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69
position
A house divided against itself cannot stand
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A, B, C, D, E, Your public library has arranged these in ways that make you cry, giggle, laugh, love, hate, wonder, ponder and
understand
( American Library Association advertising slogan )
Accept
a wooden nickel
Accept
that some days you are the pigeon, some days you are the statue
Accept
with thanks
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players
An army marches on its
stomach
Angle
for
Blow off the
stage
Butterflies in my
stomach
Cop an
attitude
Cop an
attitude
( adopt an aggressive
stance
)
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Cover Point ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Deep Extra Cover ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Deep Fine Leg ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Deep Gully ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Deep Mid Wicket ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Deep Point ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Deep Square Leg ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Don't Stand So Close To Me ( Police song )
Don't criticise what you don't
understand
Don't just stand there, do something ( A catchphrase from Wacky Races )
Don't put your daughter on the
stage
Mrs Worthington
Ducks on a pond ( A baseball expression meaning having runners in scoring
position
)
Exit
stage
left
Extra Cover ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Find your footing
First Slip ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Forward Short Leg ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Have the
stomach
for
Have your hair stand on end
I Saw Her
Standing
There ( Beatles song )
I can see you
standing
over a hot stove, but I can't see the stove ( Groucho Marx line )
I cannot be doing with it ( I am unwilling to
tolerate
it )
I could do that
standing
on my head
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips
I'm Still
Standing
( Elton John song )
If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't
understand
it yourself ( Albert Einstein quotation )
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen ( A catchphrase from Harry S Truman )
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything ( Malcolm X quotation )
In the pit of your
stomach
It
stands
to reason
Jockeying for
position
Keep your feet
Know where we stand
Left
standing
Leg Gully ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Leg Slip ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Long Leg ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Long Off ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Long On ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Long Stop ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Makes your hair
stands
on end
Mid Off ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Mid On ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Mid Wicket ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Missionary
position
More than flesh and blood can stand
My
stomach
thinks my throat's been cut
N*ggers with
attitude
On a full
stomach
One night stand
One night stand investment
Over the teeth and through the gums, look out
stomach
here it comes
Pole
position
Second slip ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Set the
stage
Set your
stall
out
Short Fine Leg ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Short Mid Wicket ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Short Square Leg ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Sick to the
stomach
Silly Mid Off ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Silly Mid On ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Silly Point ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Square Leg ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Stage
door Johnny
Stand By Your Man ( Tammy Wynette song )
Stand and deliver
Stand before your maker
Stand by
Stand down
Stand in good stead
Stand it on its head
Stand like a Stoughton bottle
Stand off
Stand on ceremony
Stand on one's dignity
Stand on your own two feet
Stand out
Stand out from the crowd
Stand up and be counted
Stand up fight
Stand up for yourself
Stand up guy
Stand-by for action
Standing
In The Shadows Of Love ( Four Tops song )
Standing
room only
Stands
out a mile
Star of
stage
and screen
Stood
up
Strong
stomach
Suck it up (
accept
a bad situation and move on )
Take a stand
Take centre
stage
The Day the Earth
Stood
Still ( Michael Rennie movie )
The boy
stood
on the burning deck
The cheese
stands
alone
The
stage
is set
The way to a man's heart is through his
stomach
The winner takes it all, the loser
standing
small ( ABBA lyric )
They also serve who only stand and wait ( from a poem by Milton )
Third Slip ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Third man ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
This
position
closed
Turn your
stomach
Typhoo puts the T in Britain, the T that
stands
for taste ( Typhoo Tea advertising slogan )
United we stand divided we fall
What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare ( from a poem by Davies )
What part of no do you not understand?
Wicket Keeper ( field
position
in the game of cricket )
Will the real ... stand up? ( A catchphrase from To Tell The Truth )
Without a leg to stand on
Your eyes are bigger than your
stomach
Your mission, if you choose to
accept
it ... ( A catchphrase from Mission Impossible )