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A face as long as a fiddle
A face like a Greek god
A girl with kaleidoscope
eyes
( Beatles song lyric )
A great face for radio
A
head
for business and a body for sin
A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips
About face
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Above my
head
Acid
head
Air
head
All
ears
Always have your
nose
in a book
And shining morning face, creeping like a snail unwillingly to school
Angel face
Apple
cheeks
Aren't you glad you use Dial? Don't you wish everybody did? (
Dial
Soap advertising slogan )
Arse about face
As mad as a bear with a sore
head
As plain as the
nose
on your face
As stiff as a
poker
Ashen
faced
At face value
Avert one's
eyes
Baby face
Babyface Nelson ( Nickname of Lester Gillis )
Bald-faced lie
Bang your
head
against a brick wall
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her
head
( The Beatles song lyric )
Bare-faced lie
Bat your
eyes
Be it on your
head
Bedroom
eyes
Before your very
eyes
Bitch slap ( a full swing slap in the face intended to be humiliating )
Bite someone's
head
off
Blow winds, and crack your
cheeks
Blow your
nose
Blue
Eyes
( Elton John song )
Blue in the face
Boat race ( Cockney rhyming slang for face )
Body off Baywatch, face off Crimewatch
Bone
head
Box your
ears
Boy, is my face red ( A catchphrase from David Letterman )
Bright
Eyes
( Art Garfunkel song )
Bring tears to your
eyes
Bring to a
head
Brown
Eyes
Handsome Man ( Jerry Lee Lewis song )
Bury your
head
in the sand
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Butt
head
Butter Face
By the hairs on my chinny
chin
chin, I'll blow your house down
Can't Get You Out of My
Head
( Kylie Minogue song )
Can't make
head
or tail of it
Can't see beyond the end of your
nose
Cheek
by jowl
Chew face
Chin
wag
Chipmunk
Cheeks
( Nickname of Alfred Delvecchio ( Al Molinaro ) )
Clapped
eyes
on
Clean your clock
Close your
eyes
and think of England
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Cloth
ears
Come hither
eyes
Come to a
head
Coming out of your
ears
Couldn't make
head
or tail of it
Cried my
eyes
out
Croydon facelift
Customer facing
Dancing
cheek
to
cheek
Dial
down ( adjust a device to reduce sound or temperature )
Do my
eyes
deceive me?
Do your
head
in
Don't close your
eyes
for a minute
Don't cut off your
nose
to spite your face
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Don't get a face on
Don't mess with my
head
Don't shoot until you can see the whites of their
eyes
Don't touch that
dial
Don't trouble your pretty little
head
about it
Donkey's years ( Cockney rhyming slang for
ears
)
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Down came a blackbird and pecked off her
nose
( line from nursery rhyme )
Drink To Me Only With Thine
Eyes
( Ben Jonson poem and Victorian song )
Easy on the
eyes
Eat face
Egg on your face
Eyes
Wide Shut ( Stanley Kubrick movie )
Eyes
in the back of your
head
Eyes
like saucers
Eyes
out on stalks
Eyes
right
Eyes
swimming with tears
Face card ( the jack queeen or king in a set of playing cards )
Face down
Face facts
Face fungus
Face in the crowd
Face lift
Face like a bulldog chewing a wasp
Face like a fiddle
Face like an unmade bed
Face like the back of a bus
Face like thunder
Face off
Face palm moment
Face recognition )
Face that could stop a clock
Face that only a mother could love
Face the competition
Face the music
Face the truth
Face time
Face your maker
Facial furniture
Fall about your
ears
Fall flat on your face
Fall on deaf
ears
Feast your
eyes
on this
Ferret face ( Nickname of Major Frank Burns ( Larry Linville ) )
Fish always rot from the
head
downwards
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Fly in the face of the evidence
Follow your
nose
( Froot Loops advertising slogan )
For Your
Eyes
Only ( James Bond movie Roger Moore )
For your
eyes
only
Fountain
head
Four
eyes
Fresh
faced
Fresh pair of
eyes
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your
ears
Frog face
Full
head
of hair
Funny in the
head
Get it into your
head
Get out of my face
Get up your
nose
Get your
head
around something
Get your
head
down
Get your
head
together
Give someone a bloody
nose
Glass
chin
Go and boil your
head
Go boil your
head
Go
eyes
out
Go to your
head
Goo goo
eyes
Good
head
on his shoulders
Got your
head
screwed on
Hands that do dishes can feel soft as your face, with mild green Fairy Liquid ( Fairy Liquid advertising slogan )
Hang your
head
Hanging over your
head
Hatchet
faced
Have your
ears
chewed off
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
Her face lit up
Hit it on the
nose
Hit the nail on the
head
Hold a gun to his
head
Hold up your
head
Hold your
head
up high
Hold your
nose
Hot
Lips
Houlihan ( Nickname of Major Margaret Houlihan ( Loretta Swit ) )
I Can't Take My
Eyes
Off You ( Muse song )
I can't believe my
eyes
I could do that standing on my
head
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception ( Groucho Marx line )
I never knew you had dandruff (
Head
and Shoulders shampoo advertising slogan )
I'm all
ears
If it doesn't get all over the place, it doesn't belong in your face ( Carl's Jr advertising slogan )
If you can keep your
head
when all about you ( from a poem by Kipling )
If your face fits
In over your
head
In the
eyes
of the law
In your face
It's complicated (
Facebook
relationship status )
It's no skin off my
nose
It's written all over your face
Just put your
lips
