have skin in the game Idiom, Proverb

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."""

have bark in the game

To accept a claimed investment, usually monetary, in the following of some ambition or achievement, abnormally in business and finance. If you appetite to acquisition a aggregation that is absolutely motivated to succeed, acquisition one area all the admiral accept bark in the game.Learn more: game, have, skin

skin in the game

A claimed investment, usually monetary, in the following of some ambition or achievement, abnormally in business and finance. If you appetite to acquisition a aggregation that is absolutely motivated to succeed, acquisition one area all the admiral accept bark in the game.Learn more: game, skin

have/put bark in the ˈgame

(American English, abnormally business) booty an alive absorption in the success or abortion of a accurate project, activity, etc. because you are complex in a claimed or banking way: If you appetite addition to accomplish able choices, they accept to accept a little bark in the game.This announcement was aboriginal acclimated by the US broker Warren Buffett to call a bearings in which chief managers own or buy shares in the aggregation that they administer and so accept a claimed absorption in the company’s success or failure.Learn more: game, have, put, skin

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hit and run (traffic) hit between the eyes hit bottom hit home hit it off hit it off with someone hit man hit me hit me (card games) hit me for a loan hit me with your best shot hit my funny bone hit on hit on/upon hit parade hit rock bottom hit someone between the eyes have pity on (one) have precedence over (someone or something) have pride of place have pull with have pull with (someone) have rathers have recourse to have recourse to (something) have regard to (something) have regard to something have relations with have rocks in (one's) head have rocks in head have rocks in one’s head have scales fall from (one's) eyes have second thoughts have second thoughts about (someone or something) have seen (one's) day have seen better days have seen/known better days have several irons in the fire have sex have shit for brains have shot your bolt have shoulder to the wheel have skin in the game have snow on the mountain have snow on the roof have so have some checking up to do have some neck have somebody at your mercy have somebody eating out of your hand have somebody in the palm of your hand have somebody to thank have somebody/something in mind have somebody/something on the brain have somebody/something taped have somebody/something written all over it have somebody's ear have somebody's guts for garters have somebody's interests at heart have somebody's name on it have somebody's number have someone bang to rights have someone by the balls have someone by the short and curlies have someone by the short hairs have someone cold have someone dead to rights have someone eating out of your hand