By main strength and awkwardness phrase
By physical strength
You can't just open that lock by main strength and awkwardness.
I can't believe that he bent that bar by main strength and awkwardness. How strong!
Though I couldn't fix it by main strength and awkwardness, I used some finesse.
Strong body, mind or will
To compel someone to do something
1. Force someone to swallow something
2. Force or try to make someone accept, endure, or agree with something unpleasant
Used to refer to something one's good or skilled at.
A demonstration of power or capability to warn or to intimidate an opponent by display of a great numbers of people and / or resources
The origin of this phrase is not clear.