Ferrous Phrases

Phrases

• As hard as iron
• Cast iron alibi
• Cast iron guarantee
• Death metal
• Dr. Iron Fist (Nickname of Vitali Klitschko)
• Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick movie)
• Heavy metal
• Iron Man (Nickname of John Terry)
• Iron Mike (Nickname of Mike Tyson)
• Iron fist in velvet glove
• Iron hoof (Cockney rhyming slang for poof)
• Iron out
• Iron out the wrinkles
• Metal fatigue
• Pump iron
• Put the pedal to the metal
• Rule with a rod of iron
• Rule with an iron fist
• Rust bucket
• Scrap Iron (Nickname of Phil Garner)
• Strike while the iron is hot
• The Iron Chancellor (Nickname of Otto Von Bismark)
• The Iron Curtain (notional barrier between capitalist West and communist states)
• The Iron Duke (Nickname of Arthur Duke of Wellington)
• The Iron Horse (Nickname of Lou Gehrig)
• The Iron Lady (Nickname of Margaret Thatcher)
• The Iron Man (Nickname of Cal Ripken Jr.)
• The Man in the Iron Mask