| 单词 | to be off one's game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be off one's game j. A person's performance in a particular game; the normal standard of a person's play. Also in extended use. to be on one's game: to be playing well, to be on good form; similarly to be off one's game: to be out of form.to raise one's game: see raise v.1 Phrases 6. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > standard of performance game1848 society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [verb (intransitive)] > good or bad standard of performance to be off one's game1848 to hit the highlights1923 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > there is much success [phrase] > play one's part well or badly to play a good stick1741 to be on one's game1920 1848 Cork Mag. Jan. 145 I wasn't a bad hand at a cue either—not that I'm getting old, and my sight is as sharp as a needle; but I'm thrown off my game somehow, by those new inventions. 1849 E. R. Mardon Billiards (ed. 2) 10 His nerves..incapacitated him from playing up to his game, when opposed to a player of nearly equal merit. 1873 J. Blackwood Let. 7 June in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1955) V. 421 I..backed Tommy when most folk thought he was off his game! 1891 H. G. Hutchinson Hints on Golf (ed. 6) 16 What am I doing wrong, Tom? I'm quite off my game. 1904 S. A. Mussabini Mannock's Billiards i. 23 It is wonderful how strength of nerve improves with the strength of one's game. 1920 Westm. Gaz. 16 Oct. 2/2 Their disregard of the recognized rules was accentuated by the fact that neither man was on his game. 1989 R. Joseph Neuropsychol., Neuropsychiatry, & Behavioral Neurol. i. 14 His golf game had deteriorated significantly and he was no longer as accurate when throwing wads of paper into the trash can in his office. 2005 GQ Sept. 244/1 Ronaldo..describes English defenders as ‘strong and intimidating’, but that certainly hasn't put him off his game. < as lemmas |
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