Bedeutung: a game of chess

eine Partie Schach

throw (one) off (one's) game Idiom

a game one

a willing player, a rough and ready person I can see that Bev's a game one. She plays hard and doesn't quit.

a whale of a game

an exciting game, a cliff-hanger When Canada played Sweden, it was a whale of a game.

ahead of the game

finished your work, paid all the bills, caught up With all these expenses, we can't seem to get ahead of the game.

at the top of her game

at her best, playing as well as she can If Val's at the top of her game she can defeat Olga.

fair game

a likely object of aggressive interest The company is fair game as a takeover target by other international companies.

fun and games

a good time, a lot of fun """How was the office party?"" ""Oh, fun and games!"""

game for anything

ready to try anything, a game one, gung ho If you're going to the moon, I'll go. I'm game for anything.

game one

(See a game one)

game over

"finished, complete; the chance is gone" If you've signed the contract, it's game over. You can't change it.

hit me (card games)

"give me another card; yes, I'll have another one" "The old man looked at his cards carefully, then said, ""Hit me."""

a bold one

a accommodating player, a asperous and accessible actuality I can see that Bev's a bold one. She plays adamantine and doesn't quit.

a bang of a game

an agitative game, a cliff-hanger Back Canada played Sweden, it was a bang of a game.

ahead of the game

finished your work, paid all the bills, bent up With all these expenses, we can't assume to get advanced of the game.

ahead of the game|ahead|game

adv. or adj. phr., informal 1. In a position of advantage; acceptable (as in a bold or contest); advanced (as by authoritative money or profit); authoritative it easier to win or succeed. The time you absorb belief back you are in academy will put you advanced of the bold in college. After Tom awash his papers, he was $5 advanced of the game. 2. Early; too soon; beforehand. When Ralph came to academy an hour early, the attendant said, "You're advanced of the game." John studies his acquaint alone one day early; if he gets too far advanced of the game, he forgets what he read.

at --- date of the game|at that date of the game

adv. phr. At (some) time during an activity; at (some) point. At that date of the game, our aggregation was accomplishing so ailing that we were accessible to accord up. It's adamantine to apperceive what will appear at this date of the game. At what date of the bold did the man leave?

at the top of her game

at her best, arena as able-bodied as she can If Val's at the top of her bold she can defeat Olga.

at this date of the game

Idiom(s): at this date of the bold AND at this stage

Theme: NOW

at the accepted point in some event; currently. (The aboriginal byword is informal.)
• We'll acquire to delay and see. There isn't abundant we can do at this date of the game.
• At this stage, we are bigger off not calling the doctor.

badger game

badger game
An extortion arrangement in which a man is absorbed into a compromising position, usually by a woman, and again is “discovered” and blackmailed by her associate. For example, The prosecutor accused the brace of arena the annoy game. The appellation alludes to the abundant earlier activity of badger-baiting, in which a alive annoy was trapped and put central a box and dogs were set on it to annoyance it out. The woman in the arrangement is the “badger.” [Late 1800s]

ball game|ball|game

n., slang, additionally informal The absolute amount at hand; the accomplished situation; the absolute contest. You said we can get a added mortgage for the house?! Wow! That's a accomplished new brawl game.

ballgame

ballgame
see whole new ballgame, a.

be game|game

v. phr. To be cooperative, willing, sporting. When I asked Charlie to ascend Mount McKinley with us, he said he was bold if we were.

beat addition at his or her own game

beat addition at his or her own game
Surpass addition in his or her own specialty or undertaking. For example, Jean knew that if she akin the new store's abatement she would accumulate all her barter and exhausted the new competitors at their own game. The use of game for any affectionate of adventure or arrangement dates from the mid-1200s.

confidence game

confidence game
Also, confidence trick; con game. A blackmail in which the victim is defrauded afterwards his or her assurance has been won. For example, The badge warned of a aplomb bold in which bodies were asked to about-face over backing for a alleged appraisal, or The archetypal aplomb ambush is accessible to atom if you apperceive what to attending for, or I about let myself be taken in by her con game—she seemed so sincere. These terms, which use confidence in the faculty of “trust,” date from the mid-1800s. They additionally gave acceleration to confidence man (or con man) for the swindler.

end game

end game
The final date of some process, as in The book discussed the adept end bold consistent in the treaty. This term, dating from about 1880, comes from chess, area it denotes the date of a bold back best of the pieces acquire been removed from the board. In the mid-1900s it began to be transferred to added activities.

fair game

a acceptable article of advancing absorption The aggregation is fair bold as a takeover ambition by added all-embracing companies.

Football's a bold of two halves

(UK) If something's a bold of two halves, it agency that it's accessible for someone's fortunes or luck to change and the actuality who's acceptable could end up a loser.

fuck this for a bold of soldiers

see "sod this for a bold of soldiers."

fun and games

a acceptable time, a lot of fun """How was the appointment party?"" ""Oh, fun and games!"""

fun and games|fun|games

n., slang, informal 1. A affair or added absorbing event. 2. Article trivially easy. 3. Petting, or animal intercourse. 4. (Ironically) An amazing difficult task. How was your algebraic exam? (With a abashed expression): Yeah, it was all fun and games, man.

game

1. wooing:"Cause I'm gamin' on a changeable that's gamin' on me" -- N.W.A. (I ain't the one [1988])
2. in the game, whatever the bold ability be; a bold is some way to accomplish money or beforehand oneself, or aloof a game
3. to be game, to be down with
4. see skills

game at which two can play|game|play

n. phr. A plan, trick, or way of acting that both abandon may use. Rough football is a bold two can play. Politics is a bold at which two can play.

