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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Take familiarity one step closer to contempt, with a bar of soap
In fact, any significance this fixture is likely to earn will be down to the next match, and whether Bangladesh can catch India on the hop twice in a row. If Monday's match between India and Bangladesh goes down the expected route, this one on Sunday will only take familiarity one step closer to contempt. India, though, will not want to leave it till the Bangladesh match, and Sri Lanka will like to keep that winning feeling going, something they have started to feel consistently after a long time.
On the other hand, if the captains feel adventurous - and Kumar Sangakkara is more likely to, because he is assured of the final berth - they could choose to bat first and get some practice of bowling with a bar of soap. Yes, the matches are being won and lost at the toss, but the teams will want to try and do all they can to reverse the result if they lose the toss in the final.
Source : http://www.cricinfo.com/tri-bdesh2010/content/current/story/443198.html
Could you please explain to me the emboldened phrases?
On the other hand, if the captains feel adventurous - and Kumar Sangakkara is more likely to, because he is assured of the final berth - they could choose to bat first and get some practice of bowling with a bar of soap. Yes, the matches are being won and lost at the toss, but the teams will want to try and do all they can to reverse the result if they lose the toss in the final.
Source : http://www.cricinfo.com/tri-bdesh2010/content/current/story/443198.html
Could you please explain to me the emboldened phrases?
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"take familiarity one step closer to contempt" means, I assume, that the two sides have played each other a lot recently (they are familiar to each other), and that one side has been so dominant that they are starting to feel contempt for the opposition. This wording is a play on the well-known saying "familiarity breeds contempt". "bowling with a bar of soap" means, I assume, that the ball behaves in a "slippery" way, due to the conditions and/or the skill of the bowlers.
- "take familiarity one step closer to contempt" means, I assume, that the two sides have played each other a lot recently (they are familiar to each other), and that one side has been so dominant that they are starting to feel contempt for the opposition.
- This wording is a play on the well-known saying "familiarity breeds contempt".
- "bowling with a bar of soap" means, I assume, that the ball behaves in a "slippery" way, due to the conditions and/or the skill of the bowlers.
- I don't understand the sentence as a whole, though.
- If one team chooses to bat first then how does that give them "practice of bowling"?
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"take familiarity one step closer to contempt" means, I assume, that the two sides have played each other a lot recently (they are familiar to each other), and that one side has been so dominant that they are starting to feel contempt for the opposition. This wording is a play on the well-known saying "familiarity breeds contempt".
"bowling with a bar of soap" means, I assume, that the b
"bowling with a bar of soap" means, I assume, that the b
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