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A list of phrases related to the word "hardball"...
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A
Hard
Day's Night ( Beatles song and movie )
A good man is
hard
to find
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A
hard
man is good to find
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Address the
ball
( golfing term denoting readiness to play )
After the
ball
was over
As
hard
as a rock
As
hard
as iron
As
hard
as nails
Ball
achingly good
Ball
and chain
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Ball
of fire
Be
hard
put to
Behind the eight
ball
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Between a rock and a
hard
place
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Blow
hard
Can of corn ( A baseball expression meaning a
ball
which is easy to catch )
Carry the
ball
Come down
hard
on
Curve
ball
( a difficult proposition - deriving from baseball terminology )
Die
hard
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Different
ball
game
Do
hard
time ( Spend time in a high security prison )
Do it the
hard
way
Do the
hard
yards ( Put in the
hard
work necessary for success )
Drive a
hard
bargain
Drop the
ball
End of the
ball
game
Fall on
hard
times
Get the
ball
rolling
Go
hard
Go
hard
or go home
Ground
ball
( A baseball expression meaning a prosaic or ordinary accomplishment )
Hard
Rain's A Gonna Fall ( Bob Dylan song )
Hard
act to follow
Hard
and fast
Hard
aport
Hard
astarboard
Hard
at it
Hard
case
Hard
cases make bad law
Hard
cash
Hard
cheddar
Hard
cheese
Hard
copy
Hard
done by
Hard
drinker
Hard
evidence
Hard
facts
Hard
feelings
Hard
hearted
Hard
hitting
Hard
knocks
Hard
labour
Hard
lines
Hard
liquor
Hard
luck
Hard
nosed
Hard
of hearing
Hard
on
Hard
on the heels of
Hard
pressed
Hard
put to it
Hard
row to hoe
Hard
shell
Hard
stuff
Hard
times
Hard
to come by
Hard
to pin down
Hard
to place
Hard
to swallow
Hard
to take
Hard
up
Hard
words
Hard
work never did anyone any harm
Hard
work never killed anyone
Hard, cold cash
Have a
ball
Have the
ball
at your feet
High
ball
Hold
hard
Hurry
hard
It's been a
hard
day's night, and I'd been working like a dog ( Beatles song lyric )
Keep the
ball
rolling
Keep your eye on the
ball
Knock the cover off the
ball
( A baseball expression meaning succeed beyond expectation )
No
hard
feelings
No
hard
feelings ( An injunction to forgive and forget following a dispute )
Old habits die
hard
On the
ball
Play
ball
Play
hard
to get
Play hardball ( A baseball expression meaning to be or act tough or aggressive )
Play
softball
( A baseball expression meaning to ask easy questions )
Put in the
hard
yards
Put the
hard
word on
Rode
hard
and put away wet
Run with the
ball
Saturday's child works
hard
for a living
School of
hard
knocks
Spot the
ball
Start the
ball
rolling
Take a cold
hard
look
Take a
hard
line
Take me out to the
ball
game
That Friday feeling ( anticipation of the weekend after a
hard
working week )
That's the way the
ball
bounces
The Head
Ball
Coach ( Nickname of Steve Spurrier )
The Ol'
Ball
Coach ( Nickname of Steve Spurrier )
The Queen of TV Comedy ( Nickname of comedienne Lucille
Ball
)
The
ball
is in your court
The belle of the
ball
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The old
ball
and chain
The road isn't built that can make it breathe hard! ( Chevrolet advertising slogan )
The sound of leather on willow ( sound of the
ball
on the bat in cricket )
The way the
ball
bounces
This
Hard
Land ( Bruce Springsteen song )
Trap and
ball
( children's
ball
game )
Whole
ball
of wax
Whole new
ball
game
Work hard. Fly right ( Continental Airlines advertising slogan )
Working
hard
or hardly working?