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if there's grass on the pitch, play ball

if there's grass on the pitch, play ball proverb: once someone has grown pubic hair or started puberty, they are old enough for sexual intercourse.

Proverb

if there's grass on the pitch, play ball

  1. (vulgar, potentially offensive) Once someone has grown pubic hair or started puberty, they are old enough for sexual intercourse.

Synonyms of if there's grass on the pitch, play ball

Forms of if there's grass on the pitch, play ball

alternative formif there's grass on the field, play ball

Questions about if there's grass on the pitch, play ball

What does if there's grass on the pitch, play ball mean?
If there's grass on the pitch, play ball means once someone has grown pubic hair or started puberty, they are old enough for sexual intercourse.
What part of speech is if there's grass on the pitch, play ball?
If there's grass on the pitch, play ball is a proverb.

Words near if there's grass on the pitch, play ball in the dictionary

  1. if there ever was one
  2. if there ever were one
  3. if there is a hole, there is a goal
  4. if there's a hole, there's a goal
  5. if there's grass on the field, play ball
  6. if there's grass on the pitch, play ball
  7. if there's grass on the wicket, let's play cricket
  8. if these walls could talk
  9. if truth be told
  10. if we had ham we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs
  11. if we had some ham we could have some ham and eggs, if we had some eggs

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