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They noun the mysterious authority over all authority, the power behind the throne. Beloved in the political culture of the 1960s US, 1968
idiomthey► they don't make 'em like they used to
See:- (not) half the person/man/woman (one) used to be
- (one had) better be going
- (one had) better get moving
- (one had) better get on (one's) horse
- (one) (has) never had it so good
- (one) ain't particular
- (one) can do worse
- (one) can hardly believe (one's) eyes
- (one) can scarcely believe (one's) eyes
- (one) can whistle for it
- (one) can't beat (something)
- (one) can't beat that
- (one) can't believe (one's) ears
- (one) can't take (someone) anywhere
- (one) can't win
- (one) can't win for losing
- (one) could be forgiven for (doing something)
- (one) could do worse
- (one) could stand (something)
- (one) could use (something)
- (one) does not wash (one's) dirty linen in public
- (one) doesn't give a hoot (about something)
- (one) doesn't give a rip (about something)
- (one) doesn't have a problem with that
- (one) doesn't miss a trick
- (one) figures (that)
- (one) has a bright future ahead (of one)
- (one) has made (one's) bed
- (one) has made (one's) bed and (one) will have to lie in it
- (one) has no problem with that
- (one) has to draw a/the line somewhere
- (one) has to run along
- (one) has to shove off
- (one) hasn't lived (until)
- (one) is (just) too much
- (one) is going to kill (someone)
- (one) is going to murder (someone)
- (one) is not as green as (one) is cabbage-looking
- (one) is not going to bite (someone)
- (one) is not going to eat (someone)
- (one) made (one's) (own) bed
- (one) made (one's) bed and (one) has to lie in it
- (one) made (one's) bed and (one) must lie in it
- (one) might be forgiven for (doing something)
- (one) might do worse
- (one) needs to get out more
- (one) never would have guessed
- (one) only has one pair of hands
- (one) puts (one's) pants on one leg at a time
- (one) should be so lucky
- (one) will be forgiven for (doing something)
- (one) will be lucky
- (one) will get (one's)
- (one) will kill (someone)
- (one) will murder (someone)
- (one) won't (do something) again in a hurry
- (one) won't be (doing something) again in a hurry
- (one) won't bite (someone)
- (one) won't eat (someone)
- (one) won't give up without a fight
- (one) would be forgiven for (doing something)
- (one) would be lucky
- (one) would do well to (do something)
- (one) wouldn't (do something) again in a hurry
- (one's) only got one pair of hands
- (someone had) better keep quiet about it
- (someone had) better keep still about it
- (someone or something) promises well
- (someone or something) rules
- (someone) (just) doesn't know when to quit
- (someone) ain't seen nothing yet
- (someone) could sell an icebox to an Eskimo
- (someone) could sell ice to Eskimos
- (someone) could sell sawdust to a lumber mill
- (someone) hasn't seen nothing yet
- (someone) is endgame
- (someone) is not going to thank you for (something)
- (someone) started it
- (someone) won't thank you for (something)
- (the) last (one) heard
- (the) next thing (one) knows
- all yours
- an offer (one) can't refuse
- as (one) pleases
- as (something) as they come
- as as they come
- as best (one) can
- as clever, stupid, etc. as they come
- as far as (one) knows
- as far as (someone or something) is concerned
- as if (one) owns the place
- as much as (one) could do (not) (to do something)
- as naked as the day (one) was born
- as they say
- be (not) as black as (someone or something) is painted
- be all (one) could do (not) to (do something)
- be all in
- be as (something) as they come
- be half the (something) (one) used to be
- be not all it's cracked up to be
- be not what it's cracked up to be
- be not worth the paper it's printed on
- be twice the man/woman that (someone) is
- before (one) can blink
- before (one) can say Jack Robinson
- before (one) could blink
- bigger they are, the harder they fall
- bigger they come, the harder they fall, the
- bite off more than (one) can chew
- can barely hear (oneself) think
- can hardly hear (oneself) think
- can't fight City Hall, one/you/they
- can't say fairer than that
- church ain't out till they quit singing
- count chickens before they hatch
- count one's chickens before they hatch
- count your chickens before they hatch
- count your chickens before they're hatched
- cross a/that bridge before (one) comes to it
- cross that bridge when (one) comes to it
- cry before (one) is hurt
- curse the day (one) was born
- damned if (one) does and damned if (one) doesn't
- damned if I/you/they do, damned if I/you don't
- damned if you do and damned if you don't
- damned if you do, damned if you don't
- deserve a medal
- did everything he could 'cept eat us
- don't count your chickens before they hatch
- don't count your chickens before they're hatched
- every time I turn around
- faster than you can say Jack Robinson
- for all (one) cares
- for all (one) is worth
- for all (one) knows
- from Missouri
- get (one) where (one) lives
- get more than (one) bargained for
- get what (one) deserves
- give (one) an inch and (one) will take a mile
- give (someone) an inch and they'll take a mile
- give an inch and they'll take a mile
- give someone an inch and they'll take a mile
- gives as good as (one) gets
- hang up (one's) fiddle when (one) comes home
- have (one's) druthers
- here/there (one) goes again
- hit (one) when (one) is down
- hit (one) where (one) lives
- hit somebody when they're down
- how dare (someone)
- How is (one) fixed (for something)?
