Sport, games & leisure
263 idioms live on this lane.
Idioms about sport, games & leisure
- according to Hoyle
- against the run of play
- amber gambler
- armchair quarterback
- away game
- back gammon player
- ball hog
- the ball is in someone's court
- bandwagon fan
- bank night
- barhop
- basement battler
- bat a thousand
- bat five hundred
- beer and skittles
- behind the eight-ball
- bench jockey
- best bet
- bet the ranch
- between the jigs and the reels
- between the pipes
- big screen
- blocking and tackling
- blue note
- body English
- bottom the house
- bowl a googly
- box seat
- brain candy
- bread and circuses
- break one's duck
- bright lights
- bring down the house
- bush league
- busted flush
- buzzer-beater
- cakes and ale
- call an audible
- captain's pick
- card of ten
- care a jackstraw
- carry a tune
- cash in one's chips
- cat-and-mouse
- catch big air
- cat's cradle
- center field
- cheap thrill
- chess piece
- chesterfield rugby
- chum in the water
- circuit slugger
- clash of the ash
- clutch artist
- cock one's toes
- couldn't carry a note in a bucket
- cry foul
- cue up
- dance of the seven veils
- dead heat
- deal a good hand
- devil dancing
- dice roll
- the die is cast
- dog in the hunt
- down for the count
- drop the gloves
- dust off a batter
- early bath
- Elvis has left the building
- even money
- fair weather fan
- false note
- far post
- find the net
- fire the starting gun
- first loser
- fish to fry
- flannelled fool
- front runner
- funny man
- game, set, match
- get off the mark
- get out of jail free card
- glass chin
- go fish
- go off at score
- go the distance
- go to bat
- go to the mat
- golden duck
- good enough for jazz
- grandstand play
- ground ball with eyes
- ground rule
- have a good time
- heads or tails
- hedge one's bets
- high-stakes
- hit above one's weight
- hit below one's weight
- hit one out of the ballpark
- hit the high notes
- hold-up play
- hole in one
- home game
- home team
- horror show
- hot hand
- in a walk
- in chorus
- in the game
- in the groove
- in the limelight
- in the running
- in the zone
- inside baseball
- Johnny-one-note
- keep one's eye on the ball
- keep one's stick on the ice
- kick into touch
- lay down the marker
- lay odds
- leave it all on the field
- les jeux sont faits
- life and soul of the party
- life of the party
- long odds
- lucky dip
- make a night of it
- make beautiful music together
- make book
- make the running
- media darling
- Merry Andrew
- Miller of Dee
- Monday-morning quarterback
- move the goalposts
- move the yardsticks
- music to someone's ears
- name of the game
- near post
- needle drop
- night out
- no horse in this race
- no score
- no-hit wonder
- not cricket
- number games
- off the back foot
- off to the races
- on a losing wicket
- on the front foot
- on the ropes
- one-hit wonder
- one-horse race
- open the batting
- other end of the ball
- out of the running
- out on the tiles
- over one's skis
- paint the town red
- paint the wagon
- park the bus
- penalty box
- physical break
- pick corners
- pickin' and grinnin'
- pinch-hit
- play back
- play ball
- play booty
- play chicken
- play first fiddle
- play for love
- play games
- play hardball
- play hooky
- play silly buggers
- play the ball and not the man
- play the hand one is dealt
- play the man and not the ball
- play the ponies
- play to win
- play with house money
- popcorn movie
- power chord
- punch below one's weight
- put on a clinic
- put on one's dancing shoes
- quit scores
- race out of the traps
- race queen
- raise the roof
- raise the stakes
- ride the pine
- ringside seat
- roll of the dice
- roll the pitch
- rooting interest
- run and gun
- run down the clock
- run of play
- run out the clock
- run the clock down
- runners and riders
- Russian roulette
- second string
- send someone to the showers
- shoot 'em up
- short of a length
- the show must go on
- show one's cards
- sing along
- sing off the same hymn sheet
- sing soprano
- singing soprano
- skate one's lane
- skip rope
- slam dunk
- smash hit
- snake eyes
- snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
- solo run
- song and dance
- sour note
- southpaw
- spectator sport
- stage of the game
- stand pat
- star vehicle
- start with a clean sheet
- stay tuned
- steal the show
- step up to the plate
- stop and smell the roses
- storm out of the blocks
- surf's up
- suspend one's disbelief
- sweeten the pot
- swing for the fences
- swing through
- take a dive
- take one's eye off the ball
- take the count
- take the game to
- take time out
- tee off
- third string
- three-ring circus
- time off
- tip-off
- tonsil tennis
- turn two
- up the ante
- walk in the park
- weekend warrior
- weigh in
- win by a nose
- win one for the Gipper
- wooden spoonist
- X factor
- X's and O's