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A list of phrases related to the word "spine"...
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A
bone
to pick
A head for business and a
body
for sin
A healthy mind in a healthy
body
A room without books is like a
body
without a soul ( Marcus Tullius Cicero quotation )
An albatross round his
neck
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Answer
back
As dry as a
bone
As soon as my
back
is turned
At knife
point
At last. A pickle that bites
back
( Marcus Valley Pickles advertising slogan )
At the
back
of my mind
At this
point
in time
Back
In Black ( AC/DC album )
Back
In The USSR ( The Beatles song )
Back
To Black ( Amy Winehouse song )
Back
To The Future
Back
at it
Back
at the ranch
Back
door man
Back
down
Back
from the dead
Back
in St. Olaf ... ( A catchphrase from The Golden Girls )
Back
in business
Back
in the day
Back
in the saddle
Back
number
Back
of beyond
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Back
off
Back
office bean counter
Back
on track
Back
on your feet
Back
out
Back
room boy
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Back
seat driver
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Back
slang
Back
street abortion
Back
teeth are floating
Back
the field
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Back
the wrong horse
Back
to
back
Back
to basics
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Back
to nature
Back
to school
Back
to square one
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Back
to the drawing board
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Back
to the salt mine
Back
up
Back
woods
Behind your
back
Beside the
point
Bite
back
Body
and soul
Body
bag
Body
blow
Body
building
Body
heat
Body
language
Body
mass index
Body
of evidence
Body
of opinion
Body
off Baywatch, face off Crimewatch
Body
painting ( a form of painting that uses the human
body
as a canvas )
Body
politic
Body
popping
Body
snatcher
Body
surfing
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Bone
dry
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Bone
head
Bone
idle
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Bone
of contention
Bone
to pick with you
Bone
up on
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Bone
weary
Bone
yard
Bounce
back
Break the
back
of something
Break your
back
Break your
neck
Breathing down your
neck
Brush
back
( A baseball expression meaning to subvert or threaten verbally )
But at my
back
I always hear ( from a poem by Marvell )
By the scruff of your
neck
California licence plate ( Nickname for tattoo on lower
back
)
Cast your mind
back
Chilled to the
bone
Close to the
bone
Come
back
for more
Cover
Point
( field position in the game of cricket )
Cover your
back
Crawl
back
into your shell
Cut prices to the
bone
Dead from the
neck
up
Deep
Point
( field position in the game of cricket )
Die
back
Do you want a shape like a bra? Or do you want a shape like a woman? ( Warner's
Body
Bra advertising slogan )
Doesn't have a jealous
bone
in his
body
Dog and
bone
( Cockney rhyming slang for telephone )
Double
back
Drive your
point
home
Every rose has its
thorn
Eyes in the
back
of your head
Face like the
back
of a bus
Fall
back
on
Fed up to the
back
teeth
Feel 95
point
great ( Capital FM advertising slogan )
Fight
back
Fight
back
the tears
Figure painting ( a form of painting in which the human
body
is the subject )
Flash
point
Fruiting
body
Get
Back
( The Beatles song )
Get a gold star ( earn a merit
point
for doing well )
Get
back
at
Get
back
on your feet
Get
back
together
Get
back
your oo with Typhoo ( Typhoo Tea advertising slogan )
Get it in the
neck
Get off my
back
Get straight to the
point
Get the monkey off my
back
Get the
point
Go
back
on a promise
Go
back
on one's word ( Retract a previous promise )
Go behind your
back
Gregory Peck ( Cockney rhyming slang for
neck
)
Handbrake turn ( 180 degree turn in a car by locking the
back
wheels )
Hang
back
Hang by the
neck
until dead
Hark
back
to
Have a
bone
to pick
He's got a yellow streak down his
back
Heavenly
body
Hit the
back
wall
Hold
back
on
Holding
back
the years
I Want You
Back
( The Jackson 5 song )
I scratch your
back
and you scratch mine
I'll be
back
( A catchphrase from The Terminator )
If I said you had a beautiful
body
would you hold it against me?
