Might Phrases

Phrases

• A cat may look at a king
• A swarm in May is worth a load of hay
• Air Force blue
• April showers bring May flowers
• As fast as his legs could carry him
• As the case may be
• Be that as it may
• Because I could not stop for death he kindly stopped for me (from a poem by Dickinson)
• Before you could say Jack Robinson
• Before you could say knife
• Brute force
• Cask strength (The strength of whiskey during its cask storage phase)
• Cheer up, it might never happen
• Come what come may
• Court of last resort (a legal court from which no further appeals may be made)
• Cowards may die many times before their death
• Cross into the Blue (United States Air Force advertising slogan)
• Devil may care
• Discretion is the better part of valour
• Driving force
• Face that could stop a clock
• Face that only a mother could love
• Fast as his legs could carry him
• Force his hand
• Force of habit
• Force of nature
• Force the issue
• Force to be reckoned with
• From strength to strength
• Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
• Guinness gives you strength (Guinness advertising slogan)
• He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day
• How may I serve you?
• I could do it in my sleep
• I could do that standing on my head
• I could eat a horse
• I could murder a cup of tea
• I could murder a curry
• I could see you a mile off
• I may not know much about art, but I know what I like
• I wish they all could be Caledonia girls (Caledonia Airlines advertising slogan)
• If enough people would stop smoking and start drinking, we could get out of ashtrays and into vermouth (Cinzano advertising slogan)
• If looks could kill
• In force
• Industrial strength
• It could be you (UK National Lottery advertising slogan)
• Jack Sprat could eat no fat (line from nursery rhyme)
• Let the chips fall where they may
• Life force
• Little Women (Louisa May Alcott book)
• March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers
• May it please the court
• May the force be with you (A catchphrase from Star Wars)
• May to December romance
• May you live in interesting times
• Might and main
• Might as well
• Might is right
• Might makes right
• Mighty Quinn (Bob Dylan song)
• Mr. May (Nickname of Dave Winfield)
• Muscle bound
• Muscle in on
• Muscle man
• My my, I could never let you go (ABBA lyric)
• Ne'er cast a clout till May is out
• One may as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
• One two many and you might turn Bertie (Bassett's Liquorice Allsorts advertising slogan)
• Only Nixon could go to China
• Ooh I could crush a grape! (A catchphrase from Crackerjack)
• Out of sweetness came forth strength (Tate & Lyle advertising slogan)
• Pigs might fly
• Put some muscle into it
• Smile, it might never happen
• Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me
• Strength in numbers
• Superhero strength
• The King and Queen Might Eat Thereof and Noblemen Besides (Jell-O Gelatin Dessert advertising slogan)
• The Strength of Experience (GMC Truck advertising slogan)
• The case may be
• The darling buds of May
• The light at the end of the tunnel may just be a train coming the other way
• The lion leaps from strength to strength (Peugeot advertising slogan)
• The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep (Woody Allen line)
• The little engine that could
• Tour de force (a feat of strength power or skill)
• Tower of strength
• Widow's mite
• You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife
• You could have heard a pin drop
• You could have knocked me down with a feather
• You could learn a lot from a dummy, Buckle Up (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration advertising slogan)
• You don't know your own strength