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A Streetcar Named Desire ( Marlon Brando movie )
A Streetcar Named Desire (
Tennessee
Williams play )
A day without orange juice is like a day without sunshine (
Florida
Citrus Commission advertising slogan )
A
nation
of shopkeepers
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Accelerate your life ( US Navy advertising slogan )
Action
Jackson ( Nickname of Stephen Jackson )
Action
Man ( Nickname of Prince Charles )
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Action
Man ( children's male doll )
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Action
packed
Action
painting
Action
plan
Action
replay
Action
stations
Actions
speak
louder than words
Affirmative
action
Alamo City ( Nickname of San Antonio
Texas
)
America's Dairyland ( Nickname of the US state of
Wisconsin
)
American Express? That'll do nicely sir ( American
Express
advertising slogan )
Amped up ( excited and ready for
action
)
An army of one ( United
States
Army advertising slogan )
As full as an
Alabama
tick
Banana
republic
Be all that you can be ( United
States
Army advertising slogan )
Before you could
say
Jack Robinson
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Before you could
say
knife
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to
speak
and remove all doubt
Bigger in Texas, Better in a Dodge ( Dodge Motors advertising slogan )
Book him Danno ( A catchphrase from
Hawaii
Five-O )
Born Free (
Virginia
McKenna movie )
Born In The U.S.A.( Bruce Springsteen album and song )
Buy a bucket of chicken and have a barrel of fun (
Kentucky
Fried Chicken advertising slogan )
California
Girls ( Beach Boys song )
California
Gurls ( Katy Perry with Snoop Dogg song )
California
Suite ( Jane Fonda movie )
California
licence plate ( Nickname for tattoo on lower back )
California's Sunrise Seaport ( Nickname of Stockton
California
)
Call to
action
Camp David ( tourist attraction in
USA
)
Carry into
action
Carve Her Name With Pride (
Virginia
McKenna movie )
Central Park ( tourist attraction in New York
USA
)
Chicken capital,
USA
(
Kentucky
Fried Chicken advertising slogan )
Chocolate Town ( Nickname of Hershey
Pennsylvania
)
Click it or ticket ( United
States
seat belt law advertising slogan )
Colorful
Colorado
( Nickname of the US state of
Colorado
)
Cool Joe ( Nickname of baseball player Joe
Montana
)
Corn and cluck for a buck (
Kentucky
Fried Chicken advertising slogan )
Courier Express. Today's delivery problems solved tomorrow ( Courier
Express
advertising slogan )
Cross into the Blue ( United
States
Air Force advertising slogan )
Dark And Bloody Ground ( Nickname of the US state of
Kentucky
)
Death On The Orient
Express
( Agatha Christie book )
Death Valley ( tourist attraction in Arizona
USA
)
Did Somebody
Say
McDonald's? ( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Do as I
say
not as I do
Dogwood City ( Nickname of Atlanta
Georgia
)
Don't leave home without it ( American
Express
advertising slogan )
Don't mess with
Texas
Don't
say
brown -
say
Hovis ( Hovis Bread advertising slogan )
Elder
statesman
Eleven secret herbs and spices ( claim made for the recipe of
Kentucky
Fried Chicken )
Elm City ( Nickname of New Haven
Connecticut
)
Empire State Building
Empire State of Mind ( Jay-Z with Alicia Keys song )
Express
Mail
Express
an opinion
Express
yourself
Falls City ( Nickname of Louisville
Kentucky
)
Federal
Express
Finger-lickin' good (
Kentucky
Fried Chicken advertising slogan )
For every
action
there is an equal and opposite reaction
Ford is the Best in
Texas
( Ford Cars advertising slogan )
Fort Knox ( tourist attraction in
USA
)
Fort Worthless ( Nickname of Fort Worth
Texas
)
Friends don't let friends drive drunk ( United
States
Department of Transportation advertising slogan )
Frog Town ( Nickname of Toledo
Ohio
)
Georgia
On My Mind ( Ray Charles song )
