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A
cat
may look at a king
A fine
line
A leopard cannot change its spots
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat ( A
line
from Monty Python's Flying
Circus
)
A
tiger
in your tank
A whole different
animal
( Frontier Airlines advertising slogan )
All aboard the Skylark ( A
line
from Noah and Nelly )
All men are cremated equal ( Spike Milligan
line
)
Alley
cat
( slang term for a prostitute )
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life ( Monty Python's Flying
Circus
song )
And now for something completely different ( A catchphrase from Monty Python's Flying
Circus
)
Animal
Crackers ( Marx Brothers movie )
Animal
Farm ( George Orwell book )
Animal
attraction
Animal
instinct
Animal
liberation
Animal
magic
Animal
magnetism
Animal
rights
As brave as a lion
As nervous as a long tailed
cat
in a room full of rocking chairs
Beard the lion in his den
Bell the
cat
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Big
Cat
( Nickname of American football player Leon Lett )
Big
Cat
( Nickname of baseball player Andres Galarraga )
Big
Cat
( Nickname of boxer Cleveland Williams )
Blessed are the cheese makers (
line
from Monty Python's Life of Brian )
Born Free ( Virginia McKenna movie )
Brighton
line
( Bingo call for number fifty nine )
Cake or death (
line
from Eddie Izzard comedy )
Cat
Balou ( Jane Fonda movie )
Cat
On A Hot Tin Roof ( play by Tennesee Williams and Elizabeth Taylor movie )
Cat
and mouse game
Cat
call
Cat
got your tongue?
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Cat
has nine lives
Cat
in Hell's chance
Cat
person
Cat
scratch fever
Cat's Cradle
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Celebrate
the Moments of Your Life ( General Foods International Coffee advertising slogan )
Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends! (
line
from the movie 25th Hour )
Chopsticks are one of the reasons the Chinese never invented custard ( Spike Milligan
line
)
Circle Of Life ( Elton John song )
Come down to the
line
Come into
line
Concrete
jungle
Contraceptives should be used on all conceivable occasions ( Spike Milligan
line
)
Cool
cat
Cross the
line
Curiosity killed the
cat
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Dead
cat
bounce
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Do a
line
Don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars (
line
from the movie Now, Voyager )
Draw a
line
in the sand
Draw the
line
Drop me a
line
Easy
tiger
Eight maids a-milking (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Eight out of ten cats prefer it ( Whiskas
Cat
Food advertising slogan )
Eleven pipers piping (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
End of the
line
Enough to make a
cat
laugh
Every time a bell rings, an angel gets it's wings (
line
from It's A Wonderful Life )
Eye of the
Tiger
( Survivor song )
Fall into
line
Fight like
cat
and dog
Five golden rings (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Four calling birds (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Fred Carno's
circus
Front
line
Get busy living, or get busy dying (
line
from the movie The Shawshank Redemption )
Getting there is half the fun ( Cunard
Line
advertising slogan )
Go, and never darken my towels again ( Groucho Marx
line
)
Got a
tiger
by the tail
Hand a
line
He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy (
line
from the movie Life of Brian )
Hell
cat
Hey diddle diddle, the
cat
and the fiddle (
line
from nursery rhyme )
Hold the
line
Hook
line
and sinker
I Walk The
Line
( Johnny Cash song )
I can see you standing over a hot stove, but I can't see the stove ( Groucho Marx
line
)
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception ( Groucho Marx
line
)
I tawt I taw a puddy
cat
( A catchphrase from Sylvester the
Cat
)
I told you I was ill ( Spike Milligan
line
inscribed on his gravestone )
I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! (
line
from the movie Network )
If you can't ride two horses at once, you shouldn't be in the
circus
If you change your mind, I'm the first in
line
( ABBA lyric )
In like a lion out like a lamb
In
line
for
In the
line
of duty
In the
line
of fire
Infamy Infamy! They've all got it in for me! ( Kenneth Williams
line
in Carry On Cleo )
Into the
lion's
den
It's a
jungle
out there
Jump the
line
Jungle
Jim ( Nickname of Jim Loscutoff )
Jungle
boogie
Jungle
fever
Jungle
juice
Keep in
line
King of the
jungle
Kruger National Park ( tourist attraction in South
Africa
)
Lay it on the
line
Leave the gun, take the cannoli (
line
from The Godfather )
Let the
cat
out of the bag
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon ( Woody Allen
line
)
Like a
cat
on a hot coals
Like a
cat
on a hot tin roof
Like something the
cat
dragged in
Line
abreast
Line
astern
Line
is full of misery and lonliness and it's over much too soon ( Woody Allen
line
)
Line
of attack
Line
