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A World
first
A big shot
A
head
for business and a body for sin
Above my
head
Acid
head
After the Lord Mayor's parade
Ain't my
first
rodeo ( said by someone who has experience of a situation )
Air
head
As mad as a bear with a sore
head
At
first
blush
At
first
hand
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
Be the
first
to know ( CNN advertising slogan )
Big white chief
Bite someone's
head
off
Bone
head
Boss
about
Boss
eyed
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Boss
of all bosses
Bring to a
head
Bringing it home to me (
Prime
Television advertising slogan )
Bury your
head
in the sand
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Butt
head
Calendar year ( twelve months beginning from the
first
of January )
Can't Get You Out of My
Head
( Kylie Minogue song )
Can't make
head
or tail of it
Captain
America ( Nickname of footballer Claudio Reyna )
Captain
Bly ( Nickname of baseball player Bert Blyleven )
Captain
Bob ( Nickname of Robert Maxwell )
Captain
Brassbound's Conversion
Captain
Canada ( Nickname of basketball player Steve Nash )
Captain
Corelli's Mandolin ( Louis de Bernieres book )
Captain
Crunch ( Nickname of basketball player Jalen Rose )
Captain
Funkie Fresh ( Nickname of Eddie Winslow ( Darius McCrary ) )
Captain
Hook ( Nickname of baseball manager George Anderson )
Captain
Jack ( Nickname of basketball player Stephen Jackson )
Captain
Kirk ( Nickname of basketball player Kirk Hinrich )
Captain
Marvel ( Nickname of footballer Bryan Robson )
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 )
Captain
of industry
Captain's log... ( A catchphrase from Star Trek )
Cast the
first
stone
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Chief cook and bottle washer
Chief of staff
Come to a
head
Couldn't make
head
or tail of it
Cut someone down in their
prime
Dief the Chief ( Nickname of John Diefenbaker )
Digital
leader
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
Fearless
leader
First
Among Equals ( Jeffrey Archer book )
First
Slip ( field position in the game of cricket )
First
World ( the indutrialised affluent and wealthy nations )
First
World problem ( a relatively trivial problem only affecting the affluent )
First
among equals ( the most senior person in a group of equal rank )
First
amongst equals
First
and foremost
First
blood
First
came to fame
First
catch your hare
First
come
first
served
First
comes love, then comes marriage
First
contact
First
cut
First
flush
First
footing ( making a round of visits at New Year )
First
impressions last
First
light
First
past the post
First
rate
First
relationships last (
First
National Bank of Chicago advertising slogan )
First
responder ( the member of the emergency services to arrive at a disaster )
First
strike
First
thing
First
things
first
First
time caller
First
to market
First
up
First
with the Hits ( Mercury Records advertising slogan )
First, do no harm
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 to
first
base
Get to
first
base with
Get your
head
around something
Get your
head
down
Get your
head
together
Get your retaliation in
first
Go and boil your
head
Go boil your
head
Go to your
head
Good
head
on his shoulders
Got your
head
screwed on
Hail to the chief
Hang your
head
Hanging over your
head
Have a
Captain
Cook ( Cockney rhyming slang for look )
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 the field ( - remain the most
important
)
Hold up your
head
Hold your
head
up high
I Predict A Riot ( Kaiser
Chiefs
song )
I could do that standing on my
head
I never knew you had dandruff (
Head
and Shoulders shampoo advertising slogan )
I'm Ross, and you're the
Boss
( Ross Perot slogan )
If at
first
you don't succeed try, try and try again
If you ain't first, you're last
If you can keep your
head
when all about you ( from a poem by Kipling )
If you change your mind, I'm the
first
in line ( ABBA lyric )
In over your
head
In your
prime
Iowa's
Leading
Edge ( Nickname of Council Bluffs Iowa )
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
La Belle Epoque ( the golden age or beautiful era preceding the
First
World War )
Ladies
first
Last in
first
out
Laugh your
head
off
Leader
of the pack
Leading
authority
Leading
edge
Leading
fashion hub
Leading
indicator
Leading
light
Leading
question
Leadoff hitter ( A baseball expression denoting the player who bats
first
)
Level
head
Like a chicken with its
head
cut off
Loaf of bread ( Cockney rhyming slang for
head
)
Lose your
head
Loss
leader
Love at
first
sight
Main
chance
Main
event
Main
squeeze
Make
first
base
Make your
head
spin
Me
first
Meat
head
Might and
main
My
head
is spinning
Natural born
leader
Need your
head
examined
Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish (
Captain
Beefheart and the Magic Band song )
Not right in the
head
Nothing to worry your pretty little
head
about
Number 10 Downing Street ( address of the British
Prime
Minister )
Of the
first
water
Off the top of my
head
Off with his
head
Off your
head
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
Only the best for the Captain's table ( Birdseye advertising slogan )
Opening night ( the
first
night of a theatrical performance )
Out of your
head
Over your
head
Pecker
head
Petrol
head
Pinch, punch,
first
of the month
Pointy
head
Pot
head
Price on his
head
Prime
condition ( in perfect shape )
Prime
cut
Prime
of life
Prime
time
Progress is our most
important
product ( General Electric advertising slogan )
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 )
Safety
first
Self
important
Shoot first, ask questions later
Sleepy
head
Snap someone's
head
off
Soft in the
head
Sorry about that, Chief. ( A catchphrase from Get Smart )
Stand it on its
head
Strong in the arm and thick in the
head
Take it into your
head
Take me to your
leader
Talk over your
head
Talking
head
The
Boss
( Nickname of Bruce Springsteen )
The
Captain
( Nickname of Kareem Abdul Jabbar )
The Chief ( Nickname of Robert Parish )
The
First
Cut Is The Deepest ( Rod Stewart song )
The
First
Garden City Of The World ( Nickname of Letchworth England )
The
First
Lady of Television ( Nickname of Faye Emerson )
The
First
State ( Nickname of the US state of Delaware )
The
Head
Ball Coach ( Nickname of Steve Spurrier )
The
Mayor
( Nickname of Fred Hoiberg )
The
Mayor
( Nickname of Sean Casey )
The Peerless
Leader
( Nickname of Frank Chance )
The
Prime
Minister of Mirth ( Nickname of George Robey )
The blind
leading
the blind
The
first
network for men ( Spike TV advertising slogan )
The
first
time is never the best ( Campari advertising slogan )
The
leader
of the free world
The
main
drag
The
main
event
The mainspring in a Bulova is made to last 256 years or 146 leather straps - whichever comes
first
( Bulova Watches advertising slogan )
Throw a beanball ( A baseball expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their
head
)
To cast the
first
stone
Today is the
first
day of the rest of your life
Too many
chiefs
and not enough indians
Towel
head
( derogatory slang term referring to an Arab man )
Uneasy lies the
head
that wears a crown
Upon your
head
be it
Wet the baby's
head
What a tangled web we weave when
first
we practice to deceive
When war is declared, truth is the
first
casualty
Where the rubber meets the road ( where the
important
facts or realities lie )
Which came
first
the chicken or the egg?
Who blinked first?
Win by a
head
Women and children
first
World
leader
World
ruler
World's
first
Yorkshire born in Yorkshire bred, strong in the arm and weak in the
head
You don't get a second chance at a
first
impression
You heard it here
first
You only get one chance to make a
first
impression
You would forget your
head
if it weren't screwed on
You're the
boss
( Burger King advertising slogan )
Your fragrance Your rules ( Hugo
Boss
Deep Red advertising slogan )