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101 Dalmatians ( Disney cartoon and Glenn
Close
movie )
A Daniel
come
to judgement
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A Short History Of
Nearly
Everything ( Bill Bryson book )
A
close
thing
A lot of fuss
about
nothing
About
face
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About
time too
About
to find pups
About
turn
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All
About
Eve ( Bette Davis movie )
All
around
Robin Hood's barn
All good things must
come
to an end
All things
come
to he who waits
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America's
Next
Top Model
And the
next
object is ( A catchphrase from Twenty Questions )
Around
The World In Eighty Days ( Jules Verne book )
Around
the clock
Arse
about
face
As near as dammit
As tough as they
come
Ask
around
At
close
quarters
Balanced
approach
Bandy
about
Bang on
about
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Bat the idea
around
Beat
about
the bush
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Been
around
the block a few times
Beside
myself with joy
Beside
the point
Better luck
next
time
Boss
about
Boy
next
door
Bugger
about
Bum
about
Change has
come
to America
Chasing nickels
around
dollar bills
Cleanliness is
next
to Godliness ( Pears' Soap advertising slogan )
Cleanliness is
next
to godliness
Close
Encounters of the Third Kind ( Richard Dreyfuss movie )
Close
call
Close
enough for government work
Close
enough for jazz
Close
friends
Close
of play
Close
proximity
Close
quarters
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Close
ranks
Close
shave
Close
the books
Close
to home
Close
to the bone
Close
to the mark
Close
your eyes and think of England
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Close, but no cigar
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Come
Alive! You're in the Pepsi Generation ( Pepsi advertising slogan )
Come
And Get It ( Badfinger song )
Come
Away with Me ( Norah Jones album )
Come
Fly With Me ( Frank Sinatra song )
Come
Into The Garden Maud ( Tennyson poem and Victorian song )
Come
On Baby Light My Fire ( The Doors song )
Come
On Over ( Shania Twain album )
Come
On Over ( Shania Twain song )
Come
Running ( Van Morrison song )
Come
Together ( The Beatles song )
Come
a cropper
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Come
about
Come
across
Come
again?
Come
and get it
Come
and talk to the listening bank ( Midland Bank advertising slogan )
Come
apart at the seams
Come
back for more
Come
between
Come
clean
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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
easy to
Come
from behind
Come
full circle
Come
good
Come
hell or high water
Come
hither eyes
Come
home to Birds Eye Country ( Birds Eye Frozen Foods advertising slogan )
Come
home to a real fire ( Coal Board advertising slogan )
Come
home to roost
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Come
in from the cold
Come
into bloom
Come
into line
Come
into view
Come
into your own
Come
of age
Come
off it
Come
on down ( A catchphrase from The Price Is Right )
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Come
on in, the water's fine
Come
on like gangbusters
Come
on over
Come
on stream
Come
on women, man the factories ( WWII slogan )
Come
out
Come
out and play
Come
out fighting
Come
out in a cold sweat
Come
out in the wash
Come
out of the closet
Come
out of the woodwork
Come
out of your shell
Come
out on top
Come
out swinging
Come
out with your hands up
Come
out you're surrounded
Come
over all funny
Come
rain or shine
Come
round
Come
running
Come
the three corners of the world in arms
Come
to
Come
to Jesus
Come
to Marlboro Country ( Marlboro Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Come
to a head
Come
to a screeching halt
Come
to a sticky end
Come
to blows
Come
to fruition
Come
to grief
Come
to light
Come
to mama
Come
to nothing
Come
to papa
Come
to rest
Come
to the Central Park Zoo Cafeteria. Let the animals watch you eat for a change ( Central Park Zoo advertising slogan )
Come
to the aid of the party
Come
to the edge
Come
to the party
Come
to think of it
Come
to where the flavor is ( Marlboro Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Come
to your senses
Come
together right now over me ( Beatles song lyric )
Come
unstuck
Come
up and see me sometime ( A catchphrase from Mae West )
Come
up short
Come
up smelling of roses
Come
up trumps
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Come
up with
Come
up with the goods
Come
what
come
may
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Come
wind
come
weather
Come
with a begging bowl
Come
with me to the casbah ( A catchphrase from Charles Boyer )
Come
within an ace
Coming to a screen near you
Companion plant ( a plant grown near to another species to enhance its growth )
Cut up
about
Dance
around
the problem
Dangerous Liaisons ( Glenn
Close
movie )
Dick
around
Distance vision ( the ability to see
distant
objects )
Do you
come
here often?
