Striking Phrases

Phrases

• First strike
• Go out on strike (Withdraw one's labour and leave one's place of work)
• It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen (the opening line of Nineteen Eighty-Four)
• Lucky Strike means finer tobacco (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• No throat irritation - no cough (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Platinum Sombrero (A baseball expression denoting striking out five times in a game)
• Pre-emptive strike
• 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)
• 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
• Take cuts at someone (A baseball expression meaning taking a verbal swing or striking a blow at a reputation)
• There's never a rough puff in a lucky (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• They're toasted (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Within striking distance