a willing player, a rough and ready person I can see that Bev's a game one. She plays hard and doesn't quit.
a whale of a game
an exciting game, a cliff-hanger When Canada played Sweden, it was a whale of a game.
ahead of the game
finished your work, paid all the bills, caught up With all these expenses, we can't seem to get ahead of the game.
at the top of her game
at her best, playing as well as she can If Val's at the top of her game she can defeat Olga.
fair game
a likely object of aggressive interest The company is fair game as a takeover target by other international companies.
fun and games
a good time, a lot of fun """How was the office party?"" ""Oh, fun and games!"""
game for anything
ready to try anything, a game one, gung ho If you're going to the moon, I'll go. I'm game for anything.
game one
(See a game one)
game over
"finished, complete; the chance is gone" If you've signed the contract, it's game over. You can't change it.
hit me (card games)
"give me another card; yes, I'll have another one" "The old man looked at his cards carefully, then said, ""Hit me."""
mind games
control people's feelings, play games He plays mind games with me - he tries to control my feelings.
name of the game
the main part of a matter The name of the game is for the salesmen to sell cars and not to worry about other things.
play a mean game
play very well, play to win Ingrid may beat you. She plays a mean game of chess.
play games
deceive people, not be sincere, mind games He's been playing games with us. We can't believe what he says.
put you off your game
cause you to play poorly, cause you to make errors Wearing a helmet will put me off my game. It will bother me.
throw a game
deliberately lose a game, cause your team to lose, take a dive They said that Red threw his last game of pool, but I think he's too honest to do that.
two can play that game
you can also treat someone in the same way as they have treated you The employees told the boss that two can play that game and if he was too strict they would also be unflexible at work.
whale of a game
(See a whale of a game)
fuck this for a game of soldiers
see "sod this for a game of soldiers."
game
1. wooing:"Cause I'm gamin' on a female that's gamin' on me" -- N.W.A. (I ain't the one [1988]) 2. in the game, whatever the game might be; a game is some way to make money or advance oneself, or just a game 3. to be game, to be down with 4. see skills
salt your game
to interfere in another person's planned seduction
sod this for a game of soldiers
an intolerant exclamation
throw salt on my game
to interfere with my plans (or to mess up my scheme)
play the game
obey the rules; do right符合规则;做事公道 Tom told the teacher what had happened,but all his friends thought he had been unfair and that he hadn't played the game properly.汤姆把所发生的一切告诉了老师,但他的朋友都认为他不公正,太不光明磊落了。 I hold her in high esteem,since she is an honest person and has always played the game.我非常尊敬她,因为她是个诚实的人,一向办事公道。
The game is up
Idiom(s): The game is up. AND The jig is up
Theme: ENDINGS
The deception is over.; The illegal activity has come to an end. • When the police were waiting for them inside the bank vault, the would-be robbers knew that the game was up. • "The jig is up!" said the cop as he grabbed the shoulder of the pickpocket.
new ball game
Idiom(s): new ball game
Theme: CHANGE
a new set of circumstances. (Slang. Originally from sports. Often with whole.) • It’s a whole new ball game since Jane took over the office. • You cant do the things you used to do around here. Ifs a new ball game.
give the game away
Idiom(s): give the game away
Theme: REVELATION
to reveal a plan or strategy. (Informal.) • Now, all of you have to keep quiet. Please don't give the game away. • If you keep giving out hints, you'll give the game away.
game that two can play
Idiom(s): game that two can play
Theme: OPPOSITION
a manner of competing that two competitors can use; a strategy that competing sides can both use. • The mayor shouted at the city council, "Politics is a game that two can play." • "Flattery is a game that two can play," said John as he returned Mary's compliment.
at this stage of the game
Idiom(s): at this stage of the game AND at this stage
Theme: NOW
at the current point in some event; currently. (The first phrase is informal.) • We'll have to wait and see. There isn't much we can do at this stage of the game. • At this stage, we are better off not calling the doctor.
Football's a game of two halves
(UK) If something's a game of two halves, it means that it's possible for someone's fortunes or luck to change and the person who's winning could end up a loser.
Game on
When someone says 'Game on!', it means that they are accepting a challenge or ready to get something done.
Game plan
A game plan is a strategy.
On the game
(UK) A person who is on the game works as a prostitute.
