ABSTRACT

This collection will appeal to everyone who has ever wondered about the origin of phrases like "all part of life's rich pattern" and "long time no see". It covers a wide range of catch phrases in current use in all parts of the English-speaking world. Most entries are drawn from the second edition of Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Catch Phrases (second edition, edited by Paul Beale), but have been completely rewritten in the light of recent research, and there are many additions. Catch Phrases include: close your eyes and think of England! have I got news for you! ... refreshes the parts that other ... cannot reach some mothers do'ave'em! you are awful, but I like you.

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A

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Abyssinia!

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Accidentally on purpose

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Accidents will happen in the best-regulated families

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According to plan

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Act to follow, a hard (or tough)

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Act your age!

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Against my religion, it's

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Age before beauty

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Age of miracles is not past, the

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Aha, me proud beauty!

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Ain't nobody here but us chickens! (, there)

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Ain't you got no homes to go to?

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Alaska

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Alive and well and living in…

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All ashore that's (or as is) going ashore!

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All bitter and twisted

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All chiefs and no Indians

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All clever stuff

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All contributions gratefully received (, however small)

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All day!

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All done with mirrors (, it's)

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All dressed up and no place (or nowhere) to go

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All dressed up like a Christmas tree

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All good clean fun

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All hands on deck!

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All human life is there!

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All I know is what I read in the papers

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All mouth and trousers

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All my eye and Betty Martin!

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All my own work

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All over bar the shouting (, it's)

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All over the place like a mad woman's shit

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All part of life's rich pattern (, it's)

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All part of the service

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All piss and wind

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All present and correct!

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All right for some! (, it's)

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All right on the night

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All-singing, all-dancing

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All systems go

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Although (or though) I says it as shouldn't

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Always read the small print

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And a merry Christmas to you too!

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And all that

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And don't you forget it!

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And how!

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And I don't mean maybe

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And like it!

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And no mistake

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And now for something completely different

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And so to bed

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And so we say farewell

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And that ain't hay!

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And that's flat!

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And that's your lot!

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And the band played on

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And the rest!

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And then some

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And very nice too!

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Angle of dangle is inversely proportional to the heat of the meat, the

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Another day, another dollar

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Another fine mess you've gotten me into! (, here's)

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Answer is a lemon, the

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Answer is in the plural and they bounce, the

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Any colour you like, so long as it's black

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Any complaints?

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Any joy?

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Any more for any more?

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Anyone for tennis?

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Anyone's bet (, it's or that's)

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Anything for a laugh

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Anything goes!

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Anything that can go wrong will go wrong

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Apples, she's (or she'll be)

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Are there any more at home like you?

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Are we downhearted?

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Are you a man or a mouse?

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Are you kidding?

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Are you sitting comfortably? (Then I'll begin)

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Are you trying to tell me something?

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Are you with me?

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Aren't we all?

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Aren't you (or I) the lucky one!

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Aren't you the one!

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Arm and a leg, an

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As camp as a row of tents

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As clear as mud

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As camp as a row of tents

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As clear as mud

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As happy (or lucky) as a bastard on Father's Day

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As happy as a pig in shit

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As I live and breathe

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As I used to was

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As if I cared!

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As large as life and twice as natural

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As much chance as a snowball in hell

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As nutty as a fruitcake

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As old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth

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As queer as Dick's hatband

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As soft as shit and twice as nasty

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As the actress said to the bishop

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As thick as two short planks

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Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer

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Ass in a sling, have (or get) (one's)

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At least she won't die wondering

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Attaboy!

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Aw shucks!

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B

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Back to square one

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Back to the drawing-board!

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Back to the grindstone!

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Ball game, it's a different (or whole new)

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Balloon goes up, the

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Band played on, the

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Bang, bang, you're dead!

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Bang to rights

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Bangs like a shithouse door (, she)

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Be a devil!

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Be an angel!

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Be good!—and if you can't be good, be careful!

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Be my guest!

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Be seeing you!

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Be your age!

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Beats working (, itor that)

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Because it's there

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Because the higher the fewer

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Been and gone and done it, I've (or you've, he's, she's, etc.)

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Bee's knees, the

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Believe it or not!

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Believe you me!

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Bells and whistles

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Best thing since sliced bread, the

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Better out than in!

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Better than a dig (or poke) in the eye with a blunt (or burnt) stick

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Between a rock and a hard place

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Beulah, peel me a grape

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Bfn

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Big Brother is watching you!

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Big conk: big cock

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Big deal!

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Bigger they are, the harder they fall, the

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Bird is flown, the

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Bless his (or her or their) little cotton socks!

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Blind Freddie could see that (, even)

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Blinded with science

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Bob's your uncle!

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Brass-monkey weather

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Break a leg!

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Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

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Bring on the dancing girls!

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Brute force and ignorance

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Buck stops here, the

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Built like a brick shithouse

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Bully for you!

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Business as usual

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By guess and by God

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Bye for now!

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C

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Camp as a row of tents (, as)

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Can do

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Can of worms

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Can you beat that?

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Can't be bad!

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Can't complain

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Can't tell shit from Shinola (, he)

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Captain is at home, the

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Carrying all before her

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Casting nasturtiums

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Cat got your tongue?

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Cat in hell's chance, not a

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Cat laugh, enough to (or it would) make a

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Chalk it up to experience!

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Chance would be a fine thing!

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Charge like the Light Brigade (, they)

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Cheap and cheerful

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Cheap at half the price (, it would be)

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Cheeky monkey!

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Cheer up: it may never happen

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Chips are down, the

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Chocks away!

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Christmas comes but once a year—thank God!

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Cinch, it's (or that's) a

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Clear as mud (, as)

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Clever chaps (or devils) these Chinese!

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Close, but no cigar (, it was)

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Close your eyes and think of England!

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Cloth ears, he (or she) has

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Cloud nine, on

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Cobblers!

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Cold as a witch's tit (, as)

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Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey

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Collapse of stout party

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Come again?

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Come and get it!

