Thug Phrases

Phrases

• As tough as old boots
• As tough as they come
• As tough as tough
• Bit of rough
• Built Ford tough (Ford Cars advertising slogan)
• Chemical cosh
• Cut up rough
• Diamond in the rough
• Drummed out of the Mafia for cruelty
• For those who like the trade rough (Travis aftershave advertising slogan)
• Gangster rap
• Hang tough
• It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken (Perdue Farms advertising slogan)
• It's how the smooth take the rough (Range Rover advertising slogan)
• It's tough at the top
• Live rough
• One Tough (Nickname of Joaquin Andejar)
• Original Gangster Ice T song
• Play hardball (A baseball expression meaning to be or act tough or aggressive)
• Rough and ready
• Rough and tumble
• Rough around the edges
• Rough diamond
• Rough justice
• Rough landing
• Rough out
• Rough ride
• Rough stuff
• Rough trade
• Rough up
• Sleep rough
• Take the rough with the smooth
• There's never a rough puff in a lucky (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• To make that tough job easier - you deserve M&M candy (M&Ms advertising slogan)
• Tough Juice (Nickname of Caron Butler)
• Tough customer
• Tough love
• Tough luck
• Tough nut to crack
• Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime (Tony Blair political slogan)
• Tough pill to swallow
• Tough row to hoe
• Tough shit
• Tough titty
• Under the cosh
• When the going gets tough, the tough get going (A catchphrase from Joseph Kennedy)
• When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping