Intense Phrases

Phrases

• A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
• Adult entertainment (euphemism for sexual or violent entertainment)
• As sharp as a tack
• As strong as an ox
• Better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick
• Born 1820 - Still going strong (Johnny Walker Black Whiskey advertising slogan)
• Card sharp
• Extreme refreshment (Bud Ice advertising slogan)
• Going strong
• Good coffee is like friendship: rich and warm and strong (Pan-American Coffee Bureau advertising slogan)
• Heavy hitter (A baseball expression meaning a powerful or commanding person)
• In sharp focus
• Look sharp
• Look sharp, feel sharp (Gillette advertising slogan)
• Out of the strong came forth sweetness (Lyle's Golden Syrup advertising slogan)
• Pump up the volume
• Pumped up
• Razor sharp
• Sharp as a tack
• Sharp eyed
• Sharp shooter
• Sharp tongue
• Short sharp shock
• So powerful, it's kind of ridiculous (3dfx advertising slogan)
• Soft, strong and very long (Andrex toilet tissue advertising slogan)
• Strong in the arm and thick in the head
• Strong medicine
• Strong stomach
• Strong, silent type
• The Boston Strong Boy (Nickname of John L. Sullivan)
• The other extreme
• The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong (quotation from the Bible - Ecclesiastes
• Video nasty (a violent or horrific video)
• Yorkshire born in Yorkshire bred, strong in the arm and weak in the head