of least resistance
Line
of sight
Line
of work
Line
your pockets
Lion's
share
Lions
led by donkeys
Look what the
cat
dragged in
Mama always said that life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get (
line
from the movie Forrest Gump )
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb
Media
circus
Mendoza
line
( A baseball expression denoting a
line
marking a very poor performance )
My one regret in life is that I am not someone else ( Woody Allen
line
)
Next in
line
to the throne
Nine ladies dancing (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition ( A catchphrase from Monty Python's Flying
Circus
)
No room to swing a
cat
Nothing else is Arthur's good ( Arthur's
Cat
Food advertising slogan )
Nudge nudge, wink wink ( A
line
from Monty Python's Flying
Circus
)
Off
line
On deck ( A baseball expression meaning next in
line
)
One toe over the
line
Out of
line
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read ( Groucho Marx
line
)
Paper
tiger
Party
animal
Party
line
Picket
line
Please hold the
line
Political
animal
Purr like a
cat
Put a
tiger
in Your Tank ( Esso advertising slogan )
Put the
cat
amongst the pigeons
Put your head into the
lion's
mouth
Roar, Boys, Roar, It tastes like more, What a flavor, Zippity-zow - its grand - and HOW ( Grape-Nuts Flakes Cereal advertising slogan )
Robben Island - South
Africa
Run Forrest, Run! (
line
from the movie Forrest Gump )
Scaredy
cat
See which way the
cat
jumps
Seven swans a-swimming (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Shoot someone a
line
Sign on the dotted
line
Six geese a-laying (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Smiling like a Cheshire
cat
Starting
line
up
Step out of
line
Stop, or my mom will shoot (
line
from Sylvestor Stallone movie )
Table Mountain ( tourist attraction in South
Africa
)
Take a hard
line
Tastes so good cats ask for it by name ( Meow Mix
Cat
food advertising slogan )
Ten lords a-leaping (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
That
cat
won't jump
The Adventure of the
Lion's
Mane ( Sherlock Holmes story )
The
Animal
( Nickname of Edmundo )
The Big
Cat
( Nickname of Jamaal Magloire )
The
Cat
( Nickname of Cuttino Mobley )
The Celtic
Tiger
The Greatest Show on Earth ( Barnum & Bailey
Circus
advertising slogan )
The
Jungle
Book ( Disney cartoon movie )
The Kruger National Park ( tourist attraction in South
Africa
)
The Lion In Winter ( Peter O'Toole / Katharine Hepburn movie )
The Lion King ( Disney cartoon movie )
The Lion of Judah ( Nickname of Haile Selassie )
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
The
animal
kingdom
The blackboard
jungle
The bottom
line
The bottom
line
is the bottom
line
is the bottom
line
The
cat
sat on the mat
The
cat
that swallowed the canary
The
cat
who doesn't act finicky soon loses control of his owner ( 9 Lives
Cat
Food advertising slogan )
The
cat
who got the cream
The cat's meow
The cat's pyjamas
The cat's whiskers
The finishing
line
The law of the
jungle
The lion leaps from strength to strength ( Peugeot advertising slogan )
The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep ( Woody Allen
line
)
The
roar
of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd
The thin red
line
The valley of the shadow of death (
line
from the Psalm 23 )
There are more ways of killing a
cat
than choking it with cream
There's a
tiger
in my tank
There's more than one way to skin a
cat
These go to eleven (
line
from the movie This Is Spinal Tap )
This
line
of business
This
line
of country
Three French hens (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Three
line
whip
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana ( Groucho Marx
line
)
To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! (
line
from the movie A Fish Called Wanda )
To infinty and beyond (
line
from the movie Toy Story )
Toe the
line
Treading a fine
line
Twelve drummers drumming (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Two turtle doves (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Up and down like the Ottoman Empire (
line
from Monty Python's Life Of Brian )
Wait in
line
Was there a lion on your egg this morning? ( British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan )
We Are the World ( USA for
Africa
song )
We are going to need considerably bigger buns (
line
from Calendar Girls )
Welcome to the
Jungle
( Guns n Roses song )
Well, nobody's perfect (
line
from the movie Some Like It Hot )
What we have here is a failure to communicate (
line
from Cool Hand Luke )
When the cat's away the mice will play
Who's she, the cat's mother?
You can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff ( Groucho Marx
line
)
You can rely on the lion ( British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan )
You say you want a revolution (
Line
from Beatles song )
You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off! (
line
from the Michael Caine movie The Italian Job )