| 单词 | on the game |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the game PhrasesΚΠ 1530 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expences Henry VIII (1827) 17 Item..paide..to Domyngo for soo moche money As his grace loste to him at game, iiij C li. 1560 W. Baldwin Funeralles Edward VI sig. Aivv See thou looke Thou harme him not while he is at his booke,..Neyther yet at game so it be voyd of vice. 1619 T. Gataker Of Nature & Use Lots viii. 250 (side note) The example of him that hanged himselfe in Trinitie Coll. Hall, where he had lost his money at game the night before. 1696 L. Meriton Pecuniæ obediunt Omnia xlvii. 33 The dearest Friends will Quarrel to such height When they're at Game, they'l one another Fight. 1715 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Wks. 208 There was a numerous Assembly of Persons of Distinction, several Tables where they were at Game. 1755 T. Blackwell Mem. Court of Augustus II. ix. 398 Seeing the Triumvir one day pensive after being worsted at Game by Cesar. 1899 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 12 7 [He] had won at game, from the people of the Blue House.., two shells of enormous size. P2. Sport (originally U.S.). back (also still) in the game and variants: (a) once again (or still) having a chance of winning; (b) (in extended use) once again (or still) active in some area, or able to succeed in some activity. Cf. out of the game at Phrases 7. ΚΠ 1890 Lebanon (Pa.) Daily News 28 June Altoona showed that they were still in the game by scoring twice. 1900 Washington Post 23 July 8/4 Larry Lajoie has demonstrated that he is back in the game again. He is swatting out singles and triples and stealing bases as of yore. 1958 Times 30 Oct. 3/2 For a short space Surrey were in the game again, though by now they were all very weary. 1984 Computerworld 24 Dec. 50/2 It was an important commercial to run because it was a statement that Apple was still in the game. 1995 C. L. R. James in H. McD. Beckles & B. Stoddart Liberation Cricket 291 Trumper and Hill..by brilliant and courageous batting were putting Australia back in the game. 2009 B. Andrews His Secret Agenda 53 She hadn't pushed him away—or hauled off and slapped him. So he was still in the game. P3. in game. a. In jest. Cf. sense 3. In early use also †on game.Now only in explicit contrast to in earnest. ΚΠ c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) l. 1716 Hise wif dede ubbe sone in fete And til hire seyde, al on gamen. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3498 Tac ðu nogt in idel min name, Ne swer it les to fele in gamen. c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 111 A preost Edmond..seide in game, ‘Why chese ȝe nouȝt me myself?’ a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) v. §6. 19 Til perfite men it falles not to leghe, nouþer in ernest ne in gamen. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 240 As waggish boyes, in game, themselues forsweare. View more context for this quotation 1617 J. Davies Wits Bedlam sig. F3v Yet run'st from me in Earnest, and in Game, Though oft I write with thee, to spread thy fame! 1792 Ld. Mountmorres Hist. Irish Parl. 1634–66 I. 25 In words the king seemed to give him leave to follow his device; but to say the truth, it was rather in game than in earnest, for the king minded nothing less. 1898 Harvard Monthly Oct. 46 Contributors to these pages have for the most part taken their work in earnest rather than in game; they have in the main been truly serious. 1996 I. Johnson in C. Given-Wilson Illustr. Hist. Late Medieval Eng. 140 Some are in game, others in earnest, some both. ΚΠ 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 7 These houndes..vse not that liberty to raunge at wil, which they haue otherwise when they are in game. ΚΠ ?a1300 Iacob & Iosep (Bodl.) (1916) l. 329 (MED) Into Egipte to sende þuncheþ me no gome. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 3116 Þan answerd þe riche soudan, Þat hadde no gamen of þan. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 3445 Now ho [sc. Rebecca] bredis twa for ane. of twynlynges þat hir þuȝt na gam [Vesp., Gött., Trin. Cambr. gamen]. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 136 (MED) If j ete it, grace dieu wolde holde it no game [Fr. nen seroit pas contente]. 1560 E. More Lytle Treat. Def. Women sig. B.iiiv Of loue..the woe and smart Thought more heuye then the ledde lyeth at the louers hart As I my selfe may wel affyrme..And so may moe as well as I, that count it now no game. ΚΠ a1450 Seven Sages (Cambr. Dd.1.17) (1845) l. 1454 My wyf hase put in the pyne In the dore oppon hyre game. a1500 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Lamb.) (1969) l. 65 While J was at home, My moder, on [a1500 Calig. yn] hir game, Clepped me Bewfice. P6. slang. on the game. a. Engaged in stealing, burglary, or the like. Also upon the game. