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A Doll's House (
play
by Henrik Ibsen )
A Mars a day helps you work, rest and
play
( Mars Chocolate advertising slogan )
A Streetcar Named Desire ( Marlon Brando movie )
Action Man ( children's male doll )
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Address the ball ( golfing term denoting readiness to
play
)
All children, except one, grow up ( the opening line of Peter Pan )
All work and no
play
makes Jack a dull boy
Alma Mater ( the
school
or college from which a person has graduated )
An Ideal Husband (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
And shining morning face, creeping like a snail unwillingly to
school
Angels in America (
play
by Tony Kushner )
As solid as the
ground
we walk on
Back to
school
Billy Liar ( Novel and
play
by Keith Waterhouse and Tom Courtenay / Julie Christie movie )
Break new
ground
Brum brum ( child's
play
idiom expressing the sound of a vehicle )
Built from the
ground
up
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (
play
by Tennesee Williams and Elizabeth Taylor movie )
Charm
school
Child's
play
Children
and fools tell the truth
Children
should be seen and not heard
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Children's shoes have far to go ( Start-Rite Shoes advertising slogan )
Children, one is one, two is fun, three is a house full
Chips With Everything ( Arnold Wesker
play
)
Close of
play
Come out and
play
Common
ground
Cut the
ground
from under your feet
Dark And Bloody
Ground
( Nickname of the US state of Kentucky )
Death of a Salesman (
play
by Arthur Miller )
Doesn't know his arse from a hole in the
ground
Don't
play
the innocent
Down to the
ground
Everything to
play
for
Fair
play
Fair
play
to you
Fall on stony
ground
Gain
ground
Games people
play
Get in on the
ground
floor
Get off the
ground
Glow Little Glow-worm ( children's nursery rhyme )
Go and
play
in the traffic
Go to
ground
Goodnight
children
everywhere ( A catchphrase from Uncle Mac )
Grapes, like children, need love and affection ( Almaden advertising slogan )
Ground
Hog Day ( Nickname of basketball player Tim Duncan )
Ground
ball ( A baseball expression meaning a prosaic or ordinary accomplishment )
Ground
zero
Happy hunting
ground
He will never
play
the piano again
Hedda Gabler (
play
by Henrik Ibsen )
Hit the
ground
running
Horse
play
How does that
play
in Peoria?
I took my harp to the party but no one asked me to
play
If music be the food of love,
play
on ( from Twelth Night by Shakespeare )
In on the
ground
floor
In
play
It was twenty years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to
play
( Beatles song lyric )
It's good to
play
together ( Microsoft Xbox advertising slogan )
It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you
play
the game
Juno and the Paycock (
play
by Sean O'Casey )
Keep your ear to the
ground
Keep your feet on the
ground
Keep your feet on the
ground
and keep reaching for the stars ( A catchphrase from Casey Kasem In America's Top 40 )
Kid n'
Play
( Nickname of Kevin Martin )
Lady Madonna,
children
at your feet ( Beatles song lyric )
Lady Windermere's Fan (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
Let's rock ( A catchphrase from Al Bundy In Married With
Children
)
Live in your world,
play
in ours ( Sony advertising slogan )
Long Day's Journey into Night (
play
by Eugene O'Neil )
Lose
ground
on
Love
play
Make a
play
for
Make great
play
of
Man and Superman (
play
by George Bernard Shaw )
Midnight's
Children
Mother Courage (
play
by Bertolt Brecht )
Mourning Becomes Electra (
play
by Eugene O'Neill )
Neutral
ground
Never tell tales out of
school
O Romeo, Romeo; wherefore art thou Romeo ( from the
play
by Shakespeare )
Old
school
Old
school
tie
On dangerous
ground
Our
children
are not our
children
Play
Cupid
Play
God
Play
Misty For Me ( Clint Eastwood movie )
Play
a blinder
Play
a waiting game
Play
around
Play
ball
Play
both ends against the middle
Play
by ear
Play
by
play
Play
by the rules
Play
catch up
Play
catchup
Play
chicken
Play
dead
Play
devil's advocate
Play
dirty
Play
ducks and drakes
Play
fast and loose
Play
favorites
Play
favourites
Play
for keeps
Play
for time
Play
from the tips
Play
gooseberry
Play
hard to get
Play
hardball ( A baseball expression meaning to be or act tough or aggressive )
Play
havoc with
Play
hell
Play
hide the sausage
Play
hookey
Play
it again Sam
Play
it again, Sam ( New York State Lottery advertising slogan )
Play
it by the book
Play
it cool
Play
it for laughs
Play
it safe
Play
kissy face
Play
off
Play
possum
Play
safe
Play
second fiddle
Play
silly buggers
Play
softball ( A baseball expression meaning to ask easy questions )
Play
the field ( - indulge in a series of sexual relationships )
Play
the fool
Play
the game
Play
the old soldier
Play
the percentage game
Play
the race card
Play
the white man
Play
to win
Play
with fire
Play
within a
play
Play
your cards right
Play
your part
Play
yourself in
Playboy of the Western World (
play
by John Millington Synge )
Plug and
play
Political high
ground
Prepare the
ground
Raze to the
ground
Roll over and
play
dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (
play
by Tom Stoppard )
Run to
ground
School
dunce
School
for scandal
School
of fish
School
of hard knocks
School
of thought
School's out for summer
School's out forever
She Stoops to Conquer (
play
by Oliver Goldsmith )
So fast your feet won't touch the
ground
Stamping
ground
Suffer the little
children
Suits you down to the
ground
Sunday
school
Sword
play
Talk out of
school
Tell tales out of
school
Ten summersets he'll undertake on solid
ground
( Beatles song lyric )
The Admirable Crichton (
Play
by J M Barrie and nickname of James Crichton )
The Adventure of the Priory
School
( Sherlock Holmes story )
The Boys in the Band (
play
by Mart Crowley )
The Bronx Zoo ( Nickname of Benjamin Harrison High
School
)
The Cherry Orchard (
play
by Anton Chekhov )
The Devil's Disciple ( Bernard Shaw
play
and Burt Lancaster movie )
The Famous Five ( characters in Enid Blyton's series of children's book )
The Ginger Man (
play
by JP Donleavy )
The Glass Menagerie (
play
by Tennessee Williams )
The Iceman Cometh (
play
by Eugene O'Neill )
The Importance of Being Ernest (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
The Plough and the Stars (
play
by Sean O'Casey )
The Quare Fellow (
play
by Brendan Behan )
The Scottish
play
The moral high
ground
The play's the thing
The wheels on the bus go round and round ( title of children's song )
Thin on the
ground
Threepenny Opera (
play
by Bertolt Brecht )
Trap and ball ( children's ball game )
Triple
play
( A baseball expression denoting the act of making three outs during the same
play
)
Twas the night before Christmas - the
children
were dreaming of a Ford in their future - smart, swanky and gleaming ( Ford Cars advertising slogan )
Two can
play
at that game
View from a Bridge (
play
by Arthur Miller )
Waiting for Godot (
play
by Samuel Beckett )
What Katy Did At
School
When the cat's away the mice will
play
Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? (
play
by Edward Albee )
Women and
children
first
Work yourself into the
ground
You don't know your ass from a hole in the
ground
You hum it and I'll
play
it