Your Father's Oldsmobile ( Oldsmobile advertising slogan )
Thursday's
child
has far to go
Tied to his mother's apron strings
To
assume
makes an ass out of u and me
Top people
take
the Times ( The Times advertising slogan )
Toss up ( flip a
coin
to decide on something )
Voodoo
Child
( Jimi Hendrix song )
War baby ( someone born during the war - especially the illegitimate
child
of a soldier )
We'll
take
good care of you ( British Airways advertising slogan )
Wednesday's
child
has far to go
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother
Mary comes to me ( Beatles song lyric )
Who's she, the cat's mother?
With
child
You can
choose
your friends but you can't
choose
your family
You can
take
that to the bank
You can't
take
it back, it's out there ( When Harry met Sally )
You can't
take
it with you
You pay your money and you
take
your choice
You
take
the high road: I'll
take
the low road
You'll never
take
me alive copper
Your
Mother
Should Know ( The Beatles song )
Your mission, if you
choose
to
accept
it ... ( A catchphrase from Mission Impossible )