| "__ Baby": "Hair" song | 42 |
| "__ baby!" | 20 |
| "__ babbino caro": "Oh my beloved father" (Puccini) | 71 |
| "__ Baba Bunny": classic Bugs cartoon | 47 |
| "__ Baba and the Forty Thieves" | 41 |
| "__ b?" | 17 |
| "__ Échos" (French financial paper) | 49 |
| "__ avis" (unusual one) | 33 |
| "__ auld ..." | 23 |
| "__ Attraction" | 25 |
| "__ at the Opera" | 27 |
| "__ at the office" | 28 |
| "__ at the Grill" (2009 cookbook) | 43 |
| "__ at 'em!" | 26 |
| "__ Astor": Sargent portrait | 38 |
| "__ Ask of You": "Phantom" duet | 51 |
| "__ Ashes": McCourt bestseller | 40 |
| "__ as she goes" | 26 |
| "__ as directed" | 26 |
| "__ Around": Beach Boys hit | 37 |
| "__ arigato": Japanese "thank you very much" | 64 |
| "__ are you going?" | 29 |
| "__ are the we of me": McCullers | 42 |
| "__ are the times..." | 31 |
| "__ are the times that ...": Paine | 44 |
| "__ are alike" (fingerprint phrase) | 45 |
| "__ apple every day . . ." | 36 |
| "__ appétit!" | 26 |
| "__ Anything": "Oliver!" song | 49 |
| "__ anything" | 23 |
| "__ any wonder?" | 26 |
| "__ any judge of character ..." | 41 |
| "__ any drop to drink": Coleridge | 43 |
| "__ another word!" | 28 |
| "__ Angel": Mae West film | 35 |
| "__ Angel": doo-wop classic | 37 |
| "__ Andronicus" (Shakespeare play) | 44 |
| "__ Andronicus" | 25 |
| "__ and what art thou": Milton | 40 |
| "__ and weep!": poker winner's cry | 48 |
| "__ and the Real Girl": 2007 film | 43 |
| "__ and the Paycock": O'Casey play | 48 |
| "__ and the Night Visitors" | 37 |
| "__ and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance": '70s best-seller | 74 |
| "__ and stop me!" | 27 |
| "__ and Prejudice" | 28 |
| "__ and Peace" | 24 |
| "__ and Old Lace" | 27 |
| "__ and me both!" | 27 |
| "__ and improved!": ad claim | 38 |
| "__ and his money ..." | 32 |
| "__ and his money . . ." | 34 |
| "__ and Butt-head": MTV cartoon | 41 |
| "__ and Bess" | 23 |
| "__ and Away": Fifth Dimension hit | 44 |
| "__ and Away": 1960s hit | 34 |
| "__ and away!" | 24 |
| "__ and Abner": old radio show | 40 |
| "__ and a bottle of rum!" | 35 |
| "__ ancient Mariner..." | 33 |
| "__ Anatomy" | 22 |
| "__ an arrow ..." | 27 |
| "__ an accident!" | 27 |
| "__ Amours": 1984 César Award-winning film | 55 |
| "__ Amore" | 20 |
| "__ American Cousin," play Lincoln was viewing when assassinated | 74 |
| "__ America Tour": 2006 CBS News event | 48 |
| "__ Am": 2007 Alicia Keys album | 41 |
| "__ Am" (Alicia Keys album) | 37 |
| "__ always say ..." | 29 |
| "__ Always a Woman": Billy Joel song | 46 |
| "__ Along, Little Dogies" | 35 |
| "__ Alone?": SETI radio program | 41 |
| "__ Almighty": Steve Carell sequel | 44 |
| "__ Almighty": Steve Carell film | 42 |
| "__ Almighty": 2007 Steve Carell film | 47 |
| "__ Almighty": 2007 film | 34 |
| "__ Almighty": 2007 Carell/Freeman film | 49 |
| "__ All That": 1999 film | 34 |
| "__ All That": 1999 comedy | 36 |
| "__ all right with you ..." | 37 |
| "__ all in your mind" | 31 |
| "__ all in this together" | 35 |
| "__ all else fails ..." | 33 |
| "__ Alive": 1978 #1 hit | 33 |
| "__ alive!" | 21 |
| "__ Alibi": Selleck film | 34 |
| "__ ain't broke ..." | 34 |
| "__ again!" | 21 |
| "__ again ..." | 24 |
| "__ Again (Naturally)": 1972 #1 song | 46 |
| "__ Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" | 40 |
| "__ Aeterna": Requiem Mass song | 41 |
| "__ Ado About Nothing" | 32 |
| "__ about time!" | 26 |
| "__ about that!" | 26 |
| "__ Abner" | 20 |
| "__ a wrap!" | 22 |
| "__ a world in a grain of sand": Blake | 48 |
| "__ a Wonderful Life" | 31 |