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These are not merely catchy sayings. Even though some sources may identify a phrase as a catchphrase, this list is for those that meet the definition given in the lead section of the catchphrase article and are notable for their widespread use within the culture. This list is distinct from the list of political catchphrases.
A catchphrase (alternatively spelled catch phrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Such phrases often originate in popular culture and in the arts, and typically spread through word of mouth and a variety of mass media (such as films, internet, literature and publishing, television, and radio).
"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country", part of the Inaugural address of John F. Kennedy. [10] "You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore", said by Richard Nixon in 1962 when he retired from politics after losing the 1962 California gubernatorial election. [11]
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you will have good luck; See a pin and let it lay, bad luck you will have all day; See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; Seeing is believing; Seek and ye shall find; Set a thief to catch a thief; Shiny are the distant hills; Shrouds have no pockets (Speech is silver but) Silence is golden
If you receive a call and immediately hear the phrase “Can you hear me?,” hang up. The phrase is used to coax you into saying “yes,” a word that, if said in your voice, is as good as gold ...
I pity the fool (catchphrase) I shall return; I think we all need a pep talk; I will moida da bum; I'd like to buy a vowel; I'll be back; I'm melting! I'm melting! I'm Rick Harrison and This Is My Pawn Shop; I've fallen, and I can't get up! If you build it, they will come; Ik moest kloppen, want de bel doet het niet. In like Flynn; In the name ...
For example, it may be employed by narrators of American cowboy movies and TV shows to indicate a segue from one scene to another but there is often more to this than meets the eye. The expression may have originated as a stock intertitle in the silent movies [ 1 ] and at first the reference to the ranch was literal, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] but this may be ...
Why do you say that?" – and continues to interrupt Seagoon's speech, further asking if the walls have been measured. When he introduces the possibility that the walls might be ten feet six inches thick and refuses to accept the blame for this shortcoming, their argument causes an uproar until a second, elderly MP (voiced by Milligan) calms ...