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A Spoonful Of Sugar Helps The Medicine Go
Down
( Julie Andrews song )
Air Force
blue
All happy families are alike; each
unhappy
family is
unhappy
in its own way ( the opening line of Anna Karenina )
As cold as
blue
blazes
As hot as
blue
blazes
As
miserable
as sin
Atishoo atishoo all fall
down
Away go troubles
down
the drain ( Roto-Rooter advertising slogan )
Back
down
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer came
down
upon her head ( The Beatles song lyric )
Batten
down
the hatches
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Bear
down
Bear
down
on
Beat someone black and
blue
Bed
down
Between the Devil and the deep
blue
sea
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Beyond the
blue
horizon
Big
Blue
( Nickname of International Business Machines ( IBM ) )
Black Hawk
Down
( Ewan McGregor movie )
Black and
blue
Blue
Bayou ( Elvis Presley song )
Blue
Eyes ( Elton John song )
Blue
Jay Way ( Beatles song )
Blue
Monday
Blue
Monday ( Van Morrison song )
Blue
Moon ( Nickname of baseball player John Odom )
Blue
Suede Shoes ( Elvis Presley song )
Blue
Velvet ( David Lynch movie )
Blue
are the hills that are far away
Blue
blood
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Blue
chip investment
Blue
collar worker
Blue
humour
Blue
in the face
Blue
murder
Blue
plate special ( a set meal provided at a reduced price )
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Blue
rinse
Blue
rinse brigade
Blue
screen of death
Blue
sky thinking
Blue
star ( A slang name for ecstasy pills )
Bob up and
down
Bogged
down
Boils
down
to
Bolt
down
Bolt from the
blue
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Boogie on
down
Bow
down
before
Boys in
blue
Bread always falls butter side
down
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Breathing
down
your neck
Bring
down
Bring into
blue
Bring the house
down
Brought
down
Brought
down
to earth
Buckle
down
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Burning
Down
The House ( Talking Heads song )
By the hairs on my chinny chin chin, I'll blow your house
down
Calm
down
Calm down, calm
down
( A catchphrase from Harry Enfield In The Scousers )
Can't Slow
Down
( Lionel Richie album )
Caught with your pants
down
Caught with your trousers
down
Cheer up, it might never happen
Cheer up, it's not the end of the world
Chow
down
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Chucking it
down
Clamp
down
on
Clear
blue
water
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Cobalt
blue
Come
down
hard on
Come
down
on someone like a ton of bricks
Come
down
to earth with a bump
Come
down
to the line
Come on
down
( A catchphrase from The Price Is Right )
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Cool
down
Cornflower
blue
Couldn't put it
down
Cross into the
Blue
( United States Air Force advertising slogan )
Cut someone
down
in their prime
Cut someone
down
to size
Death is nature's way of telling you to slow
down
Deeper Than The Deep
Blue
Sea ( Frank Sinatra song )
Dial
down
( adjust a device to reduce sound or temperature )
Don't Let The Sun Go
Down
On Me ( Elton John song )
Don't kick a man when he's
down
Don't let the bastards grind you
down
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Don't take it lying
down
Doss
down
Double
down
Down
Under ( Nickname of Australia )
Down
among the dead men
Down
and out
Down
at heel
Down
boy
Down
came a blackbird and pecked off her nose ( line from nursery rhyme )
Down
for the count
Down
in the dumps
Down
in the mouth
Down
it in one
Down
memory lane
Down
on all fours
Down
on his luck
Down
pat
Down
south
Down
the drain
Down
the hatch
Down
the pan
Down
the tubes
Down
to earth
Down
to the ground
Down
to the last out ( A baseball expression meaning to have one last chance )
Down
to the pub for a quick one
Down
to the wire
Down
tools
Dress
down
Dress
down
Friday
Dressing
down
Drill
down
Drop
down
dead
Dumbing
down
Dust
down
Eton
blue
Eye someone up and
down
Face
down
Fall
down
on the job
Falling
down
drunk
Feeling
blue
Fire
down
below
For keener refreshment ( Pabst
Blue
Ribbon advertising slogan )
Garbage something
down
Get
down
Get
down
Shep ( A catchphrase from John Noakes On
Blue
Peter )
Get
down
and dirty
Get
down
and get funky
Get
down
to brass tacks
Get
down
to business
Get
down
with the kids
Get the low
down
Get your head
down
Go
down
a storm
Go
down
fighting
Go
down
for the third time
Go
down
in flames
Go
down
on
Go
down
on bended knee
Go
down
the drain
Go
down
the tubes
Go
down
the wrong way
Go
down
to the wire
Go
down
with flying colours
Go
down
with the ship
Going
down
Going
down
the tubes
Got it
down
to a fine art
Gun
down
Gutted
Hand me
down
Hands up if you use Right Guard, Hands
down
if you don't ( Right Guard antiperspirant advertising slogan )
Happy
sad
( a bitterweet feeling combining both happiness and sadness )
Hard to pin
down
He huffed and he puffed and he blew their house
down
He's got a yellow streak
down
his back
Here's one I prepared earlier ( A catchphrase from
Blue
Peter )
Hoe
down
Hold
down
a job
Hose
down
How
sad
is that?
