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1001 Cleans a Big, Big Carpet for Less than Half a
Crown
( 1001 advertising slogan )
A bear of very little
brain
A
face
as long as a fiddle
A
face
like a Greek god
A few roos loose in the
top
paddock
A great
face
for radio
A head for business and a
body
for sin
A healthy mind in a healthy
body
A product of the
master
mind ( Senior Service cigarettes advertising slogan )
A room without books is like a
body
without a soul ( Marcus Tullius Cicero quotation )
A sledgehammer to crack a
nut
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About
face
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Above my head
Acid head
Ahead
of his time
Ahead
of the curve
Ahead
of the game
Air head
All The President's Men ( Dustin Hoffman / Robert Redford movie )
America's Next
Top
Model
And shining morning face, creeping like a snail unwillingly to school
Angel
face
Are you a Cadbury's Fruit &
Nut
case? ( Cadburys advertising slogan )
Arse about
face
As mad as a bear with a sore head
As plain as the nose on your
face
As sweet as a
nut
At
face
value
Baby
brain
( forgetfulness caused by lack of sleep when caring for a newborn )
Baby
face
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
Big
headed
Big white
chief
Bitch slap ( a full swing slap in the
face
intended to be humiliating )
Bite someone's head off
Blow your
top
Blue in the
face
Boat race ( Cockney rhyming slang for
face
)
Body
and soul
Body
bag
Body
blow
Body
building
Body
heat
Body
language
Body
mass index
Body
of evidence
Body
of opinion
Body
off Baywatch,
face
off Crimewatch
Body
painting ( a form of painting that uses the human
body
as a canvas )
Body
politic
Body
popping
Body
snatcher
Body
surfing
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Bombed out of your
skull
Bone head
Boom or
bust
Boss
about
Boss
eyed
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Boss
of all bosses
Boy, is my
face
red ( A catchphrase from David Letterman )
Brain
bucket
Brain
candy
Brain
dead
Brain
drain
Brain
dump
Brain
fade
Brain
fart
Brain
picker
Brain
teaser
Brain
wave
Bring to a head
Built for the road
ahead
( Ford Cars advertising slogan )
Burning Down The House ( Talking
Heads
song )
Bury your head in the sand
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Bust
a gut
Bust
a move ( dance in a stylish way )
Bust
digits
Bust
someone's ass
Bust
your balls
Bust
your buttons
Bust
your chops
Butt head
Butter
Face
Can't Get You Out of My Head ( Kylie Minogue song )
Can't make head or tail of it
Cash on the barrelhead
Cherry
top
Chew
face
Chief
cook and bottle washer
Chief
of staff
Click here for Royal
Crown
Cola ( Royal
Crown
Cola advertising slogan )
Come out on
top
Come to a head
Cooler
heads
will prevail
Couldn't make head or tail of it
Cream always rises to the
top
Crown
Jewels
Crown
privilege
Dead
heads
Dief the
Chief
( Nickname of John Diefenbaker )
Digital
leader
Do you want a shape like a bra? Or do you want a shape like a woman? ( Warner's
Body
Bra advertising slogan )
Do your head in
Do your
nut
Doesn't have a jealous bone in his
body
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 trouble your pretty little head about it
Double header ( A baseball expression denoting two events held on the same day with the same participants )
Eat
face
Egg on your
face
Empty
headed
Everyone's a Cadbury's Fruit and
Nut
Case ( Cadbury's Fruit and
Nut
advertising slogan )
Eyes in the back of your head
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
Fall flat on your
face
Fearless
leader
Ferret
face
( Nickname of Major Frank Burns ( Larry Linville ) )
Figure painting ( a form of painting in which the human
body
is the subject )
First and
foremost
Fish always rot from the head downwards
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Fly in the
face
of the evidence
For
top
laps ( The Economist advertising slogan )
Forge
ahead
Fountain head
Frog
face
From the
top
From
top
to toe
Fruiting
body
Full head of hair
Full steam
ahead
Funny in the head
Gabba gabba hey ( A catchphrase from Ramones In
Pinhead
)
Galloping
dandruff
Game
brain
Get it into your head
Get out of my
face
Get your head around something
Get your head down
Get your head together
Go ahead, make my day ( A catchphrase from Sudden Impact )
Go and boil your head
Go boil your head
Go
bust
Go over the
top
Go to the
top
of the class
Go to your head
Good head on his shoulders
Got it on the
brain
Got your head screwed on
Hail to the
chief
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
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
Headless chicken
Heads
I win, tails you lose
Heads
or tails
Heads
up
Heads
will roll
Heap coals of fire on someone's head
Heavenly
body
Her
face
lit up
Hit the headlines
Hit the nail on the head
Hold a gun to his head
Hold up your head
Hold your head up high
I am the
master
of my fate ( from a poem by Henley )
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 Ross, and you're the
Boss
( Ross Perot slogan )
If I said you had a beautiful
body
would you hold it against me?
