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A Town Like Alice ( Nevil
Shute
book )
A View To A
Kill
( James Bond movie Roger Moore )
A big
ask
A big
shot
Aim
high
Air
shot
All guns blazing
Ask
a silly question and you'll get a silly answer
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Ask
after
Ask
and you shall receive
Ask
around
Ask
for the moon
Ask
me another
Ask
no odds
Ask
no questions and hear no lies
Ask
not for whom the bell tolls it tolls for thee
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Ask
not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country
Ask
out
Ask
the Man who Owns One ( Packard advertising slogan )
At the end of a
gun
Ball of
fire
Baptism of
fire
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Beep beep ( A catchphrase from Road
Runner
)
Bernie, the bolt ( A catchphrase from The Golden
Shot
)
Big
Shot
Becky ( Nickname of basketball player Becky Hammon )
Big
Shot
Bob ( Nickname of basketball player Robert Horry )
Big
shot
Blade
Runner
( Harrison Ford / Ridley Scott movie )
Blaze away at
Booster
shot
Breathe
fire
Bring out your best (
Bud
Light advertising slogan )
C'mon Colman's, light my
fire
( Colman's Mustard advertising slogan )
Catch
fire
Cheap
shot
Chew a
gun
Chicago typewriter
Chinese
fire
drill
Come On Baby Light My
Fire
( The Doors song )
Come home to a real
fire
( Coal Board advertising slogan )
Come into
bloom
Cost
cutting
Crazy
Gun
Barney ( Nickname of Barney Fife ( Don Knotts ) )
Cutting
remark
Don't
ask
me
Don't be vague,
ask
for Haig ( Haig Scotch advertising slogan )
Don't get vexed,
ask
Teletext ( Teletext advertising slogan )
Don't let's
ask
for the moon. We have the stars ( line from the movie Now, Voyager )
Don't shoot the messenger
Don't shoot the piano player
Don't shoot until you can see the whites of their eyes
Done a
runner
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Double, double toil and trouble,
fire
burn and cauldron bubble
Draw a bead on
Draw someone's
fire
Dressed to
kill
Drive by
shooting
Dryest gin in town.
Ask
any Martini ( Seagram's Gin advertising slogan )
Eat dirt
Eats,
Shoots
And Leaves ( Lynne Truss book )
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To
Ask
( David Reuben book )
Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To
Ask
( Woody Allen movie )
Extreme refreshment (
Bud
Ice advertising slogan )
Failure to
launch
Fight
fire
with
fire
Fill full of holes
Fire
And Rain ( James Taylor song )
Fire
Sale
Fire
and brimstone
Fire
away
Fire
down below
Fire
engine red
Fire
in the hole
Fire
in your belly
Fire
storm
Fire
the imagination ( inspire with enthusiasm )
Fire
up the Quattro ( A catchphrase from Gene Glenister In Ashes To Ashes )
Flash in the pan
For all you do, this Bud's for you ( Budweiser advertising slogan )
Friendly
fire
From
stem
to stern
Front
runner
Funny you should
ask
Get on like a house on
fire
Get
shot
of
Give it the
gun
Give it your best
shot
Go in for the
kill
Go postal
Go through
fire
and water for
Great Balls Of
Fire
( Jerry Lee Lewis song )
Green
shoots
of change
Green
shoots
of recovery
Gun
down
Hang
fire
Happiness Is A Warm
Gun
( The Beatles song )
Harp puts out the
fire
( Harp Lager advertising slogan )
Have a
shot
at
Have gun, will travel ( A catchphrase from TV series )
Have many irons in the
fire
He
shot
through like a Bondi tram
Heap coals of
fire
on someone's head
Hire and
fire
Hold a
gun
to his head
Hot
shot
I
Shot
The Sheriff ( Eric Clapton song )
I
ask
you
I lit a fire, isn't it good, Norwegian wood? ( Beatles song lyric )
I'd
kill
for a cup of tea
If I tell you I will have to shoot you
If I tell you, I'll have to
kill
you
If looks could
kill
If you
ask
me
If you have to
ask
the price you can't afford it ( Rolls Royce slogan )
In at the
kill
In the line of
fire
Is that a
gun
in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?
