List of sports idioms Puns

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Rain Check

Meaning: A deferred commitment, to be honored at a future time.

Example:

[Bill] "Do you want to see a movie tonight?"

[James] "I wish I could, but I'm working late. I'll have to take a rain check on that."

Origin: If a baseball game was canceled or postponed due to weather, fans were given a "rain check" on exiting the stadium that could be used as admission to a future game; typically the makeup of the one attended.

Hit/knocked it out of the park

Meaning: Achieved a great success.

Example:

[Luis] “Wow, that was a great presentation!”

[Robert] “Yeah, he really knocked it out of the park.”

Origin: Hitting the ball over the boundary fence, or “out of the park,” is the best outcome on offense in baseball. Ergo doing so is a laudable achievement.

Ballpark

Meaning: Approximate (Verb or adjective)

Example:

[David] “How much is this going to cost?”

[Ross] “Hard to say exactly.”

[David] “Ballpark it.”

[Ross] “About five thousand.”

Origin: If you’re “in the ballpark” you’re relatively close. This one’s not that deep.

Step up to the plate

Meaning: Rise to the occasion.

Example:

[Lewis] “I didn’t think we’d finish on time.”

[Wilson] “We wouldn’t have without you. You really stepped up to the plate today.

Origin: “Stepping up to the plate” in baseball is taking your turn on offense and shouldering responsibility for your team at that moment.

Wheelhouse

Meaning: Area of expertise

Example:

[Ruth] “I got the door back on its hinges, but you’re going to need someone else to get the deadbolt working. Fixing locks isn’t in my wheelhouse.”

Origin: When a batter swings at a ball they turn like a wheel. If the ball is in a good spot and they don’t have to make a serious adjustment to really hammer it, then it’s said to be in their “wheelhouse.”

A (big) swing and a miss

Meaning: Tried and failed. Tried very hard and failed if it’s a “big swing.”

Example:

[Edgar] “Did you ask out Heather?”

[Martin] “Yeah, swing and a miss.”

[Edgar] “That sucks, I really thought she was into you.”

Origin: The goal on offense is to swing the bat at the ball to hit it. Missing it is failing.

Related: Go down swinging means failing, but having given your best or made a valiant effort.

Out of left field

Meaning: Out of the blue; sudden or unexpected

Example:

[Alex] “That test was so hard! I didn’t even know Laplace transforms would be on it!”

[Gordon] “Tell me about it. That question wa

I'm looking for a straightforward list of commonly used everyday expressions to use in a variety of situations.

For example "schon gut" or "es ist mir egal" or "kommst du klar". Some of these have specific meanings that aren't totally obvious from the sum of the individual words alone.

What im trying to avoid is a list of quirky idiomatic sayings eg "dont put all your eggs in one basket" that might not be so useful in everyday interactions. While these are fun im not really focused on this at the moment.

If someone could direct me to such a list i would be greatful : )

Hola, I wanted to share a list I made of what I think are called idioms.

I mean things like:

Tal y como

De vez en caundo

Con tal de que

etc

They are used a lot in Spanish and many can be useful to connect sentences.

https://www.spanishdict.com/lists/226351/idioms

I understand what it does but I don't understand the logic/grammar of it. (Basically it "smoothes out" a list compromising of other lists or dictionaries into one nice list.)

Here are two examples:

ONE)

lst = [[2], [4, 4, 4]]

lst = [y for x in lst for y in x]

print(lst)

-----> [2, 4, 4, 4]

TWO)

lst = [{0: 26},

{0: 36},

{1: 1},

{0: 215},

{1: 63},

{0: 215}]

lst = [y for x in lst for y in x]

print(lst)

-----> [0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0]

____________________________________________________________________

I'm having trouble understanding it because I'm unfamiliar with how the second part of the phrase: "for y in x" should be interpreted.

When I see a list comprehension like this

"lst1 = [1,2,3,4]

lst2 = [el * 2 for el in lst1]"

I know that means to double every value of lst1.

If I had to spell it out, it would go:

lst2 = []

for el in lst1:

______ el = el * 2

______ lst2.append(el)

BUT, I don't know where to begin spelling out "lst = [y for x in lst for y in x]" Like I say, the second part of the phrase tricks me up.

After sharing my document for 'lassen' here the new one for some German idioms. This list is of course heavily curated. I tried to find a balance between interesting, practical and common idioms I hear and use. It was very entertaining to compose the file and I hope it will entertain you guys too!

The pdf can be downloaded at: https://www.mediafire.com/file/hsdwkb7u1ohehm2/German_16_-_Common_Idioms.pdf/file

Let me know if you find mistakes, errors or have feedback, additions or ideas how to improve it! Happy learning!

[Alex English]

Can't say I am not disappointed for not being included on the 75th anniversary team after seeing the list. I felt the same after the first list of 50. I have always known that my understated style wasn't conducive to being associated with such a flamboyant sport

Edit : second tweet

especially when you start making " the best of" lists. I know that my body of work as an

@NBA

player stands up to the test and would put it to test against many on the list,I am content with that. I congratulate the Players that were selected.

