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A list of phrases related to the word "major"...
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A cup of coffee ( A baseball expression denoting a break from major league baseball )
Big fish in a small pool ( someone considered influential compared to their less
significant
peers )
Day surgery (
minor
surgery that does not require the patient to stay in hospital overnight )
Disease has no
greater
enemy ( Glaxo/Wellcome advertising slogan )
Ferret face ( Nickname of Major Frank Burns ( Larry Linville ) )
Go for a
soldier
( Enlist in the army )
High ticket item ( a consumer good that would constitute a major expense when bought )
Hold the field ( - remain the most
important
)
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 )
Larger
than life
Little fish in a big pond ( someone considered unimportant compared to their more
significant
peers )
Main
chance
Main
event
Main
squeeze
Major league ( A baseball expression meaning at the top rank )
Major player
Might and
main
Papa Bear
Colonel
( Nickname of Robert Hogan ( Bob Crane ) )
Play the old
soldier
Progress is our most
important
product ( General Electric advertising slogan )
Puddin' Head ( Nickname of
Colonel
Sherman Potter ( Harry Morgan ) )
Self
important
Soldier
of fortune
Soldier
on
The Adventure of the Blanched
Soldier
( Sherlock Holmes story )
The French Lieutenant's Woman ( Jeremy Irons / Meryl Streep movie )
The Galloping Major ( Nickname of Ferenc Puskas )
The
main
drag
The
main
event
The silent majority
The whole is
greater
than the sum of its parts ( proverbial saying )
Tinker Tailor
Soldier
Spy ( John Le Carre book )
War baby ( someone born during the war - especially the illegitimate child of a
soldier
)
Where the rubber meets the road ( where the
important
facts or realities lie )