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A
match
made in heaven
A pitched
battle
Acid
test
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Ahead of the
game
All out
war
All your base are belong to us ( broken English phrase used in the video
game
Zero Wing )
All's fair in love and
war
America's Oldest Living Teenager ( Nickname of
game
show host Dick Clark )
An uphill
battle
And never the twain shall
meet
Anyone's
game
Art Of
War
( Sun Tzu book )
Art of
war
Articles of
war
As
game
as Ned Kelly
Battle
of the sexes
Battle
of wits
Battle
ready
Battle
royal
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Battle
stations
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
Game
James ( Nickname of basketball player James Posey )
Big
Game
James ( Nickname of basketball player James Worthy )
Blame
game
Blow off the stage
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
Challenge
everything ( EA Games advertising slogan )
Charge of the Light Brigade ( British cavalry charge against Russian army in the Crimean
War
and title of a poem by Tennyson )
Cover Point ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of
war
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
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
Do not
meet
your troubles halfway
Don't mention the
war
( A catchphrase from Faulty Towers )
Don't you know there's a
war
on? ( WWII slogan )
Double blind
test
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
Final cut
First Slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
First cut
Fog of
war
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
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the
War
Room ( Dr.Strangelove )
Get ready to rumble ( prepare to fight or do
battle
)
Give the
game
away
Go to
war
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
Had a good
war
( to have been successful during a military campaign )
Half the
battle
Hatch,
match
and dispatch
How goes the battle?
I want YOU for the US Army ( World
War
I and World
War
II advertising slogan )
I'm
game
If you vote for Goldwater, you'll get a
war
in Vietnam ( Political slogan )
In the heat of
battle
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
La Belle Epoque ( the golden age or beautiful era preceding the First World
War
)
Late in the
game
Leg Gully ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Leg Slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Let
battle
commence
Lift your
game
Litmus
test
Local derby
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 )
Loose lips sink ships ( World
War
II advertising slogan )
Love
match
Make ends
meet
Make love not
war
Make
war
Mario Kart ( video
game
title )
Masters Of
War
( Bob Dylan song )
Meet
Me In St. Louis ( Judy Garland movie )
Meet
The Fockers ( Dustin Hoffman / Robert De Niro movie )
Meet
and greet
Meet
in the middle
Meet
one's eye
Meet
the bill
Meet
the
challenge
Meet
up
Meet
with approval
Meet
you halfway
Meet
your Waterloo
Meet
your maker
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 )
Mix and
match
More than a
match
for
Mug's
game
Must win
game
Never the twain shall
meet
No
challenge
too great
No contest
Numbers
game
On the
game
One on one
Only A Pawn In Their
Game
( Bob Dylan song )
Only
game
in town
Perfect
match
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 to the
test
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
Richard of York gave
battle
in vain
Rise to the
challenge
Running
battle
Sack
race
Second slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Shell
game
Shooting
war
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 )
Spoils of
war
Square Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Stare out
Stiff
competition
Super Mario Brothers ( video
game
title )
Sword play
Take me out to the ball
game
Talk a good
game
Test
bed
Test
of faith
Test
the water
Test
tube baby
The Amazing
Race
( US TV show )
The Army
Game
( BBC comedy television series )
The
Battle
of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton
The Cold
War
The Dowager Queen of the
Game
Shows ( Nickname of Pat Carroll )
The Master
Race
The Sims ( video
game
title )
The Thriller In Manila ( Ali versus Frazier boxing
match
)
The
War
Of The Roses ( Michael Douglas movie )
The
battle
of the bulge
The beautiful
game
The blame
game
The fog of
war
( confusion caused by the chaos of
battle
)
The fortunes of
war
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
The smoker's
match
( Swan Vesta matches advertising slogan )
The
war
to end wars
Third Slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Third man ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Three on a
match
Tittle tattle lost the
battle
( WWII slogan )
Trap and ball ( children's ball
game
)
Two can play at that
game
Up your
game
Wage
war
War
and Peace ( Leo Tolstoy book )
War
baby ( someone born during the
war
- especially the illegitimate child of a soldier )
War
cemetery
War
chalking
War
criminal ( someone who has flouted the Geneva Convention )
War
debt
War
driving
War
eagle ( the golden eagle - used by Native Americans to make headdresses )
War
footing ( preparedness to fight a military campaign )
War
game
( a simulation of
war
intended as preparation )
War
hero ( someone who acted heroically during a
war
)
War
is hell
War
movie ( a film with
war
as the subject matter )
War
of nerves
War
of words
War
paint
War
room ( the place where
war
plans are directed )
War
torn ( severely damaged by
war
)
War
weary ( tired of conflict )
War
widow ( a woman whose husband died in a
war
)
War
zone ( the area that a
war
has taken place )
What did you do in the
war
Daddy?
What's your game?
When shall we three
meet
again?
When
war
is declared, truth is the first casualty
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 )
World Series
You are in a Beauty Contest Every Day of your Life ( Camay Soap advertising slogan )
You
meet
the nicest people on a Honda ( Honda advertising slogan )
Your starter for ten
( A catchphrase from University
Challenge
)
Zero sum
game