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Come back…, all is forgiven

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Come home, all is forgiven

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Come home with your knickers tom and say you found the money! (, you)

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Come in, number six (or four, eight, etc.), your time is up

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Come off your perch!

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Come on in, the water's fine

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Come to papa!

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Come up and see me sometime

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Come up smelling of violets (or roses)

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Come up and see my etchings

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Cool it!

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Cop (a load of) that lot!

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Could eat the hind leg off a donkey (, I or he, etc.)

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Couldn't give a monkey's

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Couldn't knock the skin off a rice-pudding (, you or he, etc.)

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Couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery (, you or he, etc.)

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Count the spoons!

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Crazy mixed-up kid

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Cross my palm with silver! (, first)

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Cry all the way to the bank

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Curtains for you (or him, etc.)! (, it's)

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Cut off my legs and call me Shorty! (, well)

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D

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Daddy, buy me one of those!

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Damn white of you!, that's

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Damned clever these Chinese!

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Dead, and never called me ‘mother'

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Death-adders in your pocket?, have you got

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Decisions, decisions!

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Dedigitate!

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Depends on what you mean by

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Did he fall or was he pushed?

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Did it fall (or drop) off a lorry?

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Did she fall or was she pushed?

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Did you say something?

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Did you shoot it yourself?

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Didn't come down in the last shower, I (or he, etc.)

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Different ball game, it's a

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Different strokes for different folks

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Difficult we do at oncedifficult we do at once; the impossible will take a little longer, the

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Dirty mind is a constant joy (or a joy for ever), a

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Ditto

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Do I have to spell it out for you (or draw you a diagram)?

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Do me a favour!

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Do one for me

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Do tell!

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Do you come here often?

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Do you know any other funny stories?

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Do you know something?

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Do you know what?

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Do you mind!

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Do you see what I see?

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Do you think I'm made of money?

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Do you want jam on it (or on both sides)?

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Do your own thing!

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Doctor Livingstone, I presume

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Does a bear shit in the woods?

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Does your mother know you're out?

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Doesn't everyone?

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Doesn't give a monkey's

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Doesn't it make you want to spit?

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Done up like a dog's dinner

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Don't all speak at once!

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Don't ask!

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Don't ask me, I only live (or work) here

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Don't be filthy!

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Don't bet on it!

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Don't call us, we'll call you

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Don't come the (old) acid with me!

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Don't come the (old) tin soldier with me!

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Don't come the raw prawn!

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Don't do anything I wouldn't do!

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Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes

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Don't fret!

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Don't get mad, get even!

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Don't get your knickers in a twist!

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Don't give me that!

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Don't go out of your way!

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Don't hold your breath!

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Don't I know it!

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Don't just stand there: do something!

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Don't keep a good woman waiting!

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Don't knock it!

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Don't let's play games!

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Don't look now, but…

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Don't make a meal of it!

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Don't make a production of it!

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Don't make waves!

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Don't mind me!

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Don't mock the afflicted!

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Don't rock the boat!

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Don't shit on your own doorstep (, you)

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Don't shoot the pianist (—he's doing his best)!

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Don't some mothers have (or 'ave) 'em!

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Don't spend it all at once (or in one shop)

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Don't strain yourself!

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Don't take any wooden nickels!

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Don't tell me: let me guess!

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Don't we all?

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Don't worry: it may never happen

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Don't you forget it!

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Don't (you) fret!

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Don't you know there's a war on?

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Doom and gloom (, gloom and doom)

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Down, Fido (or Rover)!

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Dressed up like a dog's dinner

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Drop dead!

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Duty calls!

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D'you know something?

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D'you want jam on both sides?

letter 5|3 pages

E

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Earwig! earwig!

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Eat your heart out!

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'Eave'art a brick at'im!

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Education has been sadly neglected, your

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Egg on (one's) face

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Elementary, my dear Watson!

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English as she is spoke

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Enjoy your trip?

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Enough said!

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Enough to make a cat laugh

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Enough to piss off the Pope

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Even blind Freddie could

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Even paranoids have real enemies

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Every day and in every way

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Every home should have one

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Every little helps, as the old woman said when she pissed in the sea

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Every silver lining has its cloud

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Every time he opens his mouth he puts his foot in it

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Everybody say ‘aah!'

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Everything but the kitchen sink

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Everything in the garden is lovely

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Everything's coming up roses

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Everything's under control

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Excuse my French!

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Excuse my pig: he's a friend!

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Expect me when you see me

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Extract the manual digit!

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Eyes like piss-holes in the snow

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F

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Face that would stop a clock, a

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Fair do's (or doo's)

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Fair enough!

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Fair go!

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Fair to middling

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Fame at last!

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Family, hold back (or off)!

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Famous last words!

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Fate worse than death, a

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Feeding time at the zoo

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Feel free!

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Feeling no pain

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Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong

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Fine weather for ducks!

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Finger of suspicion points at you!, the

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Fings ain't wot they used t'be

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First catch your hare

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Fish, or cut bait!

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Flattery will get you nowhere

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Fleet's lit up!, the

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Flings money around like a man with no arms

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Floats like a brick-built shithouse

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Fools seldom differ

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For my next trick

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For obvious reasons

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For the hell of it

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For the man who has everything

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For this relief, much thanks!

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For those few kind words, thank you (or many thanks)

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For what we are about to receive

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For your information

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Forget it!

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From the sublime to the gorblimey

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Fuck a duck!

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Fuck'em all!

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Fuck'em and chuck'em

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Fuck that (or this) for a lark!

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Fuck you, Jack, I'm all right

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Fucked by the fickle finger of fate

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Full stop, end of story!

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Funny peculiar or funny ha-ha?

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Funny thing happened (to me) on the way to the theatre, a

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Fur coat and no knickers

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G

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Gangway!

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Garbage in, garbage out

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Geese flying out of one's backside, like

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Get lost!

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Get off my case!

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Get off my cloud!

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Get stuck in!

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Get the lead out of your pants!

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Get you!

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Get your act together!

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Get your ass in gear!

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Get your finger out!

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Getting any (lately)?

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Ghost walks on Friday, the

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Gissa (or gizza) job!

