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Acid
test
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All is not lost
An abortive
attempt
Armed
struggle
As sober as a
judge
Buckle down
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Buckle under the
strain
Dip in
Dip your toe into the water
Do your level best
Don't knock it until you've
tried
it
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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Don't try to walk before you can crawl
Double blind
test
Eye it try it buy it! ( Chevrolet advertising slogan )
Get the feel of
Give it a spin
Give it a whirl
Give it all you've got
Give it the old college try
Give it your best shot
Go for broke
Hanging
judge
Has your girl turned into a refrigerator? If her air is arctic, try MUM ( Mum Deodorant advertising slogan )
Have a go
Here comes de
judge
( A catchphrase from Rowan and Martin's Laugh In )
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
Judge
Judy
Judge
not, that ye be not judged
Let me not
judge
anyone until I have walked a mile in his moccasins
Let the train take the
strain
( British Rail advertising slogan )
Life and death
struggle
Like
trying
to nail jello to a wall
Litmus
test
Mrs. Robinson, you're
trying
to seduce me ( The Graduate )
Never
judge
a book by its cover
Nice try
Nothing ventured nothing gained
People in here are
trying
to sleep
Pull all the stops out
Pull your finger out
Pull your socks up
Pull yourself up by your bootstraps
Put to the
test
Revenge mission ( an
attempt
to seek active retribution )
Save it for the
judge
Shot while
trying
to escape
Shoulder to the grindstone
Slog away
Strain
every nerve
Suck it and see
Swing for the fences ( A baseball expression meaning try for a substantial gain )
Take it for a spin
Test
bed
Test
of faith
Test
the water
Test
tube baby
The All Blacks ( Nickname of the New Zealand
Rugby
Union team )
The Life And Times Of
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Roy Bean ( Paul Newman movie )
These little things are sent to try us
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield ( from a poem by Tennyson )
Trial
and error
Trial
and tribulation
Trial
by television
Tried
and tested
Tried
and true
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
Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman! ( Coty Perfumes advertising slogan )
We try harder ( Avis car rental advertising slogan )
We're number two. We try harder ( Avis Rent-a-Car advertising slogan )
Why ask why? Try Bud Dry ( Budweiser Earl advertising slogan )
With the best will in the world
You be the
judge
You've seen the rest, now try the best