Main Phrases

Phrases

• A cup of coffee (A baseball expression denoting a break from major league baseball)
• Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt
• Big white chief
• Chief cook and bottle washer
• Chief of staff
• Dief the Chief (Nickname of John Diefenbaker)
• Ferret face (Nickname of Major Frank Burns (Larry Linville))
• First and foremost
• Hail to the chief
• High ticket item (a consumer good that would constitute a major expense when bought)
• Hot Lips Houlihan (Nickname of Major Margaret Houlihan (Loretta Swit))
• I'm convinced the Goodyear Grand Prix-S is a major contribution to road safety (Goodyear Tyres advertising slogan)
• It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it (Maurice Switzer quotation)
• Main chance
• Main event
• Main squeeze
• Major league (A baseball expression meaning at the top rank)
• Major player
• Might and main
• Sorry about that, Chief. (A catchphrase from Get Smart)
• Splice the mainbrace
• The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (Sherlock Holmes story)
• The Chief (Nickname of Robert Parish)
• The Galloping Major (Nickname of Ferenc Puskas)
• The main drag
• The main event
• The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain
• You have the right to remain silent