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A Walk On The Wild
Side
( Lou Reed song )
A fine
line
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat ( A
line
from Monty Python's Flying Circus )
A whole different animal (
Frontier
Airlines advertising slogan )
All aboard the Skylark ( A
line
from Noah and Nelly )
All men are cremated equal ( Spike Milligan
line
)
Always Look On The Bright
Side
Of Life ( Monty Python's Flying Circus song )
Apparently space isn't the final
frontier
( Syquest advertising slogan )
Arsenic And Old
Lace
( Cary Grant movie )
Batting for the other
side
Be on the safe
side
Beggar my
neighbour
Bit on the
side
Bleeding
edge
Blessed are the cheese makers (
line
from Monty Python's Life of Brian )
Border Town ( Nickname of Rye New York )
Border on
Born on the wrong
side
of the blanket
Born on the wrong
side
of the tracks
Brighton
line
( Bingo call for number fifty nine )
Cake or death (
line
from Eddie Izzard comedy )
Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends! (
line
from the movie 25th Hour )
Chantilly
Lace
( Jerry Lee Lewis song )
Check you on the flip
side
Chopsticks are one of the reasons the Chinese never invented custard ( Spike Milligan
line
)
Come down to the
line
Come into
line
Come to the
edge
Competitive
edge
Contraceptives should be used on all conceivable occasions ( Spike Milligan
line
)
Cross To The Other
Side
( The Inspirations song )
Cross border
Cross over to the other
side
Cross the
line
Do a
line
Don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars (
line
from the movie Now, Voyager )
Draw a
line
in the sand
Draw the
line
Drop me a
line
Edge
out
Eight maids a-milking (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Eleven pipers piping (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
End of the
line
Err on the safe
side
Err on the
side
of caution
Every time a bell rings, an angel gets it's wings (
line
from It's A Wonderful Life )
Fall into
line
Fill it to the
rim
with Brim ( Brim Coffee advertising slogan )
Five golden rings (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Flip
side
Four calling birds (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Freeze
frame
Fringe
benefits
Fringe
theatre
From the wrong
side
of the tracks
Front
line
Frontier
justice
Get busy living, or get busy dying (
line
from the movie The Shawshank Redemption )
Get out of the wrong
side
of the bed
Getting there is half the fun ( Cunard
Line
advertising slogan )
Go over to the other
side
Go, and never darken my towels again ( Groucho Marx
line
)
Hand a
line
He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy (
line
from the movie Life of Brian )
Head for the Border ( Taco Bell Restaurants advertising slogan )
Hedge
fund
Hedge
your bets
Hold the
line
Hook
line
and sinker
I Walk The
Line
( Johnny Cash song )
I can see you standing over a hot stove, but I can't see the stove ( Groucho Marx
line
)
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception ( Groucho Marx
line
)
I told you I was ill ( Spike Milligan
line
inscribed on his gravestone )
I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! (
line
from the movie Network )
If you change your mind, I'm the first in
line
( ABBA lyric )
In
line
for
In the Army, the
edge
( Australian Army advertising slogan )
In the
frame
In the
line
of duty
In the
line
of fire
Infamy Infamy! They've all got it in for me! ( Kenneth Williams
line
in Carry On Cleo )
Iowa's Leading
Edge
( Nickname of Council Bluffs Iowa )
Jump the
line
Keep in
line
Keep on the right
side
of
Keep your sunny
side
up
Know which
side
your bread is buttered
Lace
into
Land locked
Laugh on the wrong
side
of your face
Lay it on the
line
Leading
edge
Leave the gun, take the cannoli (
line
from The Godfather )
Let the
side
down
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon ( Woody Allen
line
)
Line
abreast
Line
astern
Line
is full of misery and lonliness and it's over much too soon ( Woody Allen
line
)
Line
of attack
Line
of least resistance
Line
of sight
Line
of work
Line
your pockets
Love thy
neighbour
as thyself
Mama always said that life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get (
line
from the movie Forrest Gump )
Mendoza
line
