"if there's grass on the field, play ball" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|proverb}} if there's grass on the field, play ball
  1. Alternative form of if there's grass on the pitch, play ball Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: if there's grass on the pitch, play ball
    Sense id: en-if_there's_grass_on_the_field,_play_ball-en-proverb-gcv7gBfS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English proverbs

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          "ref": "1998 Chris Simunek, Paradise Burning pg 80",
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          "ref": "1998 Tobias Wolff, You Can't Kill the Rooster, Esquire 129 no 6 June 1994",
          "text": "The work puts him in contact with...men who offer dating advice like 'If she's old enough to bleed, she's old enough to breed' and 'If there's grass on the field, I say it's time to play ball.\" Grass refers metaphorically to female pubic hair.\nDoyle (2007a) 199 Cf \"When they are BIG enough, they are old enough\" and \"Old enough to BLEED, old enough to breed.\""
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