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A double date
A
person
is known by the company he keeps
A room without books is like a body without a
soul
( Marcus Tullius Cicero quotation )
About time too
All
human
life is there ( News Of The World advertising slogan )
Always the bridesmaid never a bride
Beat
someone
black and blue
Big fish in a small pool (
someone
considered influential compared to their less significant peers )
Bite someone's head off
Bleed
someone
dry
Bleed
someone
white
Bless my
soul
Blow
someone
away
Boat
person
Body and
soul
Body painting ( a form of painting that uses the
human
body as a canvas )
Bonus genius ( a good spirit accompanying and supporting
someone
)
Bore the pants off
someone
Boulevard of broken dreams
Brevity is the
soul
of wit
Broken dreams
Bump into
someone
Bust someone's ass
Buttonhole
someone
By royal appointment
Cat
person
Chew someone's ass
Close, but no cigar
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Come down on
someone
like a ton of bricks
Confession is good for the
soul
Consult your diary
Cut
someone
dead
Cut
someone
down in their prime
Cut
someone
down to size
Dance on someone's grave
Dance to someone's tune
Dead white European male ( derogatory reference to
someone
who has an unjustified reputation )
Decision
engine ( A form of search engine )
Decision
height ( The point at which a pilot must abort a landing )
Did
Somebody
Say McDonald's? ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Displaced
person
Dogged
determination
Draw someone's fire
Drive
someone
into a corner
Drop
someone
off
Dump on
someone
Eat out of someone's hand
Eat
someone
alive
Ethnic stocking ( the appointment to political office on the basis of ethnicity )
Evening
person
Executive
decision
Eye
someone
up and down
Fancy
meeting
you here
Feel
someone
up
Feel someone's collar
Figure painting ( a form of painting in which the
human
body is the subject )
First among equals ( the most senior
person
in a group of equal rank )
Flip
someone
the bird
Foregone
conclusion
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Freeze
someone
out
Fuel for the
Soul
( Pontiac advertising slogan )
Get into someone's pants
Get no change out of
someone
Give
someone
a bell
Give
someone
a bloody nose
Give
someone
a boost
Give
someone
a good talking to
Give
someone
a rocket
Give
someone
a thick ear
Give
someone
a wide berth
Give
someone
an earful
Give
someone
hell
Give
someone
skin
Give
someone
the boot
Give
someone
the brush-off
Give
someone
the mushroom treatment
Give
someone
the slip
Give
someone
the willys
Give
someone
what for
God rest his
soul
Gotta Serve
Somebody
( Bob Dylan song )
Grass
someone
up
Have
someone
on toast
Have someone's ear
Have you any last requests? ( humorous question asked as though a
person
was about to be killed )
Have your card marked
Heap coals of fire on someone's head
Hear
someone
out
Heart and
soul
Heavy hitter ( A baseball expression meaning a powerful or commanding
person
)
Hey,
Soul
Sister ( Train song )
High roller (
someone
who gambles for high stakes )
Hit the bricks ( a cursory slang term telling
someone
to leave )
Hope springs eternal in the
human
breast ( from a poem by Alexander Pope )
Human
Rights Act
Human
condition
Human
error
Human
kind cannot bear very much reality ( from a poem by Eliot )
Human
nature
Human
resources
Human
rights
I Want
Somebody
To Love ( The Beatles song )
I'm only
human
If you want to impress someone, put him on your Black list ( Johnny Walker Black Whiskey advertising slogan )
In
person
In someone's bad books
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Individual
streak
Invite
someone
over
It's a dirty job, but
somebody
has to do it ( A catchphrase from Nick Stone In Tightrope )
It's all fun and games until
somebody
gets hurt
Jog someone's elbow
Jump someone's bones
Jump to the wrong
conclusion
Keep body and
soul
together
Keep
someone
sweet
Knock back
Know
someone
in the biblical sense
Lay a trip on
someone
Lead
someone
to the altar