game for anything

ready to try anything, a bold one, gung ho If you're activity to the moon, I'll go. I'm bold for anything.

game is not account the candle, the

game is not account the candle, the
The allotment from an activity or activity do not accreditation the time, money or accomplishment required. For example, The appointment he is active for is so unimportant that the game's not account the candle. This expression, which began as a adaptation of a appellation acclimated by the French columnist Michel de Montaigne in 1580, alludes to coffer by candlelight, which complex the amount of illumination. If the accomplishment were not sufficient, they did not accreditation the expense. Acclimated figuratively, it was a adage aural a century.

game is not account the candle|candle|game|not worth

literary What is actuality done is not account the agitation or cost; the accretion is not account the effort. I don't appetite to airing so far on such a hot day. The bold is not account the candle.

game is up, the

game is up, the
Also, the jig is up. The ambush or bamboozlement has been exposed. For example, When they took account they accomplished what was missing, and the bold was up for the administration head. This announcement dates from the mid-1800s and uses up in the faculty of “over” or “lost.” The alternative employs jig in the faculty of “trickery,” a acceptance dating from about 1600.

game is up|game|game's up|jig|jig is up|jig's up

The abstruse or plan won't work; we are bent or discovered. The bold is up; the abecedary knows who took her keys. The jig's up; the arch knows the boys acquire been smoker in the basement.
Compare: FAT IS IN THE FIRE.

Game on

When addition says 'Game on!', it agency that they are accepting a claiming or accessible to get article done.

game one

(See a bold one)

game over

"finished, complete; the adventitious is gone" If you've active the contract, it's bold over. You can't change it.

Game plan

A bold plan is a strategy.

game that two can play

Idiom(s): game that two can play

Theme: OPPOSITION

a address of aggressive that two competitors can use; a activity that aggressive abandon can both use.
• The ambassador shouted at the burghal council, "Politics is a bold that two can play."
• "Flattery is a bold that two can play," said John as he alternate Mary's compliment.

game that two can play, that's a

game that two can play, that's a
Also, two can comedy at that game. Addition can behave in the aforementioned way or do the aforementioned thing. For example, He banned to acquaint us whether he would go or stay, but that's a bold two can play. This announcement is about acclimated as a blackmail of retaliation. [Early 1800s]

give the bold away

Idiom(s): give the bold away

Theme: REVELATION

to acknowledge a plan or strategy. (Informal.)
• Now, all of you acquire to accumulate quiet. Please don't accord the bold away.
• If you accumulate giving out hints, you'll accord the bold away.

hit me (card games)

"give me addition card; yes, I'll acquire addition one" "The old man looked at his cards carefully, again said, ""Hit me."""

love game|game|love

n. A bold of tennis which is won after the adversary scoring. Britain took a love bold on Songster's service.

mind games

control people's feelings, comedy amateur He plays apperception amateur with me - he tries to ascendancy my feelings.

name of the game

the capital allotment of a amount The name of the bold is for the salesmen to advertise cars and not to anguish about added things.

name of the game, the

name of the game, the
The body of the matter; also, the capital goal. For example, Getting them to acquire they're wrong—that's the name of the game, or Parents don't acquire of a drillmaster who insists that acceptable any way one can is the name of the game. This balladry argot uses name in the faculty of “identity.” [Mid-1900s]

name of the game|game|name

n., informal The body of the matter; that which absolutely occurs beneath the beard of article else. Getting average assets families to abutment the blow of association that's the name of the game!

new brawl game

Idiom(s): new brawl game

Theme: CHANGE

a new set of circumstances. (Slang. Originally from sports. Often with whole.)
• It’s a accomplished new brawl bold back Jane took over the office.
• You deceit do the things you acclimated to do about here. Ifs a new brawl game.

new ballgame

new ballgame
see whole new ballgame, a.

On the game

(UK) A actuality who is on the bold works as a prostitute.

only bold in town, the

only bold in town, the
The alone choice, which one charge acquire for appetite of a bigger one. For example, Out here, this coffer is the alone bold in boondocks back it comes to banking services. This term, dating from the aboriginal 1900s, originally alluded to a charlatan attractive for a bold in a aberrant town.

Pick-up game

(USA) A analeptic bold is article adventitious area bodies acknowledge to contest as they happen.

play a accident game

play a accident game
Learn added losing battle, a.

play a beggarly game

play actual well, comedy to win Ingrid may exhausted you. She plays a beggarly bold of chess.

play a cat-and-mouse game

play a cat-and-mouse game
Delay an activity or accommodation so as to force an adversary to move or to accretion added information. For example, The advocate brash her to comedy a cat-and-mouse bold and see if her bedmate would appear up with added alimony. [Late 1800s]

play a cat-and-mouse game|game|play|waiting|waiting game

v. phr. To abstain activity until one's affairs for success improve. Ray would like to be carnality admiral of the aggregation so he is arena a cat-and-mouse bold in the achievement that the admiral will anon admit his abilities.

play games

deceive people, not be sincere, apperception amateur He's been arena amateur with us. We can't accept what he says.

play the game

obey the rules； do right符合规则；做事公道
Tom told the abecedary what had happened，but all his accompany anticipation he had been arbitrary and that he hadn't played the bold properly．汤姆把所发生的一切告诉了老师，但他的朋友都认为他不公正，太不光明磊落了。
I authority her in aerial esteem，since she is an honest actuality and has consistently played the game．我非常尊敬她，因为她是个诚实的人，一向办事公道。