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A big shot
Air shot
All to cock (
ruined
or shambolic )
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An abortive
attempt
As
dead
as a dodo
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As
dead
as a doornail
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As
dead
as mutton
At the
dead
of night
At the end of a
gun
Back from the
dead
Ball of
fire
Baptism of
fire
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Bernie, the bolt ( A catchphrase from The Golden Shot )
Better
dead
than red
Better off
dead
Big Shot Becky ( Nickname of basketball player Becky Hammon )
Big Shot Bob ( Nickname of basketball player Robert Horry )
Big shot
Booster shot
Brain
dead
Breathe
fire
Bring out your
dead
Brown bread ( Cockney rhyming slang for
dead
)
C'mon Colman's, light my
fire
( Colman's Mustard advertising slogan )
Cake
pop
( A small piece of cake coated with chocolate )
Call the
shots
Calling the
shots
Catch
fire
Cheap shot
Chew a
gun
Chinese
fire
drill
Chivalry is not
dead
Come On Baby Light My
Fire
( The Doors song )
Come home to a real
fire
( Coal Board advertising slogan )
Crazy
Gun
Barney ( Nickname of Barney Fife ( Don Knotts ) )
Cut out the
dead
wood
Cut someone
dead
Dead
Man Walking ( Helen Prejean book )
Dead
Men Don't Wear Plaid ( Steve Martin movie )
Dead
Ringer For Love ( Meatloaf song )
Dead
air
Dead
and buried
Dead
and gone
Dead
cat bounce
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Dead
cinch
Dead
duck
Dead
easy
Dead
end
Dead
from the neck up
Dead
giveaway
Dead
heads
Dead
heat
Dead
in the water
Dead
issue
Dead
letter
Dead
loss
Dead
man walking
Dead
meat
Dead
men tell no tales
Dead
men's shoes
Dead
of night
Dead
of winter
Dead
on arrival
Dead
on time
Dead
presidents
Dead
reckoning
Dead
ringer
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Dead
to rights
Dead
to the world
Dead
white European male ( derogatory reference to someone who has an unjustified reputation )
Dead
white male
Dead
wood
Dick and Jane is
dead
( Encyclopaedia Britannica advertising slogan )
Domestos kills all known germs - Dead! ( Domestos Bleach advertising slogan )
Don't
shoot
the messenger
Don't
shoot
the piano player
Don't
shoot
until you can see the whites of their eyes
Double, double toil and trouble,
fire
burn and cauldron bubble
Down among the
dead
men
Draw someone's
fire
Drop
dead
Drop
dead
gorgeous
Drop
dead
list
Drop down
dead
Drop the
Dead
Donkey ( BBC comedy television series )
Fifteen men on a
dead
man's chest
Fight
fire
with
fire
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 )
Flogging a
dead
horse
Friendly
fire
Get on like a house on
fire
Get shot of
Give it the
gun
Give it your best shot
Given up for
dead
Go through
fire
and water for
God is
dead
( philosophical comment by Friedrich Nietzsche )
Good and
dead
Great Balls Of
Fire
( Jerry Lee Lewis song )
Gun
down
Hang by the neck until
dead
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
He's
dead
Jim ( A catchphrase from Star Trek )
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 lit a fire, isn't it good, Norwegian wood? ( Beatles song lyric )
I see
dead
people ( The Sixth Sense )
I wouldn't be caught
dead
If I tell you I will have to
shoot
you
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
Kicking
dead
whales down the beach
Kill stone
dead
Kills bugs
dead
( Raid advertising slogan )
Knock 'em
dead
Leave the gun, take the cannoli ( line from The Godfather )
Left for
dead
Let the
dead
bury the
dead
Liar liar: pants on
fire
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 being savaged by a
dead
sheep
Little Sure Shot ( Nickname of Annie Oakley )
Long shot
Loud enough to waken the
dead
Machine
Gun
Kelly ( Nickname of George Kelly )
Mail shot
Mom and
Pop
More
dead
than alive
Mother Superior jumped the
gun
( Beatles song lyric )
Mr. Big Shot ( Nickname of Chauncey Billups )
Never speak ill of the
dead
Not by a long shot
Numbered with the
dead
Once you
pop
you can't stop ( Pringles advertising slogan )
Open
fire
Out of earshot
Out of the frying pan into the
fire
Over my
dead
body
Parting shot
Perfect shot
Piss like a
fire
engine
Play
dead
Play with
fire
Pop
art
Pop
goes the weasel
Pop
off
Pop
someone's cherry
Pop
the question
Pop
your clogs
Pull your chestnuts out of the
fire
Put a
gun
to your head
Raise the
dead
Revenge mission ( an
attempt
to seek active retribution )
Ride
shotgun
Ring Of
Fire
( Johnny Cash song )
Roll over and play
dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are
Dead
( play by Tom Stoppard )
Run toward the sound of
gunfire
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
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
Shot across the bows
Shot in the arm
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Shot in the dark
Shot to hell
Shot while trying to escape
Shotgun
wedding
Smoking
gun
Snap, Crackle, and
Pop
( Kellogg's Rice Krispies advertising slogan )
Son of a
gun
Stop, or my mom will
shoot
( line from Sylvestor Stallone movie )
Sweet as the moment when the pod went 'pop' ( Birds Eye Peas advertising slogan )
Take a
pop
at
Take a pot shot at
The Bronze Goddess of
Fire
( Nickname of LaWanda Page )
The Day of the
Dead
( Horror movie )
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 King is dead, long live the King
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 West Coast Sound ( name applied to Californian
pop
music, especially that of The Beach Boys )
The cereal that's shot from guns! ( Quaker Puffed Wheat advertising slogan )
The fat is in the
fire
The money shot
The only good Indian is a
dead
Indian
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 )
Throw Another Log On The
Fire
( Outlaws song )
Too many irons in the
fire
Too pooped to
pop
Turkey
shoot
Two irons in the
fire
Under
fire
Under the
gun
Vox
pop
Wanted,
dead
or alive
Where there's smoke there's
fire
Where's the fire?
Yellow matter custard dripping from a
dead
dog's eye ( Beatles song lyric )
You couldn't catch a monkey with a
shotgun
and a sack
You'll get shot
You're a long time
dead