early bath
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the belief that players bathe together after a match, so if a player gets sent off, he or she can get into the bath before the other players.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun[edit]
early bath (plural early baths)
- (idiomatic, euphemistic) Being shown a red card in soccer.
- That was a horrible tackle, he can expect an early bath for that.
Further reading[edit]
- “an early bath”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.