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1 Well left
avoided artfully, often a tricky situation; from cricket, the term "well left" is applied when a batsman chose not to play a potentially dangerous delivery, e.g. I well left that offer, it could have caused many problems. Pakistani English -
2 Threw a googly
an unexpected situation arose, a person was surprised, often unpleasantly, e,g had just settled down and then got the googly about the transfer. From googly, a delivery in cricket. Pakistani EnglishIभारतीय अंग्रेजी खिचड़ी (Indian-English slang) > Threw a googly
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3 Received a googly
an unexpected situation arose, a person was surprised, often unpleasantly, e,g had just settled down and then got the googly about the transfer. From googly, a delivery in cricket. Pakistani EnglishIभारतीय अंग्रेजी खिचड़ी (Indian-English slang) > Received a googly
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4 Yorker
a sudden, dangerous and potentially devastating situation; similar use to googly, but usually has a certain amount of danger attached to it. my mother's heart attack while we were hiking in the mountains hit like a yorker, we were far from any medical help. From Yorker another type of cricket delivery. Also used in a similar manner; bouncer. Pakistani English -
5 Doosra
n. a cricket delivery bowled in such as way as to spin away from right-handed batsmen.
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