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A
head
for business and a body for sin
A viper in your
bosom
Above my
head
Accept that some days you are the pigeon, some days you are the
statue
Acid
head
Air
head
Ample
bosom
As mad as a bear with a sore
head
Bang your
head
against a brick wall
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her
head
( The Beatles song lyric )
Be it on your
head
Belly
buster
Bite someone's
head
off
Bone
head
Boom or bust
Bosom
buddies
Bosom
pals
Boulevard of
Broken
Dreams ( Green Day song )
Boulevard of
broken
dreams
Breast
is best ( slogan of breastfeeding campaign )
Bring to a
head
Broken
Arrow ( James Stewart movie )
Broken
dreams
Broken
dreams ( )
Broken
home
Broken
man
Broken
record
Bury your
head
in the sand
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Bust a gut
Bust a move ( dance in a stylish way )
Bust digits
Bust someone's ass
Bust your balls
Bust your buttons
Bust your chops
Busted
flush
Butt
head
Can't Get You Out of My
Head
( Kylie Minogue song )
Can't make
head
or tail of it
Come to a
head
Couldn't make
head
or tail of it
Do your
head
in
Don't mess with my
head
Don't trouble your pretty little
head
about it
Eyes in the back of your
head
Fish always rot from the
head
downwards
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Fountain
head
Full
head
of hair
Funny in the
head
Get it into your
head
Get your
head
around something
Get your
head
down
Get your
head
together
Go and boil your
head
Go boil your
head
Go bust
Go to your
head
Good
head
on his shoulders
Got your
head
screwed on
Hang your
head
Hanging over your
head
Have your
head
examined
He went to bed and bound his
head
with vinegar and brown paper ( line from nursery rhyme )
Head
and shoulders above
Head
banger
Head
case
Head
count
Head
doctor
Head
first
Head
for figures
Head
for heights
Head
for the Border ( Taco Bell Restaurants advertising slogan )
Head
for the hills
Head
for the mountains ( Busch Beer advertising slogan )
Head
games
Head
honcho
Head
hunting
Head
in the clouds
Head
in the sand
Head
like a sieve
Head
of hair
Head
of steam
Head
of the family
Head
of the household
Head
off
Head
on
Head
on collision
Head
over heels in love
Head
start
Head
them off at the pass
Head
to
head
Head
to toe
Head
up
Head
wind
Heap coals of fire on someone's
head
Hit the nail on the
head
Hold a gun to his
head
Hold up your
head
Hold your
head
up high
Hope springs eternal in the human
breast
( from a poem by Alexander Pope )
I could do that standing on my
head
I never knew you had dandruff (
Head
and Shoulders shampoo advertising slogan )
If you can keep your
head
when all about you ( from a poem by Kipling )
In Abraham's
bosom
In over your
head
June Is Bustin' Out All Over ( Richard Rodgers song )
Keep a civil tongue in your
head
Keep a cool
head
Keep your
head
Keep your
head
above water
Keep your
head
down
Knock it on the
head
Knuckle
head
Laugh fit to burst
Laugh your
head
off
Level
head
Like a chicken with its
head
cut off
Little Robin Red
breast
sat upon a tree ( line from nursery rhyme )
Loaf of bread ( Cockney rhyming slang for
head
)
Lose your
head
Make a clean
breast
of it
Make your
head
spin
Meat
head
Music has charms to soothe the savage
breast
My
head
is spinning
Need your
head
examined
Not right in the
head
Nothing to worry your pretty little
head
about
Off the top of my
head
Off with his
head
Off your
head
Old Stoneface ( Nickname of
Buster
Keaton )
Old
head
on young shoulders
On me
head
son ( Invitation to cross a football so that another player can
head
it )
On your own
head
be it
Out of your
head
Over your
head
Pecker
head
Petrol
head
Pointy
head
Pot
head
Price on his
head
Propeller
head
Puddin'
Head
( Nickname of Colonel Sherman Potter ( Harry Morgan ) )
Puddin'
Head
( Nickname of Willie Jones )
Pull your
head
in
Put a gun to your
head
Put your
head
above the parapet
Put your
head
into the lion's mouth
Put your
head
on the block
Raindrops Keep Falling On My
Head
( Burt Bacharach song )
Rules are made to be
broken
Side boob ( the side of a female
breast
revealed by skimpy clothing )
Sleepy
head
Snap someone's
head
off
Soft in the
head
Stand it on its
head
Strong in the arm and thick in the
head
Take it into your
head
Talk over your
head
Talking
head
The
Head
Ball Coach ( Nickname of Steve Spurrier )
The
Statue
of Christ the Redeemer ( tourist attraction in Rio de Janeiro Brazil )
The
Statue
of Liberty ( tourist attraction in New York USA )
Throw a beanball ( A baseball expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their
head
)
Towel
head
( derogatory slang term referring to an Arab man )
Uneasy lies the
head
that wears a crown
Upon your
head
be it
Wardrobe malfunction ( when an item of clothing slips out of place to expose part of the body - typically a woman's
breast
)
Wet the baby's
head
Win by a
head
Yorkshire born in Yorkshire bred, strong in the arm and weak in the
head
You would forget your
head
if it weren't screwed on