Opportunity Phrases

Phrases

• 11:30, Diet Coke break (Coca Cola advertising slogan)
• A bad break
• A cup of coffee (A baseball expression denoting a break from major league baseball)
• A kick at the can
• A mighty maze of mystic magic rays (lyric of song used at the opening of television)
• A once in a lifetime opportunity
• As one door closes, another one opens
• Break a butterfly on a wheel
• Break a leg
• Break and enter (Unlawfully enter a locked premises)
• Break bread
• Break camp
• Break cover
• Break even
• Break new ground
• Break out in a cold sweat
• Break out of the ordinary (Nestle's Butterfinger advertising slogan)
• Break ranks
• Break sweat
• Break the back of something
• Break the bank
• Break the habit
• Break the ice
• Break the mould
• Break the news
• Break the sound barrier
• Break through (Cadillac advertising slogan)
• Break up
• Break wind
• Break with tradition
• Break your back
• Break your balls
• Break your heart
• Break your neck
• Buckley's chance
• Captive audience
• Cat in Hell's chance
• Chance of a lifetime
• Chance would be a fine thing
• Chance your arm
• Chinaman's chance
• Daunting prospect
• Disaster capitalism
• Down to the last out (A baseball expression meaning to have one last chance)
• Drinking in the last chance saloon
• Drum break (A short drum solo in a song, or a form of brake on a vehicle)
• Equal opportunities
• Even chance
• Fat chance
• Fighting chance
• Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
• Get while the getting's good
• Give Peace A Chance (John Lennon song)
• Give me a break
• Give me a break! Break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar! (Kit Kat chocolate advertising slogan)
• Golden opportunity
• Half a chance
• Have a break, have a Kit Kat (Kit Kat chocolate advertising slogan)
• Have you had your break today? (McDonald's advertising slogan)
• Hot button issue
• In the nick of time
• In with a chance
• It won't break the bank
• Jump at the chance
• Last chance
• Life is what you make it
• Lucky break
• Main chance
• Make a break for it
• Make a clean break
• Miss the boat
• Never give a sucker an even break (A catchphrase from W C Fields)
• No bottles to break - just hearts (Arpege Perfume advertising slogan)
• Not a chinaman's chance
• Not the ghost of a chance
• On the off chance
• Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Neil Young song)
• Opening night (the first night of a theatrical performance)
• Opportunity never knocks twice
• Opportunity only knocks once
• Photo opportunity
• Point Break (Keanu Reeves movie)
• Rest up (take a break from one's arduous efforts)
• Retail opportunity
• Snowball in hell's chance
• Step on a crack, break your mother's back
• Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me
• Strike while the iron is hot
• Take a chance on me (ABBA lyric)
• Take your pleasure where you can find it
• The Peerless Leader (Nickname of Frank Chance)
• Window of opportunity
• You can break a brolly but you can't k-nacker a Knirps (Knirps advertising slogan)
• You deserve a break today (McDonald's advertising slogan)
• You don't get a second chance at a first impression
• You only get one chance to make a first impression