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A double whammy idiom of American English wherein you have to understand baseball to perceive the meaning. Do Europeans have idioms regarding soccer?
by ipnon 4y ago
A double whammy idiom of American English wherein you have to understand baseball to perceive the meaning. Do Europeans have idioms regarding soccer?
- bilekas 4y agoIn Ireland kissing was called `scoring` .. "Did you score ?" Looking back it, seems really strange.
- bee_rider 4y agoThat expression is also used in the US. I don't think it is soccer specific, the objective of almost every game is scoring.
- HWR_14 4y agoI feel like UK (and Indian, Australian, NZ, Pakistani...) English must have idioms concerning Cricket.
- piaste 4y ago"[Scoring] an own goal" comes to mind, and I think "hat trick" comes from football too. Italian has a few more as wlel.