Jump the
gun
Just shoot me
Keep your powder dry
Kill
Bill ( Quentin Tarantino movie )
Kill
or be killed
Kill
or cure
Kill
stone dead
Kill
the fatted calf
Kill
the goose that lays the golden egg
Kill
time
Kill
time until time kills you
Kill
two birds with one stone
Kill
with kindness
Launch
one's lunch
Launch
out at
Launch
vehicle
Leaf
through
Leave the gun, take the cannoli ( line from The Godfather )
Let one thousand flowers
bloom
Liar liar: pants on
fire
Licence To
Kill
( James Bond movie Timothy Dalton )
Licensed to
kill
Light My
Fire
( The Doors song )
Light a
fire
under him
Light a
fire
under some
Like a pig from a
gun
Like a
shot
Like
shooting
fish in a barrel
Little Sure
Shot
( Nickname of Annie Oakley )
Long
shot
Machine
Gun
Kelly ( Nickname of George Kelly )
Mail
shot
Mother Superior jumped the
gun
( Beatles song lyric )
Mr. Big
Shot
( Nickname of Chauncey Billups )
Nip in the
bud
Not by a long
shot
On the
cutting
edge
Open
fire
Out of the frying pan into the
fire
Parting
shot
Perfect
shot
Piss like a
fire
engine
Play softball ( A baseball expression meaning to
ask
easy questions )
Play with
fire
Poacher turned
gamekeeper
Pull the trigger
Pull your chestnuts out of the
fire
Put a
gun
to your head
Ring Of
Fire
( Johnny Cash song )
Road
kill
Rubber bullet ( a bullet made of rubber or plastic and used for riot control )
Russian roulette
See how they run like pigs from a
gun
( The Beatles song lyric )
Set
Fire
to the Rain ( Adele song )
Set the Thames on
fire
Set the world on
fire
Set your hair on
fire
Shake like a
leaf
Sharp shooter
Shoot 'em up
Shoot a birdie ( score one under par in a golf
shot
)
Shoot a fairy
Shoot blanks
Shoot down in flames ( destroy an argument or theory )
Shoot first,
ask
questions later
Shoot from the hip
Shoot him down in flames
Shoot hoops
Shoot it out
Shoot me now
Shoot on sight
Shoot someone a line
Shoot straight ( to talk or deal honestly )
Shoot the breeze
Shoot the moon ( remove household goods by night to avoid paying rent )
Shoot the puppy
Shoot through ( to leave or abscond )
Shoot to
kill
Shoot your cuffs
Shoot your mouth off
Shoot yourself in the foot
Shooting
war
Shot
across the bows
Shot
in the arm
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Shot
in the dark
Shot
to hell
Shot
while trying to escape
Sitting duck
Sitting target
Smoking
gun
Son of a
gun
Sprout
wings
Stem
the tide
Stop, or my mom will shoot ( line from Sylvestor Stallone movie )
Straight shooter
Stronger ( What Doesn't
Kill
You ) ( Kelly Clarkson song )
Take a pot
shot
at
Take
aim
Tastes so good cats
ask
for it by name ( Meow Mix Cat food advertising slogan )
Tea
leaf
( Cockney rhyming slang for thief )
That which does not
kill
us makes us stronger ( Friedrich Nietzsche quotation )
The Bronze Goddess of
Fire
( Nickname of LaWanda Page )
The Fast
Gun
From Texas ( Nickname of Dan Troop ( John Russell ) )
The
Gun
That Won The West ( Nickname of the Colt revolver )
The Hoosier Hot
Shot
( Nickname of humourist Herb Shriner )
The Man Who
Shot
Liberty Valance ( James Stewart / John Wayne movie )
The Man With The Golden
Gun
( James Bond movie Roger Moore )
The Ring Of
Fire
( Johnny Cash song )
The cereal that's
shot
from guns! ( Quaker Puffed Wheat advertising slogan )
The fat is in the
fire
The glorious twelfth ( of August - the start of the British grouse
shooting
season )
The money
shot
The
shot
heard around the world
There's no smoke without
fire
They Shoot Horses Don't They? ( Jane Fonda movie )
This Wheel's On
Fire
( Bob Dylan song )
Thou shalt not
kill
Throw Another Log On The
Fire
( Outlaws song )
Time to
kill
To
Kill
A Mockingbird ( Gregory Peck movie )
Too many irons in the
fire
Turkey shoot
Turn over a new
leaf
Two irons in the
fire
Under
fire
Under the
gun
We
aim
to please
When the
bough
breaks the cradle will fall, and down will come baby, cradle and all ( line from nursery rhyme )
Where there's life, there's
Bud
( Budweiser Beer advertising slogan )
Where there's smoke there's
fire
Where's the fire?
Who can live without it, I
ask
in all honesty? ( ABBA lyric )
Whole
shooting
match
Why
ask
why? Try
Bud
Dry ( Budweiser Earl advertising slogan )
With both barrels
You gotta
ask
yourself, do I feel lucky, well do ya punk? ( Dirty Harry )
You'll get
shot