fair game en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
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(idiomatic, uncountable) Actions permissible by the rules.
The referee ruled the unprecedented play fair game.
Pretending to be slow is fair game. Pretending to be injured is not.
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(idiomatic, uncountable) A goal or an object that may legitimately be sought.
After the middle sister's call from a friend's house, her slice of cake was fair game.
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(idiomatic, uncountable) An acceptable subject or target for criticism, scrutiny, mockery, or attack.
Anyone running for office is fair game for criticism.
She's fair game, Joe. It's always open season on princesses.
1953, Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton, Roman Holiday, spoken by Irving Radovich (Eddie Albert):
- (uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fair, game.: a game that is fair, that does not involve cheating, etc.
Translations (5)
de Freiwild (a goal or an object that may legitimately be sought) · fr cible légitime (a goal or an object that may legitimately be sought) · hu szabad préda (a goal or an object that may legitimately be sought) · es blanco legítimo (a goal or an object that may legitimately be sought) · sh dopuštena lovina (a goal or an object that may legitimately be sought)