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I don't know cricket at all! I speak USA English, so I will only point out one article change and leave idiom alone. Write: "the fact remains that spectators...", not 'that the spectators..."

Looks like a cricket score: Smith has zero runs for two wickets taken. More context might make it clear. Whatever, it is not an idiom in itself.

Nona The Brit wrote: No, rhyme is where two words have a similar/the same sound at the end. For example, car and bar rhyme. Cat and hat rhyme. Scooter and hooter rhyme. I don't think 'under the car' is anything in particular - there isn't a word to describe this little phrase, it's not an...

Hly2004 wrote: In the afternoon, Bush, a former owner of the Texas Rangers, took a swing at cricket, hitting a few balls and bowling -- akin to pitching -- with about two dozen children. He presented them with autographed baseballs. What's the meaning of "took a swing" in this...

Hi everybody. I joined the community a few minutes ago and I really hope that someone could help me. I am translating into Italian a documentary about a tour in Jamaica. The man who's speaking is going to play cricket for the first time and sais: "I've got to pull the pants up here". Well,...

Anonymous wrote: Hi, I wondered about this myself recently. I wasn't able to find an authoritative definition for its origin and meaning, but my conclusion was as follows. Cricket and Baseball shared a common heritage, until Baseball branched off to become what it is today. For this reason...

Hi, I wondered about this myself recently. I wasn't able to find an authoritative definition for its origin and meaning, but my conclusion was as follows. Cricket and Baseball shared a common heritage, until Baseball branched off to become what it is today. For this reason the expression...

Hi Antonia, Idioms often need a context to get the usage right and you didn't give any, but here are a few comments anyway. I'd say the exact opposite of 'fair play' is 'foul play', but there are many other things you could say, so a context is needed. British people sometimes say a thing is...

There is a lot more to this silly phenomenon than meets the eye. After the War of Independance, Americans did their best to shun the British and their influence. They went so far as to change the side of the road on which people drove ..... just so they were not following British custom!...