Give a hoot, don't pollute ( United
States
Forest Service advertising slogan )
Got milk? (
California
Milk Processor Board advertising slogan )
Great Land ( Nickname of the US state of
Alaska
)
Have a
say
in
Have the final
say
Have your
say
He understands every word I
say
to him
Hear no evil,
speak
no evil, see no evil
Heart of Dixie ( Nickname of the US state of
Alabama
)
Hotel
California
( Eagles album )
Human
condition
I
Say
A Little Prayer ( Aretha Franklin song )
I
declare
I don't want to
say
I told you so, but I told you so
I have nothing to
declare
but my genius ( Oscar Wilde quotation )
I hear what you
say
I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me ( The Beatles song lyric )
If you don't get it, you don't get it ( The
Washington
Post advertising slogan )
If you want
Kentucky
Fried Chicken, you have to visit me (
Kentucky
Fried Chicken advertising slogan )
In a critical
condition
In a state of undress
In an interesting
condition
In tip top
condition
Indiana
Jones ( Nickname of Fred Jones )
Indiana
Jones And The Last Crusade ( Harrison Ford / Steven Speilberg movie )
Indiana
Jones And The Temple Of Doom ( Harrison Ford / Steven Speilberg movie )
Industrial
action
Iowa's Leading Edge ( Nickname of Council Bluffs
Iowa
)
It's not just for breakfast anymore (
Florida
Orange Juice Growers Association advertising slogan )
Just
say
no ( A catchphrase from Nancy Reagan )
Just
say
the word
Lie in state
Lights, camera,
action
Like a good neighbor ( State Farm )
Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there ( State Farm Insurance advertising slogan )
Listen I will
say
zis only wunce ( A catchphrase from Allo Allo )
Little Cuba ( Nickname of Miami
Florida
)
Little Rhody ( Nickname of the US state of Rhode Island )
Live
action
Lost Wages ( Nickname of Las Vegas
Nevada
)
Louisiana
Lightning ( Nickname of Ron Guidry )
Love means never having to
say
you're sorry ( Love Story )
Lynn Lynn City Of Sin ( Nickname of Lynn
Massachusetts
)
Madison Square Garden ( tourist attraction in the
USA
)
Married state
Memphis
Tennessee
( Chuck Berry song )
Michigan
Assassin ( Nickname of Stanley Ketchel )
Mint
condition
Missing in
action
More human interest (
Washington
Mutual advertising slogan )
Motown ( Nickname of Detroit
Michigan
)
Mount Rushmore ( tourist attraction in the
USA
)
Mr. Smith Goes To
Washington
( James Stewart movie )
Music City ( Nickname of Nashville
Tennessee
)
My Own Private
Idaho
( River Phoenix movie )
Nanny state
Needless to
say
Never Can
Say
Goodbye ( The Jackson 5 song )
Never
say
die
Never
say
never
Never
say
never again
Never
speak
ill of the dead
Nobody can
say
no to the honey nut Os in Honey Nut Cheerios ( Cheerios Cereals advertising slogan )
Nobody does chicken like KFC (
Kentucky
Fried Chicken advertising slogan )
North To
Alaska
( John Wayne movie )
Not to
speak
of
Nothing to
declare
Only you can prevent forest fires ( United
States
Forest Service advertising slogan )
Oranges and lemons
say
the bells of Saint Clements ( line from nursery rhyme )
Out of
action
Out of
condition
Parlous state
Party in the U.S.A. ( Miley Cyrus song )
Pennsylvania
65000 ( Glenn Miller tune )
People's
republic
( a communist state )
Piece of the
action
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Play it again, Sam ( New York State Lottery advertising slogan )
Polar
Express
( Tom Hanks movie )
Police state
Pontiac: Designed for
Action
( Pontiac advertising slogan )
Pookie Poo ( Nickname of
Florida
Evans ( Esther Rolle ) )
Prime
condition
( in perfect shape )
Purity City ( Nickname of Boston
Massachusetts
)
Ready and waiting ( alert and prepared for
action
)
Real goodness from
Kentucky
Fried Chicken (
Kentucky
Fried Chicken advertising slogan )
Rip City ( Nickname of Portland
Oregon
)
Ryan
Express
( Nickname of Nolan Ryan )
Sad state of affairs
Say
It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud ( James Brown song )
