Famous Sayings #169 — ‘Fair Play’ and ‘Foul Play’

November 17, 2019

He’s such a great footballer not just because of his skill, but also his great sense of fair play.

His death may have been ruled an accident, but the police have not rule out foul play.

Fair play and foul play often pertain to sports, but they have real-world applications, as well. Image cropped. Original image by skeeze from Pixabay.

This week’s installment of my Famous Sayings posts features two terms that have something to do with sport but often have other real-world applications. Originally, I was going to look at a phrase that involved one of these terms, but I decided to look at these terms first to set up a future post.

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