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The following is a list of phrases from sports that have become idioms (slang or otherwise) in English. They have evolved usages and meanings independent of sports and are often used by those with little knowledge of these games. The sport from which each phrase originates has been included immediately after the phrase.
Also brand-new ball game; whole 'nother ball game. In common usage, a "whole new ball game" or "brand-new ball game" signifies a drastic turn of events, a completely altered situation. In baseball, an announcer says "it's a whole new ball game" when the trailing team ties the score or takes the lead, usually after being behind by several runs.
This usage appears to be restricted to sandlot ball games in New England, where it may have evolved from a supposed "Chaney's home run", a backward foul by a player of that name who eventually won a game for the hitting team when the ball, the last one available, could not be found. The umpire then ruled that the other team failed to provide an ...
In the latest installment of 'Let me be Yannis with you', 2 Point Lead host Yannis Pappas breaks down why sports means so much to people. Isn't it the worst when someone says that sports don't matter?
Fulham boss Marco Silva has been speaking to Match of the Day following the result: "It was a difficult game. It was a very good first 30 minutes from us, but you cannot concede a goal in that way ...
(have a butcher's) to have a look (rhyming slang: butcher's hook=look) to kill and cut up an animal for meat to kill messily, or someone who does so one who cuts and sells meat to make a big mess of things; botch ("butcher it up"; "I butchered the spelling") butchery (n.) slaughterhouse, abattoir a cruel massacre a butcher's trade a botch butt (n.)
It’s a rivalry unlike any other. Sure, there’s intensity in many other high-profile games. There’s pomp and circumstance every weekend in college football. There’s history and pride on the ...
The amount of time one team has the ball in its possession relative to the other team. Since there are 60 minutes in a non-overtime game, and one team or another always has possession of the ball, the two teams divide up the time with which they have the ball out of the 60 minutes. If one team has it 40 minutes the other will have it 20 and so ...