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A list of phrases related to the word "ankle"...
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A
bone
to pick
A
foot
in both camps
A head for business and a
body
for sin
A healthy mind in a healthy
body
A room without books is like a
body
without a soul ( Marcus Tullius Cicero quotation )
A slap on the
wrist
Achilles'
heel
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Ankle biter
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Ankle deep
As crooked as a dog's hind
leg
As dry as a
bone
Athlete's
foot
Back on your
feet
Body
and soul
Body
bag
Body
blow
Body
building
Body
heat
Body
language
Body
mass index
Body
of evidence
Body
of opinion
Body
off Baywatch, face off Crimewatch
Body
painting ( a form of painting that uses the human
body
as a canvas )
Body
politic
Body
popping
Body
snatcher
Body
surfing
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Bone
dry
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Bone
head
Bone
idle
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Bone
of contention
Bone
to pick with you
Bone
up on
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Bone
weary
Bone
yard
Bound hand and
foot
Bow the
knee
Break a
leg
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Brought to
heel
Case the
joint
Chilled to the
bone
Clip
joint
Close to the
bone
Cock a
leg
Cold
feet
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Cost an arm and a
leg
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Cut prices to the
bone
Cut the ground from under your
feet
Deep Fine
Leg
( field position in the game of cricket )
Deep Square
Leg
( field position in the game of cricket )
Do you know the piano's on my foot?
Do you want a shape like a bra? Or do you want a shape like a woman? ( Warner's
Body
Bra advertising slogan )
Doesn't have a jealous
bone
in his
body
Dog and
bone
( Cockney rhyming slang for telephone )
Don't let the grass grow under your
feet
Down at
heel
Drag your
feet
Fall on your
feet
Feet
of clay
Figure painting ( a form of painting in which the human
body
is the subject )
Find your
feet
Fleet of
foot
Foot
in mouth
Foot
in the bucket ( A baseball expression meaning to act timidly or cowardly )
Foot
in the door
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Foot
the bill
Forward Short
Leg
( field position in the game of cricket )
Fruiting
body
Get back on your
feet
Get off on the right
foot
Get off on the wrong
foot
Get under your
feet
Get your
feet
under the table
Get your
feet
wet
Get your
foot
in the door
Get your
leg
over
Give a
leg
up
Go down on bended
knee
Have a
bone
to pick
Have the ball at your
feet
Heavenly
body
High
heel
sneakers
Housemaid's
knee
I don't believe it ( A catchphrase from Victor Meldrew, One
Foot
In The Grave )
I'll go to the
foot
of our stairs
If I said you had a beautiful
body
would you hold it against me?
Itchy
feet
Joint
venture
Jump in with both
feet
Keep
body
and soul together
Keep your
feet
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 )
Knee
deep in
Knee
high to a duck
Knee
high to a grasshopper
Knee
jerk reaction
Knee
trembler
Lady Madonna, children at your
feet
( Beatles song lyric )
Land on your
feet
Learnt at your mother's
knee
Leg
Gully ( field position in the game of cricket )
Leg
Slip ( field position in the game of cricket )
Leg
it
Leg
lamp
Leg
over
Leg
pull
Leg
up
Light on your
feet
Lightning
Feet
( Nickname of Sebastian Janikowski )
Long
Leg
( field position in the game of cricket )
Milk. It does a
body
good ( Milk Marketing Board advertising slogan )
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor doggie a
bone
( line from nursery rhyme )
On bended
knee
On the back
foot
On the wrong
foot
One
Foot
In The Grave ( BBC comedy television series )
One
foot
in the grave
One
leg
at a time ( Dockers advertising slogan )
One off the
wrist
Out on your
feet
Over my dead
body
Pay an arm and a
leg
Plates of meat ( Cockney rhyming slang for
feet
)
Pull the rug from under your
feet
Put a
foot
wrong
Put one
foot
in front of the other
Put your best
foot
forward
Put your
feet
up
Put your
foot
down
Put your
foot
in it
Put your
foot
in your mouth
Put your nose out of
joint
Run off your
feet
Set
foot
in
Shake a
leg
Shoot yourself in the
foot
Short Fine
Leg
( field position in the game of cricket )
Short Square
Leg
( field position in the game of cricket )
Show a
leg
Show a little
leg
Six
feet
under
Skin and
bone
Smack on the
wrist
So fast your
feet
won't touch the ground
Square
Leg
( field position in the game of cricket )
Stand on your own two
feet
Stops
body
odour ( Lifebouy Soap advertising slogan )
Sweep off your
feet
Take the weight off your
feet
Telling
bone
The Adventure of the Devil's
Foot
( Sherlock Holmes story )
The
Body
Guard ( Nickname of Baron Davis )
The
body
is still warm
The
body
of evidence
The boot is on the other
foot
The patter of tiny
feet
The shoe's on the other
foot
Think on your
feet
Turn on your
heel
Two left
feet
Under the
heel
of
Vacation is a world where there are no locks on the doors or the mind or the
body
( Club Med Resorts advertising slogan )
Vote with your
feet
Walk someone off their
feet
Walk to
heel
Wardrobe malfunction ( when an item of clothing slips out of place to expose part of the
body
- typically a woman's breast )
Without a
leg
to stand on
Work one's fingers to the
bone
Work the rabbit's
foot
on
You too can have a
body
like mine ( Charles Atlas advertising slogan )
You're pulling my
leg