Game Phrases

Phrases

• A match made in heaven
• Abide with me (hymn traditionally sung at the English football Cup Final)
• Ahead of the game
• Ain't That A Shame? (Fats Domino song)
• All Day (Nickname of American football player Adrian Peterson)
• All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye (Christopher Brookmyer book)
• All your base are belong to us (broken English phrase used in the video game Zero Wing)
• America's Oldest Living Teenager (Nickname of game show host Dick Clark)
• Anyone's game
• Are you ready for some football?
• As brave as a lion
• As game as Ned Kelly
• As stiff as a poker
• Bad Moon (Nickname of American football player Andre Rison)
• Bart the Cool (Nickname of American football player Bart Starr)
• Be a good sport
• Beaten at your own game
• Beauty contest (a political contest in which the result is infuenced by personality and image more than by policy)
• Beauty parade (a political contest in which the result is infuenced by personality and image more than by policy)
• Big Al (Nickname of football player Alan Shearer and of basketball player Al Jefferson)
• Big Ben (Nickname of basketball player Ben Wallace and American football player Ben Roethlisberger)
• Big Cat (Nickname of American football player Leon Lett)
• Big Daddy (Nickname of American football Dan Wilkinson)
• Big Game James (Nickname of basketball player James Posey)
• Big Game James (Nickname of basketball player James Worthy)
• Big Phil (Nickname of football manager Luiz Felipe Scolari)
• Big Sam (Nickname of football manager Sam Allardyce)
• Big fish in a small pool (someone considered influential compared to their less significant peers)
• Bingo wings
• Blame game
• Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino song)
• Bonetti's defense
• Brand new ballgame (A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the game)
• Brave New World (Aldous Huxley book)
• Brave the elements
• Brighton line (Bingo call for number fifty nine)
• Bring your A game (perform to your best ability)
• Call of Duty (video game title)
• Cat and mouse game
• Challenge everything (EA Games advertising slogan)
• Champagne Tony (Nickname of American football player Tony Eason)
• Clickety click (Bingo call for number sixty six)
• Contact sport
• Cover Point (field position in the game of cricket)
• Crazy Legs (Nickname of American football player Elroy Hirsch)
• Cut throat competition
• Dandy Don (Nickname of American football player Don Meredith)
• Deal or no deal
• Deep Extra Cover (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Fine Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Gully (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Mid Wicket (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Point (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Square Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Dick around
• Didn't they do well! (A catchphrase from Bruce Forsyth In The Generation Game)
• Different ball game
• Do not pass Go
• Doctor's Orders (Bingo call for number nine)
• Domino effect
• Droopy drawers (Bingo call for number forty four)
• Dumpster diving
• End of the ball game
• Extra Cover (field position in the game of cricket)
• Eye up the competition
• Face the competition
• Fair game
• First Slip (field position in the game of cricket)
• Fortune favours the brave
• Forward Short Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Fourth Quarter Vince (Nickname of American football player Vince Young)
• Fred Ex (Nickname of American football player Freddie Mitchell)
• Frisbee golf (A game based on golf but using frisbees rather than balls)
• Fun and games
• Game bird
• Game brain
• Game changer
• Game of two halves
• Game on
• Game over
• Game plan
• Game set and match
• Game time
• Game to the last
• Games people play
• Garbage Man (Nickname of American football player Michael Bradley)
• Get N or get out (Nintendo 64 advertising slogan)
• Get out of jail free card (a means of avoiding justice - from the eponymous card in the Monopoly boardgame)
• Give the game away
• God willing and the creek don't rise
• Golden Guus (Nickname of football manager Guus Hiddink)
• Golden Sombrero (A baseball expression denoting a player who strikes out four times in a game)
• Good clean fun
• Good sport
• Got game
• Grand Theft Auto (video game title)
• Group of death (the most difficult or competitive group in a sports tournament)
• Guessing game
• Happy families
• Hatch, match and dispatch
• He Hate Me (Nickname of American football player Rod Smart)
• Head games
• Heavy Lunch (Nickname of American football player Norman Hand)
• Hide and seek
• Hockey Mom
• Horse play
• I spy with my little eye
• I'm game
• It's all fun and games until somebody gets hurt
• It's in the game (EA Sports advertising slogan)
• It's just a game
• It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game
• It's only a game
• Key of the door (Bingo call for number twenty one)
• Late in the game
• Leg Gully (field position in the game of cricket)
• Leg Slip (field position in the game of cricket)