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > by or in manner of theft [phrase] > engaged in theft on the game1839 upon (also on) the town1842 at or on the creep1928 on the knock-off1936 1739Upon the Old Game [see sense 7d]. 1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 163/1 On the game, thieving. 1892 Proc. Central Criminal Court 12 Sept. 1352 When he was charged he said, ‘Several of them have been on the game; I was pinched, and I kept the boots.’ 1905 Daily Chron. 14 Apr. 6/6 Paolillo pressed me to go out ‘on the game’. 1928 M. C. Sharpe Chicago May (1929) 33 He put her on the game (had her taught thieving). b. Engaged in prostitution. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > engaged in prostitution [phrase] upon the town1712 on (or upon) the loose1749 on the turf1860 on the game1898 on the bash1936 on the knock1969 1898 Daily News 21 July 8/6 The prosecutrix pestered her to ‘go on the game’, i.e. the streets. c1907 C. W. Chandler Darkest Adelaide 10/2 Like most females on the game, she thought it handy to keep a man about her premises. 1930 Sporting Times 1 Nov. 3/5 A large number of ladies of easy virtue are ‘on the game’. 1963 T. Morris & P. Morris Pentonville viii. 191 This is almost certainly an underestimate of the number who are either married to prostitutes or have women ‘on the game’ as an additional source of income. 2000 F. Keane Stranger's Eye 85 They took her fast and far. Down to London, where she went on the game to get money for her habit. P7. out of the game. a. Not engaged in one's accustomed or proper occupation. Also out of one's game. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1708 J. Hughes tr. B. Le Bovier de Fontenelle Dialogues of Dead 150 None are call'd Fools by all People, but some certain Fools who are out of the Game, as it were, and whose Folly is not in Tune with the rest, nor enters into the ordinary Commerce of Life. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. iv. ii. 218 Having each of 'em their proper Chase or Business, if they [sc. hounds] were once out of their Game, chamber'd, or kept idle, they were the same as if taken out of their Element. b. Out of play, outside the field or range of play, not available to be played. Also out of a person's game.Evidence for the phrase within one's game (see quot. 1898) is lacking. ΚΠ 1866 London Society June 516/2 After a [croquet] ball has left the boundary it is out of the game till replaced. 1874 J. D. Heath Compl. Croquet-player ii. 62 Red,..thinking himself unlikely to hit, finesses, remaining out of Black's game, at Red. 1898 N.E.D. at Game sb. Within, out of (one's) game, within, out of one's range of play (in Croquet, etc.). 1903 Enquire within upon Everything (ed. 100) 408/2 A player who pegs out a rover by a first hit cannot take croquet from it, as the ball is out of the game. 1998 J. T. Gonçalves Princ. Brazilian Soccer vii. 264 Always come back to your zone and identify the player you are responsible for as soon as the ball is out of the game. c. Sport. No longer able or permitted to play, disqualified; (in extended use) no longer taking part in some activity, esp. due to incapacity. Also out the game (chiefly Scottish). Cf. back (also still) in the game at Phrases 2. ΚΠ 1871 Rugby Union Rules §73 in Football Ann. Every player when off-side is out of the game and shall not touch the ball..until he is again on side. 1924 Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Maryland) 16 Aug. 8/1 Just when St. Martin had the Raiders going along at top speed Bartels runs in trouble and will be out of the game for some time. 1961 J. S. Salak Dict. Amer. Sports 328 Pinch runner (baseball, softball), a substitute runner for a teammate who has reached a base, the original runner being out of the game from that time on. 1975 B. Bryden Benny Lynch ii. 49 Tell 'im you're oot the game an' tryin' tae go hame to face the wife. 1993 ‘A. McNab’ Bravo Two Zero (1994) xi. 320 At this stage I was totally out of the game anyway. My teeth were agony. 2003 K. Sampson Freshers 177 My recall becomes..focused again. Adie, by anybody's standards, was out of the game by now. P8. to give the game away: to reveal some secret or hidden fact, esp. inadvertently. ΚΠ 1883 Evening Gaz. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 13 June They tried to decoy the jailer into their cell to throw it [sc. cayenne pepper] into his eyes and secure the keys, but another prisoner gave the game away. 1974 New Scientist 2 May (Suppl.) 