( A baseball expression denoting a
line
marking a very poor performance )
My one regret in life is that I am not someone else ( Woody Allen
line
)
My
side
of the story
Neighbour's envy, owner's pride ( Onida TV advertising slogan )
Next in
line
to the throne
Nine ladies dancing (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Nudge nudge, wink wink ( A
line
from Monty Python's Flying Circus )
Off
line
On The
Fringe
On a knife
edge
On a razor's
edge
On deck ( A baseball expression meaning next in
line
)
On
edge
On
side
On the bleeding
edge
On the blind
side
On the cutting
edge
On the
edge
of my seat
On the
outside
looking in
On the plus
side
On the
side
On the
side
of the angels
On the sunny
side
of the street
On the wrong
side
of the tracks
One
side
of the story
One toe over the
line
Out of
line
Outside
of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read ( Groucho Marx
line
)
Outside
the box
Outside
the law
Over the legal
limit
Over the
limit
Party
line
Pass over to the other
side
People smuggler ( someone involved in smuggling immigrants between countries, often illegally )
Picket
line
Please hold the
line
Profit
margin
Raise the
limit
Run Forrest, Run! (
line
from the movie Forrest Gump )
Run for the border ( Taco advertising slogan )
Set your teeth on
edge
Seven swans a-swimming (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Shoot someone a
line
Side
boob ( the
side
of a female breast revealed by skimpy clothing )
Side
effect
Side
eye ( a sidelong glance )
Side
order
Sign on the dotted
line
Six geese a-laying (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
South of the border
Space, the final
frontier
( A catchphrase from Star Trek )
Starting
line
up
Step out of
line
Stop, or my mom will shoot (
line
from Sylvestor Stallone movie )
Sunny
side
up
Take A Walk On The Wild
Side
( Lou Reed song )
Take a hard
line
Take it
outside
Take someone to one
side
Take the
edge
off
Ten lords a-leaping (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
The Dark
Side
of the Moon ( Pink Floyd album )
The King of the Wild
Frontier
( Nickname of explorer Davy Crockett )
The Last
Frontier
( Nickname of the US state of Alaska )
The Mirror Cracked From
Side
To
Side
( Agatha Christie book title )
The bleeding
edge
The bottom
line
The bottom
line
is the bottom
line
is the bottom
line
The bread always falls buttered
side
down
The
brink
of disaster
The finishing
line
The grass is always greener on the other
side
of the fence
The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep ( Woody Allen
line
)
The other
side
of the coin
The sky's the
limit
The thin red
line
The valley of the shadow of death (
line
from the Psalm 23 )
These go to eleven (
line
from the movie This Is Spinal Tap )
Think
outside
the box ( Apple Computer advertising slogan )
Think
outside
the bun ( Taco Bell advertising slogan )
This
line
of business
This
line
of country
Thorn in my
side
Three French hens (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Three
line
whip
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana ( Groucho Marx
line
)
To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! (
line
from the movie A Fish Called Wanda )
To infinty and beyond (
line
from the movie Toy Story )
Toe the
line
Treading a fine
line
Twelve drummers drumming (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Two turtle doves (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Up and down like the Ottoman Empire (
line
from Monty Python's Life Of Brian )
Wait in
line
We are going to need considerably bigger buns (
line
from Calendar Girls )
Well, nobody's perfect (
line
from the movie Some Like It Hot )
West
Side
Story ( Leonard Bernstein musical and Natalie Wood movie )
What we have here is a failure to communicate (
line
from Cool Hand Luke )
With God on our
side
With one bound he was at her
side
Wrong
side
of the blanket
Wrong
side
of the tracks
You can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff ( Groucho Marx
line
)
You look as if you've been dragged through a
hedge
backwards
You say you want a revolution (
Line
from Beatles song )
You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! (
line
from the Michael Caine movie The Italian Job )