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1066 And All That: A Memorable History Of England ( W. C. Sellar
book
)
A Bouquet Of Barbed Wire ( Andrea Newman
book
)
A Brief History Of Time ( Stephen Hawking
book
)
A Christmas Carol ( Charles Dickens
book
)
A Clockwork Orange ( Anthony Burgess
book
and Stanley Kubrick movie )
A Fatal Inversion ( Barbara Vine
book
)
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Future: Twists And Turns, And Lessons Learned ( Michael J. Fox
book
)
A Journey To The Center Of The Earth ( Jules Verne
book
)
A Kestrel For A Knave ( Barry Hines
book
)
A Murder Is Announced ( Agatha Christie
book
)
A Passage To India ( E. M. Forster
book
and David Lean movie )
A Perfect Spy ( John Le Carre
book
)
A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man ( James Joyce
book
)
A Prayer For Owen Meany ( John Irving
book
)
A Room With A View ( E M Forster
book
)
A Short History Of Nearly Everything ( Bill Bryson
book
)
A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian ( Marina Lewycka
book
)
A Streetcar Named Desire ( Tennessee Williams play )
A Suitable Boy ( Vikram Seth
book
)
A Tale Of Two Cities ( Charles Dickens
book
)
A Thousand Splendid Suns ( Khaled Hosseine
book
)
A Town Like Alice ( Nevil Shute
book
)
A calming
influence
A
person
is known by the company he keeps
A room without books is like a body without a
soul
( Marcus Tullius Cicero quotation )
Absolute
power
corrupts absolutely ( quotation by Lord Acton )
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Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall ( Spike Milligan
book
)
Air
Power
is Peace
Power
( Lockheed Aircraft advertising slogan )
All Fun And Games Until
Somebody
Loses An Eye ( Christopher Brookmyer
book
)
All Quiet On The Western Front ( Erich Maria Remarque
book
and WWII movie )
All
human
life is there ( News Of The World advertising slogan )
Always have your nose in a
book
And The Band Played On ( Randy Shilts
book
)
And Then There Were None ( Agatha Christie
book
)
Angela's Ashes ( Frank McCourt
book
)
Animal Farm ( George Orwell
book
)
Anna Karenina ( Leo Tolstoy
book
)
Anne Of Green Gables ( Lucy Maud Montgomery
book
)
Appeal to Caesar
Around The World In Eighty Days ( Jules Verne
book
)
Art Of War ( Sun Tzu
book
)
As I Lay Dying ( William Faulkner
book
)
As many chins as a Chinese phone
book
Balance of
power
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
Beat
someone
black and blue
Bell,
book
and candle
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
Bible
basher
Big fish in a small pool (
someone
considered influential compared to their less significant peers )
Bite someone's head off
Black Beauty ( Anna Sewell
book
)
Black
power
Bleak House ( Charles Dickens
book
)
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
)
Book
him
Book
him Danno ( A catchphrase from Hawaii Five-O )
Book
learning
Book
worm
Bore the pants off
someone
Brave New World ( Aldous Huxley
book
)
Breakfast At Tiffany's ( Truman Capote
book
)
Breakfast Of Champions ( Kurt Vonnegut
book
)
Brevity is the
soul
of wit
Brideshead Revisited ( Evelyn Waugh
book
)
Bright Lights, Big City ( Jay Mcinerney
book
)
Bring to
book
Brought to
book
Build A Better Life By Stealing Office Supplies ( Dilbert )
Bump into
someone
Bust someone's ass
Buttonhole
someone
By the
book
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin ( Louis de Bernieres
book
)
Captain Underpants And The Invasion Of The Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space ( Dav Pilkey
book
)
Captain Underpants And The Perilous Plot Of Professor Poopypants ( Dav Pilkey
book
)
Captain Underpants And The Wrath Of The Wicked Wedgie Woman ( Dav Pilkey
book
)
Cat
person
Catch 22 ( Joseph Heller
book
)
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Charlie And The Chocolate Factory ( Roald Dahl
