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A means to an
end
A
still
small voice
All good things must come to an
end
All over
bar
the shouting
At a loose
end
At the
end
of a gun
At the
end
of the day
At the
end
of your rope
At the
end
of your tether
At your wits'
end
Bar
fly
Bar
none
Barbecue
stopper
( A controversial statement )
Basta la musica
Be
still
my beating heart
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Because I could not stop for death he kindly
stopped
for me ( from a poem by Dickinson )
Belly up to the
bar
Best stop now
Blind Before I Stop ( Meatloaf song )
Born 1820 -
Still
going strong ( Johnny Walker Black Whiskey advertising slogan )
Bounty - the taste of paradise ( Bounty candy
bar
advertising slogan )
Brilliant cleaning starts with
Finish
(
Finish
Detergent advertising slogan )
Bring to an
end
Bring up short
Business
end
Call it a day
Call it quits
Call time on
Can it
Can't see beyond the
end
of your nose
Cheer up, it's not the
end
of the world
Citizen's
arrest
Clean
cut
boy
Come to a screeching
halt
Come to a sticky
end
Come to rest
Conversation
stopper
Cook your goose
Curb
appeal
Curb
your enthusiasm
Cut
a cheque
Cut
a dash
Cut
a deal
Cut
a hog
Cut
a long story short
Cut
a rug
Cut
a wide swathe ( make a pompous display )
Cut
above the rest
Cut
and dried
Cut
and paste
Cut
and run
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Cut
and shut
Cut
and thrust
Cut
bait
Cut
corners
Cut
costs
Cut
from the same cloth
Cut
it fine
Cut
it out
Cut
loose
Cut
no ice
Cut
off at the knees
Cut
off without a penny
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Cut
out for
Cut
out the dead wood
Cut
prices to the bone
Cut
some slack
Cut
someone dead
Cut
someone down in their prime
Cut
someone down to size
Cut
the Gordian knot
Cut
the cackle
Cut
the cheese
Cut
the cord
Cut
the crap
Cut
the ground from under your feet
Cut
the mustard
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Cut
the umbilical cord
Cut
throat competition
Cut
through the red tape
Cut
to the chase
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Cut
to the quick
Cut
up about
Cut
up rough
Cut
your coat to suit your cloth
Cut
your losses
Cut
your own throat
Cut
your teeth
Day surgery ( minor surgery that does not require the patient to
stay
in hospital overnight )
Dead
end
Director's
cut
Do me a favour
Doctor Strangelove Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb ( Peter Sellers movie )
Don't Stop Believin' ( Journey song )
Don't Stop Me Now ( Queen song )
Don't
cut
off your nose to spite your face
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Doubt is the beginning not the
end
of wisdom
Dry up
Ee
bar
gum
End
in itself
End
of a perfect day
End
of an era
End
of story
End
of the ball game
End
of the line
End
product
End
up at
Enough already
Face that could stop a clock
Final
cut
First
cut
Fish or
cut
bait
Freeze frame
Freeze! this is Miami Vice ( A catchphrase from Miami Vice )
Get hold of the wrong
end
of the stick
Get to the
end
of your tether
Get your
end
away
Give it a rest
Give me a break! Break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar! ( Kit Kat chocolate advertising slogan )
Go off the deep
end
Grind to a
halt
Half
cut
Handbrake
turn ( 180 degree turn in a car by locking the back wheels )
Hang about
Hang on
Hang on a minute
Have your hair stand on
end
Have your work
cut
out for you
Hershey, the great American chocolate
bar
( Hershey Chocolate advertising slogan )
Hit the
bar
Hit the brakes
Hit the buffers
Hit the skids
Hold everything
Hold fast
Hold it
Hold it right there
Hold on
Hold on a minute
I Can't Stop Loving You ( Ray Charles song )
I
arrest
you in the name of the law
I dreamed I
stopped
traffic in my Maidenform bra ( Maidenform advertising slogan )
I'm
Still
Standing ( Elton John song )
I've started so I'll
finish
( A catchphrase from Mastermind )
If enough people would stop smoking and start drinking, we could get out of ashtrays and into vermouth ( Cinzano advertising slogan )
In The
Still
Of The Night ( Frank Sinatra song )
Inexpensive. And Built to
Stay
That Way ( Subaru advertising slogan )
Is there honey
still
for tea?
