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- catalog abstract "Sports fans, word lovers, word slingers, word users, and readers alike - get ready for an all-star lineup of 500 words and phrases from the world of athletics that have made their way into common speech. It's right on the button, not only with intriguing facts about their origins, but also with irresistible anecdotes about odds-on-favorite sports greats (and even a few also-rans). Terms from baseball, boxing, football, basketball, hockey, cricket, and rugby pepper the. English language whether the subject is war (General Schwarzkopf called an "impossible" yet successful Allied troops maneuver during the Gulf War a hail Mary play) or love (she's on the rebound). Sports metaphors and imagery are perfect for conveying the drama or the daffiness of life. Baseball alone has given us southpaw (a left-handed pitcher), go to bat, coming out of left field, playing hardball. It was originally boxers who had to go the distance unless they were. Saved by the bell. And kingpins were the prime targets for bowlers long before the DEA started knocking them over too. These are just a few of the grand slam word treats explored in this Hall of Fame collection that gives every sports lover, reader, and speaker a ringside seat on the inside track. Only an oddball who doesn't know the score would stay on the sidelines or take a rain check.".
- catalog alternative "Southpaws and Sunday punches".
- catalog contributor b5158676.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "English language whether the subject is war (General Schwarzkopf called an "impossible" yet successful Allied troops maneuver during the Gulf War a hail Mary play) or love (she's on the rebound). Sports metaphors and imagery are perfect for conveying the drama or the daffiness of life. Baseball alone has given us southpaw (a left-handed pitcher), go to bat, coming out of left field, playing hardball. It was originally boxers who had to go the distance unless they were.".
- catalog description "Saved by the bell. And kingpins were the prime targets for bowlers long before the DEA started knocking them over too. These are just a few of the grand slam word treats explored in this Hall of Fame collection that gives every sports lover, reader, and speaker a ringside seat on the inside track. Only an oddball who doesn't know the score would stay on the sidelines or take a rain check.".
- catalog description "Sports fans, word lovers, word slingers, word users, and readers alike - get ready for an all-star lineup of 500 words and phrases from the world of athletics that have made their way into common speech. It's right on the button, not only with intriguing facts about their origins, but also with irresistible anecdotes about odds-on-favorite sports greats (and even a few also-rans). Terms from baseball, boxing, football, basketball, hockey, cricket, and rugby pepper the.".
- catalog extent "262 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0525936475".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, N.Y. : Dutton,".
- catalog subject "422/.03 20".
- catalog subject "English language Etymology Dictionaries.".
- catalog subject "English language Idioms Dictionaries.".
- catalog subject "English language Terms and phrases.".
- catalog subject "Figures of speech.".
- catalog subject "PE1689 .A495 1993".
- catalog subject "Sports Terminology Dictionaries.".
- catalog subject "Sports Terminology.".
- catalog title "Southpaws & sunday punches : and other sporting expressions / Christine Ammer.".
- catalog title "Southpaws and Sunday punches".
- catalog type "Dictionaries. fast".
- catalog type "Terminology. fast".
- catalog type "Terms and phrases. fast".
- catalog type "text".