15/1 It is often difficult..for a company to keep secret the fact that it is doing in-house research in a particular area; purchase of specialist equipment..can be sufficient to give the game away. 1991 A. Carter Wise Children (1992) i. 46 Her cheeks give the game away; they've got that tight, full, shiny chipmunk look that spells out: facelift. 2003 M. Arnold Game with Dice (2004) vi. 254 I was sure that Aunt was not aware of..the gift and puzzled how I could thank Uncle Max without giving the game away. P9. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > banter [verb (transitive)] > make fun of to have (also i-do) (something) to gameeOE to make (a) game of (also at, on)?c1250 overmirtha1400 sporta1533 to make a sport of1535 to make (up) a lip1546 to give one a (or the) gleek1567 to make a May game of1569 to play with a person's nose1579 to make merry over (also with)1621 game1699 to make fun of1732 hit1843 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xxxvi. 247 Hwæt sceal ic ðonne buton hliehchan ðæs, ðonne ge to lose weorðað, & habban me ðæt to gamene [L. subsannabo]? OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xiv. 144 Þæra cempena hosp, hæfde getacnunge, on gastlicum ðingum: þæt hi him to gamene gedydon... Hi cwædon mid hospe, þæt he cyning wære, se ðe soðlice is þeoda wealdend. b. to make (a) game of (also at, †on): to make fun of; to make an object of ridicule or amusement. Also †to make one's game. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > banter [verb (transitive)] > make fun of to have (also i-do) (something) to gameeOE to make (a) game of (also at, on)?c1250 overmirtha1400 sporta1533 to make a sport of1535 to make (up) a lip1546 to give one a (or the) gleek1567 to make a May game of1569 to play with a person's nose1579 to make merry over (also with)1621 game1699 to make fun of1732 hit1843 ?c1250 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 109 (MED) Of þe king he [sc. the Jews] meden game. c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 18 Hym þynkeþ not ynow to despise in his herte oþere þat han not þe graces þat he weneþ haue, but makeþ his game and scorneþ. a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) l. 226 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 88 When y speke, after my best avise, ye set it at nought, but make therof a game. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) lxvi. 22 Vengeaunce shall fall on thy disdain That makest but game on ernest pain. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 717 You would laugh and make a game of mee, as if I had overdunke my selfe, and taken one cup to many. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1331 Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels On my refusal to distress me more, Or make a game of my calamities? View more context for this quotation 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. F. Regnard & C. Dufresny Fair of St. Germain Prol. Am I crooked or blind, that you make Game of me thus. 1745 in D. Mackinnon Origin & Services Coldstream Guards (1833) II. App. 341 If the militia are reviewed to-morrow by his Majesty, the soldiers of the three regiments of Guards are to behave civilly, and not to laugh or make any game of them. 1757 J. Buchanan Linguæ Britannicæ Vera Pronunciatio Flout, to mock, jeer, or make game at a person. a1810 S. Trimmer Two Farmers (1829) 26 Mrs. Mills..made great game of her and her husband. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vi. 72 She had all the talents which qualified her..to make game of his scruples. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 211 They fancied that Ctesippus was making game of them. 1905 H. G. Wells Kipps in Pall Mall Mag. Nov. 640/2 Thanking you kindly, but I don't have no butcher-boys making game at [1st book ed. of] me. 1919 F. S. Faust Riders of Silences (1920) xviii. 144 She cried with a little burst of rage: ‘Pierre, you are making a game of me!’ 1957 W. Bridges-Adams Irresistible Theatre ii. xxiv. 276 It is all too easy to make game of such plays by strictly factual narration and by quoting whatever seems excessively pretentious or absurd. 1989 P. D. Goldsmith When I rise cryin' Holy iv. 81 There are still a few people who will giggle, laugh, or openly make game at you if you get excited in the church. 2002 B. Miller Pretender iv. 54 Juliet started to get angry when she began to suspect Draco was making game of her, but what could she do? c. to make game. ΚΠ c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 73 She koude skippe and make game As any kyde or Calf folwynge his dame. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 1011 This artificers..Talken and syng, and make game and play..But we labour in trauaillous stilnesse. (b) To do something in fun or in jest; to make or have fun; (occasionally) to pretend to do something. