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A Mars a day helps you work, rest and play ( Mars Chocolate advertising slogan )
A dirty
business
A fine
line
A head for
business
and a body for sin
A lot on your plate ( having many responsibilities )
A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat ( A
line
from Monty Python's Flying Circus )
A
work
in progress
Ads
work
harder in the new Granada ( Granada advertising slogan )
All aboard the Skylark ( A
line
from Noah and Nelly )
All in a day's
work
All men are cremated equal ( Spike Milligan
line
)
All my own
work
All
work
and no play makes Jack a dull boy
Alpha Mom ( an ambitious mother who aims to excel at
work
while raising children )
America's Oldest
Living
Teenager ( Nickname of game show host Dick Clark )
Are your friends
living
beyond your means? ( Chivas Regal Scotch advertising slogan )
As patient as
Job
Back in
business
Balance of
trade
(
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Beat the
living
crap out of
Beat the
living
daylights out of
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Beat the
living
snot out of
Better things for better living, through chemistry ( Dupont advertising slogan )
Big Blue ( Nickname of International
Business
Machines ( IBM ) )
Blessed are the cheese makers (
line
from Monty Python's Life of Brian )
Blow
job
Boob
job
Botched
job
Brighton
line
( Bingo call for number fifty nine )
Bury yourself in your
work
Business
acumen
Business
as usual
Business
at hand
Business
before pleasure
Business
class
Business
end
Business
is beautiful ( Sprint advertising slogan )
Business
is like a car, it will not run by itself except downhill
Business
jet
Business
need
Business
or pleasure
Business
partner
Business
plan
Business
to
business
Cake or death (
line
from Eddie Izzard comedy )
Cap and
trade
( A policy tool aimed at protecting the environment )
Career
limiting move
Career
path
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
)
Close enough for government
work
Come down to the
line
Come into
line
Comparison With the
Living
Artist Reveals No Difference ( Edison Records advertising slogan )
Contraceptives should be used on all conceivable occasions ( Spike Milligan
line
)
Cross the
line
Daily grind ( the daily routine of a dull or boring
job
)
Dirty
work
at the crossroads
Do a
line
Do the
business
Do your
business
Doing a land-office
business
Doing a sterling
job
Don't give up the day
job
Don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars (
line
from the movie Now, Voyager )
Don't mix
business
with pleasure
Donkey
work
Draw a
line
in the sand
Draw the
line
Drop me a
line
Eight maids a-milking (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Eke out a
living
Eleven pipers piping (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
End of the
line
Every time a bell rings, an angel gets it's wings (
line
from It's A Wonderful Life )
Everybody out ( A catchphrase from The Rag
Trade
)
Fair
Trade
Fall down on the
job
Fall into
line
Five golden rings (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
For successful
living
( Diesel advertising slogan )
For those who like the
trade
rough ( Travis aftershave advertising slogan )
Form follows
function
Four calling birds (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
Free
trade
Front
line
Get behind in your
work
Get busy living, or get busy dying (
line
from the movie The Shawshank Redemption )
Get down to
business
Getting there is half the fun ( Cunard
Line
advertising slogan )
Go about your
business
Go to
work
on an egg ( British Egg Marketing Board advertising slogan )
Go, and never darken my towels again ( Groucho Marx
line
)
Hand a
line
Hand
job
Hard
work
never did anyone any harm
Hard
work
never killed anyone
Hatchet
job
Have your
work
cut out for you
Hazards of the
job
He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy (
line
from the movie Life of Brian )
Hold down a
job
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 have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't
work
( Thomas Edison quotation )
I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception ( Groucho Marx
line
)
I told you I was ill ( Spike Milligan
line
inscribed on his gravestone )
I'll make it my
business
I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! (
line
from the movie Network )
I'm only doing my
job
If a
job
is worth doing it is worth doing well
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no
work
for tinkers
If you change your mind, I'm the first in
line
( ABBA lyric )
Imagination at
Work
( General Electric advertising slogan )
In
line
for
In
living
memory
In the land of the
living
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 )
Inside
job
It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it ( A catchphrase from Nick Stone In Tightrope )
It's a
living
Jump the
line
Just the
job
Keep in
line
Keep up the good
work
Land office
business
Lay it on the
line
Leave the gun, take the cannoli (
line
from The Godfather )
Lie down on the
job
Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon ( Woody Allen