book
)
Chew someone's ass
Circle of
influence
Close enough for
government
work
Closed
book
Cloud Atlas ( David Mitchell
book
)
Cold Comfort Farm ( Stella Gibbons
book
)
Come down on
someone
like a ton of bricks
Command and
control
Confession is good for the
soul
Control
freak
Cost
control
Crack a
book
Crime And Punishment ( Fyodor Dostoyevsky
book
)
Crooked House ( Agatha Christie
book
)
Crowd
control
Cruise
control
Cut
someone
dead
Cut
someone
down in their prime
Cut
someone
down to size
Dance on someone's grave
Dance to someone's tune
David Copperfield ( Charles Dickens
book
)
Dead Man Walking ( Helen Prejean
book
)
Dead white European male ( derogatory reference to
someone
who has an unjustified reputation )
Death On The Nile ( Agatha Christie
book
)
Death On The Orient Express ( Agatha Christie
book
)
Did
Somebody
Say McDonald's? ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Displaced
person
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? ( Philip K. Dick
book
)
Do yourself a
power
of good
Don't just
book
it, Thomas Cook it ( Thomas Cook advertising slogan )
Don't you just love being in control? ( British Gas advertising slogan )
Draw someone's fire
Drive
someone
into a corner
Drop
someone
off
Dump on
someone
Eat out of someone's hand
Eat
someone
alive
Eats, Shoots And Leaves ( Lynne Truss
book
)
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues ( Tom Robbins
book
)
Evening
person
Every trick in the
book
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask ( David Reuben
book
)
Evil Under The Sun ( Agatha Christie
book
)
Exert one's authority
Eye
someone
up and down
Far From The Madding Crowd ( Thomas Hardy
book
)
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas ( Hunter S. Thompson
book
)
Feel
someone
up
Feel someone's collar
Fifty Shades of Grey ( E L James
book
)
Fight the
power
Figure painting ( a form of painting in which the
human
body is the subject )
First Among Equals ( Jeffrey Archer
book
)
First among equals ( the most senior
person
in a group of equal rank )
Flip
someone
the bird
Flower
power
Free hand
Freeze
someone
out
From on high
Fuel for the
Soul
( Pontiac advertising slogan )
Get into someone's pants
Get no change out of
someone
Girl
power
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
Go by the
book
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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God rest his
soul
Goodnight Mister Tom
book
by Michelle Magorian
Gotta Serve
Somebody
( Bob Dylan song )
Government
is not the solution to our problems;
government
is the problem ( Political slogan )
Grass
someone
up
Great Expectations ( Charles Dickens
book
)
Grey
power
Guards! Guards! ( Terry Pratchett
book
)
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets ( J. K. Rowling
book
)
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban ( J. K. Rowling
book
)
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone ( J. K. Rowling
book
)
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 )
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 )
His Dark Materials ( Philip Pullman
book
)
His life's an open
book
His word is law
Hit the bricks ( a cursory slang term telling
someone
to leave )
Hope springs eternal in the
human
breast ( from a poem by Alexander Pope )
How To Win Friends And
Influence
People ( Dale Carnegie
book
)
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 Capture The Castle ( Dodie Smith
book
)
I Want
Somebody
To Love ( The Beatles song )
I can read you like a
book
I got punky
power
( A catchphrase from Punky Brewster )
I have it on good authority
I have the power! ( A catchphrase from He-Man In Masters Of The Universe )
I'm from the government, and I'm here to help
I'm in charge ( A catchphrase from Bruce Forsyth )
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...
