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A list of phrases related to the word "little"...
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A
Short
History Of Nearly Everything ( Bill Bryson book )
A
Short
History Of Tractors In Ukrainian ( Marina Lewycka book )
A bear of very little brain
A few bricks
short
of a full load
A few cards
short
of a full deck
A little bird told me
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A little dab'll do ya ( Brylcreem advertising slogan )
A little help from above
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
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A little learning is a dangerous thing ( from a poem by Alexander Pope )
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A little of what you fancy does you good
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A still
small
voice
All creatures great and
small
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt ( Charles M. Schulz quotation )
Art is long and life is
short
As
small
as the hairs on a gnat's bollock
As sure as God made little green apples
As thick as two
short
planks
At the last
minute
Bama Lama Bama Loo ( Little Richard song )
Big fish eat little fish
Big fish in a
small
pool ( someone considered influential compared to their less significant peers )
Big fleas have little fleas
Bring up
short
Caught by the
short
and curlies
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Caught
short
Come up
short
Computer says no ( A catchphrase from Little Britain )
Crazy Little Thing Called Love ( Queen song )
Cut a long story
short
Daddy's little girl
Day late and a dollar
short
Dirty little secret
Don't close your eyes for a
minute
Don't sweat the
small
stuff
Don't trouble your pretty little head about it
Dream a little dream of you
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic ( Police song )
Every little helps ( Tesco advertising slogan )
Everything you want from a store and a little bit more ( Safeway Supermarkets advertising slogan )
First World problem ( a relatively
trivial
problem only affecting the affluent )
Forward
Short
Leg ( field position in the game of cricket )
Get a little extra help ( Halifax advertising slogan )
Glow Little Glow-worm ( children's nursery rhyme )
Gnat's bollock ( slang term for a very
small
unit of measurement )
Good Golly Miss Molly ( Little Richard song )
Good things come in
small
packages
Good things come in
small
parcels
Greasy spoon ( a
small
cheap cafe selling fried food )
Hang on a
minute
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas ( Judy Garland song )
Hold on a
minute
I Say A Little Prayer ( Aretha Franklin song )
I am the only gay in the village ( A catchphrase from Little Britain )
I spy with my little eye
I want that one ( A catchphrase from Little Britain )
I'll Get By With Little Help From My Friends ( The Beatles song )
I'm a laydee ( A catchphrase from Little Britain )
I'm a little bit wooooor, a little bit waaaaaaaaaayy, I'm a geezer! ( A catchphrase from Chris The Crafty Cockney In The Fast Show )
I've got a little list
In
short
order
In
short
supply
In the
short
run
Into every life a little rain must fall
It doesn't take a
minute
to bag it and bin it ( UK public advertisement advertising slogan )
Jagged Little Pill ( Alanis Morissette album )
Keep A Knockin' ( Little Richard song )
Lady Marmalade ( Christina Aguilera Lil' Kim and Pink song )
Last
minute
Laugh a
minute
Life's little luxuries
Life's too
short
Little Bo peep has lost her sheep ( line from nursery rhyme )
Little Boxes ( Pete Seeger song )
Little Boy Blue come blow your horn ( line from nursery rhyme )
Little Brown Jug ( Glenn Miller tune )
Little Chocolate ( Nickname of George Dixon )
Little Cuba ( Nickname of Miami Florida )
Little Deuce Coupe ( Beach Boys song )
Little General ( Nickname of Avery Johnson )
Little Hands of Stone ( Nickname of Michael Carbajal )
Little Hitler
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner ( line from nursery rhyme )
Little London ( Nickname of Gothenburg Sweden )
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey ( line from nursery rhyme )
Little New York ( Nickname of Carmelo Anthony )
Little Poison ( Nickname of Lloyd Waner )
Little Red Corvette ( Prince song )
Little Red Rooster ( Rolling Stones song )
Little Rhody ( Nickname of the US state of Rhode Island )
Little Robin Red breast sat upon a tree ( line from nursery rhyme )
Little Sure Shot ( Nickname of Annie Oakley )
Little Tommy Tucker sings for his supper ( line from nursery rhyme )
Little White Bull ( Tommy Steele song )
Little Women ( Louisa May Alcott book )
Little black book
Little black dress
Little black number
Little blighter
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little by little
Little devil
Little fish in a big pond ( someone considered unimportant compared to their more significant peers )
Little gentleman in the velvet coat
Little green men
Little pitchers have big ears
