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MUSCOVITE Posted 12 years ago
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what is the English slang term for a soccer striker who somehow manages to miss the goal even when it is nearly impossible :-)

Hi,

(1) what is the right "appelation" for soccer strikers who manage to miss the goal even when the ball is just inches from the goal line? :-)
(2) from sports to the military... What is the slang term for very bad run/rifle shooters?

My Rus-Eng dictionary suggests "muff" and "bush-leaguer" but I guess neither of them meets the definition?

mus-te
  

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MUSCOVITE what is the right "appelation" for soccer strikers who manage to miss the goal even when the ball is just inches from the goal line? :-) fumble-footed fool? myopic moron?

— Fivejedjon

  • MUSCOVITE what is the right "appelation" for soccer strikers who manage to miss the goal even when the ball is just inches from the goal line?
  • :-) fumble-footed fool?
  • myopic moron?
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MUSCOVITEwhat is the right "appelation" for soccer strikers who manage to miss the goal even when the ball is just inches from the goal line? :-)
fumble-footed fool? myopic moron?
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OK. Thanks!
And both the terms you suggested are "generic enough" and can be applied to other sports (eg American football)?Emotion: smile
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there is no slang for a fumbler in American soccer, the Yanks don't admit to mistakes except to say 'unearned'; and as far as indoor shooting goes, you are either 5 in the center or you're a 'bad shot', there's no middle ground there; while in skijoring, where the wind, sun and exertion are expected to affect your precision, now you're back to American unwillingness to admit mistakes, so there is
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fivejedjonfumble-footed fool? myopic moron?
Have I seen these before? I love 'em!
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As far as I know they originated in my brain.
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fivejedjonAs far as I know they originated in my brain.
Not implying plagiarism of any kind. I just thought I'd seen them from you before, especially the myopic moron.
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Philip I just thought I'd seen them from you before, especially the myopic moron.
That could well be so. I was quite proud of my 'My flabber is gasted' until I discovered that I must have read it in the early 1960s in The Perishers, a comic strip which used to appear in the Daily Mirror. My sympathetic 'My bowels are moved' was filched from a schoolfri
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I've heard 'he/they missed/wasted (a) gilt-edged chance(s), so perhaps you may use that.
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