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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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Idioms about sportsmanship

Hi,

My name is Coraline.I would like to know what are some idioms about sportsmanship as I could not find it on your website page.Can you please give me one or two idioms related to it ?

Thank you!

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Coraline

  

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For example: Bad sportsmanship: They play dirty. They're into gamesmanship. They use every underhanded trick in the book.

  • For example: Bad sportsmanship: They play dirty.
  • They're into gamesmanship.
  • They use every underhanded trick in the book.
  • They try to rattle you with trash talk.
  • Good sportsmanship: They play fair.
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For example:


Bad sportsmanship:


They play dirty.

They're into gamesmanship.

They use every underhanded trick in the book.

They try to rattle you with trash talk.



Good sportsmanship:


They play fair.

Everything they do is aboveboard.

They'll concede points that they didn't win fairly.

If the ref misses something

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good sport

turnabout is fair play

*** for tat

shake hands, and come out fighting

bow out gracefully

sore loser

give someone his due

grudge match

that's not cricket

take it like a man

take it on the chin

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