Karate Phrases

Phrases

• Be careful how you use it! (Hai Karate Aftershave advertising slogan)
• Carry on like a pork chop
• Chop and change
• Chop chop
• Chop shop
• Get the chop
• 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
• Kung Fu Fighting (Carl Douglas song)
• Lamb chop
• Lock him up and throw away the key
• Looks like a bomb has hit it
• People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
• Pinch hit (A baseball expression denoting a substitute or stand-in)
• Pork Chop (Nickname of Floyd Womack)
• Stone's throw
• 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)
• Throw Another Log On The Fire (Outlaws song)
• Throw a beanball (A baseball expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their head)
• Throw a hump to
• Throw a shape
• Throw a wobbly
• Throw another shrimp on the barbie (Australian Tourist Commission advertising slogan)
• Throw away the key
• Throw caution to the wind
• Throw cold water on
• Throw down the gauntlet
• Throw enough dirt and some will stick
• Throw it back in your face
• Throw over the traces
• Throw the baby out with the bathwater
• Throw the book at someone
• Throw the towel in
• Throw to the wolves
• Throw up
• Throw your arms in horror
• Throw your hat into the ring
• Throw your money around
• Throw your toys out of the pram
• Throw your voice
• Throw your weight about
• Tiptoe through the tulips (1920s Broadway song and Tiny Tim hit)