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1066 And All That: A Memorable History Of
England
( W. C. Sellar book )
167 days of foggy, foggy dew can't claim all the credit for beautiful English complexions ( Elizabeth Arden advertising slogan )
Abide with me ( hymn traditionally sung at the English football Cup Final )
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An Englishman's home is his castle
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An Englishman's word is his bond
As dry as a pommy's bath towel
As safe as the Bank of
England
Barnyard
language
Be the best (
British
Army advertising slogan )
Big Ben ( tourist attraction in London
England
)
Body
language
British
Bulldog ( Nickname of boxer Brian London )
British
Steel,
British
mettle (
British
Steel advertising slogan )
British
racing green
Buckingham Palace ( tourist attraction in London
England
)
Bulldog breed
Buy
British
Charge of the Light Brigade (
British
cavalry charge against Russian army in the Crimean War and title of a poem by Tennyson )
Close your eyes and think of
England
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Complex sentence ( a sentence containing subordinate clauses )
Desperate Dan ( a cowboy strongman character in the
British
comic The Dandy )
Don't you just love being in control? (
British
Gas advertising slogan )
England
expects
Fast Freddie ( Nickname of Andrew Flintoff - English cricketer )
Fie, foh, and fum, I smell the blood of a
British
man
Field Marshall ( the highest rank in the
British
Army )
Fly the flag (
British
Airways advertising slogan )
Foul
language
Fred Flintstone ( Nickname of Andrew Flintoff - English cricketer )
Geordieland ( Nickname of Newcastle upon Tyne
England
)
Go to work on an egg (
British
Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan )
Hadrians Wall ( tourist attraction in northern
England
)
Happiness is egg shaped (
British
Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan )
Hollywood North ( Nickname of Vancouver
British
Columbia )
Hongkong City ( Nickname of Richmond
British
Columbia )
I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside (
British
Music Hall song )
Intercity makes the going easy (
British
Rail advertising slogan )
It's Smart to be Square (
British
Satellite Broadcasting advertising slogan )
It's good to talk (
British
Telecom advertising slogan )
Its for Yoo-hoo! (
British
Telecom advertising slogan )
Join the professionals (
British
Army advertising slogan )
King of Spain ( Nickname of Ashley Giles - English cricketer )
Language
barrier
Let the train take the strain (
British
Rail advertising slogan )
Lie back and think of
England
Madame Tussauds ( tourist attraction in
England
)
Make someone happy with a phone call (
British
Telecom advertising slogan )
Merry
England
Middle
England
Mind your
language
Mrs. Mop ( traditional English name for a cleaning woman )
No wonder the English have kept cool for 192 years ( Gordon's Gin advertising slogan )
Number 10 Downing Street ( address of the
British
Prime Minister )
Oh to be in
England
Paddy Pantsdown ( Nickname of English politician Paddy Ashdown )
Pommy
bashing ( Australian slang term for physical or verbal attacks on the English )
Pomp and circumstance
Primal fear ( Neurosis therapy and
British
rock band )
Rubber johnny ( a
British
slang term for a condom )
Somebody somewhere wants a letter from you (
British
Post Office advertising slogan )
Speak the same
language
St Paul's Cathedral ( tourist attraction in London
England
)
The Backbone of
England
( Nickname of The Pennine Hills )
The Bank of
England
( tourist attraction in London
England
)
The Beast of Bolsover ( Nickname of English politician Dennis Skinner )
The Boy David ( Nickname of English politician David Steel )
The
British
Museum ( tourist attraction in London
England
)
The
British
disease
The Chingford Strangler ( Nickname of English politician Norman Tebbit )
The City ( Nickname of The City of London
England
)
The Concrete Block ( Nickname of Coventry
England
)
The Conservative Party at prayer ( The Church of
England
)
The English disease
The English summer: three fine days and a thunderstorm
The First Garden City Of The World ( Nickname of Letchworth
England
)
The Garden County ( nickname of the English county of Hampshire )
The Garden of
England
( Nickname of the English counties of Kent and Worcestershire )
The Gaza Strip ( Nickname of Surrey
British
Columbia )
The Great Wen ( Nickname of London
England
)
The Houses of Parliament ( tourist attraction in London
England
)
The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street ( Nickname of The Bank of
England
)
The Only Way Is Essex (
British
reality television series )
The People's Republic of South Yorkshire ( Nickname of Sheffield
England
)
The Royal Botanic Gardens ( tourist attraction in Kew
England
)
The Smoke ( Nickname of London
England
)
The Socialist Republic Of South Yorkshire ( Nickname of Sheffield
England
)
The Steel City ( Nickname of Sheffield
England
)
The Tower of London ( tourist attraction in
England
)
The White Cliffs of Dover ( tourist attraction in
England
)
The best of
British
The best of
British
luck
The glorious twelfth ( of August - the start of the
British
grouse shooting season )
The queen's English
The sound of leather on willow ( sound of the ball on the bat in cricket )
The sun never sets on the
British
Empire
The world's favourite airline (
British
Airways advertising slogan )
This is the age of the train (
British
Rail advertising slogan )
Treacle Town ( Nickname of Macclesfield Cheshire
England
)
Was there a lion on your egg this morning? (
British
Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan )
Watch your
language
We never forget you have a choice (
British
Caledonian Airline advertising slogan )
We'll take good care of you (
British
Airways advertising slogan )
We're getting there (
British
Rail advertising slogan )
Westminster Abbey ( tourist attraction in London
England
)
Windsor Castle ( tourist attraction in
England
)
Winter drawers on ( old
British
euphemistic joke )
You can rely on the lion (
British
Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan )
You watch, we listen (
British
Satellite Broadcasting advertising slogan )