Sport Phrases

Phrases

• 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)
• 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)
• Address the ball (golfing term denoting readiness to play)
• Agent Zero (Nickname of basketball player Gilbert Arenas)
• Ahead of the game
• Air Canada (Nickname of basketball player Vince Carter)
• Air Jordan (Nickname of basketball player Michael Jordan)
• Air Zaire (Nickname of basketball player Dikembe Mutombo)
• Air shot
• Air support
• All Day (Nickname of American football player Adrian Peterson)
• All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye (Christopher Brookmyer book)
• All the fun of the fair
• 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 for tennis?
• Anyone's game
• Apres ski
• Are you ready for some football?
• As game as Ned Kelly
• Baby Bull (Nickname of baseball player Orlando Cepeda)
• Baby Gramps (Nickname of basketball player Greg Oden)
• Baby Jordan (Nickname of basketball player Harold Miner)
• Bad Moon (Nickname of American football player Andre Rison)
• Bam Bam (Nickname of baseball player Hensley Meulens)
• Bandy words with
• Bart the Cool (Nickname of American football player Bart Starr)
• Base jumping
• Baseball card
• Batman and Robin (Nickname of baseball players Mike Piazza and Robin Ventura)
• Be a good sport
• Bean Burrito (Nickname of basketball player Nick Young)
• Beast or Perk (Nickname of basketball player Kendrick Perkins)
• Beaten at your own game
• Big Al (Nickname of football player Alan Shearer and of basketball player Al Jefferson)
• Big Baby (Nickname of basketball player Glen Davis)
• Big Ben (Nickname of basketball player Ben Wallace and American football player Ben Roethlisberger)
• Big Cat (Nickname of American football player Leon Lett)
• Big Cat (Nickname of baseball player Andres Galarraga)
• Big Country (Nickname of basketball player Bryant Reeves)
• Big Daddy (Nickname of American football Dan Wilkinson)
• Big Dog (Nickname of basketball player Glenn Robinson)
• Big Donkey (Nickname of baseball players Billy Butler and Adam Dunn)
• Big Game James (Nickname of basketball player James Posey)
• Big Game James (Nickname of basketball player James Worthy)
• Big Mac (Nickname of baseball player Mark McGwire)
• Big Nasty (Nickname of basketball player Corliss Williamson)
• Big Papi (Nickname of baseball player David Ortiz)
• Big Phil (Nickname of football manager Luiz Felipe Scolari)
• Big Poison (Nickname of baseball player Paul Waner)
• Big Puma (Nickname of baseball player Lance Berkman)
• Big Red (Nickname of basketball player Arvydas Sabonis)
• Big Sam (Nickname of football manager Sam Allardyce)
• Big Shot Becky (Nickname of basketball player Becky Hammon)
• Big Shot Bob (Nickname of basketball player Robert Horry)
• Big Six (Nickname of baseball player Christy Mathewson)
• Big Smooth (Nickname of basketball player Charlie Villanueva)
• Big Snacks (Nickname of basketball player Jerome James)
• Big Sofo (Nickname of basketball player Sofoklis Schortsanitis)
• Big Z (Nickname of baseball player Carlos Zambrano)
• Big Z (Nickname of basketball player Zydrunas Ilgauskas)
• Billy Liar (Novel and play by Keith Waterhouse and Tom Courtenay / Julie Christie movie)
• Bird Man (Nickname of basketball player Chris Andersen)
• Black Jack (Nickname of baseball player Jack McDowell)
• Black Jesus (Nickname of basketball player Amare Stoudemire)
• Black Mamba (Nickname of basketball player Kobe Bryant)
• Black Mike (Nickname of baseball player Mickey Cochrane)
• Black Moses (Nickname of basketball player Baron Davis)
• Black water rafting
• Blame game
• Blondes have more fun
• Blood sports
• Blue Moon (Nickname of baseball player John Odom)