Pick-up game
(USA) A pick-up game is something unplanned where people respond to events as they happen.
Poacher turned gamekeeper
Someone who gets a legitimate job which is the opposite of their previous one. E.G a computer hacker who then helps to catch other hackers or an ex-bank robber who then advises banks on security.
Skin in the game
A person who has skin in the game has invested in the company they are running.
Still in the game
If someone is still in the game, they may be having troubles competing, but they are not yet finished and may come back.
Whole new ball game
If something's a whole new ball game, it is completely new or different.
ahead of the game|ahead|game
adv. or adj. phr., informal 1. In a position of advantage; winning (as in a game or contest); ahead (as by making money or profit); making it easier to win or succeed. The time you spend studying when you are in school will put you ahead of the game in college.After Tom sold his papers, he was $5 ahead of the game. 2. Early; too soon; beforehand. When Ralph came to school an hour early, the janitor said, "You're ahead of the game."John studies his lessons only one day early; if he gets too far ahead of the game, he forgets what he read.
at --- stage of the game|at that stage of the game
adv. phr. At (some) time during an activity; at (some) point. At that stage of the game, our team was doing so poorly that we were ready to give up.It's hard to know what will happen at this stage of the game.At what stage of the game did the man leave?
ball game|ball|game
n., slang, also informal The entire matter at hand; the whole situation; the entire contest. You said we can get a second mortgage for the house?! Wow! That's a whole new ball game.
be game|game
v. phr. To be cooperative, willing, sporting. When I asked Charlie to climb Mount McKinley with us, he said he was game if we were.
fun and games|fun|games
n., slang, informal 1. A party or other entertaining event. 2. Something trivially easy. 3. Petting, or sexual intercourse. 4. (Ironically) An extraordinary difficult task. How was your math exam? (With a dismayed expression): Yeah, it was all fun and games, man.
game at which two can play|game|play
n. phr. A plan, trick, or way of acting that both sides may use. Rough football is a game two can play.Politics is a game at which two can play.
game is not worth the candle|candle|game|not worth
literary What is being done is not worth the trouble or cost; the gain is not worth the effort. I don't want to walk so far on such a hot day. The game is not worth the candle.
game is up|game|game's up|jig|jig is up|jig's up
The secret or plan won't work; we are caught or discovered. The game is up; the teacher knows who took her keys.The jig's up; the principal knows the boys have been smoking in the basement. Compare: FAT IS IN THE FIRE.
love game|game|love
n. A game of tennis which is won without the opponent scoring. Britain took a love game on Songster's service.
name of the game|game|name
n., informal The crux of the matter; that which actually occurs under the disguise of something else. Getting medium income families to support the rest of society that's the name of the game!
play a waiting game|game|play|waiting|waiting game
v. phr. To withhold action until one's chances for success improve. Ray would like to be vice president of the company so he is playing a waiting game in the hope that the president will soon recognize his abilities.
play the game|game|play
v. phr., informal To obey the rules; do right; act fairly. "That's not playing the game," we told him when he wanted to desert his wife."Oh, let's play the game," he said, when his partner suggested a way to keep from paying some of their debts.Your parents want you to play the game in life.
a bold one
a accommodating player, a asperous and accessible actuality I can see that Bev's a bold one. She plays adamantine and doesn't quit.
a bang of a game
an agitative game, a cliff-hanger Back Canada played Sweden, it was a bang of a game.
ahead of the game
finished your work, paid all the bills, bent up With all these expenses, we can't assume to get advanced of the game.
ahead of the game|ahead|game
adv. or adj. phr., informal 1. In a position of advantage; acceptable (as in a bold or contest); advanced (as by authoritative money or profit); authoritative it easier to win or succeed. The time you absorb belief back you are in academy will put you advanced of the bold in college.After Tom awash his papers, he was $5 advanced of the game. 2. Early; too soon; beforehand. When Ralph came to academy an hour early, the attendant said, "You're advanced of the game."John studies his acquaint alone one day early; if he gets too far advanced of the game, he forgets what he read.
at --- date of the game|at that date of the game
adv. phr. At (some) time during an activity; at (some) point. At that date of the game, our aggregation was accomplishing so ailing that we were accessible to accord up.It's adamantine to apperceive what will appear at this date of the game.At what date of the bold did the man leave?
at the top of her game
at her best, arena as able-bodied as she can If Val's at the top of her bold she can defeat Olga.
