Graduation Phrases

Phrases

• Alma Mater (the school or college from which a person has graduated)
• Desmond Tutu (Cockney rhyming slang for Second class degree (2,2))
• Dress for success
• Dressed For Success (song by Roxette)
• Driven by success
• Handbrake turn (180 degree turn in a car by locking the back wheels)
• Hit it out of the park (A baseball expression denoting a complete or spectacular success)
• If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again
• Knock it out of the park (A baseball expression denoting a complete or spectacular success)
• Knock the cover off the ball (A baseball expression meaning succeed beyond expectation)
• Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me (The Graduate)
• Nothing succeeds like success
• Recipe for success
• Roaring success
• Second degree burns
• Success breeds success
• Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan
• Sweet smell of success
• Sweet taste of success
• Tailored for success
• The Graduate (Dustin Hoffman movie)
• The nth degree
• Third degree