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Git there fustest with the mostest!

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Give a monkey's, couldn't (or doesn't)

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Give it a whirl!

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Give me some skin!

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Give me strength!

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Give the cat another goldfish!

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Gizza job!

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Gloom and doom

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Go (and) boil your head!

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Go (and) chase yourself!

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Go (and) jump in the lake!

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Go and play in the traffic!

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Go and see a taxidermist!

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Go boil your head!

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Go chase yourself!

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Go fly a kite!

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Go fuck a duck!

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Go jump in the lake!

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Go to the top of the class!

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God is alive and well and living in…

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Going in and out like a fiddler's elbow

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Going to hell in a hand-basket, the world's (or he's, she's, etc.)

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Gone for a Burton

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Good in parts, like the curate's egg

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Good night!

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Good place to be from

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Good question!

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Good thinking!

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Good time was had by all, a

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Got it in one!

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Great minds think alike

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Greatest thing since sliced bread

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Greeks had a word for it, the

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Grow on trees, it doesn't (or they don't)

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Grow up!

letter 8|6 pages

H

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Ha bloody ha!

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Half past kissing time and time to kiss again

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Hand it to you, I have (or I've got)

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Hang in there!

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Hang loose!

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Happy as a bastard on Father's Day(, as)

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Happy as a pig in shit (, as)

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Hard cheese!

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Hard act to follow

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Has the cat got your tongue?

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Has the ghost walked yet?

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Has the penny dropped?

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Have a good trip?

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Have a heart!

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Have at you!

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Have gun, will travel

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Have I got news for you!

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Have one for me

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Have you any more funny stories?

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Have you got a snake in your pocket?

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Have you heard any good stones lately?

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Have you heard the latest?

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Have you quite finished?

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Having a wonderful time—wish you were here

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Having fun?

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He can make it sit up and beg

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He can put his shoes under my bed any time he likes

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He can't tell shit from Shinola

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He flings (or throws) money around like a man with no arms

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He (or she) has cloth ears

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He (or she) has seen something nasty in the woodshed

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He promised her the world, with a little red fence around it

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He thinks it's just to pee through

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He thinks the sun shines out of (sb's) arsehole

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He went thataway

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He who smelt it dealt it

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He'd fuck a snake if he could get it to hold still

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He'd fuck anything on two legs

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He'll take off any minute now

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He's had a smell of the barman's apron

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Heads I win, tails you lose

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Heard any good ones (or stones) lately?

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Hello, hello, hello!

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Hello, sailor!

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Help yourself!

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Hence the pyramids

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Here am I, slaving over a hot stove all day

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Here endeth the first lesson

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Here goes!

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Here we go!

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Here we go again!

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Here's a couple of matchsticks

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Here's another fine mess you've gotten me into!

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Hi ho, Silver(, away)!

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Hills are closing in on him, the

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Hint! hint!

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Hold me back!

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Hold onto your hat!

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Hold your horses!

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Home, James(, and don't spare the horses)!

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Honest Injun!

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Horse of another (or a different) colour, a

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Horses for courses

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Horses sweat, men perspire, (and or but) ladies only glow

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Hot and strong

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How about that!

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How can (or could) you?

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How daft can you get?

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How does that grab you?

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How goes the enemy?

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How long is a piece of string?

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How many beans make five?

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How many times?

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How much?

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How much to get out?

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How to win friends and influence people

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How's that?

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How's tricks?

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How's your father?

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How's your love life?

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Howzat! (or howsat!)

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Hubba! hubba!

letter 9|16 pages

I

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I ask you!

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I believe you, (but) thousands wouldn't

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I bet you say that to all the girls

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I can take a hint

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I can hardly wait

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I could care less

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I could eat that without salt

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I couldn't care less

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I didn't know you cared

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I do not wish to know that

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I don't mind if I do!

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I don't know!

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I don't know much about art (or music, etc.), but I know what I like

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I don't know whether I'm Arthur or Martha

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I don't mean maybe

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I don't think!

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I don't wish to know that

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I feel like a mushroom: everyone keeps me in the dark and is always feeding me bullshit

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I forgot to duck

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I guess you're trying to tell me something

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I had'em rolling in the aisles

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I have my agents

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I have to hand it to you

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I have to

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I haven't got a thing to wear

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I haven't laughed so much since my auntie caught her tit in the mangle

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I hear what you say

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I hope I'm not interrupting anything

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I kid you

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I like it!

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I like my women hot and strong

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I like that! (, well)

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I like work: I could watch it all day

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I like your nerve!

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I love you too

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I must go and shake hands with the wife's best friend

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I must love you and leave you

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I need that like (I need) a hole in the head

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I never liked it, anyway!

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I note what you say

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I only asked

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I only do it for kicks

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I only work here

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I owe you one

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I say, I say, I say!

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I see, said the blind man

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I shan't play!

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I should be so lucky!

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I should cocoa!

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I should live so long!

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I should worry!

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I tell you what!

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I thought you'd never ask!

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I took my harp to the party, but nobody asked me to play

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I want it yesterday

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I washed my hair last night and now I can't do a thing with it

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I wasn't born yesterday

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I wouldn't be seen dead in it

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I wouldn't believe him (or her, etc.) on a stack of Bibles

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I wouldn't bet on it!

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I wouldn't kick her out of bed

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I wouldn't know!

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I wouldn't know him from a bar of soap

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I wouldn't like to meet him (or her) in the dark

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I wouldn't piss on him (or her) if he was on fire

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I wouldn't say no!

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I wouldn't trust him (or her) as far as I could throw him (or her)

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I wouldn't want to be a pawnbroker's sign on a night like this

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I'd love to be a fly on the wall

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I'd rather sleep with her with no clothes on than with you in your best suit

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I'll cut you off with (or without) a shilling

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I'll drink to that!

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I'll eat my hat!

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I'll expect you when I see you

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I'll go out into the garden and eat worms

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I'll hate myself in the morning

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I'll have your guts for garters!

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I'll let you off this time

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I'll love you and leave you

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I'll say!

