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A chicken in every
pot
A hewer of wood and a drawer of
water
A
pot
of gold
Ahead of the
game
All to
pot
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
Basin
Street Blues ( Louis Armstrong song )
Beaten at your own
game
Behind the eight ball
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Big
Game
James ( Nickname of basketball player James Posey )
Big
Game
James ( Nickname of basketball player James Worthy )
Big fish in a small pool ( someone considered influential compared to their less significant peers )
Black
water
rafting
Blame
game
Blood in the
water
Blood is thicker than
water
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Blow out of the
water
Both oars in the
water
Brand new ballgame ( A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the
game
)
Bridge Over Troubled
Water
( Simon and Garfunkel album and song )
Bring your A
game
( perform to your best ability )
Call of Duty ( video
game
title )
Cat and mouse
game
Clear blue
water
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
Clearly Canadian Sparkling Mineral
Water
in Wild Fruit Flavours ( Adelma Mineral Waters advertising slogan )
Come hell or high
water
Come on in, the water's fine
Cover Point ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Dead in the
water
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
Dip your toe into the
water
Ducks on a
pond
( A baseball expression meaning having runners in scoring position )
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 )
Fish out of
water
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Fit a quart into a pint
pot
For the
pot
Forward Short Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Fuss
pot
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
Get into deep
water
Get into hot
water
Give the
game
away
Go and jump in a
lake
Go through fire and
water
for
Go to
pot
Golden Sombrero ( A baseball expression denoting a player who strikes out four times in a
game
)
Gone to
pot
Got
game
Grand Theft Auto ( video
game
title )
Guessing
game
He doesn't have both oars in the
water
He's fallen in the
water
( A catchphrase from The Goon Show )
Here,
kitty
Hit the
jackpot
Hold
water
Home resort
I'm
game
In deep
water
In hot
water
In the melting
pot
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
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of
water
( line from nursery rhyme )
Just add
water
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in
water
( Jaws II advertising tagline )
Keep the
pot
boiling
Keep your head above
water
Kitty
corner
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
Like a duck to
water
Like a fish out of
water
Like
water
off a duck's back
Lipton's gets into more hot
water
than anything ( Lipton Tea advertising slogan )
Little fish in a big
pond
( someone considered unimportant compared to their more significant peers )
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 )
Made to make your mouth
water
( Opal Fruits advertising slogan )
Mario Kart ( video
game
title )
Melting
pot
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in
water
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
Of the first
water
Oil and
water
don't mix
On the
game
Only A Pawn In Their
Game
( Bob Dylan song )
Only
game
in town
Piss or get off the
pot
Platinum Sombrero ( A baseball expression denoting striking out five times in a
game
)
Play a waiting
game
Play the
game
Play the percentage
game
Pocket
billiards
Pocket pool
Pond
life
Pond
scum
Pot
head
Pot
luck
Pour cold
water
on
Primal Rage ( film and video
game
)
Pure life ( Nestle Aberfoyle Natural Spring
Water
advertising slogan )
Put your
game
face on
Raise your
game
Second slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Shallow end
Shell
game
Shit or get off the
pot
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
Smooth runs the
water
where the brook is deep
Sod this for a
game
of soldiers
Sonic the Hedgehog ( video
game
title )
Spend money like
water
Square Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Stir the
pot
Super Mario Brothers ( video
game
title )
Take a bath in the dark tonight and let the
water
make love to your skin ( Lavin Perfumes & Soaps advertising slogan )
Take a
pot
shot at
Take me out to the ball
game
Talk a good
game
Test the
water
The Army
Game
( BBC comedy television series )
The Big
Pond
( nickname of the Atlantic Ocean between the UK and the USA )
The Dowager Queen of the
Game
Shows ( Nickname of Pat Carroll )
The Great
Lake
State ( Nickname of the US state of Michigan )
The Hot
Water
State ( Nickname of the US state of Arkansas )
The Mistake On The
Lake
( Nickname of Cleveland Ohio )
The Sims ( video
game
title )
The beautiful
game
The blame
game
The deep end
The
game
is afoot
The
game
is up
The name
game
The name of the
game
The
pot
calling the kettle black
The
pot
of gold at the end of the rainbow
Third Slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Third man ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Throw cold
water
on
Tonic
water
by you know who ( Schweppes advertising slogan )
Toss
pot
Trap and ball ( children's ball
game
)
Two can play at that
game
Two
pot
screamer
Up your
game
Walk on
water
War
game
( a simulation of war intended as preparation )
Wash your mouth out with soap and
water
Watched
pot
never boils
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Water
down
Water
of life
Water
seeks its own level
Water
under the bridge
Water
water
everywhere and not a drop to drink
What's your game?
White
water
rafting
Who are you? ( Nintendo
Game
Boy Advance advertising slogan )
Whole new ball
game
Wicket Keeper ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
You can lead a horse to
water
but you can't make it drink
Zero sum
game