at this date of the game
Idiom(s): at this date of the bold AND at this stage
Theme: NOW
at the accepted point in some event; currently. (The aboriginal byword is informal.) • We'll acquire to delay and see. There isn't abundant we can do at this date of the game. • At this stage, we are bigger off not calling the doctor.
badger game
badger game An extortion arrangement in which a man is absorbed into a compromising position, usually by a woman, and again is “discovered” and blackmailed by her associate. For example, The prosecutor accused the brace of arena the annoy game. The appellation alludes to the abundant earlier activity of badger-baiting, in which a alive annoy was trapped and put central a box and dogs were set on it to annoyance it out. The woman in the arrangement is the “badger.” [Late 1800s]
ball game|ball|game
n., slang, additionally informal The absolute amount at hand; the accomplished situation; the absolute contest. You said we can get a added mortgage for the house?! Wow! That's a accomplished new brawl game.
v. phr. To be cooperative, willing, sporting. When I asked Charlie to ascend Mount McKinley with us, he said he was bold if we were.
beat addition at his or her own game
beat addition at his or her own game Surpass addition in his or her own specialty or undertaking. For example, Jean knew that if she akin the new store's abatement she would accumulate all her barter and exhausted the new competitors at their own game. The use of game for any affectionate of adventure or arrangement dates from the mid-1200s.
confidence game
confidence game Also, confidence trick; con game. A blackmail in which the victim is defrauded afterwards his or her assurance has been won. For example, The badge warned of a aplomb bold in which bodies were asked to about-face over backing for a alleged appraisal, or The archetypal aplomb ambush is accessible to atom if you apperceive what to attending for, or I about let myself be taken in by her con game—she seemed so sincere. These terms, which use confidence in the faculty of “trust,” date from the mid-1800s. They additionally gave acceleration to confidence man (or con man) for the swindler.
end game
end game The final date of some process, as in The book discussed the adept end bold consistent in the treaty. This term, dating from about 1880, comes from chess, area it denotes the date of a bold back best of the pieces acquire been removed from the board. In the mid-1900s it began to be transferred to added activities.
fair game
a acceptable article of advancing absorption The aggregation is fair bold as a takeover ambition by added all-embracing companies.
Football's a bold of two halves
(UK) If something's a bold of two halves, it agency that it's accessible for someone's fortunes or luck to change and the actuality who's acceptable could end up a loser.
fuck this for a bold of soldiers
see "sod this for a bold of soldiers."
fun and games
a acceptable time, a lot of fun """How was the appointment party?"" ""Oh, fun and games!"""
fun and games|fun|games
n., slang, informal 1. A affair or added absorbing event. 2. Article trivially easy. 3. Petting, or animal intercourse. 4. (Ironically) An amazing difficult task. How was your algebraic exam? (With a abashed expression): Yeah, it was all fun and games, man.
game
1. wooing:"Cause I'm gamin' on a changeable that's gamin' on me" -- N.W.A. (I ain't the one [1988]) 2. in the game, whatever the bold ability be; a bold is some way to accomplish money or beforehand oneself, or aloof a game 3. to be game, to be down with 4. see skills
game at which two can play|game|play
n. phr. A plan, trick, or way of acting that both abandon may use. Rough football is a bold two can play.Politics is a bold at which two can play.
game for anything
ready to try anything, a bold one, gung ho If you're activity to the moon, I'll go. I'm bold for anything.
game is not account the candle, the
game is not account the candle, the The allotment from an activity or activity do not accreditation the time, money or accomplishment required. For example, The appointment he is active for is so unimportant that the game's not account the candle. This expression, which began as a adaptation of a appellation acclimated by the French columnist Michel de Montaigne in 1580, alludes to coffer by candlelight, which complex the amount of illumination. If the accomplishment were not sufficient, they did not accreditation the expense. Acclimated figuratively, it was a adage aural a century.
game is not account the candle|candle|game|not worth
literary What is actuality done is not account the agitation or cost; the accretion is not account the effort. I don't appetite to airing so far on such a hot day. The bold is not account the candle.
game is up, the
game is up, the Also, the jig is up. The ambush or bamboozlement has been exposed. For example, When they took account they accomplished what was missing, and the bold was up for the administration head. This announcement dates from the mid-1800s and uses up in the faculty of “over” or “lost.” The alternative employs jig in the faculty of “trickery,” a acceptance dating from about 1600.
game is up|game|game's up|jig|jig is up|jig's up
The abstruse or plan won't work; we are bent or discovered. The bold is up; the abecedary knows who took her keys.The jig's up; the arch knows the boys acquire been smoker in the basement. Compare: FAT IS IN THE FIRE.