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I'll see you in court!

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I'll see you in hell first

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I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours

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I'll strike you out of my will

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I'll take a rain-check

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I'll tell you one thing, and that's not (or that ain't) two

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I'll tell you what!

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I'll try anything once

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I'm a big girl (or boy) now

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I'm a devout coward

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I'm a stranger here myself

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I'm all right, Jack

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I'm from Missouri(, you('ll) have to show me)

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I'm not just a pretty face(, you know)

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I'm not playing!

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I'm not as (or so) green as I'm cabbage-looking

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I'm not that kind of girl

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I'm only here for the beer

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I've been there

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I've got news for you!

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I've got the time if you've got the inclination

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I've got to hand it to you

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I've got to

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I've had more women than you've had hot dinners (or breakfasts)

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I've had my moments

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I've started, so I'll finish

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If all else fails, read the instructions!

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If, and it's a big if

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If anything can go wrong, it will

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If he doesn't like it he may do the other thing!

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If he fell in the shit he'd come up smelling of violets (or roses)

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If it's Tuesday, it must be Belgium

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If the wind changes, you'll get stuck like that

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If you can't beat'em, join'em

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If you can't fight, wear a big ‘at

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If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

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If you don't like it you can lump it!

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If you knows of a better 'ole (, go to it)! (, well)

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If you say

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If you want to get ahead, get a hat!

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Ignorance is bliss

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Illegal, immoral or fattening

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Illegitimis non carborundum

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Impossible we do at once; miracles take a little longer, the

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In a while, crocodile

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In like Flynn (, he's)

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In spades

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In the big league

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In the same ball-park

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In the wrong business, I'm (or we're, you're, etc.)

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Include me out!

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Is everybody happy?

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Is he (or she) with you?—no, I thought he was (or she) with you!

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Is my face red!

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Is that a threat or a promise?

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Is that all?

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Is that good?

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Is the Pope Catholic?

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Is there a doctor in the house?

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Is there a law against it?

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Is there room for a little one?

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Is you is or is you ain't?

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Isn't he (or she) the lucky one!

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Isn't that just like a man (or woman)!

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Isn't that something?

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It adds up

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It all depends (on) what you mean

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It beats working

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It come off in me 'and

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It couldn't happen (or have happened) to a nicer chap (or guy)

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It didn't strike on my box

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It doesn't add up

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It doesn't stand up

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It fell off the back of a lorry

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It fits where it touches

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It had my name (or number) on it

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It happens in the best-regulated (or best of) families

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It just goes to show

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It looks like a wet weekend

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It must have been something he (or she) ate

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It seemed like a good idea at the time

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It shouldn't happen to a dog!

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It stinks

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It sucks a variant of it stinks.

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It takes all sorts

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It takes one to know one

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It takes two to tango

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It was close, but no cigar

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It was on for young and old

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It went down like a lead balloon

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It went like a bomb

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It would be cheap at half the price

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It would make a cat laugh

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It'll all be the same in a hundred years

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It'll all come out in the wash

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It'll be a cold day in hell (when…)

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It'll be all right on the night

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It'll never get off the ground

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It'll put hair on your chest

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It'll see me out

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It's a bastard

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It's a big if

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It's a breeze

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It's a cinch

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It's a different (or whole new) ball game

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It's a doddle

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It's a dog's life

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It's a fair cop

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It's a free country

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It's a great life if you don't weaken

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It's a hard life!

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It's a living, already

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It's a long time between drinks

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It's a new one on me

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It's a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there

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It's a piece of cake

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It's a small world

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It's against my religion

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It's all clever stuff, y'know

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It's all coming out now

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It's all done with mirrors

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It's all go

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It's all good clean fun

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It's all good for trade

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It's all happening

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It's all money

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It's all over bar the shouting

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It's all part of life's rich pattern (or pageant or tapestry)

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It's all (or just) part of the service

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It's all right for some!

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It's all water under the bridge

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It's anyone's bet

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It's being so cheerful as keeps me going

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It's curtains for you (or him, etc.)!

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It's good clean dirt

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It's got bells on

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It's (just) one of those days

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It's just one of those things

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It's like money in the bank

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It's like shooting fish in a barrel

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It's made my day

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It's money for old rope

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It's naughty but it's nice

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It's no go

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It's no skin off my nose

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It's not cricket!

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It's not done

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It's not much if you say it quickly

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It's not on

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It's not the end of the world

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It's not what you know but who you know

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It's only money!

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It's the gipsy (or gypsy) in me

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It's the (or an) old army game

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It's the only game in town

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It's the pits

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It's the same difference!

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It's the thought that counts

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It's time I wasn't here

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It's your funeral

letter 10|1 pages

J

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Jamaica

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Jobs for the boys

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Join the club!

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Joint is jumping, the

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Jolly hockey sticks!

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Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean to say they aren't all out to get you

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Just fancy!

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Just for the hell of it

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Just for the record

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Just goes to show, it

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Just good friends

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Just part of the service

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Just the job!

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Just what the doctor ordered

letter 11|2 pages

K

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Keep on truckin'!

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Keep taking the tablets!

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Keep it under your hat!

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Keep the faith (, baby)

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Keep your fingers crossed!

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Keep your hair on!

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Keep your hand on your ha'penny

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Keep your legs together!

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Keep your pecker up!

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Keeping up with the Joneses

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Kill another canary and give the cat a treat!

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Kilroy was here

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Kindly leave the stage

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Kiss me, Hardy!

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Kiss my arse! an

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Kiss of death, the

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Knock! knock!

letter 12|4 pages

L

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Large as life and twice as natural (, as)

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Large mouth: large cunt

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Last of the big spenders, the

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Late for (one's) own funeral

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Laugh all the way to the bank

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Laugh? I thought I should have died

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Lead me to it!

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Lead on, Macduff!

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Let it all hang out!

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Let me tell you!

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Let the dog see the rabbit!

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Let's get the show on the road!

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Let's have some light on the subject!

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Let's not play games!

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Let's run it up the flagpole (and see who salutes)

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Let's try it on the dog!