• Legs eleven (Bingo call for number eleven)
• Let the games begin
• Lift your game
• Long Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Long Off (field position in the game of cricket)
• Long On (field position in the game of cricket)
• Long Stop (field position in the game of cricket)
• Love match
• Mario Kart (video game title)
• Mean spirited
• Meet your match
• Mid Off (field position in the game of cricket)
• Mid On (field position in the game of cricket)
• Mid Wicket (field position in the game of cricket)
• Mind games
• Mix and match
• More than a match for
• Mug's game
• Musical chairs
• Must win game
• Never mind the buzzcocks
• No contest
• No one likes us, we don't care (A catchphrase from Millwall football supporters)
• Numbers game
• On me head son (Invitation to cross a football so that another player can head it)
• On the game
• Only A Pawn In Their Game (Bob Dylan song)
• Only game in town
• Only the brave deserve the fair and the fair deserve JAEGER (Jaeger Sportswear advertising slogan)
• Pass the parcel
• Patriot Games (Harrison Ford movie)
• Perfect match
• Piggy in the middle
• Pin the tail on the donkey
• Pissing contest
• Pit your wits against
• Platinum Sombrero (A baseball expression denoting striking out five times in a game)
• Play a waiting game
• Play softball (A baseball expression meaning to ask easy questions)
• Play the game
• Play the percentage game
• Poacher turned gamekeeper
• Pocket pool
• Points mean prizes
• Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)
• Poker face
• Political football
• Primal Rage (film and video game)
• Put a brave face on
• Put your game face on
• Raise your game
• Ready willing and able
• Royal flush (in poker - a hand including a ten jack queen king and ace of the same suit)
• Sack race
• Scotland the brave
• Second slip (field position in the game of cricket)
• Seesaw Margery Daw Johnny shall have a new master (line from nursery rhyme)
• Sega has what nintendon't (Sega advertising slogan)
• Shell game
• Shoot a birdie (score one under par in a golf shot)
• Shoot hoops
• Short Fine Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Short Mid Wicket (field position in the game of cricket)
• Short Square Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Silly Mid Off (field position in the game of cricket)
• Silly Mid On (field position in the game of cricket)
• Silly Point (field position in the game of cricket)
• Silly Putty
• Skin in the game
• Snake eyes
• Snakes alive (Bingo call for number fifty five)
• Sod this for a game of soldiers
• Sonic the Hedgehog (video game title)
• Square Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Step up to the mark (mark yourself ready to take responsibility)
• Stiff competition
• Super Mario Brothers (video game title)
• Take me out to the ball game
• Talk a good game
• The Army Game (BBC comedy television series)
• The Crazy Gang (Nickname of Wimbledon Football Club)
• The Dowager Queen of the Game Shows (Nickname of Pat Carroll)
• The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins book)
• The Sims (video game title)
• The Special One (Nickname of football manager Jose Mourinho)
• The Thriller In Manila (Ali versus Frazier boxing match)
• The beautiful game
• The blame game
• The game is afoot
• The game is up
• The mint with the hole (Polo Mints advertising slogan)
• The name game
• The name of the game
• The smoker's match (Swan Vesta matches advertising slogan)
• The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
• The sport of kings
• Third Slip (field position in the game of cricket)
• Third man (field position in the game of cricket)
• Three on a match
• Top of the shop (Bingo call for number ninety)
• Trap and ball (children's ball game)
• Two can play at that game
• Two fat ladies (Bingo call for number eighty eight)
• Two little ducks (Bingo call for number twenty two)
• Unlucky for some (Bingo call for number thirteen)
• Up your game
• War game (a simulation of war intended as preparation)
• Was she worth it (Bingo call for number fifty six)
• What a hoot
• What's your game?
• Who are you? (Nintendo Game Boy Advance advertising slogan)
• Whole new ball game
• Whole shooting match
• Wicket Keeper (field position in the game of cricket)
• Winning is the mark of the Rebel (Rebel Sport advertising slogan)
• Word association football
• You are in a Beauty Contest Every Day of your Life (Camay Soap advertising slogan)
• Zero sum game