In
point
of fact
In the
back
of my mind
It fell off the
back
of a lorry
It's All Coming
Back
To Me Now ( Meatloaf song )
Jack's
back
( Jack in the Box fast food chain advertising slogan )
Jumping off
point
Just when you thought it was safe to go
back
in water ( Jaws II advertising tagline )
Keep
body
and soul together
Kick
back
Kick
back
and enjoy
Knock
back
Knock
back
a few
Know like the
back
of your hand
Laid
back
Lie
back
and think of England
Like water off a duck's
back
Make a
back
Make a rod for your own
back
Meanwhile
back
at the... ( A catchphrase from Superfriends )
Milk. It does a
body
good ( Milk Marketing Board advertising slogan )
Money
back
guarantee
Moot
point
My
Back
Pages ( Bob Dylan song )
My Boomerang Won't Come
Back
( Charlie Drake song )
Neck
and crop
Neck
and
neck
Neck
beard ( hair growth on the
neck
)
Never look
back
No going
back
Not in my
back
yard
Not to put too fine a
point
on it
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor doggie a
bone
( line from nursery rhyme )
On the
back
burner
On the
back
foot
One hand tied behind your
back
One step forward, two steps
back
Over my dead
body
Pain in the
neck
Pat on the
back
Pin your ears
back
Plough something
back
Point
Break ( Keanu Reeves movie )
Point
Percy at the porcelain
Point
blank range
Point
duty
Point
of sale
Point
of view
Point
out
Point
the finger
Point
to
point
Press your
point
home
Pump your money
back
into Canada ( Petro Canada, early advertising slogan )
Put on the
back
burner
Put the clock
back
Put the freshness
back
( Shake And Vac advertising slogan )
Put the fun
back
into driving ( Vauxhall Motors advertising slogan )
Put your
back
into it
Put your
back
up
Right
back
at ya
See the
back
of someone
Silly
Point
( field position in the game of cricket )
Single
point
of contact
Skin and
bone
Smell the Glove ( fictional album by the spoof heavy-metal band Spinal Tap )
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be
back
for breakfast ( A catchphrase from Red Dwarf )
Spring forward, Fall
back
Stab in the
back
Step on a crack, break your mother's
back
Stick your
neck
out
Sticking
point
Stops
body
odour ( Lifebouy Soap advertising slogan )
Stretch a
point
Take a
back
seat
Take the shirt off your
back
Talking
point
Telling
bone
The
Backbone
of England ( Nickname of The Pennine Hills )
The
Backbone
of North America ( Nickname of The Rocky Mountains )
The Bitch Is
Back
( Elton John song )
The
Body
Guard ( Nickname of Baron Davis )
The Empire Strikes
Back
( George Lucas movie in the Star Wars series )
The
Thorn
Birds ( Colleen McCollough book )
The
body
is still warm
The
body
of evidence
The case in
point
The last straw that broke the camel's
back
The
point
of contact ( Sprint advertising slogan )
The
point
of no return
These go to eleven ( line from the movie This Is Spinal Tap )
They never come
back
This
neck
of the woods
Thorn
in my side
Thorn
in the flesh
Throw it
back
in your face
Tipping
point
To Hell and
back
To get one's
back
up
Turn
back
the clock
Turn the clock
back
Turn your
back
on
Two steps forward and one step
back
Up to your
neck
in trouble
Vacation is a world where there are no locks on the doors or the mind or the
body
( Club Med Resorts advertising slogan )
Wardrobe malfunction ( when an item of clothing slips out of place to expose part of the
body
- typically a woman's breast )
Watch your
back
What's the point?
Win by a
neck
Wind at your
back
Wind your
neck
in
Work one's fingers to the
bone
You can't take it back, it's out there ( When Harry met Sally )
You scratch my
back
and I'll scratch yours
You too can have a
body
like mine ( Charles Atlas advertising slogan )
Zabriskie
Point
( Michelangelo Antonioni movie )