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Each week the languagecaster team will explain a football phrase or cliche for learners of English who love the sport. On this week’s show we feature the phrase ‘to be complacent’. Click on the link below to learn about the word or phrase, while you can also read the transcript. You can also find many more examples by going to our football phrase page here football cliches here and our huge football glossary here.
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This week’s languagecaster football phrase is ‘to be complacent‘, which according to the online free dictionary means to be satisfied to a fault, to be self-satisfied. In football we use this phrase to describe a team or player who feels that as they have done enough to secure a victory then they may not need to work as hard or play as intensely. Unfortunately, when complacency sets in the team may become weaker which then allows the opposing side to hit back and cause an upset. This week Arsenal drew 1-1 at home with ten-man Wolves despite going 1-0 up and so their manager Arsene Wenger accused them of becoming complacent and allowing their opponents to get back into the game. To be complacent
