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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 )
Answers on a postcard
Anyone's
game
As
game
as Ned Kelly
Bake off
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 )
Beauty queen
Big
Game
James ( Nickname of basketball player James Posey )
Big
Game
James ( Nickname of basketball player James Worthy )
Blame
game
Blood in the water
Boat
race
( Cockney rhyming slang for face )
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
Competitive
disadvantage
Competitive
edge
Cover Point ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Cut and thrust
Cut throat competition
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
Egg and spoon
race
End of the ball
game
Extra Cover ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Eye up the competition
Face the competition
Fair
game
Feeding frenzy
Final cut
First Slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
First cut
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 )
Group of death ( the most difficult or
competitive
group in a sports
tournament
)
Guessing
game
Head to head
Highly commended
Honourable mention
I'm
game
If you ain't first, you're last
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
Keep up with the Joneses
Knock on the door
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 )
Miss the cut
Mug's
game
Must win
game
No
contest
Numbers
game
On the
game
Only A Pawn In Their
Game
( Bob Dylan song )
Only
game
in town
Piss like a
race
horse
Pissing
contest
Platinum Sombrero ( A baseball expression denoting striking out five times in a
game
)
Play a waiting
game
Play the
game
Play the percentage
game
Play the
race
card
Primal Rage ( film and video
game
)
Put your
game
face on
Race
against the clock
Race
against time
Race
for the taste, the honey sweet taste!, the honey-nutty taste of Honey Nut Cheerios ( Cheerios Cereals advertising slogan )
Race
proven performance ( Kumho Tires advertising slogan )
Race
to the bottom
Raise your
game
Rat
race
Sack
race
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 )
Sibling
rivalry
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 )
Spot the ball
Square Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Stiff competition
Super Mario Brothers ( video
game
title )
Take me out to the ball
game
Talk a good
game
The Amazing
Race
( US TV show )
The Army
Game
( BBC comedy television series )
The Dowager Queen of the
Game
Shows ( Nickname of Pat Carroll )
The Master
Race
The Sims ( video
game
title )
The beautiful
game
The blame
game
The
game
is afoot
The
game
is up
The human
race
The name
game
The name of the
game
The
race
is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ( quotation from the Bible - Ecclesiastes
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 for grabs
Up your
game
Us versus them ( denoting the emnity between two opposing groups )
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 )
You are in a Beauty
Contest
Every Day of your Life ( Camay Soap advertising slogan )
Zero sum
game