Explore the timeless cliché 'playing the game,' a phrase urging fair behavior and adherence to rules, immortalized by Rudyard Kipling and Grantland Rice.
Dive into the ruthless realm of ‘playing hardball,’ a phrase borrowed from baseball that now applies to aggressive, competitive behavior in various life arenas.
The largest and most comprehensive resource of its kind, The Dictionary of Clichés features thousands of unique clichés, idioms, jargon, slang, euphemisms, and metaphors, alongside common expressions.