• Body surfing
• Boom Dizzle (Nickname of basketball player Baron Davis)
• Brand new ballgame (A baseball expression meaning when a team that has been behind ties up the game)
• Brazilian Blur (Nickname of basketball player Leandro Barbosa)
• Bring your A game (perform to your best ability)
• Broadway Joe (Nickname of baseball player Joe Namath)
• Bron Bron (Nickname of basketball player LeBron James)
• Brum brum (child's play idiom expressing the sound of a vehicle)
• Brush back (A baseball expression meaning to subvert or threaten verbally)
• Buc The World (Nickname of basketball player Greg Buckner)
• Buffet of Goodness (Nickname of basketball player Channing Frye)
• Bullet Joe (Nickname of baseball player Charles Rogan)
• Bundle of fun
• Bungee jumping
• Buy a bucket of chicken and have a barrel of fun (Kentucky Fried Chicken advertising slogan)
• Bye Bye (Nickname of baseball player Steve Balboni)
• Call of Duty (video game title)
• Can of corn (A baseball expression meaning a ball which is easy to catch)
• Captain Bly (Nickname of baseball player Bert Blyleven)
• Captain Canada (Nickname of basketball player Steve Nash)
• Captain Crunch (Nickname of basketball player Jalen Rose)
• Captain Hook (Nickname of baseball manager George Anderson)
• Captain Jack (Nickname of basketball player Stephen Jackson)
• Captain Kirk (Nickname of basketball player Kirk Hinrich)
• Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (play by Tennesee Williams and Elizabeth Taylor movie)
• Cat and mouse game
• Caught off base (A baseball expression meaning unawares or by surprise)
• Champagne Tony (Nickname of American football player Tony Eason)
• Charlie Hustle (Nickname of baseball player Pete Rose)
• Chicken Man (Nickname of baseball player Wade Boggs)
• Child's play
• Children, one is one, two is fun, three is a house full
• Chips With Everything (Arnold Wesker play)
• Chocolate Thunder (Nickname of basketball player Darryl Dawkins)
• Cleanup hitter (A baseball expression meaning a batter who comes in to solve a problem)
• Close of play
• Clyde the Glide (Nickname of basketball player Clyde Drexler)
• Come out and play
• Connie Mack (Nickname of baseball player Cornelius McGillicuddy)
• Contact sport
• Cool Joe (Nickname of baseball player Joe Montana)
• Cool Papa (Nickname of baseball player James Bell)
• Country pursuits
• Country sports
• Cover Point (field position in the game of cricket)
• Cover your bases
• Crazy Legs (Nickname of American football player Elroy Hirsch)
• Crime Dog (Nickname of baseball player Fred McGriff)
• Curve ball (a difficult proposition - deriving from baseball terminology)
• DaWhite Howard (Nickname of basketball player David Lee)
• Dandy Don (Nickname of American football player Don Meredith)
• Dead heat
• 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)
• Defende Reboundo (Nickname of basketball player Dikembe Mutombo)
• Det the Threat (Nickname of basketball player Detlef Schrempf)
• Dice K (Nickname of baseball player Daisuke Matsuzaka)
• Didn't they do well! (A catchphrase from Bruce Forsyth In The Generation Game)
• Different ball game
• Ditty Bop (Nickname of basketball player Baron Davis)
• Doc Howard (Nickname of basketball player Dwight Howard)
• Dollar Bill (Nickname of basketball player Bill Bradley)
• Don't play the innocent
• Donnie (Nickname of baseball player Don Mattingly)
• Double header (A baseball expression denoting two events held on the same day with the same participants)
• Double your pleasure, double your fun (Wrigley's Doublemint Chewing Gum advertising slogan)
• Down to the last out (A baseball expression meaning to have one last chance)
