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...Baby One More
Time
( Britney Spears album and song )
1066 And All That: A Memorable
History
Of England ( W. C. Sellar book )
A Brief
History
Of
Time
( Stephen Hawking book )
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Future: Twists And Turns, And Lessons Learned ( Michael J. Fox book )
A River Runs
Through
It ( Brad Pitt movie )
A Short
History
Of Nearly Everything ( Bill Bryson book )
A Short
History
Of Tractors In Ukrainian ( Marina Lewycka book )
A good
time
was had by all
A stitch in
time
saves nine
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A week is a long
time
in politics
About
time
too
After all is said and
done
After all, tomorrow is another day (
Gone
With the Wind )
Ahead of his
time
All
done
and dusted
All in a good
time
All the
time
in the world
All
time
low
Ancient
history
Any time, any place, any where ( Martini advertising slogan )
Any time, anywhere, acid indigestion can catch you out ( Alka Selzer advertising slogan )
Architecture is music frozen in
time
( Friedrich von Schelling quotation )
Are you now or have you ever
been
a member of the Communist Party?
Aren't you glad you use Dial? Don't you wish everybody did? ( Dial Soap advertising slogan )
As
time
goes by
At this moment in
time
At this point in
time
Back To The
Future
Bad
time
Bath
time
Been
and
gone
Been
around the block a few times
Been
had
Been
here before
Been
in the wars
Been
there,
done
that, got the T-shirt
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Better
late
than never
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Better luck next
time
Better things for better living,
through
chemistry ( Dupont advertising slogan )
Bide your
time
Big
time
Blast from the past
Blow
through
Brand new ballgame ( A baseball expression meaning when a team that has
been
behind ties up the game )
Break
through
( Cadillac advertising slogan )
Build for the
future
Buy some
time
Buy
time
Call
time
on
Christmas is a
time
to believe in things you can't see ( 3M Company Scotch Tape advertising slogan )
Chucking out
time
Colour me
gone
Consigned to the dustbin of
history
Crunch
time
Cut
through
the red tape
Day
late
and a dollar short
Daylight saving
time
( the adjustment of clocks to provide longer evening daylight )
Dead and
gone
Dead on
time
Dickens of a
time
Did
I do that? ( A catchphrase from Family Matters )
Did
Somebody Say McDonald's? ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Did
the earth move for you
Did
you get dressed in the dark?
Died and
gone
to heaven
Do as you would be
done
by
Do hard
time
( Spend
time
in a high security prison )
Done
a runner
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Done
and dusted
Done
deal
Done
for
Done
in
Done
to a turn
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Done
to death
Done
up like a Christmas tree
Done
up like a kipper
Double
time
Drag
through
the mud
Earlier on
Easier said than
done
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has
been
( Beatles song lyric )
Equal pay, equal
time
( Bulova Watches advertising slogan )
Every bubble's
passed
its fizzical ( Corona advertising slogan )
Every
time
a bell rings, an angel gets it's wings ( line from It's A Wonderful Life )
Every
time
a good
time
( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Face
time
Fall
through
Fall
through
the cracks
Fashionably
late
First past the post
First
time
caller
For the foreseeable
future
For the
time
being
For years we've
been
making our products as if lives depend on them ( Squib drug products advertising slogan )
Forever is a long
time
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn (
Gone
With the Wind )
From the beginning of
time
From
time
immemorial
From
time
to
time
Future
proof
Future
shock
Game
time
Geological
time
Getting things
done
( AmeriCorps national service program advertising slogan )
Gift of
time
Go down for the third
time
Go
through
fire and water for
Go
through
the roof
Go
through
with a fine toothed comb
Going going
gone
( A baseball expression by which an announcer describes a home run that is heading over the fence )
Going
through
the motions
Going, going,
gone
Gone
Dolally
Gone
With The Wind ( Clark Gable / Vivien Leigh movie )
Gone
before
Gone
but not forgotten
Gone
fishing
Gone
for a Burton
Gone
tits up
Gone
to a better world
Gone
to pot
Gone
to seed
Gone
to the bad
Gone
to the dogs
Good Time, Great Taste, That's Why This is My Place ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Good
time
charlie
Good
time
girl
Got no
time
for
Had a good war ( to have
been
successful during a military campaign )
Hair today
gone
tomorrow
Hang
time
Hard
done
by
Hard work never
did
anyone any harm
Hark back to
Have you ever had a bad
time
in Levi's? ( Levi's Jeans advertising slogan )
He shot
through
like a Bondi tram
Hello big boy, would you like a nice time?
