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A cat may look at a
king
A
move
in the right direction
A white
knight
Above
board
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Across the
board
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Ahead of the
game
All your base are belong to us ( broken English phrase used in the video
game
Zero Wing )
America loves burgers, and we're America's Burger
King
( Burger
King
advertising slogan )
America's Oldest Living Teenager ( Nickname of
game
show host Dick Clark )
An Englishman's home is his
castle
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Another One Bites The Dust (
Queen
song )
Anyone's
game
Aren't you hungry for Burger
King
now? ( Burger
King
advertising slogan )
As
game
as Ned Kelly
As the actress said to the
bishop
Baby on
board
Back to the drawing
board
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Balmoral
Castle
( tourist attraction in Scotland )
Bash the
bishop
Be It Ever So Humble There's No Place Like Home ( John Howard Payne and Sir Henry
Bishop
song )
Beaten at your own
game
Beauty
queen
Bed and
board
Beef. It's what's for dinner ( Cattlemen's Beef
Board
advertising slogan )
Big
Game
James ( Nickname of basketball player James Posey )
Big
Game
James ( Nickname of basketball player James Worthy )
Blame
game
Bohemian Rhapsody (
Queen
song )
Bold
move
Brand new ballgame ( A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the
game
)
Bring your A
game
( perform to your best ability )
Burger
King
- the home of the Whopper ( Burger
King
advertising slogan )
Burger King. Where kids are
king
( Burger
King
advertising slogan )
Bust a
move
( dance in a stylish way )
Call of Duty ( video
game
title )
Career limiting
move
Cat and mouse
game
Check
it out
Check
out
Check
out the plumbing
Check
the plumbing
Check
you on the flip side
Check
your sources
China plate ( Cockney rhyming slang for
mate
)
Closet
queen
Come home to a real fire ( Coal
Board
advertising slogan )
Comeback
king
Cover Point ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (
Queen
song )
Deep Extra Cover ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Deep Fine Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Deep Gully ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Deep Mid Wicket ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Deep Point ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Deep Square Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Did the earth
move
for you
Didn't they do well! ( A catchphrase from Bruce Forsyth In The Generation
Game
)
Different ball
game
Digging the dancing
queen
( ABBA lyric )
Don't Stop Me Now (
Queen
song )
Double
check
Drag
queen
Drink more milk ( Milk Marketing
Board
advertising slogan )
Drinka pinta milka day ( Milk Marketing
Board
advertising slogan )
Edinburgh
Castle
( tourist attraction in Scotland )
End of the ball
game
Extra Cover ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Face card ( the jack queeen or
king
in a set of playing cards )
Fair
game
Faith will
move
mountains
Farmer George ( Nickname of
King
George III )
Fast food and good for you ( Egg Marketing
Board
advertising slogan )
Fifteen men on a dead man's
chest
First Slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Fit for a
king
Forward Short Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Full of natural goodness ( Milk Marketing
Board
advertising slogan )
Game
bird
Game
brain
Game
changer
Game
of two halves
Game
on
Game
over
Game
plan
Game
set and match
Game
time
Game
to the last
Get a
move
on
Get it off your
chest
Give the
game
away
Go by the
board
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Go to work on an egg ( British Egg Marketing
Board
advertising slogan )
God save the
Queen
Golden Sombrero ( A baseball expression denoting a player who strikes out four times in a
game
)
Good
Queen
Bess ( Nickname of
Queen
Elizabeth I )
Got
game
Got milk? ( California Milk Processor
Board
advertising slogan )
Grand Theft Auto ( video
game
title )
Gravity
check
Groaning
board
Guessing
game
Happiness is egg shaped ( British Egg Marketing
Board
advertising slogan )
Have it your way ( Burger
King
advertising slogan )
Holding your cards close to your
chest
Homecoming
queen
I Capture The
Castle
( Dodie Smith book )
I Like To
Move
It ( Reel 2 Reel song )
I'm
game
Idiot
board
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is
king
Is your man getting enough? ( Milk Marketing
Board
advertising slogan )
It takes two hands to hold a Whopper ( Burger
King
advertising slogan )
It's A Kind Of Magic (
Queen
song )
It's in the
game
( EA Sports advertising slogan )
It's just a
game
It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the
game
It's only a
game
Keep in
check
Killer
Queen
(
Queen
song )
King
Dick ( Nickname of Richard Cromwell )
King
Eric ( Nickname of Eric Cantona )
King
Felix ( Nickname of Felix Hernandez )
King
James ( Nickname of LeBron James )
King
Kong ( Naomi Watts movie )
King
Lear
King
Solomon's Mines
King
of Clutch ( Nickname of Reggie Miller )
King
of Spain ( Nickname of Ashley Giles - English cricketer )
King
of kings
King
of the
castle
King
of the hill
King
of the jungle
King
of the road
King
pin
King
sized
King's evidence
King's ransom
Knight
in shining armour
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Knight
of the road
Label
queen
Late in the
game
Leg Gully ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Leg Slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Lift your
game
Live like a
king
Long Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Long Off ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Long On ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Long Stop ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Make a list;
check
it twice
Make a
move
on
Make your
move
Mario Kart ( video
game
title )
