The Field Guide to Sports Metaphors: A Compendium of Competitive Words and Idioms
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A gift-worthy playbook of common and unexpected words and idioms that have their roots in sports and games. There are many metaphors we can quickly identify from the realm of sports: covering all the bases (baseball), game plan (football), and par for the course (golf). But the English language is also peppered with the not-so-obvious influence of sports and games, such as go-to guy (basketball) and dead ringer (horse racing). Filled with pithy entries...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1607748118
ISBN13:9781607748113
Release Date:May 2016
Publisher:Ten Speed Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.62 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.2" x 7.1"
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