Little strokes fell great oaks
Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape
Little things please little minds
Little tin god
Little treasure
Little white lie
Long Tall Sally ( Little Richard song )
Make little of
Make
short
work of
Mary had a little lamb its fleece was white as snow ( line from nursery rhyme )
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow
Mother's little helper
Move On Up a Little Higher ( Mahalia Jackson song )
Nasty, brutish and
short
New York
minute
No job too
small
Nothing to worry your pretty little head about
O ye, of little faith
Oh little town of Bethlehem
One brick
short
of a load
One
minute
to midnight
One of life's little ironies
One
small
step for man, one giant leap for mankind ( Neil Armstrong quotation )
Pizza! Pizza! ( Little Caesars restaurants advertising slogan )
Poor little rich girl
Precious little
Pull someone up
short
Quite the little gentleman
Ready Teddy ( Little Richard song )
Santa's Little Helpers ( allusion to the elves that help Father Christmas )
Seeing
small
business differently ( SBC Communications advertising slogan )
Shit ( or
short
) end of the stick
Short
Fine Leg ( field position in the game of cricket )
Short
Mid Wicket ( field position in the game of cricket )
Short
Square Leg ( field position in the game of cricket )
Short
and curlies
Short
and sweet
Short
arms, long pockets
Short
but sweet
Short
change
Short
end of the stick
Short
fuse
Short
list
Short
sharp shock
Short
shrift
Short
sighted
Short
stuff
Show a little leg
Small
beer
Small
fortune
Small
is beautiful
Small
minded
Small
potatoes
Small
wonder
Small
wonder ( Volkswagen advertising slogan )
So many books, so little time ( Frank Zappa quotation )
Sold
short
Solutions for a
small
planet ( IBM advertising slogan )
Sticks and snails and puppy dog's tails that's what little boys are made of ( line from nursery rhyme )
Suffer the little children
Sugar and spice and all things nice that's what little girls are made of ( line from nursery rhyme )
Sweet Little Sixteen ( Chuck Berry / Beatles song )
Take a long walk off a
short
pier
Take a long walk off a
short
plank
The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas ( Burt Reynolds / Dolly Parton movie )
The Girl Can't Help It ( Little Richard song and movie )
The God Of
Small
Things ( Arundhati Roy book )
The Little Big Man ( Nickname of Sharmba Mitchell )
The Little Buttercup ( Nickname of Ralph Kramden ( Jackie Gleason ) )
The Little Corporal ( Nickname of Napoleon Bonaparte )
The Little Drummer Boy ( Harry Simeone Chorale song )
The Little Engine ( Nickname of T.J.Ford )
The Little Lady ( Nickname of Jo Anne Santini ( Michele Scarabelli ) )
The Little Master ( Nickname of Sachin Tendulkar - Indian cricketer )
The Little Mermaid ( Disney cartoon movie )
The Little Paris ( Nickname of Bucharest Romania )
The Little Queen of the Soap Operas ( Nickname of actress Anne Francis )
The Little Sparrow ( Nickname of Edith Piaf )
The Little Witch ( Nickname of Juan Sebastian Veron )
The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer
The little boys' room
The little dog laughed to see such fun
The little engine that could
The little people
The long and
short
of it
The next
small
thing
The patter of
tiny
feet
The
short
end of the stick
The
small
screen
The still
small
voice of God
The winner takes it all, the loser standing
small
( ABBA lyric )
There's a little McDonald's in Everyone ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
There's one born every
minute
These little things are sent to try us
Think
small
( Volkswagen advertising slogan )
This little piggy had roast beef, this little piggy had none ( line from nursery rhyme )
This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed at home ( line from nursery rhyme )
Time out for
tiny
little tea leaves in Tetley Tea ( Tetley Tea advertising slogan )
Tiptoe through the tulips ( 1920s Broadway song and
Tiny
Tim hit )
To cut a long story
short
To make a long story
short
Too little, too late
Try A Little Tenderness ( Otis Redding song )
Tutti Frutti ( Little Richard song )
Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are ( line from nursery rhyme )
Twist around your little finger
Two bricks
short
of a load
Two little dicky birds sitting on a wall, one named Peter, one named Paul ( line from nursery rhyme )
Two little ducks ( Bingo call for number twenty two )
Two sandwiches
short
of a picnic
Wait just a cotton picking
minute
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Wee
small
hours of the morning
Who's little boy are you?
With A Little Help From My Friends ( The Beatles song )
Wrapped around your little finger
Yeah but, no but ( A catchphrase from Little Britain )
Yeah, I know ( A catchphrase from Little Britain )
You can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a
minute
and a huff ( Groucho Marx line )
You'll look a little lovelier each day, with fabulous pink Camay ( Camay Soap advertising slogan )