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A Doll's House (
play
by Henrik Ibsen )
A Mars a day helps you work, rest and
play
( Mars Chocolate advertising slogan )
A Streetcar Named Desire ( Marlon Brando movie )
A cup of coffee ( A
baseball
expression denoting a break from major league
baseball
)
Abide with me ( hymn traditionally sung at the English
football
Cup Final )
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
Address the ball ( golfing term denoting readiness to
play
)
Agent Zero ( Nickname of
basketball
player Gilbert Arenas )
Ahead of the
game
Air Canada ( Nickname of
basketball
player Vince Carter )
Air Jordan ( Nickname of
basketball
player Michael Jordan )
Air Zaire ( Nickname of
basketball
player Dikembe Mutombo )
Air shot
Air
support
All Day ( Nickname of American
football
player Adrian Peterson )
All
Fun
And Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye ( Christopher Brookmyer book )
All the
fun
of the fair
All work and no
play
makes Jack a dull boy
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 )
An Ideal Husband (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
Angels in America (
play
by Tony Kushner )
Anyone for tennis?
Anyone's
game
Apres
ski
Are you ready for some football?
As
game
as Ned Kelly
Baby Bull ( Nickname of
baseball
player Orlando Cepeda )
Baby Gramps ( Nickname of
basketball
player Greg Oden )
Baby Jordan ( Nickname of
basketball
player Harold Miner )
Bad Moon ( Nickname of American
football
player Andre Rison )
Bam Bam ( Nickname of
baseball
player Hensley Meulens )
Bandy words with
(
the meaning and origin of this phrase...
)
Bart the Cool ( Nickname of American
football
player Bart Starr )
Base jumping
Baseball
card
Batman and Robin ( Nickname of
baseball
players Mike Piazza and Robin Ventura )
Be a good sport
Bean Burrito ( Nickname of
basketball
player Nick Young )
Beast or Perk ( Nickname of
basketball
player Kendrick Perkins )
Beaten at your own
game
Big Al ( Nickname of
football
player Alan Shearer and of
basketball
player Al Jefferson )
Big Baby ( Nickname of
basketball
player Glen Davis )
Big Ben ( Nickname of
basketball
player Ben Wallace and American
football
player Ben Roethlisberger )
Big Cat ( Nickname of American
football
player Leon Lett )
Big Cat ( Nickname of
baseball
player Andres Galarraga )
Big Country ( Nickname of
basketball
player Bryant Reeves )
Big Daddy ( Nickname of American
football
Dan Wilkinson )
Big Dog ( Nickname of
basketball
player Glenn Robinson )
Big Donkey ( Nickname of
baseball
players Billy Butler and Adam Dunn )
Big
Game
James ( Nickname of
basketball
player James Posey )
Big
Game
James ( Nickname of
basketball
player James Worthy )
Big Mac ( Nickname of
baseball
player Mark McGwire )
Big Nasty ( Nickname of
basketball
player Corliss Williamson )
Big Papi ( Nickname of
baseball
player David Ortiz )
Big Phil ( Nickname of
football
manager Luiz Felipe Scolari )
Big Poison ( Nickname of
baseball
player Paul Waner )
Big Puma ( Nickname of
baseball
player Lance Berkman )
Big Red ( Nickname of
basketball
player Arvydas Sabonis )
Big Sam ( Nickname of
football
manager Sam Allardyce )
Big Shot Becky ( Nickname of
basketball
player Becky Hammon )
Big Shot Bob ( Nickname of
basketball
player Robert Horry )
Big Six ( Nickname of
baseball
player Christy Mathewson )
Big Smooth ( Nickname of
basketball
player Charlie Villanueva )
Big Snacks ( Nickname of
basketball
player Jerome James )
Big Sofo ( Nickname of
basketball
player Sofoklis Schortsanitis )
Big Z ( Nickname of
baseball
player Carlos Zambrano )
Big Z ( Nickname of
basketball
player Zydrunas Ilgauskas )
Billy Liar ( Novel and
play
by Keith Waterhouse and Tom Courtenay / Julie Christie movie )
Bird Man ( Nickname of
basketball
player Chris Andersen )
Black Jack ( Nickname of
baseball
player Jack McDowell )
Black Jesus ( Nickname of
basketball
player Amare Stoudemire )
Black Mamba ( Nickname of
basketball
player Kobe Bryant )
Black Mike ( Nickname of
baseball
player Mickey Cochrane )
Black Moses ( Nickname of
basketball
player Baron Davis )
Black water rafting
Blame
game
Blondes have more
fun
Blood
sports
Blue Moon ( Nickname of
baseball
player John Odom )
Body surfing
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the meaning and origin of this phrase...
