| 单词 | anybody's game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasanybody's game (also race, match) P2. anybody's game (also race, match) and variants: a contest which either side or any competitor could win; an evenly balanced contest. Also figurative. Cf. anyone's game (also match, race) at anyone pron. Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > types of all comersc1450 after-gamea1500 fore-game1594 revenge1616 plate1639 set-to1743 return match1753 bye1754 scrub-race1791 anybody's game (also race, match)1826 return1834 barney1843 bonspiel1858 handicap1861 pennant1865 home-and-home1868 benefit match1871 run-off1873 international1877 American tournament1878 Grand Prix1879 single1884 friendly1885 all-comers1889 pair1890 championship1893 round robin1894 replay1895 Olympiad1896 junior varsity1902 lightning tournament1903 rematch1903 road trip1903 pickup1905 freestyle1906 marathon1908 test1908 Derby1909 scrimmage1910 eliminator1911 twosome1911 triala1914 quadrangular1916 slug-fest1916 varsity match1921 needle contest1922 curtain jerker1923 needle match1923 open1926 needle fight1927 knock-out1928 shirt1930 masters1933 pro-amateur1934 tune-up1934 World Cup1934 pro-am1937 state1941 sizzler1942 runathon1943 mismatch1954 run-out1955 match-up1959 squeaker1961 triple-header1961 Super Bowl1967 invitational1968 needle game1970 major1976 slobberknocker1986 1826 Sporting Mag. Mar. 348/2 For the first mile there was little advantage on either side, and it was anybody's race. 1853 F. Gale Public School Matches 58 Sixty-nine runs and six wickets down; anybody's match, by jingo! 1865 J. Pycroft Cricketana vii. 152 Last year's match had been left unfinished, just in that interesting state in which it is called ‘anybody's game’. 1898 Forum Jan. 576 In Greater New York, it was what is called ‘anybody's race’, till close upon the day of election. 1903 Triangle (N.Y. Univ.) 27 Oct. 43/1 Until the last whistle blew the game was anybody's. 1931 Boys' Life Aug. 47/3 Scotty..drives his ball into the very same bunker with Dave. ‘Ho! Ho!’ laughs the crowd. ‘It's anybody's match yet.’ 1997 N.Y. Times 25 July c22/5 ‘With 50 yards to go,’ Lukas said, ‘it was anybody's race.’ 2011 Western Mail (Nexis) 5 Dec. (Sport) 2 Wales fought valiantly and ensured it was anybody's game at the start of the second [half] with Gatland's men leading 6-3. < as lemmas |
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