Mate's rates ( discount price offered to friends )
Mid Off ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Mid On ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Mid Wicket ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Milk's gotta lotta bottle ( Milk Marketing
Board
advertising slogan )
Milk. It does a body good ( Milk Marketing
Board
advertising slogan )
Move
It On Over ( Hank Williams song )
Move
On Up a Little Higher ( Mahalia Jackson song )
Move
heaven and earth
Move
in the best circles
Move
over
Move
right along
Move
with the times
Mug's
game
Must win
game
My old china ( Cockney rhyming slang for
mate
)
Naruwan, Welcome to Taiwan ( Taiwan Tourist
Board
advertising slogan )
Numbers
game
Old
King
Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he ( line from nursery rhyme )
On
board
On the
game
On the
move
Once and future
king
Only A
Pawn
In Their
Game
( Bob Dylan song )
Only
game
in town
Platinum Sombrero ( A baseball expression denoting striking out five times in a
game
)
Play a waiting
game
Play the
game
Play the percentage
game
Primal Rage ( film and video
game
)
Put your
game
face on
Puts hair on your
chest
Queen
for a day
Queen
it over
Raise your
game
Reality
check
Royal flush ( in poker - a hand including a ten jack
queen
king
and ace of the same suit )
Save The Last Dance For Me ( Ben E
King
song )
Second slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Shell
game
Short Fine Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Short Mid Wicket ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Short Square Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Silly Mid Off ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Silly Mid On ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Silly Point ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Skin in the
game
Smooth
move
Sod this for a
game
of soldiers
Somebody To Love (
Queen
song )
Sonic the Hedgehog ( video
game
title )
Sounding
board
Spanish Harlem ( Ben E
King
song )
Square Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Suck it up ( accept a bad situation and
move
on )
Sun
King
( The Beatles song )
Super Mario Brothers ( video
game
title )
Sweep the
board
Take me out to the ball
game
Take something on
board
Take the king's shilling
Talk a good
game
The African
Queen
( Humphrey Bogart / Katharine Hepburn movie )
The Army
Game
( BBC comedy television series )
The Chairman of The
Board
( Nickname of Frank Sinatra )
The Dowager
Queen
of the
Game
Shows ( Nickname of Pat Carroll )
The Hammer of The Scots ( Nickname of
King
Edward I )
The
King
( Nickname of Elvis Presley )
The
King
Of Comedy ( Robert De Niro movie )
The
King
and
Queen
Might Eat Thereof and Noblemen Besides ( Jell-O Gelatin Dessert advertising slogan )
The
King
is dead, long live the
King
The
King
of Beers ( Budweiser Beer advertising slogan )
The
King
of Late Night Television ( Nickname of Jack Paar )
The
King
of Rock 'N' Roll ( Nickname of Elvis Presley )
The
King
of Swing ( Nickname of Benny Goodman )
The
King
of the Cowboys ( Nickname of Roy Rogers )
The
King
of the Mini-series ( Nickname of Richard Chamberlain )
The
King
of the Wild Frontier ( Nickname of explorer Davy Crockett )
The King's Speech ( Colin Firth movie )
The Lion
King
( Disney cartoon movie )
The Little
Queen
of the Soap Operas ( Nickname of actress Anne Francis )
The Lizard
King
( Nickname of Jim Morrison )
The Nine Days
Queen
( Nickname of Lady Jane Grey )
The
Queen
Of Mean ( Nickname of Anne Robinson )
The
Queen
Of The Adriatic ( Nickname of Venice Italy )
The
Queen
Of The Coast ( Nickname of Mar del Plata Argentina )
The
Queen
of Hearts she made some tarts all on a summer's day ( line from nursery rhyme )
The
Queen
of How-To ( Nickname of Martha Stewart )
The
Queen
of Nice ( Nickname of comedienne Rosie O'Donnell )
The
Queen
of TV Comedy ( Nickname of comedienne Lucille Ball )
The Rat Pack ( Nickname of entertainers Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr Peter Lawford Joey
Bishop
and Frank Sinatra )
The Sims ( video
game
title )
The Sun
King
( Nickname of
King
Louis XIV )
The Virgin
Queen
( Nickname of
Queen
Elizabeth I )
The Widow of Windsor ( Nickname of
Queen
Victoria )
The Wisest Fool In Christendom ( Nickname of
King
James I )
The beautiful
game
The blame
game
The
check
is in the mail
The customer is
king
The
game
is afoot
The
game
is up
The
king
was in his counting house counting out his money ( line from nursery rhyme )
The name
game
The name of the
game
The
queen
was in the parlour eating bread and honey ( line from nursery rhyme )
The queen's English
Third Slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Third man ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Trap and ball ( children's ball
game
)
Treasure
chest
Two can play at that
game
Up On The Roof ( Carole
King
song )
Up your
game
War
game
( a simulation of war intended as preparation )
Watch out there's a Humphrey about ( Milk Marketing
Board
advertising slogan )
We Are The Champions (
Queen
song )
We Will Rock You (
Queen
song )
We do it your way ( Burger
King
advertising slogan )
We really
move
our tail for you ( Continental Airlines advertising slogan )
What's your game?
White
knight
Who are you? ( Nintendo
Game
Boy Advance advertising slogan )
Who's got the best darn burgers in the whole wide world? ( Burger
King
and I advertising slogan )
Whole new ball
game
Wicket Keeper ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? ( Carole
King
song )
Windsor
Castle
( tourist attraction in England )
You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman ( Carole
King
song )
You are now free to
move
about the country ( Southwest Airlines advertising slogan )
You can rely on the lion ( British Egg Marketing
Board
advertising slogan )
You're the boss ( Burger
King
advertising slogan )
You've Got A Friend ( Carole
King
James Taylor song )
Zero sum
game