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Boom Dizzle ( Nickname of
basketball
player Baron Davis )
Brand new ballgame ( A
baseball
expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the
game
)
Brazilian Blur ( Nickname of
basketball
player Leandro Barbosa )
Bring your A
game
( perform to your best ability )
Broadway Joe ( Nickname of
baseball
player Joe Namath )
Bron Bron ( Nickname of
basketball
player LeBron James )
Brum brum ( child's
play
idiom expressing the sound of a vehicle )
Brush back ( A
baseball
expression meaning to subvert or threaten verbally )
Buc The World ( Nickname of
basketball
player Greg Buckner )
Buffet of Goodness ( Nickname of
basketball
player Channing Frye )
Bullet Joe ( Nickname of
baseball
player Charles Rogan )
Bundle of
fun
Bungee jumping
Buy a bucket of chicken and have a barrel of
fun
( Kentucky Fried Chicken advertising slogan )
Bye Bye ( Nickname of
baseball
player Steve Balboni )
Call of Duty ( video
game
title )
Can of corn ( A
baseball
expression meaning a ball which is easy to catch )
Captain Bly ( Nickname of
baseball
player Bert Blyleven )
Captain Canada ( Nickname of
basketball
player Steve Nash )
Captain Crunch ( Nickname of
basketball
player Jalen Rose )
Captain Hook ( Nickname of
baseball
manager George Anderson )
Captain Jack ( Nickname of
basketball
player Stephen Jackson )
Captain Kirk ( Nickname of
basketball
player Kirk Hinrich )
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (
play
by Tennesee Williams and Elizabeth Taylor movie )
Cat and mouse
game
Caught off base ( A
baseball
expression meaning unawares or by surprise )
Champagne Tony ( Nickname of American
football
player Tony Eason )
Charlie Hustle ( Nickname of
baseball
player Pete Rose )
Chicken Man ( Nickname of
baseball
player Wade Boggs )
Child's
play
Children, one is one, two is fun, three is a house full
Chips With Everything ( Arnold Wesker
play
)
Chocolate Thunder ( Nickname of
basketball
player Darryl Dawkins )
Cleanup hitter ( A
baseball
expression meaning a batter who comes in to solve a problem )
Close of
play
Clyde the Glide ( Nickname of
basketball
player Clyde Drexler )
Come out and
play
Connie Mack ( Nickname of
baseball
player Cornelius McGillicuddy )
Contact sport
Cool Joe ( Nickname of
baseball
player Joe Montana )
Cool Papa ( Nickname of
baseball
player James Bell )
Country pursuits
Country
sports
Cover Point ( field position in the
game
of
cricket
)
Cover your bases
Crazy Legs ( Nickname of American
football
player Elroy Hirsch )
Crime Dog ( Nickname of
baseball
player Fred McGriff )
Curve ball ( a difficult proposition - deriving from
baseball
terminology )
DaWhite Howard ( Nickname of
basketball
player David Lee )
Dandy Don ( Nickname of American
football
player Don Meredith )
Dead heat
Death of a Salesman (
play
by Arthur Miller )
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
)
Defende Reboundo ( Nickname of
basketball
player Dikembe Mutombo )
Det the Threat ( Nickname of
basketball
player Detlef Schrempf )
Dice K ( Nickname of
baseball
player Daisuke Matsuzaka )
Didn't they do well! ( A catchphrase from Bruce Forsyth In The Generation
Game
)
Different ball
game
Ditty Bop ( Nickname of
basketball
player Baron Davis )
Doc Howard ( Nickname of
basketball
player Dwight Howard )
Dollar Bill ( Nickname of
basketball
player Bill Bradley )
Don't
play
the innocent
Donnie ( Nickname of
baseball
player Don Mattingly )
Double header ( A
baseball
expression denoting two events held on the same day with the same participants )
