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A list of phrases related to the word "strain"...
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Add insult to
injury
At a
stretch
At full
stretch
Best of
breed
Blood
injury
Breed
apart
Breed
like flies
Breed
like rabbits
Bring
pressure
to bear
Buckle under the strain
Bulldog
breed
By no
stretch
of the imagination
Do yourself an
injury
Don't
try
this at home
Don't
try
to run before you can walk
Don't
try
to teach your Grandma to suck eggs
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Don't
try
to walk before you can crawl
Dying
breed
Exert
one's authority
Eye it
try
it buy it! ( Chevrolet advertising slogan )
Fruits of your
labour
Give it the old college
try
Hard
labour
Has your girl turned into a refrigerator? If her air is arctic,
try
MUM ( Mum Deodorant advertising slogan )
Head like a
sieve
Home
stretch
If at first you don't succeed try,
try
and
try
again
If gas pains persist,
try
Volkswagen ( Volkswagen advertising slogan )
Imagine no religion, it's easy if you
try
Labour
in vain
Labour
intensive
Labour
of love
Labour
pains
Labour
saving device
Labour
under a misapprehension
Last ditch
effort
Leak like a
sieve
Let the train take the strain ( British Rail advertising slogan )
Loves
Labour
Lost
Memory like a
sieve
More than flesh and blood can stand
Nice
try
Peer
pressure
Post-traumatic
stress
disorder
Pressure
of work
Strain every nerve
Straining at the leash
Stretch
a point
Stretch
limo
Stretch
your legs
Stretch
your wings
Strike out swinging ( A baseball expression meaning to fail while giving it your best
effort
)
Surface
tension
Swing for the fences ( A baseball expression meaning
try
for a substantial gain )
The quality of mercy is not
strained
( from The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare )
These little things are sent to
try
us
This Happy
Breed
( David Lean movie )
Time
pressure
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield ( from a poem by Tennyson )
Try
A Little Tenderness ( Otis Redding song )
Try
everything once, except incest and folk dancing ( Sir Thomas Beecham quotation )
Try
it on the dog
Try
it, you'll like it ( Alka Seltzer advertising slogan )
Try
your hand
Try
your luck
Under
Pressure
( David Bowie song )
Under
pressure
Want him to be more of a man?
Try
being more of a woman! ( Coty Perfumes advertising slogan )
War of nerves
We
try
harder ( Avis car rental advertising slogan )
We're number two. We
try
harder ( Avis Rent-a-Car advertising slogan )
Weather bomb ( a rapidly deepening low
pressure
area causing severe storms )
Why ask why?
Try
Bud Dry ( Budweiser Earl advertising slogan )
You've seen the rest, now
try
the best