单词	eight balls
释义	eight ball noun 1 : a black pool ball numbered 8 2 : misfit Phrases behind the eight ball : in a highly disadvantageous position Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me, Nine kids a-barfing, an eight ball of cocaine, seven stripping Susans, six kinds of chutney, five hundred miles both ways! The Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2020 Long-term injuries to pitchers Adbert Alzolay and Codi Heuer put them behind the eight ball, and starter Wade Miley also is out to begin the season. Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2022 Iowa, building an impressive résumé for a squad that started behind the eight ball. New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022 Tuesday’s speech provides the President the opportunity to get out from behind the eight ball. Felicia Wong, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2022 The pandemic put Johnson behind the eight ball in 2022. Stephen Means, cleveland, 8 Jan. 2022 The pandemic and everything else put the club behind the eight ball. Joe Noga, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2021 Firefighters, teachers, police and other workers in four other states that have cut the increases entirely — Iowa, New Jersey, Washington and Wyoming — are now behind the eight ball. NBC News, 19 Nov. 2021 The Delaware senator promised that Biden would not show up in Scotland behind the eight ball on the issue of climate. Andrew Murray, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 1932, in the meaning defined at sense 1 eight balls noun plural of eight ball as in free spirits Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance free spirits enfants terribles lone rangers lone wolves outsiders nonconformers misfits counterculturists mavericks deviants individualists nonconformists heretics bohemians iconoclasts loners nuts crackbrains freethinkers eccentrics weirdos oddballs kooks bohos codgers anomalies cranks screwballs crackpots aberrants freaks characters Antonyms & Near Antonyms supporters adherents sheep followers conformists conformers
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