Her Honeymoon - and it should have
been
mine! ( Listerine Mouthwash advertising slogan )
Here today
gone
tomorrow
High old
time
High season ( the most popular
time
to visit a resort or attraction - when prices are highest )
High
time
History
Repeating ( Shirley Bassey song )
History
in the making
History
is bunk ( Henry Ford quotation )
History
repeats itself
Hot chocolate, drinking chocolate - the late,
late
drink ( Cadbury's Drinking Chocolate advertising slogan )
I Heard It
Through
The Grapevine ( Marvin Gaye song )
I coulda
been
a contender, instead of a bum, which is what I am ( On The Waterfront )
I
did
not have sexual relations with that woman
I need it
yesterday
I never
did
I wasn't born
yesterday
I wouldn't put it past him
I'm Looking
Through
You ( The Beatles song )
I've
been
brokenhearted, blue since the day we parted ( ABBA lyric )
I've
been
cheated by you since I don't know when ( ABBA lyric )
I've
been
had
Idea whose
time
has come
If God
did
not exist, it would be necessary to invent him
If you can't do the time, don't do the crime
If you keep
late
hours for Society's sake, Bromo-Seltzer will cure that headache ( Bromo-Seltzer advertising slogan )
If you want a thing
done
well, do it yourself
If you've got the time, we've got the beer ( Miller Beer advertising slogan )
In Xanadu
did
Kubla Khan ( from a poem by Coleridge )
In good
time
In less than no
time
In no
time
flat
In real
time
In record
time
In the fullness of
time
In the nick of
time
In the right place at the right
time
In your own
time
Is this a great
time
or what? ( MCI Communications advertising slogan )
It is easier for a camel to go
through
the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
It's Miller time! ( Miller High Life advertising slogan )
It's a Good
Time
for the Great Taste of mcdonald's ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
It's a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever
done
It's about
time
It's all
done
in the best possible taste ( A catchphrase from Kenny Everett )
It's all
gone
Pete Tong ( Cockney rhyming slang for
gone
wrong )
It's all
gone
pear shaped
It's
been
a hard day's night, and I'd
been
working like a dog ( Beatles song lyric )
It's high
time
It's never too
late
It's never too
late
to learn
It's payback
time
It's
time
for U ( UPN advertising slogan )
It's
time
to call it a day
It's
time
to fly ( United Airlines advertising slogan )
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today
Jump
through
hoops
Just a question of
time
Just in
time
Just passing
through
Just slightly ahead of our
time
( Panasonic advertising slogan )
Keep
time
with
Kill
time
Kill
time
until
time
kills you
Lapse of
time
Last
time
of asking
Late
bloomer
Late
developer
Late
hour
Late
in the day
Late
in the game
Late
lamented
Leaf
through
Let
bygones
be
bygones
Let it slip
through
your fingers
Lie
through
his teeth
Like shit
through
a goose
Living on borrowed
time
Local
time
Long
time
no see
Looking at the world
through
rose coloured glasses
Lose track of
time
Lost and
gone
forever
Love In The
Time
Of Cholera
Make good
time
Make
history
Make poverty
history
Make up for lost
time
March of
time
Mark
time
Matter of
time
Miller
Time
( Nickname of Reggie Miller )
Mind the
time
Mistakes have
been
made
More jobs
through
science ( Union Carbide and Carbon advertising slogan )
Mum's
gone
to Iceland ( Iceland Supermarkets advertising slogan )
My stomach thinks my throat's
been
cut
No harm
done
No sooner said than
done
Normal service has
been
resumed
Now is the
time
for all good men to come to the aid of the party
Old before your
time
Once Upon A
Time
In America ( Robert De Niro movie )
Once and
future
king
Once upon a
time
One leg at a
time
( Dockers advertising slogan )
One more
time
One step at a
time
Only a matter of
time
Only
time
will tell
Oops!... I
Did
It Again ( Britney Spears song )
