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A poor
relation
All happy families are alike; each unhappy
family
is unhappy in its own way ( the opening line of Anna Karenina )
Baby
father
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Barq's has bite ( Barq's
root
beer advertising slogan )
Be like Dad, keep mum ( WWII slogan )
Beanpole
family
Best of
breed
Big
Daddy
( Nickname of American football Dan Wilkinson )
Big
Daddy
( Nickname of Idi Amin )
Black sheep of the
family
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Breed
apart
Breed
like flies
Breed
like rabbits
Bulldog
breed
Dad's Army ( BBC comedy television series )
Daddy's little girl
Did I do that? ( A catchphrase from
Family
Matters )
Disneyland
daddy
Don't panic ( A catchphrase from Dad's Army )
Drink, feck, arse ( A catchphrase from
Father
Ted )
Dying
breed
Dysfunctional
family
Family
fortunes
Family
man
Family
matters
Family
ties
Family
tree
Family
values
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 )
Founding
father
Full fathom five thy
father
lies ( from The Tempest by Shakespeare )
Get your
family
into Shape, without them even noticing ( St. Ivel Yogurt advertising slogan )
Head of the
family
His father's son
Honour thy
father
and mother
How's your
father
I Think I Love You ( The Partridge
Family
song )
I'll Be Missing You ( Puff
Daddy
with Faith Evans and 112 song )
In the
family
way
It's a
family
affair
Just a glint in his father's eye
Keep it in the
family
Like father, like son
Money is the
root
of all evil
My arse ( A catchphrase from Royle
Family
)
Nash
Daddy
( Nickname of Steve Nash )
Our
father
who art in heaven
Our survey says ( A catchphrase from
Family
Fortunes )
Root
and branch
Root
for
Root
hog or die
Root
of the matter
Root
out
Root
up
Runs in the
family
Santa's Little Helpers ( allusion to the elves that help
Father
Christmas )
Selling the
family
silver
Spend more time with my
family
Sugar
daddy
That Silver-Haired
Daddy
of Mine ( Gene Autry song )
That frosty mug sensation ( A&W
Root
Beer advertising slogan )
The Royle
Family
( BBC comedy television series )
The Sash My
Father
Wore ( Irish traditional song )
The bank of mum and
dad
The boy is
father
to the man
The child is
father
of the man ( from a poem by Wordsworth )
The
family
jewels
The
family
silver
The
family
that prays together stays together
The grand-daddy of them all
The love of money is the
root
of all evil
The only 'sauce' I dare give
Father
( Burma Sauce advertising slogan )
The sash my
father
wore
The wish is
father
to the thought
This Happy
Breed
( David Lean movie )
This is Not Your Father's Oldsmobile ( Oldsmobile advertising slogan )
Today the discriminating
family
finds it absolutely necessary to own two or more motor cars ( Buick advertising slogan )
We're Just One Big Happy
Family
( Richard Hawley song )
We're just one big happy
family
What did you do in the war Daddy?
Who's your daddy?
You can choose your friends but you can't choose your
family
You stupid boy! ( A catchphrase from Dad's Army )