Say
a few words
Say
cheese
Say
goodnight Dick ( A catchphrase from Rowan and Martin's Laugh In )
Say
goodnight Gracie ( A catchphrase from George Burns )
Say
it ain't so, Joe ( A baseball expression denoting disbelief )
Say
it loud and
say
it proud
Say
it with flowers ( Interflora advertising slogan )
Say
it, don't spray it
Say
kids, what time is it? ( A catchphrase from Howdy Doody Show )
Say
the magic word and win $100 dollars ( A catchphrase from Groucho Marx In You Bet Your Life )
Say
uncle
Say
what you mean and mean what you
say
Say
what you see ( A catchphrase from Catchphrase )
Say
when
Say
your piece
Say
your prayers
See no evil, hear no evil
speak
no evil
See the
USA
in a Chevrolet ( Chevrolet advertising slogan )
Shaky Town ( Nickname of San Francisco
California
)
Shampoo Banana ( Nickname of Champaign Urbana
Illinois
)
Sin City ( Nickname of Las Vegas
Nevada
)
Slice of the
action
Snowball
Express
So to
speak
Some of our best men are women ( United
States
Army advertising slogan )
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
Speak
as you find
Speak
for yourself
Speak
in tongues
Speak
of the devil
Speak
softly and carry a big stick
Speak
the same language
Speak
when you are spoken to
Speak
your mind
Speak
your piece
Spring into
action
Stand-by for
action
State of Independence ( Saab advertising slogan )
State of mind
State of the art
Stated income
Stating the obvious
Surfin
USA
( Beach Boys song )
Tea Party
Express
Texas
Tornado ( Nickname of T.J.Ford )
Texas
holdem'
Texas
turkey
Texas
two-step
That woman speaks eight languages and can't
say
no in any of them
The Alamo ( tourist attraction in the
USA
)
The Apache State ( Nickname of the US state of Arizona )
The Armpit Of
California
( Nickname of Fresno
California
)
The Artesian State ( Nickname of the US state of South Dakota )
The Athens of America ( Nickname of Boston
Massachusetts
)
The Auto State ( Nickname of the US state of
Michigan
)
The Aztec State ( Nickname of the US state of Arizona )
The Badger State ( Nickname of the US state of
Wisconsin
)
The Battle-Born State ( Nickname of the US state of
Nevada
)
The Bay State ( Nickname of the US state of
Massachusetts
)
The Bayou State ( Nickname of the US state of
Mississippi
)
The Bear State ( Nickname of the US state of
Arkansas
)
The Beaver State ( Nickname of the US state of
Oregon
)
The Beef State ( Nickname of the US state of
Nebraska
)
The Beehive State ( Nickname of the US state of
Utah
)
The Best Little Whorehouse In
Texas
( Burt Reynolds / Dolly Parton movie )
The Big Bend State ( Nickname of the US state of
Tennessee
)
The Big Orange ( Nickname of Los Angeles
California
)
The Big Pond ( nickname of the Atlantic Ocean between the UK and the
USA
)
The Birth of a
Nation
( D W Griffith / Lillian Gish movie )
The Birthplace Of The Blues ( Nickname of Memphis
Tennessee
)
The Blizzards State ( Nickname of the US state of South Dakota )
The Blue End State ( Nickname of the US state of
Delaware
)
The Bluegrass State ( Nickname of the US state of
Kentucky
)
The Bread-And-Butter State ( Nickname of the US state of
Minnesota
)
The Brooklyn Bridge ( tourist attraction in New York
USA
)
The Buckeye State ( Nickname of the US state of
Ohio
)
The Bullion State ( Nickname of the US state of
Missouri
)
The Buzzard State ( Nickname of the US state of
Georgia
)
The Camellia State ( Nickname of the US state of
Alabama
)
The Centennial State ( Nickname of the US state of
Colorado
)
The Chinook State ( Nickname of the US state of
Washington
)
The Chrysler Building ( tourist attraction in New York
USA
)
The City Of Lights ( Nickname of Las Vegas
Nevada
)
The Cockade State ( Nickname of the US state of
Maryland
)
The Constitution State ( Nickname of the US state of
Connecticut
)
The Copper State ( Nickname of the US state of Arizona )
The Corn State ( Nickname of the US state of
Iowa
)
