slobber-knocker n.— «This series is gonna be a real slobber-knocker, one of those classic situations where good pitching is gonna have to rise to the occasion and cancel out good hitting.» —by David Wells Perfect I’m...
dancing lemons n.— «As the school trustees resume their hunt, it’s become increasingly obvious that this exercise is flawed. Perhaps fatally. With head- hunter Bill Attea on the case, we’re just asking for another crop of dancing lemons...
show pink v. phr.— «Unnamed dancers who are a party to the suit assert that full nudity (“showing pink,” in stripper parlance) and simulating sex acts are “essential” parts of their free expression.» —“The Big...
Big Pharma n.— «Big Pharma, as it is known, offered everything: the hopes and dreams we have of it; its vast, partly realized potential for good; and its pitch-dark underside, sustained by huge wealth, pathological secrecy, corruption and...
hospital pass n.— «In rugby parlance Robinson was thrown a hospital pass as he tried to maintain the success. With Johnson retired and Wilkinson a shadow of the player he was two years ago, Robinson is conspicuously short of leaders on...
good wheels n.pl.— «The abrasive nature of the pitch had brought reverse swing into the equation earlier than usual. You don’t need an action with a perfect coil to bowl reverse swing. Just a decent release and, as they say in the trade...