- How is (someone) getting along?
- How is (someone) making out?
- How they hanging?
- How’re they hanging?
- I take it
- if (one) is a day
- if (one) knows what's good for (one)
- if (one's) a day
- if frogs had wheels, they wouldn't bump their butts
- if pigs had wings, they would/could fly
- it's/they're all yours
- kick (one) when (one) is down
- kick somebody when they're down
- kick someone when they are down
- know what (one) is about
- know what (one) is doing
- know what (one) is talking about
- know what (one) likes
- know where (one) is going
- know where (one) is with (someone or something)
- know where (one) stands
- let the chips fall (where they may)
- let the chips fall where they may
- look as if (one) has seen a ghost
- look as though (one) has seen a ghost
- look before you leap
- make (something) up as (one) goes (along)
- mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small
- mills of the gods grind slowly(, but they grind exceedingly fine)
- more than (one) bargained for
- more than (one) can bear
- more than (one) can endure
- need (something) (about) as much as (one) needs a hole in the head
- need (something) like (one) needs a hole in the head
- need (something) so bad (that) (one) can taste it
- neither can (one)
- neither does (one)
- no better than (one) ought to be
- no better than (one) should be
- not all (someone or something) is cracked up to be
- not all it's cracked up to be
- not as black as (one) is painted
- not as young as (one) used to be
- not bothered
- not count your chickens
- not for nothing
- not for nothing do I, will they, etc....
- not know (one is) born
- not know if (one) is afoot or on horseback
- not know if (one) is coming or going
- not know what (one is) missing
- not know whether (one) is coming or going
- not worth the paper it's written on
- now (one's) cooking (with gas)
- now (someone) has gone and done it
- off (someone or something) goes
- pay as (one) goes
- pick (something) up where (one) left off
- pick up what (one) is putting down
- play the hand (one) is dealt
- promises are like pie crust(s): (they are) made to be broken
- puts (one's) trousers on one leg at a time (just like everybody else)
- quicker than you can say Jack Robinson
- quit while (one) is ahead
- recognize (someone or something) for what (someone or something) is
- rue the day (that something happened)
- see (one) for what (one) (really) is
- see (to it) that (something happens)
- see somebody/something for what they are/it is
- shop till (one) drops
- so bad (that) (one) can taste it
- so clean (that) (one) could eat off the floor(s)
- so does (one)
- so far as (one) knows
- so mad (that) (one) could scream
- speak as (one) finds
- stand corrected
- stoop to conquer
- such as it is
- take (something) as it comes
- take it with (one) (when one goes)
- take up where (one) left off
- talk till (one) is blue in the face
- talk until (one) is blue in the face
- tell (one) what (one) can do with (something)
- that's what (someone) thinks
- the bigger they are, the harder they fall
- the bigger they come, the harder they fall
- the bigger they come/are, the harder they fall
- the company (one) keeps
- the last thing (one) needs
- the last thing (one) wants
- the least (one) can do
- the least (one) could do
- the mills of God grind slowly(, but they grind exceedingly fine)
- the more things change, the more they stay the same
- the price (one) has to pay
- there are plenty more where that/(one) came from
- They also serve who only stand and wait
- they broke the mold when they made (someone or something)
- they broke the mould when they made someone
- They don't make them like they used to
- They must have seen you coming
- they that live longest see most
- They went that a'way
- they're only after one thing
- Things are seldom what they seem
- think (one) hung the moon
- think (one) owns the place
- think (someone) hung the moon and the stars
- three strikes and (one's) out
- till (one) (is) blue in the face
- until (one) is blue in the face
- want (something) like (one wants) a hole in the head
- want (something) so bad (that) (one) can taste it
- we, you, he, etc. can/could/might do worse
- what (one) has coming
- what (one) is driving at
- what (one) is made of
- what (one) says goes
- What did (someone) do with (something)?
- What does (one) know?
- What has (someone) done with (something)?
- What is (one) driving at?
- What is (one) getting at?
- What is (one) waiting for?
- What is (someone) playing at?
- What more do you want, jam on it?
- What planet is (someone) on?
- what was (one) smoking
- what you don't know won't hurt you
- whatever (one) says goes
- when (one) is least expecting it
- when (one) least expects it
- when (one) was a twinkle in (one's) father's eye
- where (one) is coming from
- where (one) lives
- Who does (someone) think (they) are?
- who does somebody think they are?
- Who is (one) to (do something)?
- who's (someone) when (he's/she's/they're) at home
- who's someone when they're at home
- will have none of (something)
- work till you drop
- work until you drop
- worship the ground (one) walks on
- wouldn't know (something) if (one) fell over one
- you can dispense with (something)
- you look a little peaked
- you look like a million
- you name it, (one's) got it
- you saved the day
- you're on
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