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be·hind the eight-ball
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behind the eight-balladverb
In a difficult situation.
behind the eight-balladjective
In a difficult situation or tight spot.
Etymology: Thought to derive from the game of Kelly pool, in which players assigned balls numerically higher than 8—that is, balls that are behind the 8 ball in order—have little possibility of winning, or more generally, from the fact that the 8 ball is considered harder to aim out because of its color. Some sources have pointed to its origin as the game of eight ball, but eight ball was popularized after the expression was already in use (by at least 1919), and at the time of popularization, called then B.B.C. Co. Pool, was marketed with a ball set that did not not include an actual 8-ball, but rather seven balls of one color, seven of another, and an unnumbered black ball.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of behind the eight-ball in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of behind the eight-ball in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of behind the eight-ball in a Sentence
The truth is that if Lowman Henry haven't been working at these delegate contests for a while, Lowman Henry're playing from way behind the eight ball.
Russian oil is not crucial to United States. United States's crucial to Europe, i don't know what Europe is going to do without Russian crude. If you take it away, Europe is really behind the eight ball.
The whole team was n’t very good to start, top to bottom, they were obviously ready to go and got the jump on us. And we could n’t stop the bleeding until it was a little too late and put ourselves a little too far behind the eight ball.
It's only been in the last week or so where a real panic has set in that Sanders could be the nominee, the donor class is, as usual, way behind the eight ball.
With prices as low as they are you need to maximize yields as much as you can, you already know you are going to be behind the eight ball from the get go. Everyone is behind.
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- detrás de la bola ochoSpanish
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