Don't Stand So
Close
To Me ( Police song )
Don't
close
your eyes for a minute
Don't
come
the raw prawn
Don't cross the bridge till you
come
to it
Don't go on
about
it
Don't trouble your pretty little head
about
it
Drag ass
around
Draw to a
close
Dream
come
true
Easy
come
easy go
Echo
Around
the World ( Edison Records advertising slogan )
Everything You Wanted To Know
About
Sex But Were Afraid To Ask ( Woody Allen movie )
Extra, extra, read all
about
it
Fall
about
laughing
Fall
about
your ears
Far better for being near to you ( The Chesham Building Society advertising slogan )
Fart
around
Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night ( All
About
Eve )
Fatal Attraction ( Glenn
Close
/ Michael Douglas movie )
First
come
first served
Fool
around
Gad
about
Get
around
to it
Get your head
around
something
Girl
next
door
Go
about
your business
Go
around
in circles
Go
around
with
Go on
about
Go to see a man
about
a dog
Good things
come
in small packages
Good things
come
in small parcels
Good things
come
in threes
Good things
come
to those who wait ( Guinness advertising slogan )
Goof
around
Green
around
the gills
Hang
about
Hang
around
with
Hard to
come
by
Harp on
about
Have a thing
about
Have you any last requests? ( humorous question asked as though a person was
about
to be killed )
Have your wits
about
you
Hedged
about
Here I
come
to save the day ( A catchphrase from Mighty Mouse )
Holding your cards
close
to your chest
Horse
around
Horsing
around
How
about
that?
How come?
I Do Like To Be
Beside
The Seaside ( British Music Hall song )
I Get
Around
( Beach Boys song )
I don't know much
about
art but I know what I like
I may not know much
about
art, but I know what I like
I've
come
here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum
Idea whose time has
come
If you build it they will
come
If you can keep your head when all
about
you ( from a poem by Kipling )
In out, in out, shake it all
about
In the neighbourhood of
In the order of
In the region of
In the same ballpark
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned
about
life: it goes on ( Robert Frost quotation )
It's
about
time
It's all
about
you ( People Telecom advertising slogan )
It's
come
to a pretty pass
Jerk
around
Jig
around
Johnny
come
lately
Joke
around
Just
around
the corner
Keep on
about
Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer ( proverbial saying )
Keep your wits
about
you
Kick the gong
around
Kidding
around
Knock
about
Knock
about
comedy
Knock into the middle of
next
week
Know what you are
about
Lark
about
Little Boy Blue
come
blow your horn ( line from nursery rhyme )
Loaf
about
Make a song and dance
about
Make no bones
about
Man
about
town
Mess
around
Messing
about
in boats
Milling
about
Monkey
around
Mooching
around
More or less
Much Ado
About
Nothing
Muck
about
My Boomerang Won't
Come
Back ( Charlie Drake song )
My ship has
come
in
Near and dear to my heart
Near death experience
Near miss
Near sighted
Near the knuckle
Near to one's heart
Nearly
new
Next
generation
Next
in line to the throne
Next
to myself, I like BVD best ( BVD Underwear advertising slogan )
Next
to nothing
Ninth inning ( A baseball expression meaning an event or process is near the end )
Nose
around
Not a hundred miles away
Not just
nearly
clean, but really clean ( Ariel Ultra advertising slogan )
Nothing is real and nothing to get hung
about
( The Beatles song lyric )
Nothing to worry your pretty little head
about
Nothing to write home
about
Now is the time for all good men to
come
to the aid of the party
Now they whisper to her not
about
her ( Cashmere Bouquet Soap advertising slogan )
On deck ( A baseball expression meaning
next
in line )
On the bubble
Order
about
Out and
about
Piss
