Mean Phrases

Phrases

• A means to an end
• A poor relation
• A poor workman blames his tools
• Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio
• Are your friends living beyond your means? (Chivas Regal Scotch advertising slogan)
• As cold as charity
• As poor as a church mouse
• Beer at home means Davenport's (Davenport's beer advertising slogan)
• Big Nasty (Nickname of basketball player Corliss Williamson)
• Bloody minded
• Brand new ballgame (A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the game)
• Brush back (A baseball expression meaning to subvert or threaten verbally)
• By fair means or foul
• By no manner of means
• Can of corn (A baseball expression meaning a ball which is easy to catch)
• Carpe diem (latin expression meaning seize the day)
• Caught off base (A baseball expression meaning unawares or by surprise)
• Cheap and nasty
• Cheap shot
• Cheap skate
• Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (Middle of the Road song)
• Cleanup hitter (A baseball expression meaning a batter who comes in to solve a problem)
• Dirt poor
• Down to the last out (A baseball expression meaning to have one last chance)
• Ducks on a pond (A baseball expression meaning having runners in scoring position)
• Foot in the bucket (A baseball expression meaning to act timidly or cowardly)
• Get out of jail free card (a means of avoiding justice - from the eponymous card in the Monopoly boardgame)
• Ground ball (A baseball expression meaning a prosaic or ordinary accomplishment)
• He means wee
• Heavy hitter (A baseball expression meaning a powerful or commanding person)
• I Pity The Poor Immigrant (Bob Dylan song)
• I don't mean maybe
• I'm smarter than the average bear! (A catchphrase from The Yogi Bear Show)
• If God had meant us to fly he would have given us wings
• If man were meant to fly, God would have lowered the fares (American Coach Lines advertising slogan)
• In the meantime
• In the middle of nowhere
• Independent means
• It don't mean a thing if it ain't got swing
• Just because you are paranoid it doesn't mean that they aren't out to get you
• Knock into the middle of next week
• Knock the cover off the ball (A baseball expression meaning succeed beyond expectation)
• Lean and mean
• Lean mean fighting machine
• Lean, mean and hungry
• Love means never having to say you're sorry (Love Story)
• Lucky Strike means finer tobacco (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Major league (A baseball expression meaning at the top rank)
• Mean Joe (Nickname of Joe Greene)
• Mean Mr. Mustard (Beatles song)
• Mean Streets (Robert De Niro movie)
• Mean and selfish
• Mean business
• Mean spirited
• Meaner than a junkyard dog
• Meanwhile back at the... (A catchphrase from Superfriends)
• Meet in the middle
• Mendoza line (A baseball expression denoting a line marking a very poor performance)
• Middle England

• Middle man
• Middle of nowhere
• Middle of the road
• Nasty piece of work
• Nasty taste in the mouth
• Nasty, brutish and short
• Ninth inning (A baseball expression meaning an event or process is near the end)
• No mean feat
• Of slender means
• Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor doggie a bone (line from nursery rhyme)
• On deck (A baseball expression meaning next in line)
• One law for the rich and another for the poor
• Piggy in the middle
• Piss poor
• Pitch a shutout (A baseball expression meaning not allowing an opponent any wins)
• Play both ends against the middle
• Play hardball (A baseball expression meaning to be or act tough or aggressive)
• Play softball (A baseball expression meaning to ask easy questions)
• Points mean prizes
• Poor but honest
• Poor little rich girl
• Poor thing but mine own
• Portion control
• Rich man poor man beggerman thief
• Right off the bat (A baseball expression meaning immediately without delay)
• Rubber chicken (poor quality or overcooked chicken)
• Rubber chicken curcuit (a speaking or fundraising event at which poor quality meat is served)
• Say what you mean and mean what you say
• See what we mean (Canon advertising slogan)
• Slap bang in the middle
• Smack dab in the middle
• Small minded
• Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them
• Something nasty in the woodshed
• Squeezed middle
• Strike out swinging (A baseball expression meaning to fail while giving it your best effort)
• Swing by (slang expression meaning drop in for a visit)
• Swing for the fences (A baseball expression meaning try for a substantial gain)
• Take cuts at someone (A baseball expression meaning taking a verbal swing or striking a blow at a reputation)
• The Esso sign means happy motoring (Esso advertising slogan)
• The Golden Mean
• The Paris Of The Middle East (Nickname of Beirut Lebanon)
• The Poor Bloody Infantry (term used to describe the British infantry in WWI)
• The Queen Of Mean (Nickname of Anne Robinson)
• The ends justify the means
• The law of averages
• The means to an end
• The rich get richer and the poor get poorer
• Throw a beanball (A baseball expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their head)
• Tobacco is our middle name (American Brands, Inc advertising slogan)
• Took the collar (A baseball expression meaning failing to get any hits)
• Video nasty (a violent or horrific video)
• Ways and means
• We mean business
• Well, she was just seventeen you know what I mean (The Beatles song lyric)
• What do points mean? Points mean prizes (A catchphrase from Price Is Right)
• What you mean we, white man?
• Who wooed in haste, and means to wed at leisure
• You and I were meant to fly (Air Canada advertising slogan)

Related

• I don't mean maybe
• It don't mean a thing if it ain't got swing
• Just because you are paranoid it doesn't mean that they aren't out to get you
• Lean and mean
• Lean mean fighting machine
• Lean, mean and hungry
• Mean Joe (Nickname of Joe Greene)
• Mean Mr. Mustard (Beatles song)
• Mean Streets (Robert De Niro movie)
• Mean and selfish
• Mean business
• Mean spirited
• No mean feat
• Points mean prizes
• Say what you mean and mean what you say
• See what we mean (Canon advertising slogan)
• The Golden Mean
• The Queen Of Mean (Nickname of Anne Robinson)
• We mean business
• Well, she was just seventeen you know what I mean (The Beatles song lyric)
• What do points mean? Points mean prizes (A catchphrase from Price Is Right)
• What you mean we, white man?