Clout Phrases

Phrases

• A slap on the wrist
• Absolute power corrupts absolutely (quotation by Lord Acton)
• Air Power is Peace Power (Lockheed Aircraft advertising slogan)
• Another nail in the coffin
• Balance of power
• Bitch slap (a full swing slap in the face intended to be humiliating)
• Black power
• Cash on the nail
• Coffin nail
• Do yourself a power of good
• Fight the power
• Fight tooth and nail
• First strike
• Flower power
• For want of a nail the shoe was lost (line from nursery rhyme)
• For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost
• Girl power
• Go out on strike (Withdraw one's labour and leave one's place of work)
• Grey power
• Hit 'em where they live
• Hit The Road Jack (Ray Charles song)
• Hit and miss
• Hit and run
• Hit by the stupid stick
• Hit for six
• Hit home
• Hit it off
• Hit it on the nose
• Hit it out of the park (A baseball expression denoting a complete or spectacular success)
• Hit list
• Hit man
• Hit me on the hip
• Hit on
• Hit out at
• Hit out of the park
• Hit parade
• Hit paydirt
• Hit rock bottom
• Hit send
• Hit the back wall
• Hit the bar
• Hit the books
• Hit the bottle
• Hit the brakes
• Hit the bricks (a cursory slang term telling someone to leave)
• Hit the buffers
• Hit the ceiling
• Hit the deck
• Hit the ground running
• Hit the hay
• Hit the headlines
• Hit the high notes
• Hit the jackpot
• Hit the nail on the head
• Hit the panic button
• Hit the road Jack
• Hit the roof
• Hit the sack
• Hit the skids
• Hit the slide
• Hit the spot
• Hit the woodwork
• Hit town
• I got punky power (A catchphrase from Punky Brewster)
• I have the power! (A catchphrase from He-Man In Masters Of The Universe)
• Invest with power
• Knowledge is power
• Like trying to nail jello to a wall

• Looks like a bomb has hit it
• Lucky Strike means finer tobacco (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Money is power
• More power to your elbow
• Nail a lie
• Nail down
• Nail your colours to the mast
• Ne'er cast a clout till May is out
• No throat irritation - no cough (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Now you're playing with power! (Nintendo Entertainment System advertising slogan)
• On the nail
• Out of whack
• Pay on the nail
• People power
• Pester power
• Pinch hit (A baseball expression denoting a substitute or stand-in)
• Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely
• Power dressing
• Power is Macintosh (Apple Computer advertising slogan)
• Power lunch
• Power mad
• Power nap
• Power to the people
• Power trip
• Power up
• Power without the price (Atari advertising slogan)
• Pre-emptive strike
• Put some slap on
• Reach for a Lucky instead of a Sweet (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Slap and tickle
• Slap bang in the middle
• Slap happy
• Slap in the face
• Slug it out
• So round, so firm, so fully packed (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Soft power
• Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin composition)
• Strike a balance
• Strike a chord with
• Strike a deal (or bargain)
• Strike a light
• Strike a pose
• Strike beard
• Strike it rich
• Strike lucky
• Strike me pink
• Strike out swinging (A baseball expression meaning to fail while giving it your best effort)
• Strike up the band
• Strike while the iron is hot
• Switch hitter (A baseball expression denoting a batter who can hit left or right handed)
• The Hit Dog (Nickname of Mo Vaughn)
• The Hit Man (Nickname of Bob Sanders)
• The Hit Man (Nickname of Ricky Hatton)
• The Hit Man (Nickname of Thomas Hearns)
• The corridors of power
• The power and the glory
• The power behind the throne
• The power of dreams (Honda advertising slogan)
• The power to be your best (Apple Computer advertising slogan)
• There's never a rough puff in a lucky (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• They're toasted (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Thick ear
• Tiptoe through the tulips (1920s Broadway song and Tiny Tim hit)
• Tooth and nail
• Tour de force (a feat of strength power or skill)
• Unleash the power of the sun (Sunny Delight advertising slogan)
• Whack off
• When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
• With great power comes great responsibility