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plays down	minimises	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
second banana	A comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as straight man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
second stringer	an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
second string	In sports, a unit of players that plays behind the first string.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
actor primarum (secundarum, tertiarum) partium	the actor who plays the leading part.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Couch Potato	A person who loves spending time in front of a screen watching dramas, movies or plays	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
creature feature	A horror film in which one or more monsters plays a prominent role.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
elle fait la sainte nitouche	She plays the innocent; She looks as if butter would not melt in her mouth; She looks very demure.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
every cloud has a silver lining	In every bad situation there is an element of good1881, National Academy of Code Administration (U.S.), Folio, page 417:Every cloud has a silver lining; but in the old-fashioned meeting-houses every cloud of hymnal melody generally had a nasal lining before the congregation...1887, Shakers, Religion, page 36:that "a little reserve and thou'lt fail surely," will prove to be true in our experience. Every cloud has a silver lining and so has every sorrow,1918, George Jean Nathan, Performing Arts, page 222:But the most popular attitude toward what we may call "sad" plays is the peculiar one of believing that, since every cloud has a silver lining,	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
free-for-all	Deathmatch, sometimes specifically one in which every player plays against each other.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il conduit bien sa barque	(fig.) He plays his cards well.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il jette son argent par les fenêtres	He plays ducks and drakes with his money.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il joue au plus sûr	He plays a safe game.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
one-man band	A musician who plays several musical instruments at once.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sleeping partner	A sleeping partner is a partner who has invested capital in a firm but plays no part in its management.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spear carrier	One who plays a leading or substantial role as a supporter, proponent, etc. representing a group, cause, or point of view.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
straight man	A member of a team of comic performers who plays a supporting role by helping to set up jokes and punch lines through engaging in preparatory dialog with the principal comedian; a foil who plays such a role in theatrical comedy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
third string	A unit of players that plays behind the first and second strings; a junior varsity team.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
un acteur qui brûle les planches	An actor who plays with spirit, “go.”	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
whoops, there go my trousers	a genre of farcical theatre plays	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)