)
Individual
streak
Invest with
power
Invite
someone
over
It doesn't matter who you vote for, the
government
always gets in
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
Jane Eyre ( Charlotte Bronte
book
)
Jog someone's elbow
Jump someone's bones
Kane And Abel ( Jeffrey Archer
book
)
Keep body and
soul
together
Keep
someone
sweet
Kept in your place
Know
someone
in the biblical sense
Knowledge is
power
Kow-tow to
Lay a trip on
someone
Lead
someone
to the altar
Leading authority
Leave
someone
cold
Les Liaisons Dangereuses ( Pierre-Ambroise-Francois Choderlos De Laclos
book
)
Lick someone's boots
Life and
soul
of the party
Little Women ( Louisa May Alcott
book
)
Little black
book
Look
someone
up and down
Lord Of The Flies ( William Golding
book
)
Lord Of The Rings ( J R R Tolkien
book
)
Lose
control
Lost
soul
Make
someone
happy with a phone call ( British Telecom advertising slogan )
Make someone's toes curl
Makes you feel
human
again ( Solpadeine advertising slogan )
Memoirs Of A Geisha ( Arthur Golden
book
)
Money is
power
More
human
interest ( Washington Mutual advertising slogan )
More
power
to your elbow
Morning
person
Mortal
remains
Mr. Midshipman Easy ( Frederick Marryat
book
)
My one regret in life is that I am not
someone
else ( Woody Allen line )
Never judge a
book
by its cover
Night Watch ( Terry Pratchett
book
)
Nineteen Eighty-Four ( George Orwell
book
)
Northern
soul
Not my type ( not a
person
one is attracted to )
Notes From The Underground ( Fyodor Dostoevsky
book
)
Noughts And Crosses (
book
series by Malorie Blackman )
Now you're playing with power! ( Nintendo Entertainment System advertising slogan )
Of
Human
Bondage ( Bette Davis movie )
Of Mice And Men ( John Steinbeck
book
)
Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old
soul
was he ( line from nursery rhyme )
On The Origin Of Species ( Charles Darwin
book
)
On The Road ( Jack Kerouac
book
)
One Hundred Years Of Solitude ( Gabriel Garcia Marquez
book
)
One for the
book
Only
human
Open
book
Open
government
Out for someone's blood
Out of
control
Outside of a dog, a
book
is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read ( Groucho Marx line )
People
person
People
power
Permission
based marketing
Person
of interest
Person
to
person
Pester
power
Play it by the
book
Pop someone's cherry
Portion
control
Portrait painting ( a form of painting in which the
human
face is the subject )
Potty mouth ( a foul mouthed
person
)
Power
corrupts; absolute
power
corrupts absolutely
Power
dressing
Power
is Macintosh ( Apple Computer advertising slogan )
Power
lunch
Power
mad
Power
nap
Power
to the people
Power
trip
Power
up
Power
without the price ( Atari advertising slogan )
Pull rank
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
Quality
control
Radio
control
Reach out and touch
someone
( American Telephone & Telegraph advertising slogan )
Rob
someone
blind
Round Ireland With A Fridge ( Tony Hawks
book
)
Rub someone's nose in it
Rubber
Soul
( Beatles album )
Rubber bullet ( a bullet made of rubber or plastic and used for riot
control
)
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 someone's head off
Soft
power
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
Sphere of
influence
Spiral out of
control
Steal someone's heart
Steal someone's thunder
String
someone
along
Suck
someone
dry
Swallows And Amazons ( children's adventure story by Arthur Ransome )
Take charge
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
Talking
Book
( Stevie Wonder album )
Teach
someone
a lesson
Teach
someone
a thing or two
Tell
someone
where to get off
Tess Of The D'Urbervilles ( Thomas Hardy
book
)
The Age Of Reason ( Jean Paul Sartre
book
)
The Art Of The Deal ( Donald Trump slogan and
book
title )
The BFG - Big Friendly Giant ( Roald Dahl
book
)
The
Bible
Belt
The Buddha Of Suburbia ( Hanif Kureishi
book
)
The Catcher in the Rye ( J D Salinger
book
)
The Count of Monte Cristo ( Alexandre Dumas
book
)
The Day Of The Jackal ( Frederick Forsyth
book