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [verb (intransitive)] > pretend for fun to make game1870 1754 Universal Advertiser 28 May From your Paper it appears they were only making Game, and cossing the Gentleman all the while. 1785 R. Hunter Jrnl. 20 June in Quebec to Carolina (1943) (modernized text) ii. 60 Some pretty women..called us bougres because we behaved politely to them, though they thought we were making game. 1840 J. Hills tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust 209 Now I 'm quite sure you 're only making game! Are stooping thus but to enjoy my shame! 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood iii. 16 Some of the girls made game to be their brothers. 1918 H. H. Reichard Pennsylvania-German Dial. Writings 239 The sarcastic comment is mingled with such playful humor that it is often difficult to tell whether the writer is in earnest or only making game. d. †to make a saving game of: to make good what one has lost in (a particular set of circumstances) in the end; to salvage (a situation). Chiefly in to make a saving game of it. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > recovery from misfortune, error, etc. > [verb (transitive)] overcomea1225 recoverc1330 overputa1382 overpassa1387 passa1500 digest1577 to put over1593 outwear1598 overseta1600 to make a saving game of it1600 repassa1631 to get over ——1662 overgeta1729 overcast1788 overa1800 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxvi. 612 Semblably the Carthaginians, as they lost Capua, so they woon Tarentum, and made a saving game of it. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 53 The Commons..thought themselves worsted, should he now at last make a saving game of it. a1776 D. Hume Dialogues Nat. Relig. (1779) xii. 145 The utmost a wise magistrate can propose with regard to popular religions, is, as far as possible, to make a saving game of it, and to prevent their pernicious consequences with regard to society. a1872 J. Poole Wife's Stratagem (1884) iii. i. 15/2 All this is the work of my own precious industry... How shall I make a saving game of this? 1925 C. W. Hendel Stud. Philos. David Hume xiii. 393 The wise statesman who is obliged to have dealings with popular religion only tries to make ‘a saving game of it’, so far as society is concerned, by dissociating the authority of the government from that of the ecclesiastical institution. P10. U.S. colloquial (esp. in African-American usage). to run (also put up, whip, etc.) a (also the) game: to employ trickery or deception; to get the better of someone; (later also) to tell a fib, to be kidding. Frequently with on. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > defraud or swindle [verb (intransitive)] to pull a finchc1386 to bore a person's nose?1577 to wipe a person's nose1577 verse1591 lurch1593 to grope a gull1594 cheat1647 to lick (another's) fingers1656 to live upon the shark1694 sharp1709 fineer1765 to pluck a pigeon1769 swindle1769 to run a game1894 to sell (a person) a pup1901 scam1963 1894 Cent. Mag. Mar. 643/2 If he thinks we 're puttin' up a game on him, tell him this. 1918 J. Gregory Six Feet Four xv. 156 How do I know you're tellin' me the truth?.. How do I know you aint puttin' up a game on me? 1961 H. Ellison Gentleman Junkie 149 Stop tryin' to whup the game on me, boy. 1966 R. Ostermann Crime in Amer. 104/2 These kids would spot that in a minute..and start running a game on you. 1969 R. L. Keiser Vice Lords iv. 43 Successfully manipulating others is called ‘whupping the game’. 1973 T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out 162 Other operators on the street who are looking for a chance to ‘whup’ (Chicago) or ‘run’ (Los Angeles, New York) ‘a game’ (trick someone out of some money) are known as ‘slicks’ or ‘slicksters’. 1974 H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens ii. 30 This is..the behavior that urban blacks use to ‘run a game on the man’. 1997 D. Simon & E. Burns Corner 240 Fran Boyd goes out of the Dew Drop on a late morning, runs a game on Buster to get right. 2011 ‘Ice T’ & D. Century Ice 73 ‘We could get you in the studio right now.’ I didn't know if he was running a game on me or not, but what the hell? P11. coarse slang (chiefly British). In imperative. sod (bugger, fuck, etc.) this for a game of soldiers and variants: expressing exasperation at a situation or course of action, typically with the implication that one intends to leave or give up. ΚΠ 1959 W. Hall Long & Short & Tall (1961) 29 You can stick this for a game of soldiers. 1975 Times 11 Aug. 10/4 As General Sir Harry Tuzo might well have concluded, * * * that for a game of soldiers. 