may

See:
  • a cat may look at a king
  • a fool may give a wise man counsel
  • a ragged colt may make a good horse
  • a stumble may prevent a fall
  • an ant may well destroy a whole dam
  • April showers bring May flowers
  • as luck may have it
  • as the case may be
  • be it as it may
  • be off like a prom dress (in May)
  • be that as it may
  • come what may
  • Could I help you?
  • Could I see you again?
  • Could I speak to?
  • Could I take a message?
  • Could I take your order?
  • Could I tell him who's calling?
  • Could I use your powder room?
  • December, May and
  • devil-may-care
  • devil-may-care attitude
  • devil-may-care manner
  • Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
  • Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
  • he that will not when he may, when he will he may have nay
  • he who fights and runs away may live to fight another day
  • He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day
  • How else may I help you?
  • How may I help you?
  • lang may yer lum reek
  • let the chips fall (where they may)
  • let the chips fall where they may
  • may as well
  • may God be my witness
  • May I be excused?
  • May I help you?
  • May I see you again?
  • May I speak to (one)?
  • May I speak to ? Go to Could I speak to
  • May I take a message?
  • May I take your order?
  • May I tell (someone) who's calling?
  • May I use your powder room?
  • May the best man/woman win.
  • may the Force be with you
  • may the Force be without you
  • may the Force not be with you
  • May the Fourth be with you
  • may the gods bless you
  • may/might as well
  • may/might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as a lamb
  • might as well
  • monkeys might fly out of my butt
  • off like a prom dress (in May)
  • sell in May
  • sell in May and go away
  • sell in May and stay away
  • sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never hurt me)
  • sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
  • the darling buds of May
  • the young may die, but the old must die
  • to whom it may concern
  • to whom this may concern
  • try as (one) may
  • try as I may
  • whatever the case may be
  • when pigs fly
  • will be along
  • you may well ask
  • young men may die, but old men must die
  • your mileage may vary
  • Your mileage may vary. and YMMV
References in classic literature
John May was acquitted, immediately left the country, and has never been heard of from that day.
One day after the May family had left the country, some boys, playing in the woods along May Creek, found concealed under a mass of dead leaves, but partly exposed by the rooting of hogs, a spade, nearly new and bright, except for a spot on one edge, which was rusted and stained with blood.
From all of his Pack he may claim Full-gorge when the killer has eaten; and none may refuse him the same.
From all of her year she may claim One haunch of each kill for her litter, and none may deny her the same.
Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;
The people of America may be warmly attached to the government of the Union, at times when the particular rulers of particular States, stimulated by the natural rivalship of power, and by the hopes of personal aggrandizement, and supported by a strong faction in each of those States, may be in a very opposite temper.
A second observation to be made is that the immediate object of the federal Constitution is to secure the union of the thirteen primitive States, which we know to be practicable; and to add to them such other States as may arise in their own bosoms, or in their neighborhoods, which we cannot doubt to be equally practicable.
A fourth and still more important consideration is, that as almost every State will, on one side or other, be a frontier, and will thus find, in regard to its safety, an inducement to make some sacrifices for the sake of the general protection; so the States which lie at the greatest distance from the heart of the Union, and which, of course, may partake least of the ordinary circulation of its benefits, will be at the same time immediately contiguous to foreign nations, and will consequently stand, on particular occasions, in greatest need of its strength and resources.
In an age of investigation like our own, when we are returning to science as the base of wonders--almost of miracles--we should be slow to refuse to accept facts, however impossible they may seem to be.
But Nature, who has no doctrinaire ideas, may equally apply it to concentration.
Such rarae aves should be remitted to the epitaph writer, or to some poet who may condescend to hitch him in a distich, or to slide him into a rhime with an air of carelessness and neglect, without giving any offence to the reader.
Archer, "I understand May's wanting her cousin to tell people abroad that we're not quite barbarians."
I might have adduced for this same purpose the differences between the races of man, which are so strongly marked; I may add that some little light can apparently be thrown on the origin of these differences, chiefly through sexual selection of a particular kind, but without here entering on copious details my reasoning would appear frivolous.
The physiologist can discover that both depend upon the nervous system, and he may find that the movements which we call voluntary depend upon higher centres in the brain than those that are reflex.