Laird Phrases

Phrases

• Absolute power corrupts absolutely (quotation by Lord Acton)
• After the Lord Mayor's parade
• As drunk as a lord
• Balmoral Castle (tourist attraction in Scotland)
• Bonny Scotland
• Edinburgh Castle (tourist attraction in Scotland)
• Fingal's Cave (tourist attraction in Scotland)
• Fourth estate
• How long, O Lord, how long?
• Live like a lord
• Lord Clark of Civilisation (Nickname of Kenneth Clark)
• Lord Fred (Cockney rhyming slang for bed)
• Lord Haw-Haw (Nickname of William Joyce)
• Lord Of The Flies (William Golding book)
• Lord Of The Rings (J R R Tolkien book)
• Lord it over
• Lord love a duck
• Made in Scotland from girders (Irn Bru advertising slogan)
• My Sweet Lord (George Harrison song)
• My precious (The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers)
• Praise the lord and pass the ammunition
• Real estate
• Scotland the brave
• Sink estate
• The Flying Squad (Nickname of the Specialist Crime Directorate, New Scotland Yard)
• The Granite City (Nickname of Aberdeen Scotland)
• The Lord of the Idiots (Nickname of George Costanza (Jason Alexander))
• The Lord of the Rings (J R R Tolkien story and Peter Jackson movie)
• The Royal Mile (tourist attraction in Edinburgh Scotland)
• The favoured of the Lord
• The valley of the shadow of death (line from Psalm 23)