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 you keep late hours for Society's sake, Bromo-Seltzer will cure that
headache
( Bromo-Seltzer advertising slogan )
If you want to get ahead, get a hat ( Hat Council advertising slogan )
If your
face
fits
In over your head
In tip
top
condition
In your
face
It's a honey of an O, it's Honey
Nut
Cheerios ( Cheerios advertising slogan )
It's lonely at the
top
It's tough at the
top
It's written all over your
face
Jack fell down and broke his
crown
( line from nursery rhyme )
Jack is as good as his
master
Jack of all trades but
master
of none
Jewel in the
crown
Just slightly
ahead
of our time ( Panasonic advertising slogan )
Kangaroos in your
top
paddock
Keep a civil tongue in your head
Keep a cool head
Keep a straight
face
Keep
body
and soul together
Keep on
top
of
Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars ( A catchphrase from Casey Kasem In America's
Top
40 )
Keep your head
Keep your head above water
Keep your head down
Kick sand in his
face
Knock
heads
together
Knock it on the head
Knock your
heads
together
Knuckle head
Lame
brain
Laugh in your
face
Laugh on the wrong side of your
face
Laugh your head off
Leader
of the pack
Leagues
ahead
Let's
face
it
Let's
face
the music and dance
Level head
Level
headed
Like a chicken with its head cut off
Loaf of bread ( Cockney rhyming slang for head )
Long
face
Lose
face
Lose your head
Loss
leader
Mace your
face
Major league ( A baseball expression meaning at the
top
rank )
Make a
face
Make your head spin
Master
Blaster ( Nickname of Sachin Tendulkar - Indian cricketer )
Master
of disguise
Meat head
Milk. It does a
body
good ( Milk Marketing Board advertising slogan )
Mister Gorbachev, tear down this wall! ( A slogan from
President
Reagan )
Monstrous carbuncle on the
face
of an old friend ( Prince Charles quotation )
Muddle
headed
My head is spinning
Natural born
leader
Need your head examined
No
introduction
necessary
Nobody can say no to the honey
nut
Os in Honey
Nut
Cheerios ( Cheerios Cereals advertising slogan )
Not just a pretty
face
Not right in the head
Nothing to worry your pretty little head about
Nut
factory
Off the
top
of my head
Off with his head
Off your
face
Off your head
Old head on young shoulders
Old
master
On me 'ead, son
On me head son ( Invitation to cross a football so that another player can head it )
On the
brain
On the
face
of it
On the
face
of the earth
On
top
of the world
On your own head be it
Once In A Liftime ( Talking Heads' song )
One jump
ahead
of
One step
ahead
Out of the
top
drawer
Out of your head
Out of your
skull
Over my dead
body
Over the
top
Over your head
Pecker head
Petrol head
Pizza
face
Plan
ahead
Play kissy
face
Pointy head
Poker
Face
( Lady Gaga song )
Poker
face
Portrait painting ( a form of painting in which the human
face
is the subject )
Pot head
Price on his head
Propeller head
Psycho Killer ( Talking
Heads
song )
Puddin' Head ( Nickname of Colonel Sherman Potter ( Harry Morgan ) )
Puddin' Head ( Nickname of Willie Jones )
Pull a
face
Pull your head in
Puppet
master
Put a brave
face
on
Put a gun to your head
Put your
brain
in gear
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
heads
together
Quit while you're
ahead
Race for the taste, the honey sweet taste!, the honey-nutty taste of Honey
Nut
Cheerios ( Cheerios Cereals advertising slogan )
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head ( Burt Bacharach song )
Road To Nowhere ( Talking
Heads
song )
Rock a bye baby on the tree top, when the wind blows the cradle will rock ( line from nursery rhyme )
Save
face
See the
face
you love light up with Terry's All Gold ( Terrys Chocolates advertising slogan )
Seesaw Margery Daw Johnny shall have a new
master
( line from nursery rhyme )
Set your
face
against something
Shout at the
top
of one's lungs
Shut your
face
Simply years
ahead
( Philips advertising slogan )
Slap in the