Double your pleasure, double your
fun
( Wrigley's Doublemint Chewing Gum advertising slogan )
Down to the last out ( A
baseball
expression meaning to have one last chance )
Downtown Freddie ( Nickname of
basketball
player Fred Brown )
Dragon Slayer ( Nickname of
baseball
player Josh Fogg )
Drum up
support
Ducks on a pond ( A
baseball
expression meaning having runners in scoring position )
Earl the Pearl ( Nickname of
basketball
player Earl Monroe )
Earl the Squirrel ( Nickname of
basketball
player Earl Boykins )
El Caballo ( Nickname of
baseball
player Carlos Lee )
El Contusione ( Nickname of
basketball
player Manu Ginobili )
El Duque ( Nickname of
baseball
player Orlando Hernandez )
El Presidente ( Nickname of
baseball
player Dennis Martinez )
El Sid ( Nickname of
baseball
player Sid Fernandez )
El Toro ( Nickname of
baseball
player Fernando Valenzuela )
End of the ball
game
Everyday Eddie ( Nickname of
baseball
player Eddie Guardado )
Everything to
play
for
Extra Cover ( field position in the
game
of
cricket
)
Fair
game
Fair
play
Fair
play
to you
First Slip ( field position in the
game
of
cricket
)
Food, Folks and
Fun
( McDonald's advertising slogan )
Foot in the bucket ( A
baseball
expression meaning to act timidly or cowardly )
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 )
Front nine ( The first nine holes in a
game
of golf )
Fun
Fun
Fun
( The Beach Boys song )
Fun
With Dick And Jane ( Jane Fonda movie )
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 Buckets ( Nickname of
basketball
player Ricky Davis )
Get in shape
Getting there is half the
fun
( Cunard Line advertising slogan )
Ghostface ( Nickname of
basketball
player Joel Przybilla )
Girls Just Want To Have
Fun
( Cyndi Lauper song )
Give the
game
away
Go and
play
in the traffic
Go-Go Gadget Arms ( Nickname of
basketball
player Kevin Garnett )
Going going gone ( A
baseball
expression by which an announcer describes a home run that is heading over the fence )
Golden Graham ( Nickname of
basketball
player Joey Graham )
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
Gorgeous George ( Nickname of
baseball
player George Sisler )
Got
game
Grand Theft Auto ( video
game
title )
Grass widow
Grits N Gravy ( Nickname of
basketball
player Ricky Davis )
Ground Hog Day ( Nickname of
basketball
player Tim Duncan )
Ground ball ( A
baseball
expression meaning a prosaic or ordinary accomplishment )
Group of death ( the most difficult or competitive group in a
sports
tournament )
Guessing
game
Hair Canada ( Nickname of
basketball
player Steve Nash )
Half Man Half Amazing ( Nickname of
basketball
player Vince Carter )
Half the
fun
is getting there ( Olympic Airways advertising slogan )
Hammerin' Hank ( Nickname of
baseball
players Hank Aaron and Hank Greenberg )
Have
fun
He Hate Me ( Nickname of American
football
player Rod Smart )
He will never
play
the piano again
Heavenly host ( The angels that
support
God )
Heavy Lunch ( Nickname of American
football
player Norman Hand )
Heavy hitter ( A
baseball
expression meaning a powerful or commanding person )
Hedda Gabler (
play
by Henrik Ibsen )
His Airness ( Nickname of
basketball
player Michael Jordan )
His Heinous ( Nickname of
basketball
player Bill Laimbeer )
Hit it out of the park ( A
baseball
expression denoting a complete or spectacular success )
Hockey
Mom
Hop, skip and jump
Horse
play
Hot Plate ( Nickname of
basketball
player John Sam Williams )
Hot Rod ( Nickname of
basketball
player Rodney Hundley )
How does that
play
in Peoria?
