Talent Phrases

Phrases

• A class act
• A stroke of genius
• Absolute pitch (the ability to determine a musical note by ear)
• Bonus genius (a good spirit accompanying and supporting someone)
• Bring your A game (perform to your best ability)
• Capability Brown (Nickname of Lancelot Brown)
• Distance vision (the ability to see distant objects)
• Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
• Ear for music
• Evil genius
• Genius bonus (a joke or theme added to a programme aimed at well informed people)
• Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains (Thomas Carlyle quotation)
• Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration (Thomas Edison quotation)
• Genius loves company
• Gift from the gods
• Gift of life
• Gift of the gab
• Gift of time
• God's gift to women
• Got a flair for
• Got game
• Green fingers
• Ground ball (A baseball expression meaning a prosaic or ordinary accomplishment)
• I have nothing to declare but my genius (Oscar Wilde quotation)
• Murderers' Row (A baseball expression denoting a group of talented individuals or valuable assets)
• Natural born leader
• Never look a gift horse in the mouth
• Pure genius (Guinness advertising slogan)
• Spark of genius
• The Thinking Man's Crumpet (Nickname of Joan Bakewell)
• The X Factor
• The gift of tongues
• The gift that keeps on giving
• Tour de force (a feat of strength power or skill)