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Ball sports: To lose one's concentration on what is most important. Originates from general sporting advice to look continuously at the ball as it moves. take the (full) count Boxing: To be defeated. Refers to a boxer being knocked down, the referee counting off ten seconds, the time allotted for the boxer to regain his feet or lose the fight.
Pages in category "Metaphors referring to sport" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The New Testament uses a number of athletic metaphors in discussing Christianity, especially in the Pauline epistles and the Epistle to the Hebrews.Such metaphors also appear in the writings of contemporary philosophers, such as Epictetus and Philo, [2] drawing on the tradition of the Olympic Games; [3] this may have influenced New Testament use of the imagery.
Taylor Swift David Eulitt/Getty Images Taylor Swift became a bonafide sports fan after she started dating NFL star Travis Kelce in summer 2023. “Football is awesome, it turns out,” Swift ...
Sports as a metaphor "SNL" went deep with a skit that mocked the idea that baseball is poetry, featuring Dana Carvey as venerable political columnist and baseball aficionado George F. Will.
Indeed, you could either strike out or hit a home run with some pickup hoops, to mix our sports metaphors. Just make sure that things in the locker room stay business-like. A first-time meeting ...
[1] [2] The phrase was originally used as a sports metaphor in political contexts, but has expanded to discussions of other topics as well. [1] Language commentator William Safire wrote that the term refers to details about a subject that require such a specific knowledge about what is being discussed that the nuances are not understood or ...
The Field Guide to Sports Metaphors: A Compendium of Competitive Words and Idioms came out in May 2016. It looks at how sports have changed the English language through words and idioms. The author Bill Bryson endorsed the book saying, it is "fascinating, informative and hugely entertaining. This is a book I will return to again and again."