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• whole new ball game —    If something s a whole new ball game, it is completely new or different.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    To refer to something as a whole new ball game means that it is a completely different situation due to a new set of circumstances …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• whole new ball game — n. a completely different situation; something completely different. □ Now that you’re here, it’s a whole new ball game. □ With a faster computer, it’s a whole new ball game …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• a whole new ball game — a different ball game or a whole new ball game a situation that is completely different from what has happened before I m working in management now, which is a whole new ball game …   English dictionary

• ball game — {n.}, {slang}, also {informal} The entire matter at hand; the whole situation; the entire contest. * /You said we can get a second mortgage for the house?! Wow! That s a whole new ball game./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• ball game — {n.}, {slang}, also {informal} The entire matter at hand; the whole situation; the entire contest. * /You said we can get a second mortgage for the house?! Wow! That s a whole new ball game./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• ball\ game — noun slang, also informal the entire matter at hand; the whole situation; the entire contest. You said we can get a second mortgage for the house?! Wow! that s a whole new ball game …   Словарь американских идиом

• ball game — ball games also ballgame 1) N COUNT: usu pl Ball games are games that are played with a ball such as tennis, baseball, and football. 2) N COUNT A ball game is a baseball match. [AM] I d still like to go to a ball game. 3) N SING You can use ball… …   English dictionary

• ball game — ball ,game noun count 1. ) AMERICAN a baseball game 2. ) any game played with a ball, such as soccer or football a different ball game or a whole new ball game a situation that is completely different from what has happened before: I m working in …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ball game — n 1.) AmE a game of baseball, football, or ↑basketball 2.) BrE any game played with a ball 3.) a whole new ball game a situation that is very different from the one you are used to ▪ I used to be a teacher, so working in an office is a whole new… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ball game — ball game, ballpark 1. Ball game, an American name for baseball, has formed the core of several colloquial idioms in which it means ‘a state of affairs’, as in a whole new ball game. Because of its wide scope of alternative reference, it seems to …   Modern English usage

• ball game — noun 1 AmE a baseball game 2 BrE any game played with a ball 3 a whole new ball game a situation that is very different from the one you are used to: I used to be a teacher, so working in an office is a whole new ball game …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English