Related

• Ahead of the game
• All your base are belong to us (broken English phrase used in the video game Zero Wing)
• America's Oldest Living Teenager (Nickname of game show host Dick Clark)
• Anyone's game
• As game as Ned Kelly
• Beaten at your own game
• Big Game James (Nickname of basketball player James Posey)
• Big Game James (Nickname of basketball player James Worthy)
• Blame game
• Brand new ballgame (A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the game)
• Bring your A game (perform to your best ability)
• Call of Duty (video game title)
• Cat and mouse game
• Cover Point (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Extra Cover (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Fine Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Gully (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Mid Wicket (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Point (field position in the game of cricket)
• Deep Square Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Didn't they do well! (A catchphrase from Bruce Forsyth In The Generation Game)
• Different ball game
• End of the ball game
• Extra Cover (field position in the game of cricket)
• Fair game
• First Slip (field position in the game of cricket)
• Forward Short Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Game bird
• Game brain
• Game changer
• Game of two halves
• Game on
• Game over
• Game plan
• Game set and match
• Game time
• Game to the last
• Give the game away
• Golden Sombrero (A baseball expression denoting a player who strikes out four times in a game)
• Got game
• Grand Theft Auto (video game title)
• Guessing game
• I'm game
• It's in the game (EA Sports advertising slogan)
• It's just a game
• It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game
• It's only a game
• Late in the game
• Leg Gully (field position in the game of cricket)
• Leg Slip (field position in the game of cricket)
• Lift your game
• Long Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Long Off (field position in the game of cricket)
• Long On (field position in the game of cricket)
• Long Stop (field position in the game of cricket)
• Mario Kart (video game title)
• Mid Off (field position in the game of cricket)
• Mid On (field position in the game of cricket)
• Mid Wicket (field position in the game of cricket)
• Mug's game
• Must win game
• Numbers game
• On the game
• Only A Pawn In Their Game (Bob Dylan song)
• Only game in town
• Platinum Sombrero (A baseball expression denoting striking out five times in a game)
• Play a waiting game
• Play the game
• Play the percentage game
• Primal Rage (film and video game)
• Put your game face on
• Raise your game
• Second slip (field position in the game of cricket)
• Shell game
• Short Fine Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Short Mid Wicket (field position in the game of cricket)
• Short Square Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Silly Mid Off (field position in the game of cricket)
• Silly Mid On (field position in the game of cricket)
• Silly Point (field position in the game of cricket)
• Skin in the game
• Sod this for a game of soldiers
• Sonic the Hedgehog (video game title)
• Square Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Super Mario Brothers (video game title)
• Take me out to the ball game
• Talk a good game
• The Army Game (BBC comedy television series)
• The Dowager Queen of the Game Shows (Nickname of Pat Carroll)
• The Sims (video game title)
• The beautiful game
• The blame game
• The game is afoot
• The game is up
• The name game
• The name of the game
• Third Slip (field position in the game of cricket)
• Third man (field position in the game of cricket)
• Trap and ball (children's ball game)
• Two can play at that game
• Up your game
• War game (a simulation of war intended as preparation)
• What's your game?
• Who are you? (Nintendo Game Boy Advance advertising slogan)
• Whole new ball game
• Wicket Keeper (field position in the game of cricket)
• Zero sum game