A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

military power • war power
military power —
1
. prerogative to decide enjoyed by military
authority as contrasted to civil authority: The military power
now humbled itself before the civil power. 2. potential capacity
to wage warfare derived from military equipment: We know
that, on account of the balance of military power, we have got
to live with it [communism].
war power —emergency powers conferred on the govern-
ment in wartime: It shall require a three fifths vote of the
whole of both houses to authorize the use of war powers.
milk and honey route • milk route
milk and honey route —(U.S. tramps, dated) railroad: Have
you ever hiked the milk-and-honey route from Ogden through
the Mormon country?
milk route —(also: milk round) a route on which milk or
other products are regularly delivered to customers: The milk
companies are saved most of the costs of distribution by deliv-
ering the orange juice on their milk route.
Note:
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase Milky Way— galaxy: The current position of the solar
system in the Milky Way suggests that another period of
greater comet bombardment is not far away.
milk round • milk run
milk round —
1
. (also: milk route) a route on which milk or
meet someone
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other products are regularly delivered to customers: Uncle
George used to do the milk round and I remember his little
van with milk churns. 2. (UK coll.) the annual tour of higher
education establishments by prospective employers: Go to the
yearly “milk round” meetings that big companies set up at the
bigger universities. Chat to their representatives.
milk run —
1
. = milk round 
1
: The milk truck driver agrees
to take Joe and Alice home but only if they first accompany
him on his milk run. 2. (coll.) a routine trip or flight with no
anticipated difficulties: It was just a milk run, the flight to
drop off two fishermen at Otter Lake, but Don Sheldon was
worried.