pick

defense

See: ZONE DEFENSE.

No categories:

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

Subscribe to: American Idioms

English Slang

✉

We are in Telegram

Our RSS-feeds

Show All

See as well

zone defense

[zone defense] {n.} A defense in a sport (as basketball or football) in which each player has to defend a certain area. * /The coach taught his team a zone […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Steve Landesberg

(1945--) U.S. comedian Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense. www.english-slang.com

Bret Harte

(1836-1902) U.S. journalistauthor Nobody shoulders a rifle in defense of a boarding house. www.english-slang.com

Charles E. Wilson

(1890-1961) U.S. Secretary of Defense, 22 May 1955 It's futile to talk much about the past--something like trying to make birth control retroactive. www.english-slang.com

Recent updates

nose in a book

[nose in a book] {n. phr.} Busy interest in reading. - Used with a possessive. * /Mother can't get Mary to help do the […]

on one's last legs

[on one's last legs] {adj. phr.} Failing; near the end. * /The blacksmith's business is on its last legs./ * /The dog is […]

Erma Bombeck

(1927-1996) U.S. humorist Never accept a drink from a urologist.

Cobweb

[Cobweb] A WWW site that never changes.

Orson Welles

(1915 - 1985) U.S. actor My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.

Idioms to Learn Today

New Reading / Flip-Card (learning) set has been shared.Check yourself now! Run flip-cards by definitions or by descriptions.

American Radio

A funny sketch by Russian comedy guys (Timur Batrutdinov, Garik Kharlamov, Garik Martirosyan and Andrey Skorokhod) that shows […]

can't help but

[can't help but] {informal} also {formal} [cannot but] {v. phr.} To be forced to; can only; must. * /When the streets are […]