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Lie back and enjoy it!

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Lies, damned lies and statistics

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Life begins at forty

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Life is just a bowl of cherries

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Life is just one damned thing after another

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Life's too short

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Light the blue touchpaper and retire immediately!

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Like a fart in a colander

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Like a spare prick at a wedding

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Like hell I will!

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Like something the cat's brought in

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Like sparrows (or geese) flying out of one's backside

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Like the curate's egg

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Like there was no tomorrow

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Little of what you fancy does you good, a

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Little things please little minds

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Living on the smell of an oil-rag

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Living the life of Riley (or Reilly)

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Long nose is a lady's liking, a

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Long time no see!

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Look, no hands!

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Look what the cat's dragged in!

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Look who's talking!

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Look you!

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Looks like a million dollars, he (or she)

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Looks like a wet weekend (, it)

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Love you and leave you, I must (or I'll)

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Lovely weather for ducks!

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Low man on a (or the) totem pole(, the)

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Lower than a snake's belly

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Lucky as a bastard on Father's Day (, as)

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Lucky one!, aren't you (or I) the

letter 13|4 pages

M

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Made my day, you've (or that's or it's)

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Make love, not war!

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Make no mistake!

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Makes you think, doesn't it?

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Man's gotta do what a man's gotta do, a

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Many thanks for those few kind words

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Maybe they know something we don't

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Me and my big mouth!

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Me Tarzan, you Jane

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Meanwhile, back at the ranch

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Meeting like this, we can't go on (or we must stop)

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Men are only interested in one thing

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Merry Christmas to you too!

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Message received

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Miaow! miaow!

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Mighty white of you!, that's

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Miles and miles and bloody miles of sweet fuck-all

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Mind boggles, the

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Mind how you go!

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Mind you, I've said nothing

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Mind your backs!

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Mission accomplished

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Mixture as before, the

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Money talks

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Monkey see, monkey do!

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More fun than a barrel of monkeys

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More power to your elbow!

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More than somewhat

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More than you could poke (or shake) a stick at

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Morning after the night before, the

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Mox nix

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Must you stay? can't you go?

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Mustn't grumble

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Mutton dressed as lamb

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My arse is dragging

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My belly thinks my throat's cut

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My (or her) country cousins have come

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My dogs are barking my feet are sore. Adopted from US servicemen towards the end of World War II.

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My elbow!

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My feet are killing me

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My foot!

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My guts are beginning to think my throat's cut

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My heart bleeds for you

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My hero!

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My lips are sealed

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My spies are everywhere

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My stomach thinks my throat's cut

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My wife doesn't understand me

letter 14|5 pages

N

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Name of the game, the

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Name your poison!

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Natives are restless tonight, the

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Naughty, naughty!

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Need I say more?

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Never a dull moment!

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Never darken my door (or doorstep) again!

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Never explain and never apologize

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Never fear:… is here

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Never give a sucker an even break!

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Never had it so good, you've (or they've, etc.)

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Never mind the quality: feel the width!

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Never say die!

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Never shit where you eat

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New one on me, it's (or that's) a

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Nice bit o' cloth you got there, my boy

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Nice guys finish last

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Nice (little) place you've got here

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Nice place to live out of, (it's) a

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Nice weather for ducks!

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Nice work if you can get it

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Nil carborundum

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No, but you hum it and I'll pick up the tune

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No can do

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No chance!

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No comment!

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No dice!

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No flies on him (or her), there are

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No go, it's

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No harm in trying(, there's)

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No, I'm with the Woolwich

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No joy

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No kidding?

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No names, no pack drill

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No offence (meant)—none taken(, I'm sure)

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No prizes for guessing…

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No rest for the wicked! (, there's)

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No sir(ree)!

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No skin off my nose, it's

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No sweat!

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No way!

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None the better for your asking

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Not a bad drop, this!

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Not a cat in hell's chance

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Not a pretty sight

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Not all it's cracked up to be (, it's)

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Not as (or so) green as I'm cabbage-looking, I'm

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Not bloody likely!

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Not cricket!, it's (or that's)

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Not half!

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Not if I see you first!

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Not in front of the children!

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Not in the same ball-park

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Not much!

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No ton your life!

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Not on your nelly (or Nelly or Nellie)! a variant of not on your life!

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Not Pygmalion likely!

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Not quite quite

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Not so as (or so's) you'd notice (it)

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Not so green as I'm cabbage-looking, I'm

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Not to worry!

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Not tonight, Josephine

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Not waving but drowning

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Not what (or all) it's cracked up to be(, it's)

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Nothing for nothing, and very little for tuppence-ha'penny (, you get)

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Nothing to write home about

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Now he tells me!

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Now I've seen (or heard) everything!

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Now tell me the one about the three bears

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Now then, what's all this ‘ere?

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Now you see it, now you don't

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Now you tell me!

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Now you're talking!

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Nudge, nudge, wink, wink!

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Nuff said!

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Nutty as a fruitcake(, as)

letter 15|3 pages

O

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Of all the nerve!

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Off like a bride's nightie

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Oh, brother!

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Oh, come on!

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Oh, la! la!

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Oh, mother, is it worth it?

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Oh, my giddy aunt!

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Oi, oi!

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Okay by me! (, it's or that's)

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Okey-doke!

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Old army game, it's the (or an)

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Old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth (, as)

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Old enough to know better

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Old soldiers never die: they only fade away

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On a hiding to nothing

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On cloud nine

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On my shit list, he's (or you're)

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On with the motley!

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On your (or yer) bike!

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Once aboard the lugger and the girl is mine

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Once is enough!

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One for the book (, that's)

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One for the road

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One of those days

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One sniff at the barmaid's apron and he's away

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One that got away, the

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Only here for the beer, I'm

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Only in the mating season

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Only when I laugh

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Ooh, you are awful(, but I like you)!

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Oompah, oompah, stick it up your jumper!

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Out of this world

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Out to lunch

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Overpaid, over-sexed and over here

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‘Owzat! (or 'owsat!)

letter 16|3 pages

P

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Paddle your own canoe!