1978 K. Williams Diary 2 Apr. (1993) 557 Fuck this for a game of marbles: I'm joining the Anarchists. 1992 Q Apr. 7/4 The person I was before last March would have said, Bugger this for a game of soldiers. 1999 R. T. Davies Queer as Folk: Scripts Episode 4. 92 She's fab, worked as a bodyguard for the Aga Khan, took a bullet in '76, thought sod this for a game of soldiers, took to the road, never been home since. 2005 R. Bean Harvest 104 Fuck this for a game of soldiers, I think I'll sign on and do a bit of nicking. P12. a. the game is up: the game has finished, usually badly; (in extended use) a good outcome is now no longer possible. Now used esp. to indicate that a plan, esp. one involving deception or concealment, has been uncovered. ΚΠ 1599 ‘T. Cutwode’ Caltha Poetarum sig. E7 The scantlin won, the winners must cry whup, The goale is got, and now the game is vp. 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? xlii. 288 Heere (no doubt) the game is vp for Saint Augustine. Fire after this life, and yet not eternall: therefore of Purgatory, no question. 1679 T. Shadwell True Widow ii. 25 The Game were up betwixt us, and there were no more to do but to pay the stakes, and then to something else. 1717 C. Bullock Woman is Riddle ii. 18 Before the game's up, I have a Bisk in my sleeve, an appeal to the House of Peers. 1792 T. Holcroft Road to Ruin iii. 51 Must not lose her; the game's up if I do! 1814 Prince William Let. 18 Feb. in P. Ziegler King William IV (1971) ix. 115 The game is up with Bonaparte and I shall be in at the kill. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. vi. 558 Godwine might well think the game was up. 1904 F. Rolfe Hadrian VII Prooimion 5 Any popular feeling must sooner or later touch the Army, and if the soldiers cannot be depended upon to shoot, the game of absolutism is up. 1953 J. Wain Hurry on Down (1960) 90 Now that for one of them the game was up, that bond parted easily and at once. 1989 Judy 2 Dec. 25 Oh no!.. She knows who I am. If she sees me, the game's up! 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 May 11/2 He conjures up the father of Colin Wilson's girlfriend bursting into the young fornicator's flat brandishing a horsewhip and shouting, ‘Aha, Wilson, the game is up!’ b. the game is over: ‘all is lost’; there is nothing further to be done or gained. ΚΠ 1756 Monitor 7 Aug. 316 Put things at the worst; that Boscawen be beat; have we not still a vast reserve of men of war in our home ports? are they to be beat too?—why! then the game is over. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lv. 489 The game, in her opinion, was over in that little domestic establishment. 1899 Practitioner Feb. 191 After that, of course, the game was over. It put his back up for good and all. 1914 Scribner's Mag. Nov. 636/2 We grounded again with a shock... In the succeeding pause I heard the stranger's shout. ‘God—the game's over.’ 1997 J. Collins Vendetta ix. 94 From a distance she could pass for a woman in her late fifties, but close up, the game was over. c. game over: (a) used at the end of an arcade, video, computer, etc., game to signal that the session or period of play is over (frequently attributive); also figurative; (b) (originally Canadian Sport) used to indicate that a match, game, etc., is finished, or as good as finished, esp. that it has been definitively won or irretrievably lost by some piece of play; (c) slang used to indicate that a situation is regarded as irreversible or hopeless.Cf. game on at Phrases 17d. ΚΠ 1948 Billboard 27 Nov. 157/4 New board's scoreboard..lights up at all times. When game is completed, scoreboard reads ‘game over’. 1949 Billboard 22 Oct. 70/4 Other features of the new scorer are..an electric coin counter, a game-over light and a play credit light. 1955 Winnipeg Free Press 18 Apr. 19/3 Georgette Decru and Jackie Masson..then made good on foul shots and it was game over. 1959 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 2 July 10/5 But at this point Bentley MacEwen lost his magic... When his control deserted him, it was game over. 1971 Pas (Manitoba) Herald 12 May 23/4 Hustle yourself off down to their second meeting May 17. If you don't then it's game over. 1977 Washington Post 13 Oct. (District Weekly section) dc2/5 As soon as the [video-game] machine read ‘Game Over’, Baseball Bill was at the bar. 1990 Times 3 Dec. 26/6 (headline) Canny investors watch for the ‘game over’ sign. 2009 S. Ellis & P. Junor Man who lives with Wolves xi. 90 If you inadvertently surprised a bear.., it could be game over very quickly. P13. two can play at that game and variants: others can act in a similar way or have similar experiences; the same treatment can be meted out in return (often said to indicate one's readiness to match the actions of another). