Electric Phrases

Phrases

• Absolute power corrupts absolutely (quotation by Lord Acton)
• Acoustic shock
• Air Power is Peace Power (Lockheed Aircraft advertising slogan)
• Alternative energy
• Amped up (excited and ready for action)
• And God said Let there be light And the was light
• As light as a feather
• At sixty miles an hour the loudest noise in the new Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock (Rolls Royce advertising slogan)
• Balance of power
• Black power
• Blinded by the light
• Blow a fuse
• Bring out your best (Bud Light advertising slogan)
• Bring something to light
• Bring to light
• Brought to light
• Brown out (partial loss of electricity)
• C'mon Colman's, light my fire (Colman's Mustard advertising slogan)
• Charge of the Light Brigade (British cavalry charge against Russian army in the Crimean War and title of a poem by Tennyson)
• City of light
• Coffee Crisp makes a nice light snack (Coffee Crisp advertising slogan)
• Cold light of day
• Come Alive! You're in the Pepsi Generation (Pepsi advertising slogan)
• Come On Baby Light My Fire (The Doors song)
• Come to light
• Culture shock
• Current events
• Didn't they do well! (A catchphrase from Bruce Forsyth In The Generation Game)
• Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? (Philip K. Dick book)
• Do yourself a power of good
• Empowering the Internet Generation (Cisco advertising slogan)
• Energy to burn
• Energy vampire
• Eyebrow raising (something that creates shock or surprise)
• Fight the power
• First light
• Flower power
• Future shock
• Generation D (WorldCom advertising slogan)
• Generation X
• Generation gap
• Girl power
• Give it the green light
• Go out like a light (Go immediately to sleep)
• Grey power
• Guiding light
• Half light
• Have you got a light mac?
• Hide from the light
• Hide your light under a bushel
• Hold it up to the light, not a stain and shining light (Surf Washing Powder advertising slogan)
• I got punky power (A catchphrase from Punky Brewster)
• I have the power! (A catchphrase from He-Man In Masters Of The Universe)
• I'd rather light a candle than curse the dark
• Imagination at Work (General Electric advertising slogan)
• In for a shock
• In shock
• In the clear light of day
• In the light of
• In the light of experience
• Invest with power
• It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness
• Knowledge is power
• Leading light
• Let there be light
• Light My Fire (The Doors song)
• Light a fire under him
• Light a fire under some
• Light and shade
• Light at the end of the tunnel
• Light duties
• Light entertainment
• Light fingered
• Light hearted
• Light in the loafers
• Light lunch
• Light on your feet

• Light reading
• Light relief
• Light the blue touch paper and retire
• Light the fuse
• Light touch
• Light up
• Light upon
• Light years apart
• Lowering prices forever, that's Comet sense (Comet Electrical Stores advertising slogan)
• Make light of
• Make light work of
• Many hands make light work
• Many happy returns (IBM Electric Typewriters advertising slogan)
• Money is power
• More power to your elbow
• Next generation
• Not too heavy, not too light, its just right! (Kelloggs advertising slogan)
• Now you're playing with power! (Nintendo Entertainment System advertising slogan)
• Out like a light
• Paradise By The Dashboard Light (Meatloaf song)
• People power
• Pester power
• 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)
• Progress is our most important product (General Electric advertising slogan)
• Rage, rage, against the dying of the light
• Ray Of Light (Madonna album)
• Ray of light
• Red Light Curt (Nickname of Curt Schilling)
• Red light district
• Ride the light (Qwest advertising slogan)
• Sandwich generation
• Second generation
• See the face you love light up with Terry's All Gold (Terrys Chocolates advertising slogan)
• See things in a different light
• Shed light on the matter
• Shell shock
• Shock and awe
• Shock horror
• Shock jock
• Short fuse
• Short sharp shock
• Soft power
• Sticker shock
• Strike a light
• Sweetness and light
• The appliance of science (Zanussi advertising slogan)
• The corridors of power
• The light at the end of the tunnel may just be a train coming the other way
• The light of day
• The light of my life
• The now generation
• 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)
• The shock of the new
• They danced by the light of the moon (line from nursery rhyme)
• Tour de force (a feat of strength power or skill)
• Travel light
• Trick of the light
• Trip the light fantastic
• Unleash the power of the sun (Sunny Delight advertising slogan)
• We bring good things to life (General Electric advertising slogan)
• We make things that bring people closer (Western Electrics advertising slogan)
• We'll leave the light on for you (Motel 6 advertising slogan)
• Wind farm
• With great power comes great responsibility
• Won't make a pom tiddly (Swan Light advertising slogan)
• You light up my life