It will all
end
in tears
It's The
End
Of The World As We Know It ( R.E.M. song )
Journey's
end
Katy
bar
the door
Keep your
end
up
Knock it off
Knock it on the head
Know which
end
is up
Leave it out
Let up
Light at the
end
of the tunnel
Like a chicken with its head
cut
off
Long Stop ( field position in the game of cricket )
Made especially to
prevent
sore throats ( Craven 'A' Cigarettes advertising slogan )
Make the
cut
Makes your hair stands on
end
Measure twice,
cut
once
Miss the
cut
My stomach thinks my throat's been
cut
Never hear the
end
of it
Nice guys
finish
last
Ninth inning ( A baseball expression meaning an event or process is near the
end
)
Nip in the bud
No
end
of
Not
cut
out for it
Not the beginning of the end, but the
end
of the beginning
On the receiving
end
Once you pop you can't stop ( Pringles advertising slogan )
One stop shop
Only you can
prevent
forest fires ( United States Forest Service advertising slogan )
Pack it in
Photo
finish
Plug the gap
Pregnant
pause
Prime
cut
Prop up the
bar
Pull all the
stops
out
Pull the plug
Put an
end
to
Quit
while you're ahead
Raise the
bar
Raising the
bar
( Cingular Wireless advertising slogan )
Resisting
arrest
Send your parcels Red Star and pull out all the
stops
( Red Star advertising slogan )
Shallow
end
Shit ( or short )
end
of the stick
Short
end
of the stick
Stay
ahead of the curve
Stay
contented, get Radio Rented ( Radio Rentals advertising slogan )
Stay
in touch
Stay
on course
Stay
on track
Stay
safe
Stay
the course
Stay
tuned
Stay
tuned to this channel
Still
Crazy After All These Years ( Paul Simon song )
Still
life ( a form of painting in which inanimate objects are the subject )
Still
the One ( ABC advertising slogan )
Still
waters run deep
Stop all the clocks,
cut
off the telephone ( from a poem by Auden )
Stop and smell the roses
Stop at nothing
Stop drop and roll
Stop faffing about
Stop it you're killing me
Stop me and buy one ( Wall's Ice Cream advertising slogan )
Stop me if you've heard this one
Stop messing about ( A catchphrase from Kenneth Williams )
Stop on a dime
Stop pumping your gums
Stop the clock, I've found a clue
Stop the rot
Stop the show
Stop the world I want to get off
Stop traffic
Stop! In The Name Of Love ( The Supremes song )
Stop, In The Name Of Love
Stop, Look and Listen; remember the Green Cross Code ( UK Road Safety Campaign advertising slogan )
Stop, or my mom will shoot ( line from Sylvestor Stallone movie )
Stopped
in your tracks
Stops
body odour ( Lifebouy Soap advertising slogan )
Stops
halitosis! ( Listerine Mouthwash advertising slogan )
That's enough!
The Blue
End
State ( Nickname of the US state of Delaware )
The Day the Earth Stood
Still
( Michael Rennie movie )
The
End
Of The World ( Nickname of Anchorage Alaska )
The Final
Cut
( Pink Floyd song )
The First
Cut
Is The Deepest ( Rod Stewart song )
The Kobe
Stopper
( Nickname of Ruben Patterson )
The be all and
end
all
The beginning of the
end
The bitter
end
The body is
still
warm
The buck
stops
here ( A political slogan by Harry S Truman )
The
cut
of your jib
The deep
end
The
end
of civilization as we know it
The
end
of the road
The
end
of the world is nigh
The light at the
end
of the tunnel may just be a train coming the other way
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly
still
( The Beatles song lyric )
The means to an
end
The more things change, the more they
stay
the same
The
pause
that refreshes ( Coca Cola advertising slogan )
The pot of gold at the
end
of the rainbow
The shit
end
of the stick
The short
end
of the stick
The
still
small voice of God
The thick
end
of
The unkindest
cut
of all
The war to
end
wars
There's a smile in every Hershey
Bar
( Hershey chocolate advertising slogan )
Thin
end
of the wedge
Thrown in at the deep
end
Till the
end
of time
To
cut
a long story short
Toward this
end
Turn it in
We never stop working for you ( Verizon Wireless advertising slogan )
What would you do for a Klondike Bar? ( Klondike chocolate advertising slogan )
When you are in a hole, stop digging
Where wonders never
cease
( Alton Towers advertising slogan )
Will You
Still
Love Me Tomorrow? ( Carole King song )
World without
end
You could have
cut
the atmosphere with a knife