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Daily World Cup Phrases: Complete List
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Every day during the World Cup, the languagecaster team will be explaining a football phrase or cliché connected to this summer’s tournament. Below is the complete list which will be updated daily and by clicking on the phrase you will be taken to a post with a transcript and an audio file. You can find many more examples by going to our regular season football phrase page here football clichés here and our huge football glossary here and of course by listening to our World Cup podcast
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|---|---|---|---|
| Vuvuzela | Set-piece | ||
| A Howler | To Take the Game to | ||
| Group of Death | Delivery | ||
| To Blow Wide Open | To be out of their hands | ||
| To Be Out of Their Depth | Jabulani | ||
| To turn on the style | To Turn on the Style | ||
| To Implode | Qualifying | ||
| Lack a Creative Spark | To See Off | ||
| Consolation Goal | Scapegoat | ||
| To Pull the Strings | To Step Down | ||
| To Kick Out | |||
| Hand of God | Rout | ||
| To Hold On | |||
| Not Take Lightly | To Go For It | ||
| To be littered with fouls |
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