only game in town, the



only game in town, the

The only choice, which one must accept for want of a better one. For example, Out here, this bank is the only game in town when it comes to financial services. This term, dating from the early 1900s, originally alluded to a gambler looking for a game in a strange town.
See also: game

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Petya-Russian, Bulgarian
Fife-Scottish
Waheed-Arabic
Theresiatə-RAY-see-ah (Dutch)German, Dutch, Swedish
Iohanna-Biblical Latin
WolfgangVAWLF-gahng (German), WUWLF-gang (English)German, Ancient Germanic