Edit 2: third tweet

Just getting this text from a fellow #HOFer who "knows the game" gave me a piece of solace. "Just wanted to let you know how disappointed I am that you were not in the NBA Top 75.📷" - Rick Barry

*Alex English played 15 seasons for 4 teams, including the Nuggets and Bucks. He averaged 21.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 1,193 regular-season games. He was selected to play in 8 All-Star games. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997.

Source

https://twitter.com/AlexEnglish_2/status/1451560968895479857

https://twitter.com/AlexEnglish_2/status/1451561083278438402

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/e/englial01.html

Hi, I am the author of this project. I dabble into multiple programming languages at the same time and felt the need for having one central repository for resources related to the best practices and idioms followed by a particular programming language community and put them all together in a single repo. If you know of any such awesome resources thatfavoritelanguage are not already listed in the repo please create PRs or if you don't see resources for your favourite langauge listed there I would be happy to accept PRs for new languageyou don't sections too.

If you like the project consider giving it a star for reach and visibility. Thanks

https://github.com/palash25/best-practices-checklist

I only know:

Ass end of nowhere Ass handed to you Ass on a sling Bust one's ass Get off one's ass Head up one's the ass Pain in the ass Put one's ass on the line Kiss my ass Sorry ass Stuck up one's ass Talk one's ass out Thumb up one's ass You can bet your ass

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Frank

25 Ford v Ferrari
24 Semi-Pro
23 White Men Can't Jump
22 Rudy
21 The Karate Kid
20 The Damned United
19 Any Given Sunday
18 Caddyshack
17 Jerry Maguire
16 Bull Durham
15 Happy Gilmore
14 The Color of Money
13 Slap Shot
12 Days of Thunder
11 Raging Bull
10 Creed
9 Rocky
8 Tin Cup
7 He Got Game
6 The Fighter
5 The Wrestler
4 Moneyball
3 Major League
2 Field of Dreams
1 Kingpin

 

Greg

25 Kid Galahad
24 Little Big League
23 The Cannonball Run
22 Bon Cop Bad Cop
21 Blue Chips
20 The Rocket
19 Draft Day
18 Slap Shot
17 Nacho Libre
16 Creed
15 Best in Show
14 Jerry Maguire
13 Rocky III
12 [Friday Night Lights](https://letterboxd.com/film/friday-night-

Hello. I have scoured the web in search of an extensive (100+) directory of proverbs in particular but haven’t found anything that comes with English translations. I came across something on Wikiquote but it was truncated. Thank you.

I often myself directly translating from English into Dutch, and it makes little sense. My vocabulary is very good, but my knowledge of local phrases and idioms is lacking.

Does anyone know if any good lists of these I can use for study?

A few samples:

• 不可得兼 (bù kě dé jiān): “you can’t have both at the same time”
• 不得其法 (bù dé qí fǎ): “not knowing the right way”
• 独一无二 (dú yī wú’èr): “unique”

Full list:

https://www.saporedicina.com/english/list-chengyu/

I thought for fun the Brits and the Americans could have a cultural exchange of slang. I made a list of what I think are the strangest slang words in Britain (though I’m sure I’ve missed obvious ones) and I was hoping you could share yours. I won’t share their meanings, I thought it might be fun to see if you could guess them:

Bagsy (or “bagsies”), Chuffed, Dodgey, Knackered, Wonky, Fiver/Tenner, Ledge, Lergy, Mardy, Hunky Dory, Blinder, Builders Tea, Cocked Up, Curtain Twitcher, Dench, Faff, Doddle.

I adore my neurotypical boyfriend. I really do. Even if he roasts me for my divergence tactics. Because it is all fun and games. We always knew I was bad at sarcasm and such but lately he discovered how I have zero comprehension of idioms. He wants me to explains things like “seeing a gift horse in the mouth” “killing two birds with a stone” “putting money where your mouth is”… are other autistic people disturbed by these turns of phrases? I guess I’m just lucky to have someone enjoy my confusion with gentle understanding… what are your favorite idiom misunderstandings?

She’s pretty bummed about it. It wasn’t cheap and she was so excited to give it to me. I feel bad for her. I’m hoping calling NHL store customer service line tmw will help. I’d love them to exchange it.

Hi,

I am preparing for the CAE now, and I was wondering if someone could help me find a list of advanced idioms, fixed expressions, word collocation and phrasal verbs that could be helpful for the exam..

Thanks!!

Whenever I search for this online, I find 1 of 2 things, neither of which are very helpful. Either 1, I see "15 spanish idioms to sound like a native" or "17 spanish idioms that are just plain awesome" which really don't have much material. Or 2, I see a HUGE list containing hundreds of Idioms, seemingly just about every idiom in the entire language. The second is definitely better, but most of the phrases I probably will never use. What I want is something in between. A decent list of useful idioms that you will come across fairly often. Thanks!