商品簡介
A gift-worthy playbook of common and unexpected words and phrases that have their roots in sports and games.
The language of sports resonates beyond the grass and dirt of the local ball field because it is so evocative. The gridiron as a battlefield, the quarterback as the man in charge--these concepts slip seamlessly into the words of everyone from politicians to businesspeople. There are many metaphors we can quickly identify from the realm of recreation: ballpark figure (baseball), being caught flat footed (boxing) or having theinside track (horse racing) are all examples. But the English language is also peppered with not-so-obvious instances of sports and games influence like stymie (golf) and shoo-in(horse racing). Filled with pithy little entries on each idiom, plus quotes showing how the likes of President Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, and Donald Trump use them in a sentence, this quirky little handbook is sure to be a conversation starter at tailgates, cocktail parties, and in the boardroom.
作者簡介
JOSH CHETWYND is a former professional baseball player and an award-winning journalist who has worked as a staff reporter for and contributed to such publications as USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, Wall Street Journal, Times of London, Harvard Negotiation Law Review, and BBC Radio. He is the author of five books, including The Secret History of Balls, which was named a Best Book of 2011 by NPR.
