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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.
The last drop makes the cup run over; Laugh before breakfast, cry before supper; Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone; Laughter is the best medicine; Late lunch makes day go faster; Learn a language, and you will avoid a war (Arab proverb) [5] Least said, soonest mended; Less is more; Let bygones be bygones
As depicted by John Tenniel in Chapter Two – The Garden of Live Flowers. The Red Queen's race is an incident that appears in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass and involves both the Red Queen, a representation of a Queen in chess, and Alice constantly running but remaining in the same spot.
This is a list of running jokes and catchphrases in the 1950s British radio programme The Goon Show. Catchphrases ... "Not so fast, Mr John Boat Race Snagge!", ...
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".
There are still miles to go for women in the business world, but the strides made in recent years have been nothing less than empowering. As of 2016, women held about 24 percent of all senior ...
A very fast motorcycle (now widely used among the general public). Do a flip Turn around and go the opposite direction. As in, "That county mountie did a flip when the bear bait went by in the hammer lane." Double-nickels A 55 mph speed zone. Drain the dragon/The double D Comic reference for a restroom call. Driver
Drivers race on the apron at Chicagoland Speedway (the area between the white and yellow lines). aero cover See wheel shroud. air jacks Pneumatic cylinders strategically mounted to the frame near the wheels of a racing car, which project downwards to lift the car off the ground during a pit stop to allow for quick tire changes or provide mechanics access to the underside of the car for repairs.