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > another may act in similar way [phrase] two can play at that game1791 1791 G. Morris Diary (1939) II. x. 328 The People are not very fond of them [sc. riots] when they find that Death is a Game which two can play at. 1804 ‘H. F. Glysticus’ Tears of Camphor I. x. 273 Ah Ma'am, but as the jack-ass driver said, there's two can play at that game. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. iii. 79 I'll show you that two can play at the game of wrestling. 1883 R. Broughton Belinda I. i. x. 188 Belinda's answer is to quicken her pace and race up the remaining steps. ‘Two can play at that game,’ says Sarah, springing after her. 1955 G. Greene Quiet Amer. i. iv. 60 They must have been caught in a cross-fire, trying to get back, and I suppose every man of us along the bank was thinking, ‘Two can play at that game.’ 1988 J. McInerney Story of my Life viii. 133 I keep trying Dean and getting his machine and so finally I go, okay, two can play that game. 2010 D. Freitas This Gorgeous Game 5 Still staring at me from the coffee table is this story I've got to read. I give the stack a good glare back—two can play at that game. P14. what's your (also his, her, etc.) game?: (a) used to determine a person's preferred choice of (esp. card) games; (b) used to ascertain the particular business or interest of a person; (c) used to gain an understanding of the plan, actions, or motives of a person, esp. when regarded as suspect: ‘what are you doing?’, ‘what's going on?’ ΚΠ 1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque D 2 b Scat. Come Gentlemen, what's your game? Sta. Why Gleeke, that's your onely game. a1817 J. Austen Watsons in Wks. (1954) VI. 355 ‘What's your Game?’—cried he, as they stood round the Table.—‘Speculation I beleive,’ said Elizth. 1846 C. Rowcroft Bush Ranger of Van Diemen's Land 118 ‘This is our way,’ said Brandon, pointing to the track. Grough demurred—‘What's your game, Mark?’ 1880 Punch 6 Nov. 215/1 I says, ‘What's his game?’ and he says, ‘Why he's the great man in the Anti-Tobacco Society.’ 1916 ‘J. E. Buckrose’ Matchmakers 208 ‘Come in for a game of cards to-night?’ said Tremaine... ‘What's your game?’ ‘Snap,’ said Jack, swaggering. ‘I'll bring me own pack.’ 1952 C. Simpson Come away, Pearler 108 What's her game, Ty? Is she doing this to get a ride to Darwin? 2006 M. Keyes Anybody out There? (2007) 90 After a while, she abruptly stopped ranting, looked at me through eyes narrowed with suspicion, and said, ‘What's your game?’ P15. Used in sense 1, in idiomatic collocation with certain (broadly synonymous) nouns, as game and glee (also game and joy, game and play, game and solace, etc.); similarly glee and game, etc. Now rare (archaic in later use). ΚΠ OE Beowulf (2008) 3021 Nu se herewisa hleahtor alegde, gamen ond gleodream. a1200 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Trin. Cambr.) 292 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 229 (MED) Nis hit bute gamen and glie of þat man mai here drie. a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 119 (MED) Þer nis nouþer gome ne gleo, auȝ þer is pine wiþ-ute fin. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 370 To honti & to winne is mete & to abbe solas & game. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1918 A loghe þai founden made, Was ful of gamen and play. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Sir Thopas (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 128 Hys murye men comanded he To make hym bothe game and glee. c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 3199 (MED) So thay livede in ioye and game. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1188 Come þe batemen with gamen and gle. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 465 [Bruce] maid yaim gamyn and solace. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. liiiv It is conuenyent for euery man..to haue play and game acordynge to his degre. 1549 J. Hopkins Psalmes of Dauid in Metre xxxiii, in T. Sternhold Al Such Psalmes of Dauid sig. G.vi Our soule in God hath ioy and game. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus iv. f. 58v All game and gle fra me euer adew. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 68 Of gemm or play..was nother want nor skant. 1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. A4 Calfe great, in whose conceit Lay much game and glee. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. i. 20 We've invited Nibours auld and young, To pass this Afternoon with Glee and Game. 1771 T. Percy Hermit of Warkworth iii. 33 All Minstrels yet that ever I saw, Are full of game and glee: But thou art sad and woe-begone! 