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Panic stations!

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Par for the course, that's about

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Pardon me for living!

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Pardon my French!

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Patter of tiny feet, the

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Pay up and look pleasant

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Peel me a grape

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Penny has dropped, the

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Phantom…strikes again!, the

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Pick on somebody your own size!

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Pin back your lug-holes (or lug'oles)!

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Pip, pip!

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Piss, or get off the pot!

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Pissed (up)on from a great height, he should be (or deserves to be)

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Play it again, Sam!

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Plot thickens, the

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Poet and don't know it, you're (or I'm) a

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Poets

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Point Percy at the porcelain

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Point taken

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Poor chap, he hasn't got two yachts to mb together

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Pork chop in a synagogue

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Pox-doctor's clerk, like a

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Promises, promises!

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Protocol, alcohol and geritol

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Public enemy number one

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Pull the other one (or leg)—it's got bells on it!

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Pull your finger out!

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Pull your socks up!

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Put her (or him) down, you don't know where she's (or he's) been

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Put in a good word for me!

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Put it where the monkey put the nuts (, you(or he, she, etc.) can)

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Put up or shut up!

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Put your money where your mouth is!

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Q

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Qed

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Queer as Dick's hatband (, as)

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Quick and dirty

letter 18|2 pages

R

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Rather you than me!

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Read any good books lately?

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Read my lips

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Red hat and no knickers

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Reds under the bed

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…Refreshes the parts that other…cannot reach

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Remember the Alamo!

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Remember there's a war on!

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Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb!

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Ride'em, cowboy!

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…Rides again!

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Right on!

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Right you are!

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Rise and shine

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Roger the lodger

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Roll on, death!

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Roll on, duration!

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Rolling in the aisles

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Run it up the flagpole (and see who salutes), let's

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Run that (one) by me again

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Rushing around like a blue-arsed fly

letter 19|8 pages

S

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Safety in numbers (, there's)

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Said he (or she)

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Same difference! (, it's the)

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Same here!

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Same to you with (brass) knobs on!, the

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San fairy Ann

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Sandman is coming, the

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Save the last dance for me

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Saved by the bell

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Say cheese!

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Say hey!

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Say it, don't spray it!

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Say it with flowers!

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Say no more!

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Say one for me!

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Say something, even if it's only goodbye!

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Say what?

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says who? who says so?; usually uttered in a truculent or sarcastic tone of voice, with the implication ‘I

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Says you!

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Scout's honour!

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Screw and bolt

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Search me!

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See a man about a dog, I have (or I've got) to

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See you!

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See you around!

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See you in court! (, I'll) ajocular or ironic valediction. Since around 1910.

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See you later, alligator!

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See you under the clock!

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Seen any good plays (or films) lately?

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Sell in May and go away

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Send for the marines!

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Separate the men from the boys, that'll (or this'll)

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Sex rears its ugly head

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Sez you!

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Shake hands with the wife's best friend, I must go and

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Shake the lead out of your ass!

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Shall we dance?

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Shan't play!

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Shape up or ship out!

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Shat (up)on from a great height, he should he (or deserves to he)

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She bangs like a shithouse door

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She has seen something nasty in the woodshed

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She hasn't had it so long

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‘She' is the cat's mother (or grandmother)

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She thinks the sun shines out of (sb's) arsehole

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She walks like she's got a feather up her ass

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She wants the whole world, with a little red fence around it

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She'd take you in, and blow you out again in little bubbles

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She'll be apples

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She'll be right!

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She'll die wondering

entry |1 pages

She's apples

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She's got a bun in the oven

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She's got legs (right) up to her bum

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She's got round heels

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She's joined the club

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She's right!

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Shit hits the fan, the

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Shit off a shovel, (move) like

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Shit, or get off the pot!

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Shit out of luck

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Shooting fish in a barrel, it's like

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Shouldn't happen to a dog!, it (or that)

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Shove it where the monkey shoved the nuts (, you (or he, she, etc.) can)

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Shoving money upstairs

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Show a leg!

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Show must go on, the

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Shut your eyes and think of England!

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Sign of a misspent youth, the

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Since Pontius was a pilot

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Sir, you are speaking of the woman I love

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Sit down, you're rocking the boat

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Sitting by (or with) Nellie

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Sky's the limit, the

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Slaving over a hot stove all day

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Sleep tight! mind the fleas (or bugs) don't bite!

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Slice of the action, a

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Snafu

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Snake in your pocket?, have you got a

entry |1 pages

Snowball's chance in hell, a

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So fast his (or her, your, etc.) feet won't touch (the ground)

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So stupid that he (or she) can't chew gum and walk straight at the same time

entry |1 pages

So sue me!

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So what?

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So what else is new?

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Sock it to me!

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Soft as shit and twice as nasty, as

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Softly, softly, catchee monkey

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Sold to the man (or woman) in the…

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Some hope!

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Some like it hot

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Some mothers do ‘ave (or have) 'em!

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Some of my best friends are Jews

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Some say…—others (or I) say

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Somebody up there likes me (or you)

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Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

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Something nasty in the woodshed, he (or she) has seen

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Sometimes I wonder!

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Sort out the men from the boys, that'll

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Spare my blushes!

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Sparrows flying out of one's backside, like

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Speak softly and carry a big stick

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Spell it out for you?, do I have to

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Spending money as if it were going out of fashion

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Spot on!

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Spray it again, will you?

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Squeeze till the pips squeak

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Stand by to repel boarders!

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Stand up and be counted!

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Steal anything that's not too hot or too heavy, he'd (or she'd, etc.)

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Step outside and say that!

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Sticks like shit to a blanket, he (or she)

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Stop me if you've heard it (or this one)

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Stop the world, I want to get off

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Stopped the show, he (or she)

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Story of my life!, (that's) the an

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Strong, silent type, (a or the)

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Suck it and see!

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Sucking (on) the hind tit

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Sure thing!

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Surprise me!

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Surprise! surprise!

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Surprised? you could have fucked me through my oilskins!

letter 20|12 pages

T

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Ta-ta for now!