)
The Devil Wears Prada ( Lauren Weisberger
book
)
The Devil's Dictionary ( Ambrose Bierce
book
)
The Famous Five ( characters in Enid Blyton's series of children's
book
)
The French Have A Word For It ( Josh Lanyon
book
)
The Garden Of Eden ( Ernest Hemingway
book
)
The Ghost In The Machine ( Arthur Koestler
book
)
The Go-Between ( L. P. Hartley
book
)
The God Of Small Things ( Arundhati Roy
book
)
The Godfather ( Mario Puzo
book
)
The Godfather of
Soul
( Pseudonym of singer James Brown )
The Good
Book
The Great Gatsby ( F Scott Fitzgerald
book
)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ( Douglas Adams
book
)
The Hobbit ( J R R Tokien
book
)
The Hound Of The Baskervilles ( Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
book
)
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 Hunger Games ( Suzanne Collins
book
)
The Hustle ( Van McCoy and the
Soul
City Symphony song )
The Hypochondriac's Guide To Life And Death ( Gene Weingarten
book
)
The Importance Of Being Earnest ( Oscar Wilde
book
)
The Jungle
Book
( Disney cartoon movie )
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat And Other Clinical Tales ( Oliver Sacks
book
)
The Mirror Cracked From Side To Side ( Agatha Christie
book
title )
The Name Of The Rose ( Umberto Eco
book
)
The Odyssey ( Homer
book
)
The Picture Of Dorian Gray ( Oscar Wilde
book
)
The Pilgrim's Progress ( John Bunyan
book
)
The Princess Diaries ( Meg Cabot
book
)
The Purloined Letter ( Edgar Allan Poe
book
)
The Rape Of The Lock ( Alexander Pope
book
)
The Riddle Of The Sands ( Erskine Childers
book
)
The Secret Garden ( Frances Hodgson Burnett
book
)
The Story Of Tracy Beaker ( children's story by Jacqueline Wilson )
The Tenderness Of Wolves ( Stef Penney
book
)
The Thorn Birds ( Colleen McCollough
book
)
The Three Musketeers ( Alexandre Dumas
book
)
The Wind in the Willows ( children's
book
by Kenneth Grahame )
The Woman In White ( Wilkie Collins
book
)
The cat who doesn't act finicky soon loses
control
of his owner ( 9 Lives Cat Food advertising slogan )
The corridors of
power
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
power
and the glory
The
power
behind the throne
The
power
of dreams ( Honda advertising slogan )
The
power
to be your best ( Apple Computer advertising slogan )
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ( quotation from the
Bible
- Ecclesiastes
There's not a
soul
out there, no one to hear my prayer ( ABBA lyric )
Through The Looking Glass, And What Alice Found There ( Lewis Carroll
book
)
Throw the
book
at
someone
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ( John Le Carre
book
)
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
)
Tour de force ( a feat of strength
power
or skill )
Toy with someone's affections
Treasure Island ( Robert Louis Stevenson
book
)
Treat
someone
like dirt
Trifle with someone's affections
Under the
influence
Unleash the
power
of the sun ( Sunny Delight advertising slogan )
Use
Somebody
( Kings of Leon song )
Vanity Fair ( William Makepeace Thackeray
book
)
Vicky Angel ( children's
book
by Jacqueline Wilson )
Walk all over
someone
Walk
someone
off their feet
War and Peace ( Leo Tolstoy
book
)
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 )
Watership Down ( Richard Adams
book
)
We Need To Talk About Kevin ( Lionel Shriver
book
)
We answer to a higher authority ( Hebrew National hot dogs advertising slogan )
We never sleep ( Pinkerton's Detective
Agency
advertising slogan )
Welfare
agency
When
Somebody
Loves You ( Frank Sinatra song )
Whoever you vote for the
government
gets in ( Anarchist political slogan )
Win friends and
influence
people
Wind
someone
up ( deliberately draw attention to something that will create agitation )
Winnie the Pooh ( children's
book
by A A Milne )
With great
power
comes great responsibility
World authority
World
government
Wuthering Heights ( Emily Bronte
book
)
You can't tell a
book
by looking at its cover
You're My Heart, You're My
Soul
( Modern Talking song )