Football Cliches

Football clichés are expressions or sayings that are often associated with the emotional aspect of the game and they form an important part of the football discourse - all fans of the game know what 110%, sick as a parrot and over the moon mean. Check through the meaning of the following words and phrases on this page and then check your understanding in our football cliche quizzes.

Football Language: Labour to a victory

June 14, 2019 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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In this post we explain the football expression ‘labour to a victory’.

Football Language: Stroll past another team

November 18, 2018 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

In this post we explain the football expression ‘stroll past another team’ which is used to describe an easy victory in football.

Football Language: Add steel to the team

November 18, 2018 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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Here we explain the football cliche ‘add steel to the team’ which is used when a team needs to be a litle stronger.

Football Language cliche: Put it in the mixer

November 10, 2018 by grell Leave a Comment

In this post we explain the football cliche ‘put in the mixer’ which is used to describe a long-ball game…

Football Cliche: No one is bigger than the club

September 29, 2018 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

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In today’s football expression we explain the cliche ‘no one is bigger than the club’ which can be seen a s a type of warning.

2018 World Cup Language: Play out a bore draw

June 26, 2018 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

In this post, we explain the football expression ‘bore draw’ which is used to describe a not very exciting game of football.

2018 World Cup Language: You can only beat what is in front of you

June 25, 2018 by grell Leave a Comment

Hello, my name is Damon from languagecaster.com and I’m going to be talking about a cliche in football in this World Cup 2018 post. The cliche is, you can only beat what’s in front of you. Now, this phrase has been used after the England versus Panama game from group G, which ended up 6-1 […]

2018 World Cup Language: Never Know They’re Beaten

June 24, 2018 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

Never Know They’re Beaten: this post explains the football cliche ‘Never know they’re beaten’ which was used to describe the Germany…

Football Language: Give the keeper the eyes

April 27, 2018 by Learn English through Football Leave a Comment

Football Language: Give the keeper the eyes – what’s the meaning of this phrase in football?

Football Cliché: Play Football the Right Way

February 3, 2018 by grell Leave a Comment

In this post, we explain the football cliché ‘Play Football the Right Way’. Find out more about this phrase by reading the transcript below. You can also find many more examples of soccer vocabulary by going to our football cliches page here and our huge football glossary here. Football Language: Play Football the Right Way A cliché […]