Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

if there's grass on the field, play ball

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: if there's -grass on the -field-, -play ball
IPA

52

Scrabble Score

31

Letters

5

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Alternative form of if there's grass on the pitch, play ball.

Example Sentences

"Mitchell's taste for girls ran to the barely pubescent. 'If there's grass on the field, play ball, that's what he used to say,' the 'classmate' remembered."
"You see the way she looks at you? What are you, some kind of faggot? She's fifteen, man. If there's grass on the field, you can play ball."
"The work puts him in contact with...men who offer dating advice like 'If she's old enough to bleed, she's old enough to breed' and 'If there's grass on the field, I say it's time to play ball." Grass refers metaphorically to female pubic hair. Doyle (2007a) 199 Cf "When they are BIG enough, they are old enough" and "Old enough to BLEED, old enough to breed.""
"2005 (April 26) "The Shield" season 4 episode 7 "Hurt" Before I went away, I banged his fourteen-year-old sister. Took her virginity. Fool didn't have a clue. Told him I was helping her with her history homework. Try the history of popping cherries. What's your problem, superstar? If there's grass on the field, you gotta play ball."

Questions

What does if there's grass on the field, play ball mean?: Alternative form of if there's grass on the pitch, play ball.

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