Tennis Phrases

Phrases

• Air shot
• All set
• Anyone for tennis?
• Australian defence
• Be a good sport
• Chip and charge
• Contact sport
• Face card (the jack queeen or king in a set of playing cards)
• Gain advantage
• Game set and match
• Good sport
• Got your heart set on
• Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob Dylan song)
• Grand slam
• Have the advantage of
• Horsy set
• How may I serve you?
• If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve
• Mutual advantage
• No man can serve two masters
• On your mark, get set, go
• Pistol Pete (Nickname of Pete Sampras)
• Ready set go
• Ready, get set, go
• Serve and protect
• Serve your time
• Set Fire to the Rain (Adele song)
• Set a thief to catch a thief
• Set eyes on
• Set foot in
• Set forth
• Set great store by
• Set in concrete
• Set in motion
• Set in train

• Set of wheels
• Set sail
• Set straight
• Set the Thames on fire
• Set the record straight
• Set the stage
• Set the world on fire
• Set the world to rights
• Set tongues wagging
• Set your cap at
• Set your face against something
• Set your hair on fire
• Set your heart on something
• Set your mind at ease
• Set your sights on
• Set your stall out
• Set your teeth on edge
• Set yourself apart
• Straight sets
• Sweet spot
• Take advantage of
• The Cannonball Kid (Nickname of tennis player Roscoe Tanner)
• The Coward Of Bitter Creek (Nickname of Jason McCord (Chuck Connors))
• The Crazy Gang (Nickname of Wimbledon Football Club)
• The ball is in your court
• The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read (Mark Twain quotation)
• The rot has set in
• The sport of kings
• The stage is set
• The truth shall set you free
• They also serve who only stand and wait (from a poem by Milton)
• This precious stone set in the silver sea, this sceptered isle
• Top seed
• Winning is the mark of the Rebel (Rebel Sport advertising slogan)
• You cannot be serious (A catchphrase from John McEnroe)
• You cannot serve God and Mammon