face
Sleep like a
top
Sleepy head
Snap someone's head off
Soft in the head
Some kind of a
nut
Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't ( Peter Paul Mounds advertising slogan )
Sorry about that, Chief. ( A catchphrase from Get Smart )
Splitting
headache
Stand it on its head
Stay
ahead
of the curve
Stops
body
odour ( Lifebouy Soap advertising slogan )
Streets
ahead
of
Strong in the arm and thick in the head
Stuff your
face
Suck
face
( slang term for kissing )
Take it from the
top
Take it into your head
Take me to your
leader
Talk over your head
Talking head
Teflon
president
Tense nervous
headache
The Adventure of the Red-Headed League ( Sherlock Holmes story )
The Adventure of the Yellow
Face
( Sherlock Holmes story )
The
Body
Guard ( Nickname of Baron Davis )
The
Boss
( Nickname of Bruce Springsteen )
The
Chief
( Nickname of Robert Parish )
The
Dome
of the Rock ( tourist attraction in Israel )
The Drywall
Master
of the Universe ( Nickname of Dan Conner ( John Goodman ) )
The
Face
( Nickname of Lt.Templeton Peck ( Dirk Benedict ) )
The Head Ball Coach ( Nickname of Steve Spurrier )
The Little
Master
( Nickname of Sachin Tendulkar - Indian cricketer )
The
Master
( Nickname of Noel Coward )
The
Master
Race
The
Master
of the Atrocious Pun ( Nickname of Clifton Fadiman )
The Peerless
Leader
( Nickname of Frank Chance )
The
President
( Nickname of Reggie Bush )
The Thomas
Crown
Affair ( Steve McQueen movie )
The
Top
Ten
The answer is staring you in the
face
The
body
is still warm
The
body
of evidence
The crowned
heads
of Europe
The elevator doesn't go to the
top
floor
The
face
that launched a thousand ships
The
leader
of the free world
The
master
of my fate
The next
president
of the United States
The
top
banana in the West ( Hughes Air West advertising slogan )
The
top
of the programme
The unacceptable
face
of capitalism
The view from the
top
Thin on
top
This is your brain. This is your
brain
on drugs. Any questions? ( The Partnership for a Drug-Free America advertising slogan )
Throw a beanball ( A baseball expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their head )
Throw it back in your
face
Tonight's
top
ten list ( A catchphrase from David Letterman In The Late Show )
Top
Hat ( Fred Astaire / Ginger Rogers movie )
Top
and tail
Top
banana
Top
breeders recommend it ( Pedigree Chum Dog food advertising slogan )
Top
dog
Top
dollar
Top
down
Top
drawer
Top
flight
Top
gear
Top
hole
Top
it off
Top
marks
Top
notch
Top
o' the morning
Top
of the hour
Top
of the pops
Top
of the range
Top
of the shop ( Bingo call for number ninety )
Top
of the tree
Top
out at
Top
people take the Times ( The Times advertising slogan )
Top
priority
Top
quality
Top
seed
Top
shelf magazine
Top
slicing
Top
table
Top
the bill
Top
tips
Tough
nut
to crack
Towel head ( derogatory slang term referring to an Arab man )
Trench warfare ( combat where troops
face
each other in trenches )
Turn
heads
Two
heads
are better than one
Under the big
top
Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown
Upon your head be it
Use your loaf
Vacation is a world where there are no locks on the doors or the mind or the
body
( Club Med Resorts advertising slogan )
Waits at the window, wearing the
face
that she keeps in a jar by the door ( Beatles song lyric )
War eagle ( the golden eagle - used by Native Americans to make headdresses )
Wardrobe malfunction ( when an item of clothing slips out of place to expose part of the
body
- typically a woman's breast )
Wet the baby's head
Win by a head
Wipe the smile off your
face
Wipe your
face
World
leader
Yes,
master
( A catchphrase from I Dream Of Jeannie )
Yorkshire born in Yorkshire bred, strong in the arm and weak in the head
You can't
top
the copper
top
( Duracell Batteries advertising slogan )
You too can have a
body
like mine ( Charles Atlas advertising slogan )
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 )