More Cliches
| Mail it in |
| Major league play |
| Make book on it |
| Make great strides |
| Make the grade |
| Malice aforethought |
| Man among men |
| Man of few words |
| Marginalized |
| Match-up |
| Mental gymnastics |
| Miscue |
| Misery loves company |
| Mismatch |
| Missed by the length of the football |
| Moment of truth |
| Moment to moment |
| Moral victory |
| Mother nature |
| Naked truth |
| Name of the game |
| Need a break |
| Net result |
| Never-never land |
| Nickel and dime you to death |
| No bed of roses |
| No contest |
| No guts, No glory |
| No holds barred |
| No pain, No gain |
| No-win situation |
| Nose dive |
| Not consistant |
| Not in the same league with |
| Not over till the fat lady sings |
| Numbers game |
| Odds are against |
| Odds-on favorite |
| Off the mark |
| Old college try |
| Old pro |
| On a mission |
| On a roll |
| On solid ground |
| On target |
| On the money/mark |
| On the spot |
| One game at a time |
| One his last legs |
| One the bubble |
| One the edge |
| One the ropes |
| One your game |
| One your toes |
| One-shot deal |
| One-two punch |
| Only game in town |
| Open the floodgates |
| Out of bounds |
| Outside chance |
| Pack a wallop |
| Pass Muster |
| Pay off |
| Pick up the pace |
| Pile it on |
| Pillar to post |
| Pinpoint accuracy |
| Plain as day |
| Play over your head |
| Play possum |
| Play with a stacked deck |
| Play with pain |
| Play with reckless abandon |
| Play your trump card |
| Poise |
| Poker face |
| Pound of flesh |
| Power play |
| Prime of life |
| Primetime |
| psyched-up |
| Pull your weight |
| Punch-drunk |
| Put up or shut up |
| Put your cards on the table |
| Put your money where your mouth is |
| Racked up yardage |
| Raincheck |
| Raise the ante |
| Rank and file |
| Raw deal |
| Read between the lines |
| Read 'em and weep |
| Real McCoy |
| Really and truly |
| Red Herring |
| Rest on you laurels |
| Ride high in the saddle |
| Ride out the storm |
| Roll over and play dead |
| Roll-over |
| Rub elbows |
| Rub salt in the wound |
| Rule of thumb |
| Run it up the gut |
| Run to Daylight |
| Run to seed |
| Sad sack |
| Safe and sound |
| Safety net |
| Salad days |
| Sandbag |
| Sands of time |
| Save face |
| Saving grace |
| Scot-free |
| Scratch the surface |
| See red |
| Shift in momentum |
| Shoe on the other foot |
| Shot in the arm |
| Shot in the dark |
| Show must go on |
| Sidelined |
| Silver-tongued |
| Sitting duck |
| Situation is developing |
| Sixth sense |
| Slim pickins |
| Slow off the mark |
| Smart cookie |
| Smoke 'em out |
| Smoke filled room |
| Snake in the grass |
| Snow job |
| Sound the alarm |
| Sour grapes |
| Speak for yourself |
| Spit ad polish |
| Spitting image |
| Split hairs |
| Sport of kings |
| Stalemate |
| Start to finish |
| Stay upbeat |
| Stem the tide |
| Stewed to the Gills |
| Stick a fork in 'em--they're done |
| Stonewall |
| Strength up the middle |
| Stretch the Defense |
| Take a bad bounce |
| Take a different tack |
| Take a nosedive |
| Take it right up the gut |
| Taken aback |
| Tailspin |
| Team effort |
| Team player |
| Tee-off |
| Test him |
| Textbook example |
| That will not get the job done |
| The best of all possible worlds |
| The bitter end |
| The franchise |
| The grapevine |
| The light of day |
| The longball |
| Their Go to Guy |
| Their name is legion |
| There is no compassion on the field of play |
| They're shell-shocked |
| This is a guy who's going to be a leader |
| Time immemorial |
| To the manor born |
| Too close to call |
| Too little, too late |
| Too many weapons |
| Tooth and nail |
| Toughness |
| Trick play |
| Triple threat |
| Try to gut it out |
| Underdog |
| Until the cows come home |
| Up the Gut |
| Up to the task |
| Walk a fine line |
| Warriors on the football field |
| Washed-up |
| Wasn't born yesterday |
| Wear them down |
| What have you done for me lately |
| When things get tough, the tough get going |
| Where the Rubber meets the Road |
| Whole hog |
| Wild and wackys |
| With all due respect |
| Won't quit on you |
| Work ethic |
| Worst to first |
| Wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole |
| You never get a second chance to make a first impression |
| Defining moment |