• Downtown Freddie (Nickname of basketball player Fred Brown)
• Dragon Slayer (Nickname of baseball player Josh Fogg)
• Drum up support
• Ducks on a pond (A baseball expression meaning having runners in scoring position)
• Earl the Pearl (Nickname of basketball player Earl Monroe)
• Earl the Squirrel (Nickname of basketball player Earl Boykins)
• El Caballo (Nickname of baseball player Carlos Lee)
• El Contusione (Nickname of basketball player Manu Ginobili)
• El Duque (Nickname of baseball player Orlando Hernandez)
• El Presidente (Nickname of baseball player Dennis Martinez)
• El Sid (Nickname of baseball player Sid Fernandez)
• El Toro (Nickname of baseball player Fernando Valenzuela)
• End of the ball game
• Everyday Eddie (Nickname of baseball player Eddie Guardado)
• 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)
• Food, Folks and Fun (McDonald's advertising slogan)
• Foot in the bucket (A baseball expression meaning to act timidly or cowardly)
• Forward Short Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Fourth Quarter Vince (Nickname of American football player Vince Young)
• Fred Ex (Nickname of American football player Freddie Mitchell)
• Frisbee golf (A game based on golf but using frisbees rather than balls)
• Front nine (The first nine holes in a game of golf)
• Fun Fun Fun (The Beach Boys song)
• Fun With Dick And Jane (Jane Fonda movie)
• Fun and games
• 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
• Garbage Man (Nickname of American football player Michael Bradley)
• Get Buckets (Nickname of basketball player Ricky Davis)
• Get in shape
• Getting there is half the fun (Cunard Line advertising slogan)
• Ghostface (Nickname of basketball player Joel Przybilla)
• Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper song)
• Give the game away
• Go and play in the traffic
• Go-Go Gadget Arms (Nickname of basketball player Kevin Garnett)
• Going going gone (A baseball expression by which an announcer describes a home run that is heading over the fence)
• Golden Graham (Nickname of basketball player Joey Graham)
• Golden Guus (Nickname of football manager Guus Hiddink)
• Golden Sombrero (A baseball expression denoting a player who strikes out four times in a game)
• Good clean fun
• Good sport
• Gorgeous George (Nickname of baseball player George Sisler)
• Got game
• Grand Theft Auto (video game title)
• Grass widow
• Grits N Gravy (Nickname of basketball player Ricky Davis)
• Ground Hog Day (Nickname of basketball player Tim Duncan)
• Ground ball (A baseball expression meaning a prosaic or ordinary accomplishment)
• Group of death (the most difficult or competitive group in a sports tournament)
• Guessing game
• Hair Canada (Nickname of basketball player Steve Nash)
• Half Man Half Amazing (Nickname of basketball player Vince Carter)
• Half the fun is getting there (Olympic Airways advertising slogan)
• Hammerin' Hank (Nickname of baseball players Hank Aaron and Hank Greenberg)
• Have fun

• He Hate Me (Nickname of American football player Rod Smart)
• He will never play the piano again
• Heavenly host (The angels that support God)
• Heavy Lunch (Nickname of American football player Norman Hand)
• Heavy hitter (A baseball expression meaning a powerful or commanding person)
• Hedda Gabler (play by Henrik Ibsen)
• His Airness (Nickname of basketball player Michael Jordan)
• His Heinous (Nickname of basketball player Bill Laimbeer)
• Hit it out of the park (A baseball expression denoting a complete or spectacular success)
• Hockey Mom
• Hop, skip and jump
• Horse play
• Hot Plate (Nickname of basketball player John Sam Williams)
• Hot Rod (Nickname of basketball player Rodney Hundley)
• How does that play in Peoria?
