Phrases.com »

Phrases related to: first-round Page #3

Yee yee! We've found 298 phrases and idioms matching first-round.

Sort:RelevancyA - Z
one small step for man, one giant leap for mankindWords spoken by Neil Armstrong when taking the first steps on the moon.Rate it:

(3.25 / 4 votes)
a whopper-dooperPrize Winning, Top Banana, First Rate, First Class, Winner, Great, Glorious, Grand, Super Duper. Superlative.Rate it:

(3.00 / 1 vote)
baptism of fireThe first experience of a severe ordeal, especially a first experience of military combatRate it:

(3.00 / 2 votes)
BEDMASBrackets, exponents, division, multiplication, addition, subtraction; a mnemonic for arithmetic order of precedence, with B first and AS last.Rate it:

(3.00 / 1 vote)
come roundTo recover consciousness.Rate it:

(3.00 / 1 vote)
cut a rugTo dance, especially in a vigorous manner and in one of the dance styles of the first half of the twentieth century.Rate it:

(3.00 / 2 votes)
golden duckThe score of zero runs after getting out on the first ball faced.Rate it:

(3.00 / 2 votes)
round downTo the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.Rate it:

(3.00 / 1 vote)
round offTo complete or finish something.Rate it:

(3.00 / 1 vote)
second stringIn sports, a unit of players that plays behind the first string.Rate it:

(3.00 / 1 vote)
holy fuckExpression of terror, awe, surprise, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.Rate it:

(2.50 / 4 votes)
little pitchers have big earsSmall 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)
albatross round one's neckAlternative form of albatross around one's neck.Rate it:

(2.00 / 1 vote)
at the end of the dayA colloquial expression of the twentieth/twenty first century referring as to a summary of events, degree of financial or business success, reference as to having a nice day, achieving preset goals, positive results.Rate it:

(2.00 / 1 vote)
break one's duckTo score one's first run in an innings.Rate it:

(2.00 / 2 votes)
de prime abordAt first sight; At the first blush.Rate it:

(2.00 / 1 vote)
for onceFor the first time, after many instances to the contrary; in a rare exception to the rule; as an exception to the usual.Rate it:

(2.00 / 1 vote)
fuck roundAlternative form of fuck aroundRate it:

(2.00 / 2 votes)
look roundTo inspect a building or area.Rate it:

(2.00 / 1 vote)
round upTogether.Rate it:

(2.00 / 2 votes)
sham AbramAlternative form of sham Abraham. [First attested in the late 18 century.]Rate it:

(2.00 / 1 vote)
skreigh o' dayday break, first lightRate it:

(2.00 / 1 vote)
All that Glitters is Not GoldA thing or a person that seems attractive at very first glance but actually worth nothingRate it:

(1.00 / 2 votes)
je l'ai saisi à bras le corpsI seized him round the waist (in a struggle).Rate it:

(1.00 / 1 vote)
sacrificial poetIn poetry slams, a poet who goes first and gets scored by the judges, but is not actually in the competition.Rate it:

(1.00 / 1 vote)
Santa's workshopThe mythical structure, usually envisioned as located at the North Pole, where Santa Claus and a large number of capable elves work tirelessly and gladly year-round to produce all of the toys and other gifts to be delivered throughout the world on Christmas Day.Rate it:

(1.00 / 1 vote)
#pitstoptoyourpurposeHashtag, phrase, ministry, movement by Activist Greshun De Bouse to describe how the storms of life are just a temporary stop en route to one's divine destiny; As creator of the phrase and hashtag, De Bouse is the first to use #pitstoptoyourpurpose on social media and online anywhere.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
à prime abordAt first sight; At the first blush.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
Aaron's beardA common name for several plants, which have tufts of stamens.[First attested in the late 19 century.]Cymbalaria muralis (ivy-leaved toadflax, Kenilworth ivy)Hypericum calycinum (great St. John's-wort, Jerusalem star)Saxifraga stolonifera (creeping saxifrage, strawberry geranium)Opuntia leucotricha (arborescent prickly pear, Aaron's beard cactus)Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
ABCA primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
across the boardA racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
after you, AlphonseAn exchange indicating excessive formality or effort at politeness, particularly where two people each refuse to go forward because each insists on allowing the other to go forward first.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
ah! vous m'en direz tant!1. Well, that alters the case! 2. Ah! now I understand, why did you not say so at first? 3. There’s no going against such a reason as that.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
allons-yfirst-person plural imperative of y allerRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
and changeAnd some quantity, but less than the increment to the next round number.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
Appendix:Snowclones/you can't spell XYZ without YImplies a correlation between two items, where the second one is spelled with letters from the first one.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
argue round and roundto talk with many digressions, not about subjectRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
arse aboutTo turn round.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
arse aboutThe wrong way round; exactly opposite to that which is desirable; contrary; conceptually inverted; wrong.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
ash wednesdayfirst day of lentRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
ask roundTo invite someone to your house.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
ass-backwardsMoving backwards, that is, rear end first.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
attack is the best form of defenceIn a battle, attacking the opposition first is better than waiting for them to attack.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
auf einem Bein kann man nicht stehenused to encourage someone to have another drink after their firstRate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
barrelA round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
bat a thousandTo reach first base on every at-bat.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
bet outTo be the first in a round to put money in the pot.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
big breakA breakthrough, especially the first big hit of a previously unknown performer or performers in the entertainment industry.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
BOMDASBrackets, then order, then multiplication and division, then addition and subtraction; a mnemonic for arithmetic order of operations, with B first and AS last.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)
break one's duckTo do something for the first time.Rate it:

(0.00 / 0 votes)

We need you!

Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

Alternative searches for first-round:

Quiz

Are you a phrases master?

»
Something smells _______ about this.
A delicious
B nice
C disastrous
D fishy

Browse Phrases.com

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