Hungry Hungry Hilton ( Nickname of
basketball
player Hilton Armstrong )
I took my harp to the party but no one asked me to
play
I'm
game
If music be the food of love,
play
on ( from Twelth Night by Shakespeare )
In
play
It was twenty years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to
play
( Beatles song lyric )
It's all
fun
and games until somebody gets hurt
It's all good clean
fun
It's good to
play
together ( Microsoft Xbox advertising slogan )
It's in the
game
( EA
Sports
advertising slogan )
It's just a
game
It's not
cricket
It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you
play
the
game
It's only a
game
Jimminy
Cricket
Juno and the Paycock (
play
by Sean O'Casey )
Kid n'
Play
( Nickname of Kevin Martin )
Knock it out of the park ( A
baseball
expression denoting a complete or spectacular success )
Knock the cover off the ball ( A
baseball
expression meaning succeed beyond expectation )
Lady Windermere's Fan (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
Late in the
game
Leadoff hitter ( A
baseball
expression denoting the player who bats first )
Leg Gully ( field position in the
game
of
cricket
)
Leg Slip ( field position in the
game
of
cricket
)
Life
support
Lift your
game
Live action
Live in your world,
play
in ours ( Sony advertising slogan )
Long Day's Journey into Night (
play
by Eugene O'Neil )
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
play
Major league ( A
baseball
expression meaning at the top rank )
Make a
play
for
Make
fun
of
Make great
play
of
Man and Superman (
play
by George Bernard Shaw )
Mario Kart ( video
game
title )
Mendoza line ( A
baseball
expression denoting a line marking a very poor performance )
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
Mother Courage (
play
by Bertolt Brecht )
Mourning Becomes Electra (
play
by Eugene O'Neill )
Mr.
Cricket
( Nickname of Michael Hussey - Australian cricketer )
Mug's
game
Murderers' Row ( A
baseball
expression denoting a group of talented individuals or valuable assets )
Must win
game
Ninth inning ( A
baseball
expression meaning an event or process is near the end )
No one likes us, we don't care ( A catchphrase from Millwall
football
supporters )
Numbers
game
O Romeo, Romeo; wherefore art thou Romeo ( from the
play
by Shakespeare )
Oh, what
fun
On deck ( A
baseball
expression meaning next in line )
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
Out for a duck
Pinch hit ( A
baseball
expression denoting a substitute or stand-in )
Pitch a shutout ( A
baseball
expression meaning not allowing an opponent any wins )
Platinum Sombrero ( A
baseball
expression denoting striking out five times in a
game
)
Play
Cupid
Play
God
Play
Misty For Me ( Clint Eastwood movie )
Play
a blinder
Play
a waiting
game
Play
around
Play
ball
Play
both ends against the middle
Play
by ear
Play
by
play
Play
by the rules
Play
catch up
Play
catchup
Play
chicken
Play
dead
Play
devil's advocate
Play
dirty
Play
ducks and drakes
Play
fast and loose
Play
favorites
Play
favourites
Play
for keeps
Play
for time
Play
from the tips
Play
gooseberry
Play
hard to get
Play
hardball ( A
baseball
expression meaning to be or act tough or aggressive )
Play
havoc with
Play
hell
Play
hide the sausage
Play
hookey
Play
it again Sam
Play
it again, Sam ( New York State Lottery advertising slogan )
Play
it by the book
Play
it cool
Play
it for laughs
Play
it safe
Play
kissy face
Play
off
Play
possum
Play
safe
Play
second fiddle
Play
silly buggers
Play
softball ( A
baseball
expression meaning to ask easy questions )
Play
the field ( - indulge in a series of sexual relationships )
Play
the fool
Play
the
game
Play
the old soldier
Play
