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A World
first
Ain't my
first
rodeo ( said by someone who has experience of a situation )
At
first
blush
At
first
hand
Basic
Instinct ( Sharon Stone movie )
Be the
first
to know ( CNN advertising slogan )
Big white
chief
Bringing it home to me (
Prime
Television advertising slogan )
Business end
Calendar year ( twelve months beginning from the
first
of January )
Cast the
first
stone
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Chief
cook and bottle washer
Chief
of staff
Color
My World ( James Pankow song )
Cut someone down in their
prime
Dief the
Chief
( Nickname of John Diefenbaker )
First
Among Equals ( Jeffrey Archer book )
First
Slip ( field position in the game of cricket )
First
World ( the indutrialised affluent and wealthy nations )
First
World problem ( a relatively trivial problem only affecting the affluent )
First
among equals ( the most senior person in a group of equal rank )
First
amongst equals
First
and foremost
First
blood
First
came to fame
First
catch your hare
First
come
first
served
First
comes love, then comes marriage
First
contact
First
cut
First
flush
First
footing ( making a round of visits at New Year )
First
impressions last
First
light
First
past the post
First
rate
First
relationships last (
First
National Bank of Chicago advertising slogan )
First
responder ( the member of the emergency services to arrive at a disaster )
First
strike
First
thing
First
things
first
First
time caller
First
to market
First
up
First
with the Hits ( Mercury Records advertising slogan )
First, do no harm
Four more years ( Presidential
election
slogan )
Get to
first
base
Get to
first
base with
Get your retaliation in
first
Go
native
Hail to the
chief
Head
first
Hold the field ( - remain the most
important
)
If at
first
you don't succeed try, try and try again
If you ain't first, you're last
If you change your mind, I'm the
first
in line ( ABBA lyric )
In your
prime
Iowa's
Leading
Edge ( Nickname of Council Bluffs Iowa )
La Belle Epoque ( the golden age or beautiful era preceding the
First
World War )
Ladies
first
Last in
first
out
Leading
authority
Leading
edge
Leading
fashion hub
Leading
indicator
Leading
light
Leading
question
Leadoff hitter ( A baseball expression denoting the player who bats
first
)
Love at
first
sight
Main event
Make
first
base
Me
first
Native
American
Native
wit
Number 10 Downing Street ( address of the British
Prime
Minister )
Of the
first
water
Only 1 out of 25 men is
color
blind. The other 24 just dress that way ( Mohara Suits advertising slogan )
Opening night ( the
first
night of a theatrical performance )
Pinch, punch,
first
of the month
Primal
Fear ( film starring Richard Gere )
Primal
Rage ( film and video game )
Primal
Scream ( a psychological treatment for neurosis )
Primal
fear ( Neurosis therapy and British rock band )
Primal
therapist ( psychotherapist who uses
Primal
Scream method of treatment )
Prime
condition ( in perfect shape )
Prime
cut
Prime
of life
Prime
time
Progress is our most
important
product ( General Electric advertising slogan )
Safety
first
Self
important
Shoot first, ask questions later
Sorry about that, Chief. ( A catchphrase from Get Smart )
The
Chief
( Nickname of Robert Parish )
The
Color
Of Money ( Paul Newman / Tom Cruise movie )
The
Color
Purple ( Whoopie Goldberg movie )
The
First
Cut Is The Deepest ( Rod Stewart song )
The
First
Garden City Of The World ( Nickname of Letchworth England )
The
First
Lady of Television ( Nickname of Faye Emerson )
The
First
State ( Nickname of the US state of Delaware )
The Gold Standard
The
Prime
Minister of Mirth ( Nickname of George Robey )
The blind
leading
the blind
The
first
network for men ( Spike TV advertising slogan )
The
first
time is never the best ( Campari advertising slogan )
The main event
The mainspring in a Bulova is made to last 256 years or 146 leather straps - whichever comes
first
( Bulova Watches advertising slogan )
To cast the
first
stone
Today is the
first
day of the rest of your life
Top seed
War eagle ( the golden eagle - used by
Native
Americans to make headdresses )
What a tangled web we weave when
first
we practice to deceive
When war is declared, truth is the
first
casualty
Where the rubber meets the road ( where the
important
facts or realities lie )
Which came
first
the chicken or the egg?
Who blinked first?
Women and children
first
World's
first
You don't get a second chance at a
first
impression
You heard it here
first
You only get one chance to make a
first
impression