line
)
Life is our life's
Work
( Pfizer advertising slogan )
Like nobody's
business
Like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic
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
Living
as man and wife
Living
in a box
Living
in sin
Living
is easy with eyes closed ( Beatles song lyric )
Living
legend
Living
off the fat of the land
Living
on borrowed time
Living
the dream
Living
together
Living
well is the best revenge
Living
will
Maid of all
work
Make a good
job
of it
Make light
work
of
Make short
work
of
Make the best of a bad
job
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 )
Many hands make light
work
Mean
business
Mendoza
line
( A baseball expression denoting a
line
marking a very poor performance )
Mind your own
business
Monkey
business
Moving at the speed of
business
( UPS advertising slogan )
My one regret in life is that I am not someone else ( Woody Allen
line
)
Nasty piece of
work
Never do a stroke of
work
Next in
line
to the throne
Nice
work
if you can get it
Nine ladies dancing (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
No
job
too small
Nudge nudge, wink wink ( A
line
from Monty Python's Flying Circus )
Occupational hazard
Off
line
Office
work
On deck ( A baseball expression meaning next in
line
)
On the
job
On the
job
training
One toe over the
line
Only fools and horses
work
Open for
business
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
)
Pardon me for
living
Party
line
Picket
line
Please hold the
line
Pressure of
work
Put-up
job
Quality is
job
one ( Ford Cars advertising slogan )
Rag
trade
Real piece of
work
Risky
business
Rough
trade
Run Forrest, Run! (
line
from the movie Forrest Gump )
Rush
job
Saturday's child works hard for a
living
Scare the
living
daylights out of
Scrape a
living
Seeing small
business
differently ( SBC Communications advertising slogan )
Seriously though, he's doing a grand
job
( A catchphrase from David Frost )
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 )
Snow
job
Sophisticated
living
Spade
work
Starting
line
up
Step out of
line
Stock in
trade
Stop, or my mom will shoot (
line
from Sylvestor Stallone movie )
Strictly
business
Summertime, And The
Living
Is Easy ( George Gershwin song )
Summertime, and the
living
is easy
Take a hard
line
Taking care of
business
Ten lords a-leaping (
line
from A Partridge In A Pear Tree )
The Best Second Banana in the
Business
( Nickname of Art Carney )
The Devil finds
work
for idle hands to do
The Internet at
Work
( UUNET advertising slogan )
The Italian
Job
( Michael Caine movie )
The
Living
Death ( Nickname of Lew Jenkins )
The Rag
Trade
( BBC comedy television series )
The Show
Business
Capital Of The World ( Nickname of Hollywood California )
The Smartest Dumbbell in the History of Show
Business
( Nickname of comedienne Gracie Allen )
The bottom
line
The bottom
line
is the bottom
line
is the bottom
line
The
business
The
business
of America is
business
The finishing
line
The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep ( Woody Allen
line
)
The oldest
profession
The patience of
Job
The right man for the
job
The right tool for the
job
The right tools for the
job
The thin red
line
The toughest
job
you'll ever love ( United States Peace Corps advertising slogan )
The unexamined life is not worth
living
( philosophical opinion by Socrates )
The valley of the shadow of death (
line
from the Psalm 23 )
The worst in
living
memory
There's No
Business
Like Show
Business
( Judy Garland song )
These go to eleven (
line
from the movie This Is Spinal Tap )
This Woman's
Work
( Kate Bush song )
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 )
To make that tough
job
easier - you deserve M&M candy ( M&Ms advertising slogan )
Toe the
line
Too Much Monkey
Business
( Chuck Berry song )
Tools of the
trade
Trade
down
Treading a fine
line
Tricks of the
trade
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
We Can
Work
It Out ( Beatles song )
We are going to need considerably bigger buns (
line
from Calendar Girls )
We make things that make communications
work
( Lucent Technologies advertising slogan )
We mean
business
Well, nobody's perfect (
line
from the movie Some Like It Hot )
What a piece of
work
is man
What we have here is a failure to communicate (
line
from Cool Hand Luke )
Whistle while you
work
Why do only fools and horses work?
Woman's
work
is never done
Work
both sides of the street
Work
expands so as to fill the time available
Work
hard. Fly right ( Continental Airlines advertising slogan )
Work
it
Work
itself up into a lather
Work
life balance
Work
like a Trojan
Work
like a beaver
Work
like a dog
Work
of art
Work
one's fingers to the bone
Work
the phone
Work
the rabbit's foot on
Work
to rule
Work
wonders
Work
your ass off
Work
your butt off
Work
your ticket
Work
yourself into the ground
You can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff ( Groucho Marx
line
)
You don't have to be mad to
work
here, but it helps
You got a friend in the
business
( Gateway 2000 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
)