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A complete success (opposite of strike out); often used in the verb phrase "hit a home run". OED cites this usage to 1965. [59] "HGTV caught on quickly, and is now carried in 90 million homes. The Food Network has been a home run as well, luring viewers interested in cooking". — Geraldine Fabrikant, The New York Times, 14 August 2006. [60]
The phrase the old one-two is cited in 1960, but quotes it from "a more vulgarly robust age". [56] out for the count See down for the count, above.:: out in left field: Baseball: Someone who is not where they should be or does not understand something. In baseball, left field (or right field) is as far as one can get from home as possible.
96. Thank you for always being a person I can count on. You’re a rockstar. 97. Thank you for always being the first to show up each day and the last to leave. I appreciate you more than you know ...
Example: "Banged up Braves ready for playoff rematch with Astros." A bang-up game is an exciting or close game. Example from a sports headline: "A Real Bang-Up Finish." A bang bang play is one in which the runner is barely thrown out, a very close call, typically at first base. Perhaps reflecting the "bang" of the ball in the first-baseman's ...
"Tell me what you don't like about yourself" Dr. McNamara and Dr. Troy: Nip/Tuck [50] "Thank you veddy much" Latka Gravas: Taxi [49] "That would be so cool! So cool" Arthur Kensington Jr., "The Nerd" Robot Chicken "That's hot" Paris Hilton: The Simple Life [50] "That's what she said!" Michael Scott: The Office [54] "The thrill of victory, the ...
Reading and sharing inspirational Veterans Day quotes from important figures throughout history is one way to commemorate the day. Whether you have family members, friends, or neighbors who served ...
Thom Brennaman in 2018 " A drive into deep left field by Castellanos " is a phrase spoken by Thom Brennaman, a play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Reds, during a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals on August 19, 2020. Brennaman had been replaced in the middle of the broadcast for a hot mic gaffe in which he said "one of the fag capitals of the world." He gave an on-air apology ...
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