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Sport
- Football
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- Do you want to watch some footie? / the match? - Fancy
going to watch football?
- They really took a hammering. / took a thrashing.
- They lost the game badly.
- They're playing at home / away - The
team is playing the match at their own ground. / at the opposing
team's ground.
- He lives and breathes the game! / Football's his
life! / Football's in his blood! - He's
a total football fanatic!
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Music
Health
Sport
Relationships
Food
Going out
Moods
Work
Texting
Money
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Football
commentators
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- He covers every blade of grass. - He's
an energetic player.
- He goes in where the boots are flying! - He's
a player who is always at the centre of the action!
- It's handbags at six paces! - There's
a mild disagreement on the pitch [a reference to how women might
flick their handbags at each other but not get into a serious
argument].
- He keeps it tight at the back. - The
player makes sure the defence is well organised.
- The keeper keeps a tight sheet. - The
goalkeeper [goalie] doesn't let many goals in.
- He's lethal in the air! - He'a
good at using his head to hit the ball.
- A netbuster - A powerful shot
which is in danger of breaking the goal's net!
- He teases the full back - He makes
it difficult for the defence to get the ball!
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What
you hear at the match
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- Lollipop! - Putting the ball through
the goalie's legs.
- Man / woman on! - A warning that
a player is about to be tackled.
- Keep it on the carpet! - Keep
the ball on the pitch!
- 'Who ate all the pies?' - This
might be shouted to someone who looks overweight.
- The ref needs specs!/Use your eyes, ref! - The
referee needs glasses!
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Sporting
metaphors used in news reporting
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- The starting gun has been fired. - [Athletics]
A campaign has begun.
- In a bunker - [Golf] In a difficult
position (On a golf course, the bunkers are full of sand.)
- To score an own goal - [Football]
To act against your party; to accidentally score against your
own team.
- To have no stomach for a fight. -
[Boxing] To have no energy for a confrontation.
- The talks have reached stalemate. - [Chess]
A situation where neither side in negotiation can progress.
- It's not a level playing field. - [Football]
If the pitch is not level, one side has an unfair advantage.
- That'll be a photo finish. - [Horseracing]
It's a very close finish.
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Lingo
Challenge |
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Try using as many of these phrases
as you can in a one-minute conversation! How many will you manage
to use? Have fun!
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