1835 J. Galt Efforts 33 Fairies, 'tis known, are Sprites of glee and game. 1868 T. Wright tr. P. de Langtoft Chron. II. 369 No soul wonders there was game and joy [Fr. jeu et joe] enough. 1877 W. Morris Sigurd i. 64 Tomorn shalt thou have thine answer that thine heart may the lighter be For the hearkening of harp and songcraft, and the dealing with game and glee. 1894 C. H. Herford tr. H. Ibsen Brand i. 28 Thou saw'st it not for game and glee Ere with his cry he startled thee. 1903 R. Proctor tr. Story of Laxdalers 147 After that fared forth the glee and game. 1915 A. S. Cook tr. P. Suchenwirt in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 14 384 When many of them had been slain, and their wives and children captured, great was the joy and game of the men-at-arms. P16. game of chance: a game in which the outcome is dependent on luck or chance, rather than the skill of the player; (in extended use) an event, process, or phenomenon over which one has no control. ΚΠ 1660 G. Havers tr. M. de Scudéry Clelia IV. ii. 128 Amongst the rest..there was introduc'd a kind of a game of chance. 1709 J. Edwards Preacher iii. 197 They Condemn all Playing at Cards, viz. because it is a Game of Chance. 1806 Ann. Reg. 388 An unlawful game of chance,..formerly known by the name of the Little Go. 1857 R. Whately Introd. Lessons on Morals xviii. 153 (note) People may..play at games of chance without any stake at all. And..at billiards, which is altogether a game of skill, much gambling often takes place. 1922 Child Labor Oyster & Shrimp Canning Communities (U.S. Dept. Labor: Children's Bureau Publ. No. 98.) 46 A captain of one of the cannery boats said, ‘It all depends on the weather in our work, and the weather is something you never can count on. It's a game of chance.’ 1979 Technol. Rev. Mar. b23 Unlike chess, which has limited predictable moves, winks is a game of chance as well as skill. 2007 L. A. Smith Chaos: Very Short Introd. i. 19 [He] was fond of..games of chance, especially those in which chance played a somewhat lesser role that the participants happened to believe. P17. a. Originally Cards. game and game: (a) = game all at Phrases 17b(b); (in extended use) level pegging; (b) used to indicate that a contest is closely fought, with games being won by each player alternately. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > draw or tie tie1680 patt1735 love1742 tie game1742 game and game1745 draw1823 standoff1842 split1967 1745 Lady S. Cowper in M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. vii. 356 The soldiers have spirit enough to undertake anything, and say that they don't doubt of ‘winning the rubber’, that Dettingen and Fontenoy are ‘only game and game’. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 230 We were often game and game in the last before victory declared itself. 1878 Times 17 July 7/5 The first set the players were game and game until the score was called three games all. 1890 Sat. Rev. 22 Mar. 336/2 A party..who would be not only Ultramontane, but ultrahuman, if they did not feel disposed to play out the rubber in which they and Prince Bismarck may be said to be, after a fashion, game and game. 1908 J. A. Altsheler Forest Runners xv. 258 ‘You're even, as it's game and game,’ said Paul, ‘so let's rest now.’ 1934 Port Arthur (Texas) News 5 Oct. 16/1 The world series came to St. Louis today, tied at game and game. b. (a) Real Tennis and Tennis. games all: the score of five games each. Now rare.This marks a significant juncture in a set. If this score is reached in real tennis, a final deciding game is played, and in lawn tennis the set continues until one player has a two-game lead. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > score or stage of game match ball1849 game ball1853 games all1853 game, set, and match1879 vantage1884 advantage point1889 game point1903 ad1915 match point1921 van1927 set point1928 ad point1939 break point1975 mini-break1981 1853 Bentley's Misc. 34 446 They..agreed to play a third [set] in order to decide the match, but this arriving at games all, they recommenced the set. 1878 Laws of Lawn-Tennis 12 If both players win five games, the score is called games-all. 1933 Amer. Lawn Tennis 20 June 9/1 Jack came to life in time to turn a 5-1, 40-30 advantage in the third set into games-all. (b) Bridge. game all: one game to each side. Cf. all adv. 10. ΚΠ 1903 Lady's Realm Nov. 71/2 That is game all, then. Cut, please, Willie. 1955 Times 6 July 4/7 At game all, 60 all, you have opened 1 Heart. 1999 D. Roth Focus on Bidding 76 You have preempted as South, having dealt at game all. c. game, set, and match: (a) Tennis victory in a tennis match (by winning the deciding game of a set which is the last set required to win); (b) (in extended use) a complete and decisive victory. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [noun] > score or stage of game match ball1849 game ball1853 games all1853 game, set, and match1879 vantage1884 advantage point1889 game point1903 ad1915 match point1921 van1927 set point1928 ad point1939 break point1975 mini-break1981 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > ultimate success or victory > complete checkmate1520 grand slam1905 game, set, and match1968 1879 Morning Post 10 July 6/4 Mr. Tabor then won the two following strokes which gave him the game set and match. 1939 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Oct. 810/1 We give Dr. Jerger best: game, set, and match to him. 1968 Listener 15 Aug. 210/2 This seemed to be game, set and match to the garage. 1971 Playboy June 250/1 He picks it up with a half volley. Metreveli puts it away. Game, set, and match to Metreveli and Miss Morozova. 2005 J. Aitken Porridge & Passion x. 152 It was game, set and match to me, the defendant, while the unfortunate plaintiff..had to endure many critical newspaper headlines. d. colloquial (originally Darts). game on (also it's game on): (a) used to signal that play can begin, or that competition has resumed (esp. in earnest), in a game, match, or (in extended use) some other contest; (b) used to indicate that one is equal to a challenge or ready for an activity: ‘bring it on!’Recorded earliest in extended use. ΚΠ 1973 Sat. Night Apr. 40/3 Unprintable words were flung. Older brother clouted her... Banished to rooms upstairs... And then the first inevitable trespass. And it's game on again. 1980 Observer 10 Feb. 44/3 It's game on and Lazarenko is on the ‘oche’—the mark from which to throw. 1991 M. Myers et al. Wayne's World (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) 58 A car approaches. Garth moves the [hockey] net out of the way. The car passes. Wayne (shouting) Game on! Garth moves the net back. They resume playing. 1999 FHM June (Best of Bar Room Jokes & True Stories Suppl.) 39/2 She soon invited me back to her place for the other. Game on! 2001 M. Coward In & Out xx. 216 A cry of Game on! brought cheers from the bar tables, followed by loud shushings from the playing area. 2005 S. Ingle in M. Adamson et al. Is it Cowardly to pray for Rain? 317 Just when England look home and hosed, Collingwood dabs one to Ponting, who takes a desperate catch at silly point. Game on! 2006 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 23 July 35/1 It's game on as Australia's largest car makers, Holden and Toyota, clash with their locally made sedans. P18. the only (also best, hottest, etc.) game in town: the best or only available person or thing of a particular type; the only one worth considering.Originally in or with allusion to a popular story of a man so addicted to gambling that he takes part in a game of chance, despite knowing it to be rigged or fraudulent, because it is the only game available: see quots. 1901 and 1938. ΚΠ 1901 A. H. Lewis Road Agents in Washington Post 22 Dec. 39/3 ‘Of course, I knows the game is crooked,’ says Peg-laig... ‘[But] this yere is the only game in town.’ 1938 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 8 Jan. 12/6 ‘I am worried—just now Noel is the only young man on her horizon—’. ‘The only game in town,’ Lillian murmured... ‘[Like] the man who was asked why he played at a gambling place when he knew the wheel was "fixed"... “Hell!” he answered, “but it's the only game in town”.’ 1962 Pop. Mech. Mar. 98/1 Rambler Classic is about the same length as most compacts... Rambler is no longer the only game in town, so its ‘compactness’ isn't unique. 1976 Change 8 29/2 The new conformists, perhaps soon to be our new professional class, have chosen relativism as the best game in town. 1983 R. C. Gray in I. Bellany & C. D. Blacker Antiballistic Missile Def. 1980s 29 High officials in the Department of Defense recently called the Army BMD [sc. ballistic missile defense] program ‘the hottest game in town’. 1990 J. Eberts & T. Ilott My Indecision is Final ii. 22 I chose development because it was different—I would in effect be the only game in town. 2012 Australian (Nexis) 8 Oct. 19 Australia needs to move quickly..and not remain fixated on China as the only game in town. P19. theory of games: = game theory n. 2. ΚΠ 1937 Princeton Alumni Weekly 19 Mar. 513/3 John von Neumann ‘Mathematical Theory of Games’. 1976 Amer. Scientist Jan. 41/1 A range of problems in evolution theory can most appropriately be attacked by a modification of the theory of games. 2001 Lawrence (Kansas) Jrnl.-World 7 Oct. 6 b/4 We clobbered German U-boats using the theory of games. < as lemmas |
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