词汇 | go into extra innings |
词源 | go into extra innings; good innings. A baseball game that goes into extra innings goes beyond the normal time played (nine innings). Go into extra innings, a phrase I’ve heard re- cently but which is recorded nowhere, means to live a long life, as when someone says, “He’s over 80, he’s already gone into ex- tra innings.” |
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