Leave
someone
cold
Let down
Let's do lunch
Lick someone's boots
Life and
soul
of the party
Little black book
Look
someone
up and down
Lost
soul
Make a date
Make
someone
happy with a phone call ( British Telecom advertising slogan )
Make someone's toes curl
Makes you feel
human
again ( Solpadeine advertising slogan )
Meet up
Meeting
of the minds
More
human
interest ( Washington Mutual advertising slogan )
Morning
person
Mortal
remains
My one regret in life is that I am not
someone
else ( Woody Allen line )
Naming
rights
Net
meeting
Northern
soul
Not my type ( not a
person
one is attracted to )
Of
Human
Bondage ( Bette Davis movie )
Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old
soul
was he ( line from nursery rhyme )
Only
human
Out for someone's blood
People
person
Person
of interest
Person
to
person
Pop someone's cherry
Portrait painting ( a form of painting in which the
human
face is the subject )
Potty mouth ( a foul mouthed
person
)
Pull
someone
up short
Pull the wool over someone's eyes
Push someone's buttons
Put
someone
down
Put the bite on
someone
Put the fear of God into
someone
Put the fear of death into
someone
Put words into someone's mouth
Reach out and touch
someone
( American Telephone & Telegraph advertising slogan )
Rob
someone
blind
Rub someone's nose in it
Rubber
Soul
( Beatles album )
See the back of
someone
Sell
someone
a dummy
Sell your
soul
to the devil
Shoot
someone
a line
Shuffle off this
mortal
coil
Sing someone's praises
Sit on someone's tail
Snap
decision
Snap someone's head off
Somebody
That I Used to Know ( Gotye with Kimbra song )
Somebody
To Love ( Queen song )
Somebody
somewhere wants a letter from you ( British Post Office advertising slogan )
Someone
Like You ( Adele song )
Someone
ears are burning
Someone
walked on my grave
Soul
brother
Soul
food
Soul
man
Soul
searching
Soul
sister
Soul
train
Split
decision
Steal someone's heart
Steal someone's thunder
String
someone
along
Suck
someone
dry
Take cuts at
someone
( A baseball expression meaning taking a verbal swing or striking a blow at a reputation )
Take
someone
out
Take
someone
to law
Take
someone
to one side
Take
someone
to task
Take
someone
to the woodshed
Take the bread out of someone's mouth
Tea for two
Teach
someone
a lesson
Teach
someone
a thing or two
Tell
someone
where to get off
The Godfather of
Soul
( Pseudonym of singer James Brown )
The
Human
Eraser ( Nickname of Marvin Webster )
The
Human
Highlight Reel ( Nickname of Dominique Wilkins )
The
Human
Rain Delay ( Nickname of Mike Hargrove )
The
Human
Termite ( Nickname of Joe Interleggi )
The
Human
Victory Cigar ( Nickname of Darko Milicic )
The Hustle ( Van McCoy and the
Soul
City Symphony song )
The empty chair ( the perceived absense of
someone
who is recently deceased )
The eyes are the windows of the
soul
The
human
race
The milk of
human
kindness
The most
human
handset ( DiStar advertising slogan )
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid ( Jane Austen quotation )
The referee's
decision
is final
There's not a
soul
out there, no one to hear my prayer ( ABBA lyric )
Throw the book at
someone
Tip
someone
off
Tip
someone
the wink
To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer
Toilet mouth ( a foul mouthed
person
)
Toy with someone's affections
Treat
someone
like dirt
Trifle with someone's affections
Use
Somebody
( Kings of Leon song )
Walk all over
someone
Walk
someone
off their feet
Wallpaper the
meeting
War baby (
someone
born during the war - especially the illegitimate child of a soldier )
War criminal (
someone
who has flouted the Geneva Convention )
War hero (
someone
who acted heroically during a war )
Wardrobe mistress ( a
person
in charge of the costumes of a theatrical company )
When
Somebody
Loves You ( Frank Sinatra song )
Wind
someone
up ( deliberately draw attention to something that will create agitation )
You're My Heart, You're My
Soul
( Modern Talking song )
You, of all people ( exclamation when
meeting
someone
unexpectedly )