The Cornhusker State ( Nickname of the US state of
Nebraska
)
The Cotton State ( Nickname of the US state of
Alabama
)
The Cowboy State ( Nickname of the US state of
Wyoming
)
The Coyote State ( Nickname of the US state of South Dakota )
The Cracker State ( Nickname of the US state of
Georgia
)
The Cradle Of History ( Nickname of Monterey
California
)
The Cradle Of Liberty ( Nickname of Boston
Massachusetts
)
The Crawdad Town ( Nickname of Isleton
California
)
The Creole State ( Nickname of the US state of
Louisiana
)
The Crossroads Of
Ohio
( Nickname of Columbus
Ohio
)
The Diamond State ( Nickname of the US state of
Delaware
)
The Dynamo Of Dixie ( Nickname of Chattanooga
Tennessee
)
The Empire State ( Nickname of the US state of New York )
The Empire State ( Nickname of the US state of South
Georgia
)
The Empire State Building ( tourist attraction in New York
USA
)
The End Of The World ( Nickname of Anchorage
Alaska
)
The Equality State ( Nickname of the US state of
Wyoming
)
The Everglade State ( Nickname of the US state of
Florida
)
The Evergreen State ( Nickname of the US state of
Washington
)
The Fast Gun From
Texas
( Nickname of Dan Troop ( John Russell ) )
The First State ( Nickname of the US state of
Delaware
)
The Flickertail State ( Nickname of the US state of North Dakota )
The Foreigner State ( Nickname of the US state of New Jersey )
The Free State ( Nickname of the US state of
Maryland
)
The Gamecock State ( Nickname of the US state of South Carolina )
The Garden State ( Nickname of the US state of New Jersey )
The Gateway To
Texas
( Nickname of Marshall
Texas
)
The Gem ( Nickname of Erie
Pennsylvania
)
The Gem State ( Nickname of the US state of
Idaho
)
The
Georgia
Peach ( Nickname of Tyrus Cobb )
The Gibraltar Of America ( Nickname of Vicksburg
Mississippi
)
The Glass Menagerie ( play by
Tennessee
Williams )
The Golden Gate Bridge ( tourist attraction in
USA
)
The Golden State ( Nickname of the US state of
California
)
The Goober State ( Nickname of the US state of
Georgia
)
The Gopher State ( Nickname of the US state of
Minnesota
)
The Grand Canyon ( tourist attraction in the
USA
)
The Grand Canyon State ( Nickname of the US state of Arizona )
The Grand Ol Opry ( tourist attraction in Nashville
USA
)
The Granite State ( Nickname of the US state of New Hampshire )
The Great Lake State ( Nickname of the US state of
Michigan
)
The Green Mountain State ( Nickname of the US state of
Vermont
)
The Guinea Pig State ( Nickname of the US state of
Arkansas
)
The Hawkeye State ( Nickname of the US state of
Iowa
)
The Heart Of America ( Nickname of
Kansas
City
Missouri
)
The Heart Of Europe ( Nickname of Prague Czech
Republic
)
The Hog And Hominy State ( Nickname of the US state of
Tennessee
)
The Hog Butcher Of The World ( Nickname of Chicago
Illinois
)
The Home Of Paul Bunyan And Babe The Blue Ox ( Nickname of Westwood California, Brainerd
Minnesota
and Bemidji
Minnesota
)
The Home Of The Masters ( Nickname of Augusta
Georgia
)
The Hoozier State ( Nickname of the US state of
Indiana
)
The Hot Water State ( Nickname of the US state of
Arkansas
)
The Hub ( Nickname of Boston
Massachusetts
)
The Hub Of East County ( Nickname of El Cajon
California
)
The Hub Of The West Valley ( Nickname of Reseda
California
)
The Icebox Of The United
States
( Nickname of International Falls
Minnesota
)
The Iodine State ( Nickname of the US state of South Carolina )
The Iron Curtain ( notional barrier between capitalist West and communist
states
)
The Jayhawker State ( Nickname of the US state of
Kansas
)
The Jumbo State ( Nickname of the US state of
Texas
)
The
Kansas
Comet ( Nickname of Gale Sayers )
The Keystone State ( Nickname of the US state of
Pennsylvania
)
The Last
Action
Hero ( Arnold Schwarzenegger movie )
The Last Frontier ( Nickname of the US state of
Alaska
)
The Lincoln Memorial ( tourist attraction in
Washington
USA
)
