2016年4月18日 · A deliberate and well-aimed bunt ball in cricket may go over the boundary for 4 runs before a fielder can reach it. The cricket term for a "gentle tap," played to "steal" a run while the fielding side is running towards the wicket to retrieve the ball, is "nudging the ball" or "playing the ball with soft hands" (i.e. holding the bat relatively ...

2016年10月1日 · The Oxford English Dictionary defines a bun-fight as:. a jocular expression for a tea-party. The OED gives a single quote, from 1928, which uses the words wayzgoose and Eisteddfod and is thus not very helpful, even after one looks up those words.

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2017年5月10日 · Google Books matches for 'caught flat-footed' One early usage of flat-footed in the "caught by surprise" sense of the term explicitly contrasts that state with being "on one's toes," indicating that flat-footed as "unprepared" in the sporting sense of the word began as a literal description of a player standing flat on his feet instead of …