Phrases related to: ballpark

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ballpark estimate	A ballpark figure, a very rough approximation.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
Ballpark Figure	To give a rough estimate or an idea of anything	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
a different ballpark	Something totally unrelated or of a vastly different scale or scope.	Rate it: (3.00 / 4 votes)
hit one out of the ballpark	To produce a spectacular achievement.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
ballpark figure	An educated guess or estimation within acceptable bounds.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hit one out of the ballpark	To hit a fair ball so well that the ball flies over all of the spectators' seats and lands outside the stadium.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
little pitchers have big ears	Small children often overhear more of what is said than adults realize or desire.1844, Charlotte M. Yonge, Abbeychurch, ch. 2:Seeing me listening to something she was saying to Mamma, she turned round upon me with that odious proverb, "Little pitchers have long ears."1939, "Bedtime Bedlam," Time, 17 Apr.:A caution to U. S. parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears.2002, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, ISBN 9780743455961, p. 185:I suppose he might say pushed or went woowoo, but took a shit is, I fear, very much in the ballpark (little pitchers have big ears, after all).	Rate it: (2.33 / 3 votes)