the percentage
game
Play
the race card
Play
the white man
Play
to win
Play
with fire
Play
within a
play
Play
your cards right
Play
your part
Play
yourself in
Playboy of the Western World (
play
by John Millington Synge )
Plug and
play
Poke
fun
Political
football
Primal Rage ( film and video
game
)
Put the
fun
back into driving ( Vauxhall Motors advertising slogan )
Put your
game
face on
Raise your
game
Rally cap ( A
baseball
expression denoting a cap is a worn inside out or backwards )
Right off the bat ( A
baseball
expression meaning immediately without delay )
Roll over and
play
dead
Roll up, roll up, all the
fun
of the fair
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (
play
by Tom Stoppard )
Say it ain't so, Joe ( A
baseball
expression denoting disbelief )
Second slip ( field position in the
game
of
cricket
)
She Stoops to Conquer (
play
by Oliver Goldsmith )
Shell
game
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
)
Skin in the
game
Slam dunk
Sod this for a
game
of soldiers
Some Nights (
fun
song )
Sonic the Hedgehog ( video
game
title )
Square Leg ( field position in the
game
of
cricket
)
Strike out swinging ( A
baseball
expression meaning to fail while giving it your best effort )
Super Mario Brothers ( video
game
title )
Superbowl Sunday
Support
network
Swing for the fences ( A
baseball
expression meaning try for a substantial gain )
Switch hitter ( A
baseball
expression denoting a batter who can hit left or right handed )
Sword
play
Take cuts at someone ( A
baseball
expression meaning taking a verbal swing or striking a blow at a reputation )
Take me out to the ball
game
Take the field ( begin a sporting event or a military campaign )
Talk a good
game
Tears Of A
Clown
( Smokey Robinson song )
The Admirable Crichton (
Play
by J M Barrie and nickname of James Crichton )
The All Blacks ( Nickname of the New Zealand
Rugby
Union team )
The Army
Game
( BBC comedy television series )
The
Basketball
Jesus ( Nickname of Larry Bird )
The Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton
The Boys in the Band (
play
by Mart Crowley )
The Cannonball Kid ( Nickname of
tennis
player Roscoe Tanner )
The Cherry Orchard (
play
by Anton Chekhov )
The
Clown
Killer ( Nickname of John Gacy )
The
Clown
Prince ( Nickname of Paul Gascoigne )
The Crazy Gang ( Nickname of Wimbledon
Football
Club )
The Devil's Disciple ( Bernard Shaw
play
and Burt Lancaster movie )
The Dowager Queen of the
Game
Shows ( Nickname of Pat Carroll )
The Ginger Man (
play
by JP Donleavy )
The Glass Menagerie (
play
by Tennessee Williams )
The Iceman Cometh (
play
by Eugene O'Neill )
The Importance of Being Ernest (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
The Olympic ideal
The Plough and the Stars (
play
by Sean O'Casey )
The Quare Fellow (
play
by Brendan Behan )
The Scottish
play
The Sims ( video
game
title )
The Special One ( Nickname of
football
manager Jose Mourinho )
The Tears of a
Clown
The Thriller In Manila ( Ali versus Frazier
boxing
match )
The beautiful
game
The blame
game
The
fun
develops instantly ( Polaroid advertising slogan )
The
game
is afoot
The
game
is up
The little dog laughed to see such
fun
The name
game
The name of the
game
The play's the thing
The referee's decision is final
The sound of leather on willow ( sound of the ball on the bat in
cricket
)
The sport of kings
Third Slip ( field position in the
game
of
cricket
)
Third man ( field position in the
game
of
cricket
)
Three strikes and you are out
Threepenny Opera (
play
by Bertolt Brecht )
Throw a beanball ( A
baseball
expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their head )
Time flies when you are having
fun