together and blow ( To Have And Have Not )
Keep a civil tongue in your
head
Keep a cool
head
Keep a straight face
Keep your
chin
up
Keep your
eyes
on the prize
Keep your
eyes
peeled
Keep your
head
Keep your
head
above water
Keep your
head
down
Keep your
lips
sealed
Keep your
nose
clean
Keep your
nose
out of
Keep your
nose
to the grindstone
Kick sand in his face
Knock it on the
head
Knuckle
head
Laugh in your face
Laugh on the wrong side of your face
Laugh your
head
off
Lay
eyes
on
Lead by the
nose
Lead with the
chin
Let's face it
Let's face the music and dance
Level
head
Lick your
lips
Like a chicken with its
head
cut off
Little Brown
Jug
( Glenn Miller tune )
Little pitchers have big
ears
Living is easy with
eyes
closed ( Beatles song lyric )
Loaf of bread ( Cockney rhyming slang for
head
)
Long face
Long
faced
Look down your
nose
Loose
lips
sink ships ( World War II advertising slogan )
Lose face
Lose your
head
Lower your
eyes
Mace your face
Make a face
Make
eyes
at
Make sheep's
eyes
at
Make your
head
spin
Man of a Thousand
Faces
( Nickname of Lon Chaney )
Meat
head
Mince pies ( Cockney rhyming slang for
eyes
)
Monstrous carbuncle on the face of an old friend ( Prince Charles quotation )
Mug's game
Music to my
ears
My
ears
were burning
My
head
is spinning
My
lips
are sealed
My mistress'
eyes
are nothing like the sun ( from a poem by Shakespeare )
Need your
head
examined
Nose
around
Nose
dive
Nose
for crime
Nose
for trouble
Nose
to tail
Not just a pretty face
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 face
Off your
head
Old Blue
Eyes
( Nickname of Frank Sinatra )
Old Red
Eyes
( Nickname of Alice Cooper )
Old
head
on young shoulders
On everyone's
lips
On me
head
son ( Invitation to cross a football so that another player can
head
it )
On the face of it
On the face of the earth
On your
lips
On your own
head
be it
Open your
eyes
Out of your
head
Over your
head
Pass my
lips
Pay through the
nose
Pecker
head
Penny Lane is in my
ears
and in my
eyes
( Beatles song lyric )
People who like people like
Dial
(
Dial
Soap advertising slogan )
Petrol
head
Pin your
ears
back
Pizza face
Play kissy face
Po
faced
Pointy
head
Poker
Face ( Lady Gaga song )
Poker
face
Portrait painting ( a form of painting in which the human face is the subject )
Poster boy
Pot
head
Powder your
nose
Price on his
head
Prick up your
ears
Prima facie
Propeller
head
Puddin'
Head
( Nickname of Colonel Sherman Potter ( Harry Morgan ) )
Puddin'
Head
( Nickname of Willie Jones )
Pull a face
Pull the wool over someone's
eyes
Pull your
head
in
Put a brave face on
Put a gun to your
head
Put your game face on
Put your
head
above the parapet
Put your
head
into the lion's mouth
Put your
head
on the block
Put your
nose
out of joint
Put your
nose
where its not wanted
Raindrops Keep Falling On My
Head
( Burt Bacharach song )
Read my lips, no new taxes ( Political slogan )
Right before your
eyes
Ring in your
ears
Rosy
cheeks
Royal flush ( in
poker
- a hand including a ten jack queen king and ace of the same suit )
Rub someone's
nose
in it
Rub your
nose
in it
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything
Save face
See the face you love light up with Terry's All Gold ( Terrys Chocolates advertising slogan )
Set
eyes
on
Set your face against something
Shut your cake hole
Shut your face
Shut your pie hole
Sight for Soaring
Eyes
( Trans World Airways advertising slogan )
Sight for sore
eyes
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Sizzle
Lips
( Nickname of Richie Cunningham ( Ron Howard ) )
Slap in the face
Sleepy
head
Snake
eyes
Snap someone's
head
off
Soft in the
head
Someone
ears
are burning
Square
eyes
Stand it on its
head
Stars in your
eyes
Steam coming out of your
ears
Stick your
chin
out
Strong in the arm and thick in the
head
Stuff your face
Suck face ( slang term for kissing )
Take it into your
head
Take it on the
chin
Talk over your
head
Talking
head
That frosty
mug
sensation ( A&W Root Beer advertising slogan )
The Adventure of the Yellow Face ( Sherlock Holmes story )
The Eye into the
Eyes
( CBS advertising slogan )
The Face ( Nickname of Lt.Templeton Peck ( Dirk Benedict ) )
The Girl with the Upside-Down
Eyes
( Nickname of actress Glynis Johns )
The
Head
Ball Coach ( Nickname of Steve Spurrier )
The Man with the Child in His
Eyes
( Kate Bush song )
The answer is staring you in the face
The
eyes
are the windows of the soul
The face that launched a thousand ships
The scales have fallen from my
eyes
The unacceptable face of capitalism
The walls have
ears
Throw a beanball ( A baseball expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their
head
)
Throw it back in your face
Thumb your
nose
Tongue in
cheek
Towel
head
( derogatory slang term referring to an Arab man )
Trench warfare ( combat where troops face each other in trenches )
Turn the other
cheek
Turn your
nose
up at
Two
faced
Ugly
mug
Uneasy lies the
head
that wears a crown
Up to your
ears
Up to your
eyes
in
Upon your
head
be it
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door ( Beatles song lyric )
Walls have
ears
Wet behind the
ears
Wet the baby's
head
What a
cheek
When Irish
eyes
are smiling
When in disgrace with fortune and men's
eyes
( from a sonnet by Shakespeare )
Win by a
head
Win by a
nose
Wipe the smile off your face
Wipe your face
With your
eyes
open
With your
nose
in the air
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
You'll get square
eyes
Your
eyes
are bigger than your stomach