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Other Baseball Idioms
You’ve heard people say “swing for the fences,” “throw em’ a curve ball,” and “three strikes and you’re out,” but you probably haven’t heard some of these less common idioms we owe to America’s pastime:
Nacho cheese in your eyes: Unable to see a situation with clarity.
Example: “You really have to have nacho cheese in your eyes to think you’re going to find that debit card you lost while swimming the English channel.”
Bathroom hot dog: Finding unexpected luck in an unusual place.
Example: “I spoke with a tall man at the sex shop yesterday who says he’s a mechanic and can fix my car’s transmission in exchange for a passport. What a bathroom hot dog!”
Entirely too much pretzel: Having an abundance of something that sounds fun at first, but, in time, is revealed to be gross and unfulfilling.
Example: “Why did we build this many hot pink gazebos in our backyard? And why did we want them each to play a different 30 seconds of Katy Perry’s ‘Firework’ at the top of every hour? This is entirely too much pretzel.”
A 1,000 beer season: Total commitment to something that has a huge health downside and basically zero upside.
Example: “Dani is having herself a 1,000 beer season over there oil painting with her tongue like that.”