Hunker
down
Hunt
down
Hurry on
down
to Hardee's ( Rolaids advertising slogan )
I get knocked down, but I get up again ( Chumbawumba song )
I'm
Down
( Beatles song )
I've been brokenhearted,
blue
since the day we parted ( ABBA lyric )
If you lie
down
with dogs, you will get up with fleas
In a
blue
funk
Into the wild
blue
yonder
It all boils
down
to this
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes
unhappy
marriages ( Friedrich Nietzsche quotation )
It went
down
the wrong way
It won't let you
down
( Sure anti-perspirant advertising slogan )
It's All Over Now Baby
Blue
( Bob Dylan song )
Itsy Bitsy spider climbing up the spout,
down
came the rain and washed the spider out ( line from nursery rhyme )
Jack fell
down
and broke his crown ( line from nursery rhyme )
Jot
down
Jump
down
my throat
Jumping up and
down
with annoyance
Keep it
down
Keep your head
down
Kick a man when he's
down
Kick the can further
down
the road
Kicking dead whales
down
the beach
Kind Of
Blue
( Miles Davis tune and album )
Kip
down
Knock
down
drag out
Knuckle
down
to
Lay
down
roots
Lay
down
rubber
Lay
down
your arms
Lay
down
your life
Lay the law
down
Let
down
Let me take you down, cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields ( Beatles song lyric )
Let not the sun go
down
on your wrath
Let the side
down
Let your hair
down
Levelling
down
Lie
down
on the job
Lie
down
with dogs: get up with fleas
Light the
blue
touch paper and retire
Like a
blue
arsed fly
Like a bolt from the
blue
Little Boy
Blue
come blow your horn ( line from nursery rhyme )
London bridge is falling
down
( line from nursery rhyme )
Look
down
on
Look
down
your nose
Look someone up and
down
Lose hands
down
Mark
down
Men in
blue
Midnight
blue
Miserable
specimen
Mister Gorbachev, tear
down
this wall! ( A slogan from President Reagan )
Mow
down
Mr. Gorbachev, tear
down
this wall ( Political slogan )
My
Blue
Heaven ( Gene Austin song )
My
blue
heaven
Nail
down
Narrow
down
Navy
blue
Never kick a dog when he's
down
Old
Blue
Eyes ( Nickname of Frank Sinatra )
On lock
down
Once in a
blue
moon
Out of the
blue
Out of the clear
blue
sky
Oxford
Blue
Pace up and
down
Park yourself
down
Party
down
Pass
down
Pipe
down
Put someone
down
Put the hammer
down
Put your foot
down
Refresh! Rejoice! Remember! Pabst gets the call ( Pabst
Blue
Ribbon advertising slogan )
Rhapsody In
Blue
( George Gershwin composition )
Ring aring of roses, a pocketful of posies, atishoo, atishoo, all fall
down
( line from nursery rhyme )
Ring
down
the curtain
Roses are red, violets are
blue
Round
down
Royal
blue
Sad
sack
Sad
state of affairs
Scream
blue
murder
Scroll
down
Send
down
Shake
down
Shoot
down
in flames ( destroy an argument or theory )
Shoot him
down
in flames
Shove it
down
someone's throat
Show
down
Sky
blue
Sold
down
the river
Something old, something new, something borrowed, something
blue
Splash
down
Stand
down
Step
down
Suits you
down
to a tee
Suits you
down
to the ground
Take a
blue
pencil to
Take
down
a peg or two
Talk a
blue
streak
Talk
down
to
Tangled Up In
Blue
( Bob Dylan song )
Teeming
down
with rain
The Adventure of the
Blue
Carbuncle ( Sherlock Holmes story )
The
Blue
End State ( Nickname of the US state of Delaware )
The
Blue
Mosque ( tourist attraction in Turkey )
The Home Of Paul Bunyan And Babe The
Blue
Ox ( Nickname of Westwood California, Brainerd Minnesota and Bemidji Minnesota )
The air was
blue
The bread always falls buttered side
down
The chips are
down
The deep
blue
sea
The lion may lie
down
with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep ( Woody Allen line )
The low
down
Throw
down
the gauntlet
Thumbs
down
Thunder from
Down
Under ( Nickname of Konstantin Kostya Tszyu )
Top
down
Trade
down
True
Blue
( Madonna album )
True
blue
Turn that frown upside
down
Turning
blue
Up and
down
like a bride's nightie
Up and
down
like a whore's drawers
Up and
down
like the Ottoman Empire ( line from Monty Python's Life Of Brian )
Up and
down
the city road
Up hill and
down
dale
Water
down
Watership
Down
( Richard Adams book )
Well blow me
down
Went
down
like a lead balloon
What goes up must come
down
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, and
down
will come baby, cradle and all ( line from nursery rhyme )
When the chips are
down
Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie
down
until it goes away ( Robert Maynard Hutchins quotation )
Wide
blue
yonder
Winning hands
down
Wolf
down
You can't keep a good man
down
You could have knocked me
down
with a feather
Your choice
down
at Wendy's, where quality is our recipe ( Wendy Burgers advertising slogan )