whole new ballgame, a



whole new ballgame, a

A completely altered situation, as in It will take a year to reassign the staff, and by then some will have quit and we'll have a whole new ballgame . This expression comes from baseball, where it signifies a complete turn of events, as when the team that was ahead falls behind. [Colloquial; 1960s]
See also: new, whole

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Whitley['hwitli]
PirittaPEE-reet-tahFinnish
Annemarieahn-nə-mah-REE (Dutch)Dutch, German
Ea (2)-Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
ÁBrahÁM-Hungarian
Udi-Hebrew