Rugby Phrases

Phrases

• A cup of coffee (A baseball expression denoting a break from major league baseball)
• Abide with me (hymn traditionally sung at the English football Cup Final)
• All Day (Nickname of American football player Adrian Peterson)
• Are you ready for some football?
• Bad Moon (Nickname of American football player Andre Rison)
• Bart the Cool (Nickname of American football player Bart Starr)
• Be a good sport
• Big Al (Nickname of football player Alan Shearer and of basketball player Al Jefferson)
• Big Ben (Nickname of basketball player Ben Wallace and American football player Ben Roethlisberger)
• Big Cat (Nickname of American football player Leon Lett)
• Big Daddy (Nickname of American football Dan Wilkinson)
• Big Phil (Nickname of football manager Luiz Felipe Scolari)
• Big Sam (Nickname of football manager Sam Allardyce)
• Champagne Tony (Nickname of American football player Tony Eason)
• Civil union
• Contact sport
• Crazy Legs (Nickname of American football player Elroy Hirsch)
• Dandy Don (Nickname of American football player Don Meredith)
• Don't try this at home
• Don't try to run before you can walk
• Don't try to teach your Grandma to suck eggs
• Don't try to walk before you can crawl
• Early bath
• Eye it try it buy it! (Chevrolet advertising slogan)
• Fourth Quarter Vince (Nickname of American football player Vince Young)
• Fred Ex (Nickname of American football player Freddie Mitchell)
• Garbage Man (Nickname of American football player Michael Bradley)
• Give it the old college try
• Golden Guus (Nickname of football manager Guus Hiddink)
• Good sport
• Has your girl turned into a refrigerator? If her air is arctic, try MUM (Mum Deodorant advertising slogan)
• He Hate Me (Nickname of American football player Rod Smart)
• Heavy Lunch (Nickname of American football player Norman Hand)
• If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again
• If gas pains persist, try Volkswagen (Volkswagen advertising slogan)

• Imagine no religion, it's easy if you try
• In a league of his own
• In league with
• In league with the Devil
• Major league (A baseball expression meaning at the top rank)
• More jobs through science (Union Carbide and Carbon advertising slogan)
• Nice try
• No one likes us, we don't care (A catchphrase from Millwall football supporters)
• Not in the same league
• On me head son (Invitation to cross a football so that another player can head it)
• Political football
• Seven league boots
• Swing for the fences (A baseball expression meaning try for a substantial gain)
• The Adventure of the Red-Headed League (Sherlock Holmes story)
• The All Blacks (Nickname of the New Zealand Rugby Union team)
• The Crazy Gang (Nickname of Wimbledon Football Club)
• The League of Gentlemen (BBC comedy television series)
• The Special One (Nickname of football manager Jose Mourinho)
• The sport of kings
• These little things are sent to try us
• This is a local shop, we'll have no trouble here (A catchphrase from The League of Gentlemen)
• Today something we do will touch your life (Union Carbide and Carbon advertising slogan)
• Try A Little Tenderness (Otis Redding song)
• Try everything once, except incest and folk dancing (Sir Thomas Beecham quotation)
• Try it on the dog
• Try it, you'll like it (Alka Seltzer advertising slogan)
• Try your hand
• Try your luck
• Want him to be more of a man? Try being more of a woman! (Coty Perfumes advertising slogan)
• We try harder (Avis car rental advertising slogan)
• We won't make a drama out of a crisis (Commercial Union advertising slogan)
• We're number two. We try harder (Avis Rent-a-Car advertising slogan)
• Why ask why? Try Bud Dry (Budweiser Earl advertising slogan)
• Winning is the mark of the Rebel (Rebel Sport advertising slogan)
• Word association football
• You've seen the rest, now try the best