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Take a running jump at yourself! (, go and)

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Take all you want: take two!

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Take me to your leader!

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Take your finger out!

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Talk about laugh!

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Tall, dark and handsome

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Tell it like it is

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Tell me another!

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Tell me news (—that's ancient history)!

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Tell me something I don't know!

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Tell that to the marines!

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Tell you what!

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Ten a penny

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Tennis, anyone?

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Tgif

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Thank you for having me

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Thank you for nothing! I

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Thank you for sharing that with us

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Thank you for those few kind words

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Thanks, but no thanks!

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Thanks for having me

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Thanks for nothing!

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That adds up

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That ain't hay!

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That beats working

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That makes two of us

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That really rattled his (or her) cage

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That shook him (or her)!

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That shouldn't happen to a dog!

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That takes the cake!

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That was no lady: that was my wife

entry |1 pages

That went down like a lead balloon

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That won't wash!

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That would be telling!

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That'll be the day

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That'll put lead in your pencil

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That'll separate (or sort out) the men from the boys

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That's a cinch

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That's a good question!

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That's a good'un (or one)!

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That's a hell of a note!

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That's a hell of a way to run a railway (or railroad)!

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That's a horse of another (or a different) colour

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That's a load of old cobblers!

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That's a new one on me

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That's a rhyme if you take it in time

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That's a turn-up for the book!

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That's a very good question!

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That's a whole nother matter

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That's about par for the course

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That's about the size of it

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That's all I need!

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That's all she wrote

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That's all water under the bridge

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That's another can of worms

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That's anyone's bet

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That's flat!

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That's for me to know and you to find out

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That's for the birds

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That's going some!

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That's life!

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That's made my day

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That's mighty (or damn) white of you!

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That's more like it!

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That's my boy!

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That's my story and I'm sticking to it

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That's no lady: that's my wife

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That's not cricket!

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That's not my department

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That's one for the book

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That's put the (tin) lid on it

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That's showbiz for you!

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That's something else (again)

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That's something like it!

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That's straight from central casting

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That's strictly bush

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That's strictly for the birds

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That's that

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That's the name of the game

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That's the sixty-four (thousand) dollar question!

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That's the stuff to give the troops!

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That's the ticket!

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That's the way it goes

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That's life!

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That's the way the ball bounces a less common synonym of that's the way the cookie crumbles.

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That's the way the cookie crumbles

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That's the way the ball bounces

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That's the whole ball of wax

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That's too bad!

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That's torn it!

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That's what you think!

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That's where it's at

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That's your best bet

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That's your funeral

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That's your lot!

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Then the shit'll hit the fan

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There ain't no justice!

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There ain't no such animal

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There ain't nobody here but us chickens!

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There and back

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There are no flies on him (or her)

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There are no two ways about it

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There are only a few of us left

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There are plenty more fish in the sea

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There he stood with his finger in his ass

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There is always (a) tomorrow

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There must be an easier way (or easier ways) of making a living

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There ought to be a law against it!

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There's a nigger in the woodpile

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There's gold in them thar hills

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There's life in the old dog yet

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There's no answer to that!

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There's no harm in trying

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There's no rest for the wicked!

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There's no two ways about it

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There's nowt so queer as folk

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There's one born every minute

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There's (plenty) more where that came from

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There's safety in numbers

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There's trouble at t'mill

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They charge like the Light Brigade (or a wounded bull)

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They don't yell, they don't tell, and they're very (very) grateful

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They fit where they touch

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They think their shit doesn't stink

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They went thataway

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They're two (or ten) a penny

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Thick as two short planks (, as)

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Things ain't what they used to be

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Things I do for you!, the

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Think nothing of it!

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Thinks his (or her) shit doesn't stink, he (or she)

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Thinks the sun shines out of (sb's) arsehole, he (or she) he (or she)

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This hurts me more than it hurts you

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this I must hear (or see)!

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This is a bit of all right!

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This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you

entry |1 pages

This is so sudden!

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This is something like!

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This is the end!

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This is the life!

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This is where the men are separated from the boys

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This is where we came in

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This is your captain speaking

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This week's deliberate mistake

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This will hurt me more than it hurts you

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This won't buy (the) baby a frock

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Though I says it as shouldn't

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Thought you'd never ask! (, I)

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Throws money around like a man with no arms

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Till death us do (or do us) part

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Till hell freezes over

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Time, gentlemen, please: haven't any of you got a home to go to?

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Time I wasn't here (, it's)

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To coin a phrase

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Today…, tomorrow the world!

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Tonight's the night!

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Too bloody Irish!

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Too many chiefs and not enough Indians

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Too too

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Touch wood!

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Tough act to follow

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Tough shit!

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Tough titty!

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Trouble at t'mill (, there's)

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Try it on the dog! (, let's)

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Try this for size!

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Ttfn

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Twisting slowly, slowly in the wind

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Two cents' worth

letter 21|1 pages

U

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Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking

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Unhand me, villain (or sir)!

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Up Alice's

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Up and down like a bride's nightie

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Up, Guards, and at'em!

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Up shit creek without a paddle

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Use your imagination

letter 22|1 pages

V

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Ve haf vays of making you talk

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Vergin' on the ridiculous

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Very interesting… but stupid! a catch

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Very nice too! (, and)

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Vive la différence!

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Vote early and often

letter 23|9 pages

W

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Wait and see!

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Wait for it!

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Wake up and smell the coffee!

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Wakey, wakey!

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Wanna fight? I'll hold your coat

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Want to make something of it?

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Warts and all

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Was my (or his, her, etc.) face red!

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Watch my dust!

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Watch my lips

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Watch the dicky bird!

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Water under the bridge, it's (or that's) all

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We aim to please

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We all have our moments

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We are not alone

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We are not amused

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We can't go on (or we must stop) meeting like this

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We have ways of making you talk

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We speak the same language

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We was (or wuz) robbed!

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We're in business

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We're just good friends

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We've got a right one'ere!

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Wear it in health

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Welcome aboard!

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Well, I (do) declare!