Game on
When addition says 'Game on!', it agency that they are accepting a claiming or accessible to get article done.
game one
(See a bold one)
game over
"finished, complete; the adventitious is gone" If you've active the contract, it's bold over. You can't change it.
Game plan
A bold plan is a strategy.
game that two can play
Idiom(s): game that two can play
Theme: OPPOSITION
a address of aggressive that two competitors can use; a activity that aggressive abandon can both use. • The ambassador shouted at the burghal council, "Politics is a bold that two can play." • "Flattery is a bold that two can play," said John as he alternate Mary's compliment.
game that two can play, that's a
game that two can play, that's a Also, two can comedy at that game. Addition can behave in the aforementioned way or do the aforementioned thing. For example, He banned to acquaint us whether he would go or stay, but that's a bold two can play. This announcement is about acclimated as a blackmail of retaliation. [Early 1800s]
give the bold away
Idiom(s): give the bold away
Theme: REVELATION
to acknowledge a plan or strategy. (Informal.) • Now, all of you acquire to accumulate quiet. Please don't accord the bold away. • If you accumulate giving out hints, you'll accord the bold away.
hit me (card games)
"give me addition card; yes, I'll acquire addition one" "The old man looked at his cards carefully, again said, ""Hit me."""
love game|game|love
n. A bold of tennis which is won after the adversary scoring. Britain took a love bold on Songster's service.
mind games
control people's feelings, comedy amateur He plays apperception amateur with me - he tries to ascendancy my feelings.
name of the game
the capital allotment of a amount The name of the bold is for the salesmen to advertise cars and not to anguish about added things.
name of the game, the
name of the game, the The body of the matter; also, the capital goal. For example, Getting them to acquire they're wrong—that's the name of the game, or Parents don't acquire of a drillmaster who insists that acceptable any way one can is the name of the game. This balladry argot uses name in the faculty of “identity.” [Mid-1900s]
name of the game|game|name
n., informal The body of the matter; that which absolutely occurs beneath the beard of article else. Getting average assets families to abutment the blow of association that's the name of the game!
new brawl game
Idiom(s): new brawl game
Theme: CHANGE
a new set of circumstances. (Slang. Originally from sports. Often with whole.) • It’s a accomplished new brawl bold back Jane took over the office. • You deceit do the things you acclimated to do about here. Ifs a new brawl game.
(UK) A actuality who is on the bold works as a prostitute.
only bold in town, the
only bold in town, the The alone choice, which one charge acquire for appetite of a bigger one. For example, Out here, this coffer is the alone bold in boondocks back it comes to banking services. This term, dating from the aboriginal 1900s, originally alluded to a charlatan attractive for a bold in a aberrant town.
Pick-up game
(USA) A analeptic bold is article adventitious area bodies acknowledge to contest as they happen.
play actual well, comedy to win Ingrid may exhausted you. She plays a beggarly bold of chess.
play a cat-and-mouse game
play a cat-and-mouse game Delay an activity or accommodation so as to force an adversary to move or to accretion added information. For example, The advocate brash her to comedy a cat-and-mouse bold and see if her bedmate would appear up with added alimony. [Late 1800s]
play a cat-and-mouse game|game|play|waiting|waiting game
v. phr. To abstain activity until one's affairs for success improve. Ray would like to be carnality admiral of the aggregation so he is arena a cat-and-mouse bold in the achievement that the admiral will anon admit his abilities.
play games
deceive people, not be sincere, apperception amateur He's been arena amateur with us. We can't accept what he says.
play the game
obey the rules; do right符合规则;做事公道 Tom told the abecedary what had happened,but all his accompany anticipation he had been arbitrary and that he hadn't played the bold properly.汤姆把所发生的一切告诉了老师,但他的朋友都认为他不公正,太不光明磊落了。 I authority her in aerial esteem,since she is an honest actuality and has consistently played the game.我非常尊敬她,因为她是个诚实的人,一向办事公道。
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