Sock Phrases

Phrases

• As full as a fat lady's sock
• As pleased as Punch
• As proud as Punch
• Bless his/her cotton socks
• Clothes maketh the man
• Dance your socks off
• Ethnic stocking (the appointment to political office on the basis of ethnicity)
• First strike
• Go out on strike (Withdraw one's labour and leave one's place of work)
• Hit 'em where they live
• Hit The Road Jack (Ray Charles song)
• Hit and miss
• Hit and run
• Hit by the stupid stick
• Hit for six
• Hit home
• Hit it off
• Hit it on the nose
• Hit it out of the park (A baseball expression denoting a complete or spectacular success)
• Hit list
• Hit man
• Hit me on the hip
• Hit on
• Hit out at
• Hit out of the park
• Hit parade
• Hit paydirt
• Hit rock bottom
• Hit send
• Hit the back wall
• Hit the bar
• Hit the books
• Hit the bottle
• Hit the brakes
• Hit the bricks (a cursory slang term telling someone to leave)
• Hit the buffers
• Hit the ceiling
• Hit the deck
• Hit the ground running
• Hit the hay
• Hit the headlines
• Hit the high notes
• Hit the jackpot
• Hit the nail on the head
• Hit the panic button
• Hit the road Jack
• Hit the roof
• Hit the sack
• Hit the skids
• Hit the slide

• Hit the spot
• Hit the woodwork
• Hit town
• Knock your socks off
• Let's get out of these wet clothes and into a dry Martini
• Looks like a bomb has hit it
• Lucky Strike means finer tobacco (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• No throat irritation - no cough (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Pack a punch
• Pack more punch
• Pinch hit (A baseball expression denoting a substitute or stand-in)
• Pinch, punch, first of the month
• Pre-emptive strike
• Pull your socks up
• Punch and Judy
• Punch the air
• Punch your lights out
• Punch your ticket
• Put a sock in it
• Reach for a Lucky instead of a Sweet (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• So round, so firm, so fully packed (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Sock it to me (A catchphrase from Rowan and Martin's Laugh In)
• Sock puppet marketing
• Stocking filler
• Stocking stuffer
• Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin composition)
• Strike a balance
• Strike a chord with
• Strike a deal (or bargain)
• Strike a light
• Strike a pose
• Strike beard
• Strike it rich
• Strike lucky
• Strike me pink
• Strike out swinging (A baseball expression meaning to fail while giving it your best effort)
• Strike up the band
• Strike while the iron is hot
• Sucker punch
• Switch hitter (A baseball expression denoting a batter who can hit left or right handed)
• That's the way to do it (A catchphrase from Punch And Judy)
• The Hit Dog (Nickname of Mo Vaughn)
• The Hit Man (Nickname of Bob Sanders)
• The Hit Man (Nickname of Ricky Hatton)
• The Hit Man (Nickname of Thomas Hearns)
• The emperor's new clothes
• There's never a rough puff in a lucky (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• They're toasted (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Tiptoe through the tulips (1920s Broadway song and Tiny Tim hit)
• Underneath Your Clothes (Shakira song)