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Well, I like that!

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Well, if you knows of a better'ole(, go toit)!

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Well, what do you know!

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Went down like a lead balloon, it (or that)

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Went thataway, he (or they)

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Were you born in a barn?

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Wha' hap'?

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Wham, bam, thank you, ma'am

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What a life!

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What a nerve!

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What a shower!

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What a turn-up for the book!

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What a way to run a railway (or railroad)!

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What about the workers?

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What can you expect from a pig but a grunt?

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What did your last servant die of?

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What do you know!

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What do you take me for?

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What do you think that is—Scotch mist?

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What do you want—jam on it?

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What else did you get for Christmas?

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What else is new? (, so)

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What gives?

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What goes up must come down

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What has he (or she) got that I haven't (got)?

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What have you got to lose?

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What says the enemy?

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What the well-dressed…is wearing usually

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What was the name of the engine-driver?

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What will they think of next?

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What would happen if you were in an accident?

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What would shock me would make a pudding crawl

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What you see is what you get

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What does a man have to do to get a beer around here?

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What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?

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What's (all) this in aid of?

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What's bit you?

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What's cooking?

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What's eating you?

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What's happening?

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What's it to you?

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What's new? what's the news? Since World War II

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What's that when it's at home?

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What's the big idea?

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What's the damage? what's the cost?; how much do I

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What's the difference between a chicken?

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What's the dirt?

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What's the drill?

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What's the form?

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What's the score?

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What's this in aid of?

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What's up, Doc?

entry |1 pages

What's your beef?

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What's yours is mine, and what's mine is my own

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Whatever turns you on

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Wheel it on!

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When all else fails, read the instructions!

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When did your last servant die?

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When he says ‘frog', she jumps

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When hell freezes over

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When push comes to shove

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When the shit hits the fan

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When will the ghost walk?

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When you gotta go, you gotta go! used jocularly, especially when excusing oneself to go to the lavatory. The phrase may have originated as a reference to mortality, in US gangster films of the 1930s or (in British usage) during World War II.

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When you were just a gleam in your father's eye

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When you were wearing short pants

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When you've quite finished

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When you've seen one, you've seen'em all

entry |1 pages

Where have you been all my life?

entry |1 pages

Where the nuts come from

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Where's he (or she) coming from?

entry |1 pages

Where's the beef?

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Where's the fire?

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Which would you rather, or go fishing?

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White man speak with forked tongue

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Who am I to contradict him (or her)?

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Who are these guys?

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Who kicked your kennel?

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Who looks at the mantelpiece when poking the fire?

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Who needs it? I

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Who rattled your cage?

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Who's a pretty boy then?

entry |1 pages

Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?

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Who's counting?

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Who's for tennis?

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Who's he (or she) when he's (or she's) at home?

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Who's minding the shop (or store)?

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Who's ‘she' the cat's mother?

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Who's (that) taking my name in vain?

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Who's up who (and who's paying the rent)?

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Whole new ball game, it's a

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Why don't you drop dead!

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Why is a mouse when it spins?

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Wind changes you'll get stuck like that, if the

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Wish you were here

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With bells on

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With brass fittings

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With difficulty!

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With friends like that, who needs enemies?

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With knobs on

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With me? (or you!)

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With thumb in bum and mind in neutral

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Wogs begin at Calais

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Women and children first!

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Word in your shell-like, a

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Words fail me I

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Work is the curse of the drinking classes

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Worse things happen at sea

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Would you believe

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Would you buy a used (or second-hand) car from this man?

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Wrong business, I'm (or we're, you're, etc.) in the

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X

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X marks the spot

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Y

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Ye gods and little fishes!

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Yer blood's worth bottling

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Yes sir, no sir, three bags full, sir

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Yes, we have no bananas

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You ain't'art a one!

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You ain't heard (or seen) nothin' yet!

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You and me both!

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You and whose army?

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You are a one!

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You are awful (, but I like you)! (, ooh)

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You are Mr Lobby Lud

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You beaut!

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You bet your life!

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You better believe it!

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You can go off (some) people, you know

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You can put (or shove) it where the monkey put (or shoved) the nuts

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You can say that again!

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You can spray that again!

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You can talk!

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You can't take him (or her) anywhere!

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You can't take it with you

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You can't think!

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You can't win!

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You can't win'em all!

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You could have fooled me

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You come home with your knickers torn and say you found the money!

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You could twist my arm

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You dirty rat!

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You don't get many of those to the pound

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You don't have to be mad to work here, but it helps

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You don't say!

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You don't shit on your own doorstep

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You haven't got the brains you were born with!

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You heard!

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You hum it and I'll pick up the tune

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You kill me!

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You know what?

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You know what you can do with it

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You look good enough to eat

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You must be joking!

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You must be out of your cotton-picking (or tiny) mind!

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You must think I'm made of money!

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You name it, we have it

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You need eyes in your backside!

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You need your head examined!

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You never know your luck

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You pays your money and you takes your choice

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You play the cards you're dealt

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You said a mouthful!

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You said it!

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You say the nicest things

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You slay me!

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You were just a gleam in your father's eye

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You what?

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You win some (or a few). you lose some (or a few)

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You'd forget your head if it wasn't screwed on (properly)

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You'll be a long time dead

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You'll hate yourself in the morning

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You're a big girl (or boy) now

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You're a dirty stop-out

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You're a long time dead

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You're all heart!

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You're breaking my heart

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You're damned if you do and damned if you don't

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You're full of shit!

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You're getting a big girl (or boy) now

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You're joking!

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You're not the only pebble on the beach

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You're so sharp you'll cut yourself

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You're telling me!

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You're the expert

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You've forgotten the piano!

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You've got a nerve!

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You've got a one-track mind

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You've got another think coming

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You've got it made

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You've got something there!

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You've got to be in it to win it

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You've got to be joking!

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You've made my day

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You've never had it so good

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You've talked me into it

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Your best friend won't tell you

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Your education has been sadly neglected

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Your friendly neighbourhood…

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Your funeral, it's (or that's)

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Your guess is as good as mine