about
Play
around
Point blank range
Ponce
about
Potter
about
Proximity marketing
Pussyfoot
around
Rain, rain go away,
come
again another day ( line from nursery rhyme )
Read all
about
it
Ring
around
the collar ( Wisk detergent advertising slogan )
Rock And Roll Dreams
Come
True ( Meatloaf song )
Rock
Around
The Clock ( Bill Haley song )
Rough
around
the edges
Run rings
around
Run
toward
the sound of gunfire
Sail
close
to the wind
Sanka, everything you love
about
coffee ( Sanka advertising slogan )
Scouting
about
Scratch
around
Screw
around
Scrub
around
it
Shop
Around
( Smokey Robinson song )
Shop
around
Sitting
next
to Nellie
Skim milk does not
come
from skinny cows ( Alba Dry Milk advertising slogan )
Sleep
around
Smoke
around
the campfire
So creamy it's
almost
fattening ( Burma Shave Shaving Cream advertising slogan )
Some day my prince will
come
Some day my prints will
come
Something
About
You ( Four Tops song )
Something to crow
about
Sorry
about
that, Chief. ( A catchphrase from Get Smart )
Stone's throw
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Stop faffing
about
Stop messing
about
( A catchphrase from Kenneth Williams )
Take it to the
next
level
Talks
about
talks
Taste Me! Taste Me!
Come
on and Taste Me! ( Doral Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Tell me
about
it
Tell them
about
the honey, mummy ( Sugar Puffs advertising slogan )
Thank you,
come
again ( A catchphrase from Apu In The Simpsons )
That just
about
takes the biscuit
That's
about
it
That's
about
the size of it
The
Next
America ( Nickname of Columbia Maryland )
The best is yet to
come
The chickens have
come
home to roost
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The dim
distant
past
The
next
president of the United States
The
next
small thing
The shape of things to
come
The shot heard
around
the world
The time has
come
the walrus said to talk of many things
The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things, Carroll )
The wheel has
come
full circle
The wheels have
come
off
The world
around
one
There's Something
About
Mary ( Cameron Diaz movie )
There's a lot of it
about
( A catchphrase from Spike Milligan )
There's not much in it
There's something
about
her
There's something funny
about
it
There's too much arson
about
here
They never
come
back
Things to
come
This neck of the woods
This time
next
year we will be millionaires ( A catchphrase from Only Fools And Horses )
Throw your money
around
Throw your weight
about
Till the cows
come
home
To kingdom
come
Too Busy Thinking
About
My Baby ( Marvin Gaye song )
Too
close
for comfort
Too
close
to call
Tool
around
Toward
this end
Twist
around
your little finger
Up and
about
Up
close
and personal
Watch out there's a Humphrey
about
( Milk Marketing Board advertising slogan )
We will cross that bridge when we
come
to it
What goes
around
comes
around
What goes up must
come
down
What has
come
over you?
What's It All About, Alfie? ( Michael Caine movie )
What's all the fuss about?
When sorrows come, they
come
not single spies, but in battalions
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, and down will
come
baby, cradle and all ( line from nursery rhyme )
When you
come
to think of it
Why don't you
come
up sometime and see me? ( She Done Him Wrong )
Within spitting distance
Within striking distance
Wrapped
around
your little finger
You are now free to move
about
the country ( Southwest Airlines advertising slogan )
You can't keep quiet
about
a Wispa ( Cadbury's Wispa advertising slogan )
You won't have Nixon to kick
around
anymore
You'd be so nice to
come
home to
You've
come
a long way, baby ( Virginia Slims Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Your
next
car ( Chrysler advertising slogan )