Out Of
Time
( Rolling Stones song )
Over and
done
with
Over the teeth and
through
the gums, look out stomach here it comes
Party
time
Pass the
time
of day
Past caring
Past it
Past its sell-by date
Pay
through
the nose
Peace in our
time
Pearls past price
Pierce
through
the heart
Play for
time
Political correctness
gone
mad
Prime
time
Procrastination is the thief of
time
Pull
through
Pussycat pussycat, where have you been? ( line from nursery rhyme )
Put the clock back
Put
through
the mill
Put
through
your paces
Quality
time
Race against
time
Rifle
through
Rise
through
the ranks
Running
late
Sack
time
Same
time
tomorrow? ( Diet Pepsi advertising slogan )
Say kids, what
time
is it? ( A catchphrase from Howdy Doody Show )
Schweppervescence lasts the whole drink
through
( Schweppes advertising slogan )
Scraping
through
Screen
time
See You
Late
Alligator ( Bill Haley song )
See something
through
See what the
future
has in store (
Future
Shop advertising slogan )
Serve your
time
Shaping the
future
She Came In
Through
The Bathroom Window ( The Beatles song )
Shoot
through
( to leave or abscond )
Shovel ready ( a building project in which all the preliminaries have
been
arranged )
Since
time
immemorial
So many books, so little
time
( Frank Zappa quotation )
Some other
time
Spend more
time
with my family
Squeaky bum
time
Summer
time
( the
time
adopted during the summer in advance of the standard
time
)
Sweet sixteen and never
been
kissed
Take one day at a
time
Take
time
out
Talk me
through
it
Talk
through
your hat
The Chipmunk Song ( Christmas Don't Be
Late
) ( The Chipmunks and David Seville song )
The Cradle Of
History
( Nickname of Monterey California )
The
Future
( Nickname of Carmelo Anthony )
The King of
Late
Night Television ( Nickname of Jack Paar )
The Last
Time
( Rolling Stones song )
The Last
Time
I Saw Paris ( Elizabeth Taylor movie )
The Smartest Dumbbell in the
History
of Show Business ( Nickname of comedienne Gracie Allen )
The
Time
( Dirty Bit ) ( The Black Eyed Peas song )
The age of miracles is past
The butler
did
it
The course of true love never
did
run smooth
The die has
been
cast
The dim distant past
The dustbin of
history
The first
time
is never the best ( Campari advertising slogan )
The
future
is now
The
future
isn't what it used to be
The
future
takes VISA ( VISA advertising slogan )
The future's bright, the future's Orange ( Orange mobile phones advertising slogan )
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades ( song by Timbuk 3 )
The good old days
The land that
time
forgot
The
late
unpleasantness
The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there ( the opening line of The Go-Between )
The rest is
history
The right place at the wrong
time
The sands of
time
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 way to a man's heart is
through
his stomach
The wind of change is blowing
through
this continent
There's a
time
and a place for everything
There's no
time
like the present
There's nothing you can do that can't be
done
( The Beatles song lyric )
Thin
time
of it
Think it
through
Third
time
lucky
Third time's a charm
This
time
it's personal ( Jaws The Revenge advertising tagline )
This
time
next year we will be millionaires ( A catchphrase from Only Fools And Horses )
Those were the days
Those who do not learn from
history
are doomed to repeat it
Through
The Looking Glass, And What Alice Found There ( Lewis Carroll book )
Through
a glass darkly
Through
and
through
Through
clenched teeth
Through
the ages
Through
the eye of a needle
Through
the looking glass
Through
the mill
Through
thick and thin
Till the end of
time
Time
Out Of Mind ( Bob Dylan song )
Time
after
time
Time
and again
Time
and tide wait for no man
Time
and
time
again
Time
flies
Time
flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana ( Groucho Marx line )
Time
flies when you are having fun