sporting blood

Idioms and Phrases

Willingness to take risks, as in His sporting blood won't let him stay away from the races . This idiom uses sporting in the sense of “associated with gambling.”

Example Sentences

Though King George inherits the diplomatic qualities of his father, he has little sporting blood in him.

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Jerry could not be restrained, for his sporting blood demanded that he keep going all the while.

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Now's the time to show whether they've got any sporting blood or not.

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In every drop of the blue blood of St. Louis there is a bubble of sporting blood.

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Prize-fighters, as a matter of course, were attracted to a place where sporting blood ran so high.

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