| prove mettle | 3.16 | Praise it and prove your mettle. | ||
| test mettle | 2.30 | Crises will strew his path to test his mettle. | ||
| show mettle | 1.58 | He showed his mettle Sunday. | ||
| have mettle | 0.59 | Did he have the mettle to win a major? | ||
| display mettle | 0.26 | But Pettitte displayed the mettle that filled his start by rebounding to strike out Cordero and Vaughn. |