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101 Dalmatians ( Disney cartoon and Glenn
Close
movie )
A
close
thing
A lot of fuss
about
nothing
About
face
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About
time too
About
to find pups
About
turn
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All
About
Eve ( Bette Davis movie )
All around Robin Hood's barn
Around The World In Eighty Days ( Jules Verne book )
Around the clock
Arse
about
face
As
near
as dammit
Ask around
At
close
quarters
Bandy
about
Bang on
about
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Bat the idea around
Beat
about
the bush
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Been around the block a few times
Boss
about
Bugger
about
Bum
about
Chasing nickels around dollar bills
Close
Encounters of the Third Kind ( Richard Dreyfuss movie )
Close
call
Close
enough for government work
Close
enough for jazz
Close
friends
Close
of play
Close
proximity
Close
quarters
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Close
ranks
Close
shave
Close
the books
Close
to home
Close
to the bone
Close
to the mark
Close
your eyes and think of England
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Close, but no cigar
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Come
about
Coming to a screen
near
you
Companion plant ( a plant grown
near
to another species to enhance its growth )
Cut up
about
Dance around the problem
Dangerous Liaisons ( Glenn
Close
movie )
Dick around
Don't Stand So
Close
To Me ( Police song )
Don't
close
your eyes for a minute
Don't go on
about
it
Don't trouble your pretty little head
about
it
Drag ass around
Draw to a
close
Echo Around the World ( Edison Records advertising slogan )
Everything You Wanted To Know
About
Sex But Were Afraid To Ask ( Woody Allen movie )
Extra, extra, read all
about
it
Fall
about
laughing
Fall
about
your ears
Far better for being
near
to you ( The Chesham Building Society advertising slogan )
Fart around
Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night ( All
About
Eve )
Fatal Attraction ( Glenn
Close
/ Michael Douglas movie )
Fool around
Gad
about
Get around to it
Get your head around something
Go
about
your business
Go around in circles
Go around with
Go on
about
Go to see a man
about
a dog
Goof around
Green around the gills
Hang
about
Hang around with
Harp on
about
Have a thing
about
Have you any last requests? ( humorous question asked as though a person was
about
to be killed )
Have your wits
about
you
Hedged
about
Holding your cards
close
to your chest
Horse around
Horsing around
How
about
that?
I Get Around ( Beach Boys song )
I don't know much
about
art but I know what I like
I may not know much
about
art, but I know what I like
If you can keep your head when all
about
you ( from a poem by Kipling )
In out, in out, shake it all
about
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned
about
life: it goes on ( Robert Frost quotation )
It was the night before Christmas and all round the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
It's
about
time
It's all
about
you ( People Telecom advertising slogan )
Jerk around
Jig around
Joke around
Just around the corner
Keep on
about
Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer ( proverbial saying )
Keep your wits
about
you
Kick the gong around
Kidding around
Knock
about
Knock
about
comedy
Know what you are
about
Lark
about
Loaf
about
Make a song and dance
about
Make no bones
about
Man
about
town
Mess around
Messing
about
in boats
Milling
about
Monkey around
Mooching around
Much Ado
About
Nothing
Muck
about
Near
and dear to my heart
Near
death experience
Near
miss
Near
sighted
Near
the knuckle
Near
to one's heart
Ninth inning ( A baseball expression meaning an event or process is
near
the end )
Nose around
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung
about
( The Beatles song lyric )
Nothing to worry your pretty little head
about
Nothing to write home
about
Now they whisper to her not
about
her ( Cashmere Bouquet Soap advertising slogan )
Order
about
Out and
about
Piss
about
Play around
Ponce
about
Potter
about
Pussyfoot around
Rally round
Rally round the flag
Read all
about
it
Ring around the collar ( Wisk detergent advertising slogan )
Rock Around The Clock ( Bill Haley song )
Rough around the edges
Round Ireland With A Fridge ( Tony Hawks book )
Run rings around
Run
toward
the sound of gunfire
Sail
close
to the wind
Sanka, everything you love
about
coffee ( Sanka advertising slogan )
Scouting
about
Scratch around
Screw around
Scrub around it
Shop Around ( Smokey Robinson song )
Shop around
Sleep around
Smoke around the campfire
Something
About
You ( Four Tops song )
Something to crow
about
Sorry
about
that, Chief. ( A catchphrase from Get Smart )
Stop faffing
about
Stop messing
about
( A catchphrase from Kenneth Williams )
Talks
about
talks
Tell me
about
it
Tell them
about
the honey, mummy ( Sugar Puffs advertising slogan )
That just
about
takes the biscuit
That's
about
it
That's
about
the size of it
The shot heard around the world
The world around one
There's Something
About
Mary ( Cameron Diaz movie )
There's a lot of it
about
( A catchphrase from Spike Milligan )
There's something
about
her
There's something funny
about
it
There's too much arson
about
here
Throw your money around
Throw your weight
about
Too Busy Thinking
About
My Baby ( Marvin Gaye song )
Too
close
for comfort
Too
close
to call
Tool around
Toward
this end
Twist around your little finger
Up and
about
Up
close
and personal
Watch out there's a Humphrey
about
( Milk Marketing Board advertising slogan )
What goes around comes around
What's It All About, Alfie? ( Michael Caine movie )
What's all the fuss about?
Wrapped around your little finger
You are now free to move
about
the country ( Southwest Airlines advertising slogan )
You can't keep quiet
about
a Wispa ( Cadbury's Wispa advertising slogan )
You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore