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A bird in the
hand
is worth two in the bush
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A chip on his
shoulder
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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
shoulder
to cry on
A slap on the
wrist
Are you now or have you ever been a
member
of the Communist Party?
Arm candy
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Arm in arm
Armed
and dangerous
Armed
intervention
Armed
struggle
Armed
to the hilt
Armed
to the teeth
Arms
akimbo
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Arms
and the Man
As busy as a one
armed
paper hanger
As crooked as a dog's hind
leg
As long as your arm
At arms' length
At first
hand
Babe in
arms
Bear
arms
Bend your
elbow
Bite your
hand
off
Biting the
hand
that feeds IT ( The Register advertising slogan )
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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Bound
hand
and foot
Branch
out
Break a
leg
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Brothers In
Arms
( Dire Straits album )
Brothers in
arms
Business at
hand
Call to
arms
Cap in
hand
Cash in
hand
Caught with your
hand
in the cookie jar
Caught with your
hand
in the till
Chance your arm
Cock a
leg
Cold
shoulder
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Come the three corners of the world in
arms
Condemned out of
hand
Cool
Hand
Luke ( Paul Newman movie )
Cost an arm and a
leg
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Dab
hand
at
Deep Fine
Leg
( field position in the game of cricket )
Deep Square
Leg
( field position in the game of cricket )
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
Doesn't know his arse from his
elbow
Don't bite the
hand
that feeds you
Eat out of someone's
hand
Elbow
grease
Elbow
room
Elbow
to
elbow
Extend the
hand
of friendship
Figure painting ( a form of painting in which the human
body
is the subject )
First responder ( the
member
of the emergency services to arrive at a disaster )
First, do no
harm
Fold your
hand
Force his
hand
Forward Short
Leg
( field position in the game of cricket )
Free
hand
Fruiting
body
Gentleman at
arms
Get out of
hand
Get the upper
hand
Get your
leg
over
Give a
hand
Give a
leg
up
Give one's right arm for
Given the
elbow
Go cap in
hand
Go out on a
limb
Go-Go Gadget
Arms
( Nickname of basketball player Kevin Garnett )
Got to
hand
it to you
Grievous bodily
harm
Hand
a line
Hand
in glove
Hand
in
hand
Hand
in your notice
Hand
it on a plate
Hand
it over
Hand
job
Hand
me down
Hand
me downs
Hand
over
Hand
over fist
Hand
picked
Hand
to mouth
Hand's turn
Hard work never did anyone any
harm
Hat in
hand
Have a
hand
in
Have it in
hand
Heart to God,
hand
to man ( The Salvation Army advertising slogan )
Heavenly
body
Heavy Lunch ( Nickname of American football player Norman
Hand
)
Helping
hand
I Want To Hold Your
Hand
( Beatles song )
If I said you had a beautiful
body
would you hold it against me?
In harm's way
In the
arms
of Morpheus
In the palm of your
hand
It's what your right
arm's
for ( Courage Beer advertising slogan )
Jog someone's
elbow
Keep
body
and soul together
Keep out of harm's way
Keep your
hand
in
Keep your
shoulder
to the wheel
Know like the back of your
hand
Laser Rocket Arm ( Nickname of Peyton Manning )
Lay down your
arms
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
Lend a
hand
on the land ( WWII slogan )
Lend a helping
hand
Life and
limb
Long
Leg
( field position in the game of cricket )
Look over your
shoulder
M&Ms melt in your mouth, not in your
hand
( M&Ms chocolate advertising slogan )
Milk. It does a
body
good ( Milk Marketing Board advertising slogan )
More power to your
elbow
No
harm
done
No harm, no foul
Off
hand
Olive
branch
On the one
hand
On the other
hand
One
armed
bandit
One
hand
tied behind your back
One
hand
washes the other
One
leg
at a time ( Dockers advertising slogan )
One off the
wrist
Over my dead
body
Over the
shoulder
boulder holder ( jokey term for bra )
Pay an arm and a
leg
Put your
hand
in your pocket
Put your
hand
to the plough
Raise your
hand
if you're sure ( Sure advertising slogan )
Revenge porn ( the malicious posting of sexual images online to
harm
the reputation of an ex partner )
Right
hand
man
Risk life and
limb
Rock and boulder ( Cockney rhyming slang for
shoulder
)
Root and
branch
Royal flush ( in poker - a
hand
including a ten jack queen king and ace of the same suit )
Shake a
leg
Short Fine
Leg
( field position in the game of cricket )
Short Square
Leg
( field position in the game of cricket )
Short arms, long pockets
Shot in the arm
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Shoulder
responsibility
Shoulder
surf
Shoulder
to
shoulder
Shoulder
to the grindstone
Show a
leg
Show a little
leg
Show your
hand
Sleight of
hand
Smack on the
wrist
Square
Leg
( field position in the game of cricket )
Stops
body
odour ( Lifebouy Soap advertising slogan )
Straight from the
shoulder
Strengthen your
hand
Strong in the arm and thick in the head
Take your
hand
in marriage
Talk to the
hand
Tear
limb
from
limb
The
Armpit
Of California ( Nickname of Fresno California )
The
Armpit
Of New Jersey ( Nickname of Newark New Jersey )
The
Body
Guard ( Nickname of Baron Davis )
The Mahatma ( Nickname of
Branch
Rickey executive )
The Man With The Golden Arm ( Frank Sinatra movie )
The answer is at
hand
The
body
is still warm
The
body
of evidence
The
hand
is quicker than the eye
The
hand
that rocks the cradle rules the world
The long arm of the law
The matter in
hand
The milk chocolate melts in your mouth, not in your
hand
( M&M advertising slogan )
The right
hand
doesn't know what the left
hand
is doing
The sun is over the yardarm
There's no life like it ( Canadian
Armed
Forces advertising slogan )
Throw your
arms
in horror
Try your
hand
Twist your arm
Up in
arms
Upper
hand
Vacation is a world where there are no locks on the doors or the mind or the
body
( Club Med Resorts advertising slogan )
Wardrobe malfunction ( when an item of clothing slips out of place to expose part of the
body
- typically a woman's breast )
What we have here is a failure to communicate ( line from Cool
Hand
Luke )
Whip
hand
With open
arms
Without a
leg
to stand on
Yorkshire born in Yorkshire bred, strong in the arm and weak in the head
You too can have a
body
like mine ( Charles Atlas advertising slogan )
You're pulling my
leg