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A Doll's House (
play
by Henrik Ibsen )
A Mars a day helps you work, rest and
play
( Mars Chocolate advertising slogan )
A Streetcar Named Desire ( Marlon Brando movie )
Address the ball ( golfing term denoting readiness to
play
)
Ahead of the
game
All work and no
play
makes Jack a dull boy
All your base are belong to us ( broken English phrase used in the video
game
Zero Wing )
America's Oldest Living Teenager ( Nickname of
game
show host Dick Clark )
An Ideal Husband (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
Angels in America (
play
by Tony Kushner )
Anyone's
game
As
game
as Ned Kelly
Beaten at your own
game
Big
Game
James ( Nickname of basketball player James Posey )
Big
Game
James ( Nickname of basketball player James Worthy )
Billy Liar ( Novel and
play
by Keith Waterhouse and Tom Courtenay / Julie Christie movie )
Blame
game
Brand new ballgame ( A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the
game
)
Bring your A
game
( perform to your best ability )
Brum brum ( child's
play
idiom expressing the sound of a vehicle )
Call of Duty ( video
game
title )
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (
play
by Tennesee Williams and Elizabeth Taylor movie )
Cat and mouse
game
Child's
play
Chips With Everything ( Arnold Wesker
play
)
Close of
play
Come out and
play
Conflict of
interest
Cover Point ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Death of a Salesman (
play
by Arthur Miller )
Deep Extra Cover ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Deep Fine Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Deep Gully ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Deep Mid Wicket ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Deep Point ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Deep Square Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Didn't they do well! ( A catchphrase from Bruce Forsyth In The Generation
Game
)
Different ball
game
Don't
play
the innocent
End of the ball
game
Everything to
play
for
Extra Cover ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Fair
game
Fair
play
Fair
play
to you
First Slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Forward Short Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Game
bird
Game
brain
Game
changer
Game
of two halves
Game
on
Game
over
Game
plan
Game
set and match
Game
time
Game
to the last
Games people
play
Give the
game
away
Go and
play
in the traffic
Golden Sombrero ( A baseball expression denoting a player who strikes out four times in a
game
)
Got
game
Grand Theft Auto ( video
game
title )
Guessing
game
He will never
play
the piano again
Hedda Gabler (
play
by Henrik Ibsen )
Horse
play
How does that
play
in Peoria?
I took my harp to the party but no one asked me to
play
I'm
game
If music be the food of love,
play
on ( from Twelth Night by Shakespeare )
In
play
In your
interest
It was twenty years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to
play
( Beatles song lyric )
It's good to
play
together ( Microsoft Xbox advertising slogan )
It's in the
game
( EA Sports advertising slogan )
It's just a
game
It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you
play
the
game
It's only a
game
Juno and the Paycock (
play
by Sean O'Casey )
Kid n'
Play
( Nickname of Kevin Martin )
Lady Windermere's Fan (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
Late in the
game
Leg Gully ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Leg Slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Lift your
game
Live in your world,
play
in ours ( Sony advertising slogan )
Long Day's Journey into Night (
play
by Eugene O'Neil )
Long Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Long Off ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Long On ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Long Stop ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Love
interest
Love
play
Make a
play
for
Make great
play
of
Man and Superman (
play
by George Bernard Shaw )
Mario Kart ( video
game
title )
Mid Off ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Mid On ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Mid Wicket ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
More human
interest
( Washington Mutual advertising slogan )
Mother Courage (
play
by Bertolt Brecht )
Mourning Becomes Electra (
play
by Eugene O'Neill )
Mug's
game
Must win
game
Numbers
game
O Romeo, Romeo; wherefore art thou Romeo ( from the
play
by Shakespeare )
On the
game
Only A Pawn In Their
Game
( Bob Dylan song )
Only
game
in town
Person of
interest
Platinum Sombrero ( A baseball expression denoting striking out five times in a
game
)
Play
Cupid
Play
God
Play
Misty For Me ( Clint Eastwood movie )
Play
a blinder
Play
a waiting
game
Play
around
Play
ball
Play
both ends against the middle
Play
by ear
Play
by
play
Play
by the rules
Play
catch up
Play
catchup
Play
chicken
Play
dead
Play
devil's advocate
Play
dirty
Play
ducks and drakes
Play
fast and loose
Play
favorites
Play
favourites
Play
for keeps
Play
for time
Play
from the tips
Play
gooseberry
Play
hard to get
Play
hardball ( A baseball expression meaning to be or act tough or aggressive )
Play
havoc with
Play
hell
Play
hide the sausage
Play
hookey
Play
it again Sam
Play
it again, Sam ( New York State Lottery advertising slogan )
Play
it by the book
Play
it cool
Play
it for laughs
Play
it safe
Play
kissy face
Play
off
Play
possum
Play
safe
Play
second fiddle
Play
silly buggers
Play
softball ( A baseball expression meaning to ask easy questions )
Play
the field ( - indulge in a series of sexual relationships )
Play
the fool
Play
the
game
Play
the old soldier
Play
the percentage
game
Play
the race card
Play
the white man
Play
to win
Play
with fire
Play
within a
play
Play
your cards right
Play
your part
Play
yourself in
Playboy of the Western World (
play
by John Millington Synge )
Plug and
play
Primal Rage ( film and video
game
)
Put your
game
face on
Raise your
game
Roll over and
play
dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (
play
by Tom Stoppard )
Second slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Self
interest
She Stoops to Conquer (
play
by Oliver Goldsmith )
Shell
game
Short Fine Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Short Mid Wicket ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Short Square Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Silly Mid Off ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Silly Mid On ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Silly Point ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Skin in the
game
Sod this for a
game
of soldiers
Sonic the Hedgehog ( video
game
title )
Square Leg ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Super Mario Brothers ( video
game
title )
Sword
play
Take a healthy
interest
Take me out to the ball
game
Talk a good
game
The Admirable Crichton (
Play
by J M Barrie and nickname of James Crichton )
The Army
Game
( BBC comedy television series )
The Boys in the Band (
play
by Mart Crowley )
The Cherry Orchard (
play
by Anton Chekhov )
The Devil's Disciple ( Bernard Shaw
play
and Burt Lancaster movie )
The Dowager Queen of the
Game
Shows ( Nickname of Pat Carroll )
The Ginger Man (
play
by JP Donleavy )
The Glass Menagerie (
play
by Tennessee Williams )
The Iceman Cometh (
play
by Eugene O'Neill )
The Importance of Being Ernest (
play
by Oscar Wilde )
The Plough and the Stars (
play
by Sean O'Casey )
The Quare Fellow (
play
by Brendan Behan )
The Scottish
play
The Sims ( video
game
title )
The beautiful
game
The blame
game
The
game
is afoot
The
game
is up
The name
game
The name of the
game
The play's the thing
Third Slip ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Third man ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
Threepenny Opera (
play
by Bertolt Brecht )
Tomorrow will be cancelled due to lack of
interest
Trap and ball ( children's ball
game
)
Triple
play
( A baseball expression denoting the act of making three outs during the same
play
)
Two can
play
at that
game
Up your
game
Vested
interest
View from a Bridge (
play
by Arthur Miller )
Waiting for Godot (
play
by Samuel Beckett )
War
game
( a simulation of war intended as preparation )
What's your game?
When the cat's away the mice will
play
Who are you? ( Nintendo
Game
Boy Advance advertising slogan )
Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? (
play
by Edward Albee )
Whole new ball
game
Wicket Keeper ( field position in the
game
of cricket )
You hum it and I'll
play
it
Zero sum
game