The Lone Star State ( Nickname of the US state of
Texas
)
The Magnolia State ( Nickname of the US state of
Mississippi
)
The Mendocino Of The East ( Nickname of Rockport
Massachusetts
)
The Minni Apple ( Nickname of Minneapolis
Minnesota
)
The
Mississippi
Bullet ( Nickname of Monta Ellis )
The Mistake On The Lake ( Nickname of Cleveland
Ohio
)
The Mob Town ( Nickname of Baltimore
Maryland
)
The Moscow on the Charles ( Nickname of Cambridge
Massachusetts
)
The Moscow on the
Mississippi
( Nickname of Saint Paul
Minnesota
)
The Motor City ( Nickname of Detroit
Michigan
)
The New
Statesman
( BBC comedy television series )
The New York Of The South ( Nickname of Atlanta
Georgia
)
The New York of the South ( Nickname of Galveston
Texas
)
The Next America ( Nickname of Columbia
Maryland
)
The Old Pueblo ( Nickname of Tucson Arizona )
The Orient
Express
The Palm Springs Of
Washington
( Nickname of Yakima
Washington
)
The People's
Republic
Of Berkeley ( Nickname of Berkeley
California
)
The People's
Republic
Of Cambridge ( Nickname of Cambridge
Massachusetts
)
The People's
Republic
of South Yorkshire ( Nickname of Sheffield England )
The Phoenix ( Nickname of Lynn
Massachusetts
)
The Pittsburgh Of The South ( Nickname of Birmingham
Alabama
)
The Plymouth Of The West ( Nickname of San Diego
California
)
The Protestant Vatican ( Nickname of Nashville
Tennessee
)
The Real West ( Nickname of Pendelton
Oregon
)
The Rockefeller Centre ( tourist attraction in New York
USA
)
The Rome Of The North ( Nickname of Prague Czech
Republic
)
The
Say
Hey Kid ( Nickname of Willie Mays )
The Show Business Capital Of The World ( Nickname of Hollywood
California
)
The Slaughterhouse Of The World ( Nickname of Chicago
Illinois
)
The Socialist
Republic
Of South Yorkshire ( Nickname of Sheffield England )
The Statue of Liberty ( tourist attraction in New York
USA
)
The Steel City ( Nickname of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
)
The Steel Heart Of The
Republic
( Nickname of Ostrava Czech
Republic
)
The
Texas
Tornado ( Nickname of Sam Baugh )
The Twin Cities ( Nickname of Minneapolis/St. Paul
Minnesota
)
The Valley Of The Sun ( Nickname of Phoenix Arizona )
The White House ( tourist attraction in
Washington
USA
)
The bank that likes to
say
Yes ( Trustee Savings Bank advertising slogan )
The few, the proud, the Marines ( United
States
Marine Corps advertising slogan )
The halibut capital of the world ( Nickname of Homer
Alaska
)
The love that dare not
speak
its name
The next president of the United
States
The station of the
nation
( Radio Caroline advertising slogan )
The toughest job you'll ever love ( United
States
Peace Corps advertising slogan )
Time to
Say
Goodbye ( Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman song )
Times Square ( tourist attraction in New York
USA
)
Tinseltown ( Nickname of Hollywood
California
)
Toto, I've a feeling we're not in
Kansas
anymore ( The Wizard of Oz )
Two and eight ( Cockney rhyming slang for state )
Victory won't wait for the
nation
that's late ( Big Ben Clocks advertising slogan )
We Are the World (
USA
for Africa song )
We do chicken right (
Kentucky
Fried Chicken advertising slogan )
When there's no tomorrow ( Federal
Express
advertising slogan )
When you
say
Budweiser, you've said it all ( Budweiser Beer advertising slogan )
White man
speak
with forked tongue
Who's Afraid Of
Virginia
Woolf? ( Elizabeth Taylor movie )
Why don't you
say
what you really think?
With you, all the way ( State Bank of India advertising slogan )
Wouldn't
say
boo to a goose
Yellowstone Park ( tourist attraction in the
USA
)
Yosemite National Park ( tourist attraction in the
USA
)
You aren't obliged to
say
anything
You
say
you want a revolution ( Line from Beatles song )
You've come a long way, baby (
Virginia
Slims Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I've Got Love In My Tummy (
Ohio
Express
song )