• Hungry Hungry Hilton (Nickname of basketball player Hilton Armstrong)
• 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
• It was twenty years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play (Beatles song lyric)
• It's all fun and games until somebody gets hurt
• It's all good clean fun
• 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 cricket
• It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game
• It's only a game
• Jimminy Cricket
• Juno and the Paycock (play by Sean O'Casey)
• Kid n' Play (Nickname of Kevin Martin)
• Knock it out of the park (A baseball expression denoting a complete or spectacular success)
• Knock the cover off the ball (A baseball expression meaning succeed beyond expectation)
• Lady Windermere's Fan (play by Oscar Wilde)
• Late in the game
• Leadoff hitter (A baseball expression denoting the player who bats first)
• Leg Gully (field position in the game of cricket)
• Leg Slip (field position in the game of cricket)
• Life support
• Lift your game
• Live action
• 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 play
• Major league (A baseball expression meaning at the top rank)
• Make a play for
• Make fun of
• Make great play of
• Man and Superman (play by George Bernard Shaw)
• Mario Kart (video game title)
• Mendoza line (A baseball expression denoting a line marking a very poor performance)
• 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)
• Miss the cut
• Mother Courage (play by Bertolt Brecht)
• Mourning Becomes Electra (play by Eugene O'Neill)
• Mr. Cricket (Nickname of Michael Hussey - Australian cricketer)
• Mug's game
• Murderers' Row (A baseball expression denoting a group of talented individuals or valuable assets)
• Must win game
• Ninth inning (A baseball expression meaning an event or process is near the end)
• No one likes us, we don't care (A catchphrase from Millwall football supporters)
• Numbers game
• O Romeo, Romeo; wherefore art thou Romeo (from the play by Shakespeare)
• Oh, what fun
• On deck (A baseball expression meaning next in line)
• On me head son (Invitation to cross a football so that another player can head it)
• On the game
• Only A Pawn In Their Game (Bob Dylan song)
• Only game in town
• Out for a duck
• Pinch hit (A baseball expression denoting a substitute or stand-in)
• Pitch a shutout (A baseball expression meaning not allowing an opponent any wins)
• 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
• Poke fun
• Political football
• Primal Rage (film and video game)
• Put the fun back into driving (Vauxhall Motors advertising slogan)
• Put your game face on
• Raise your game
• Rally cap (A baseball expression denoting a cap is a worn inside out or backwards)
• Right off the bat (A baseball expression meaning immediately without delay)
• Roll over and play dead
• Roll up, roll up, all the fun of the fair
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (play by Tom Stoppard)
• Say it ain't so, Joe (A baseball expression denoting disbelief)
• Second slip (field position in the game of cricket)
• She Stoops to Conquer (play by Oliver Goldsmith)
• Shell game
• Shoot hoops
• 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
• Slam dunk
• Sod this for a game of soldiers
• Some Nights (fun song)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (video game title)
• Square Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Strike out swinging (A baseball expression meaning to fail while giving it your best effort)
• Super Mario Brothers (video game title)
• Superbowl Sunday
• Support network
• Swing for the fences (A baseball expression meaning try for a substantial gain)
• Switch hitter (A baseball expression denoting a batter who can hit left or right handed)
• Sword play
• Take cuts at someone (A baseball expression meaning taking a verbal swing or striking a blow at a reputation)
• Take me out to the ball game
• Take the field (begin a sporting event or a military campaign)
• Talk a good game
• Tears Of A Clown (Smokey Robinson song)
• The Admirable Crichton (Play by J M Barrie and nickname of James Crichton)
• The All Blacks (Nickname of the New Zealand Rugby Union team)
• The Army Game (BBC comedy television series)
• The Basketball Jesus (Nickname of Larry Bird)
• The Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton
• The Boys in the Band (play by Mart Crowley)
• The Cannonball Kid (Nickname of tennis player Roscoe Tanner)
• The Cherry Orchard (play by Anton Chekhov)
• The Clown Killer (Nickname of John Gacy)
• The Clown Prince (Nickname of Paul Gascoigne)
• The Crazy Gang (Nickname of Wimbledon Football Club)
• 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 Olympic ideal
• 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 Special One (Nickname of football manager Jose Mourinho)
• The Tears of a Clown
• The Thriller In Manila (Ali versus Frazier boxing match)
• The beautiful game
• The blame game
• The fun develops instantly (Polaroid advertising slogan)
• The game is afoot
• The game is up
• The little dog laughed to see such fun
• The name game
• The name of the game
• The play's the thing
• The referee's decision is final
• The sound of leather on willow (sound of the ball on the bat in cricket)
• The sport of kings
• Third Slip (field position in the game of cricket)
• Third man (field position in the game of cricket)
• Three strikes and you are out
• Threepenny Opera (play by Bertolt Brecht)
• Throw a beanball (A baseball expression meaning to attack an opponent by aiming at their head)
• Time flies when you are having fun