Attempt Phrases

Phrases

• A big shot
• Air shot
• An abortive attempt
• Angle for
• Attack is the best form of defence
• Attack of the Clones (George Lucas movie in the Star Wars series)
• Bernie, the bolt (A catchphrase from The Golden Shot)
• Big Shot Becky (Nickname of basketball player Becky Hammon)
• Big Shot Bob (Nickname of basketball player Robert Horry)
• Big shot
• Booster shot
• Break your neck
• Buckle down
• Chance your arm
• Cheap shot
• Costa Del Crime
• Crime And Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky book)
• Crime Dog (Nickname of baseball player Fred McGriff)
• Crime against nature
• Crime doesn't pay
• Crime of passion
• Denial of service attack
• Displacement activity
• Don't try this at home
• Don't try to run before you can walk
• Don't try to teach your Grandma to suck eggs
• Don't try to walk before you can crawl
• Eye it try it buy it! (Chevrolet advertising slogan)
• Get shot of
• Give it the old college try
• Give it your best shot
• Go for it
• Has your girl turned into a refrigerator? If her air is arctic, try MUM (Mum Deodorant advertising slogan)
• Have a crack at something
• Have a go
• Have a shot at
• Have a stab at
• He shot through like a Bondi tram
• Heart attack on a plate
• Heart attack waiting to happen
• Hot shot
• I Shot The Sheriff (Eric Clapton song)
• If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again
• If gas pains persist, try Volkswagen (Volkswagen advertising slogan)
• If you can't do the time, don't do the crime
• Imagine no religion, it's easy if you try
• Joint venture
• Last ditch effort
• Let the punishment fit the crime
• Like a shot
• Line of attack
• Little Sure Shot (Nickname of Annie Oakley)
• Long shot
• Mail shot
• Make a bid for
• Make a pitch for
• Make a play for

• Mr. Big Shot (Nickname of Chauncey Billups)
• Nice try
• No challenge too great
• Nose for crime
• Not by a long shot
• One's level best
• Parting shot
• Partners in crime
• Perfect shot
• Revenge mission (an attempt to seek active retribution)
• Serious as a heart attack
• Set your sights on
• Shoot a birdie (score one under par in a golf shot)
• Shot across the bows
• Shot in the arm
• Shot in the dark
• Shot to hell
• Shot while trying to escape
• Shout at the top of one's lungs
• Shout it from the rooftops
• Shout the odds
• Snack attack
• Step right up
• Strike out swinging (A baseball expression meaning to fail while giving it your best effort)
• Swing for the fences (A baseball expression meaning try for a substantial gain)
• Take a bite out of crime
• Take a bite out of crime! (National Crime Prevention Council advertising slogan)
• Take a bite out of something
• Take a pot shot at
• The Flying Squad (Nickname of the Specialist Crime Directorate, New Scotland Yard)
• The Hoosier Hot Shot (Nickname of humourist Herb Shriner)
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (James Stewart / John Wayne movie)
• The Napoleon of Crime (Nickname of Professor Moriarty)
• The Shadow knows (A catchphrase from the crime fighting vigilante)
• The cereal that's shot from guns! (Quaker Puffed Wheat advertising slogan)
• The money shot
• The perfect crime
• The shot heard around the world
• These little things are sent to try us
• Throw a beanball (A baseball expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their head)
• To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield (from a poem by Tennyson)
• Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime (Tony Blair political slogan)
• Try A Little Tenderness (Otis Redding song)
• Try everything once, except incest and folk dancing (Sir Thomas Beecham quotation)
• Try it on the dog
• Try it, you'll like it (Alka Seltzer advertising slogan)
• Try your hand
• Try your luck
• Twist And Shout (Beatles song)
• Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman! (Coty Perfumes advertising slogan)
• We try harder (Avis car rental advertising slogan)
• We're number two. We try harder (Avis Rent-a-Car advertising slogan)
• Wedding tackle
• Why ask why? Try Bud Dry (Budweiser Earl advertising slogan)
• With the best will in the world
• You'll get shot
• You've seen the rest, now try the best