单词 | whole new ballgame, a |
释义 | whole new ballgame, aA completely altered situation, as in It will take a year to reassign the staff, and by then some will have quit and we'll have a whole new ballgame. This expression comes from baseball, where it signifies a complete turn of events, as when the team that was ahead falls behind. [Colloquial; 1960s] Words nearby whole new ballgame, aawhato, awheel, awhile, a while back, awhirl, whole new ballgame, a, awkward, awkward age, awl, awless, awl-shaped The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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