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If you have this enormous talent, it's got you by the balls, it's a demon. You can't be a family man and a husband and a caring person and be that animal. Dickens wasn't that nice a guy.
Dustin Hoffman

Meaning of "by the balls" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BY THE BALLS

by the balls play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BY THE BALLS

by no means
by numbers
by one´s bootstraps
by reason of
by request
by return
by return of post
by right
by rights
by rote
by the bye
by the dozen
by the lee
by the neck
by the same token
by the seat of one´s pants
by the skin of one´s teeth
by the vanload
by the way
by turns

WORDS THAT END LIKE BY THE BALLS

amazeballs
Angel Falls
balls
Churchill Falls
coveralls
falls
Grand Falls
Kaieteur Falls
matzo balls
Murchison Falls
Niagara Falls
overalls
put in mothballs
Reversing Falls
smalls
stalls
Victoria Falls
walls
Yellowstone Falls
Yosemite Falls

Synonyms and antonyms of by the balls in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «by the balls» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BY THE BALLS

Find out the translation of by the balls to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of by the balls from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «by the balls» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

由滚珠
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

por las bolas
570 millions of speakers

English

by the balls
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गेंदों से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بواسطة الكرات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

за яйца
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pelas bolas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বল দ্বারা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

par les boules
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Oleh bola
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

durch die Kugeln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ボールによる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공 에 의해
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dening bal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bởi các quả bóng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பந்துகள் மூலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोळे करून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Toplarla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

per le palle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

za jaja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

за яйця
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de bile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

από τις σφαίρες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

deur die balle
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

av kulorna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

av kulene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of by the balls

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BY THE BALLS»

The term «by the balls» is very widely used and occupies the 3.361 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BY THE BALLS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about by the balls

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QUOTES WITH «BY THE BALLS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word by the balls.
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Dustin Hoffman
If you have this enormous talent, it's got you by the balls, it's a demon. You can't be a family man and a husband and a caring person and be that animal. Dickens wasn't that nice a guy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BY THE BALLS»

Discover the use of by the balls in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to by the balls and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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By the Balls: The Complete Collection
These tales follow the exploits of Ben Drake, a detective with a passion for small cigars and big fights, a love of Old Grand Dad and a weakness for women in trouble.
Dashiell Loveless, Jim Pascoe, Tom Fassbender, 2013
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By the balls
Welcome to Testacy City, a seedy desert town where Ben Drake-a detective with a passion for small cigars and Old Grand-Dad and a weakness for women in trouble-is hired to dig up the who and why behind the brutal murder of local bowling hero ...
Tom Fassbender, Jim Pascoe, Dashiell Loveless, 1998
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By the Balls: Memoir of a Football Tragic
BY THE BALLS is the story of Les's life and love - football - and details his personal relationship with it as a self-confessed soccer tragic.
Les Murray, 2006
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A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary: Containing an ...
... from it as possible, electrify the conductor, and the electric fluid in the rod will be driven to that end which is furthest from the conductor; so that one end will be electrified negatively, the other end positively, as will be seen by the balls. Exper.
Charles Hutton, 1815
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Ball Bearings, Mounted Or Unmounted, and Parts Thereof, from ...
The inner ring and outer ring rotate with respect to each other, separated by the balls. The balls, in turn, support the load. Ball bearings are often the bearing of choice when speed, rather than load-carrying capacity, is the overriding factor.
United States International Trade Commission, 1991
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A Savage Factory: An Eyewitness Account of the Auto ...
We control them by putting the paperwork to them when they break the rules that the UAW has agreed to. The one thing that we have them by the balls is their jobs . These sorry pieces of meat make more money than any other factory workers ...
Robert J. Dewar, 2009
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Mississippi's Civil War: A Narrative History
Many branches & tree tops not budding into the tender leaf of spring, bowed [sic] their heads, torn partly from the forest stem by the balls of both sides. It was very warm. The sky was clear and but for the horrible monster death who now pile ...
Ben Wynne, 2006
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Astronomical Observations Made Under the Direction of G.B. Airy
... angle with the vertical, small projections carried by the balls are thereby made to rub against the lower surface of a fixed horizontal ring, and the friction thus caused prevents the weight which urges the clock from increasing the velocity.
Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1840
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Heuristic Search: Theory and Applications
Nodes for variables are labeled by the balls in question: The zero edge labeled with A denotes that the ball is located in room A, and the one edge labeled with B denotes that the ball is located in room B. Proof. To encode states in GRIPPER, ...
Stefan Edelkamp, Stefan Schroedl, 2011
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Proceedings of the fourth International Congress for ...
For these models the number of contacts Increases quite regularly with the fraction of total volume occupied by the balls, as noted in Figure 3. This suggests that random arrangements of particles in an aggregate should, on the average, make ...
Ervin E. Underwood, Roland De Wit, George A. Moore, 1976

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BY THE BALLS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term by the balls is used in the context of the following news items.
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Carlton Melton
... much braver, bolder and expansive on 'Out To Sea'. This should be the turning point that grabs the media by the balls and yells “listen to me”. «Soundblab, Jul 15»
2
Jeffrey Dean Morgan adds some spice to the 'Extant' cast
I got this acting thing by the balls.' Then it got to be 10 years later and I can't keep a roof over my head.” But he persisted and though he racked ... «Red Bank Hub, Jul 15»
3
Aussie Up-And-Comer Hailed With Rolling Stones "Best Song Of …
Straight off the back of her stellar US promo tour, Barnett has taken the international scene by the balls and is currently yanking hard. “Courtney ... «TripleM Sydney, Jul 15»
4
The 50 Best Tracks of 2015...So Far
... seize your ambition “by the balls and have the guts to follow through with it,” as Anna told inthemix when we spoke with her earlier this year. «inthemix, Jul 15»
5
Cappuccino Girls style inspired fundraiser to take place at Llanelli's …
With the motto 'Grab Life by the Balls' it is a foundation that also helps provide and assist in the provision of facilities and support services not ... «Llanelli Star, Jul 15»
6
Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge on Verizon Receive Minor Updates
No carrier should be able to hold you by the balls when you pay full price for a phone. flosserelli. If you have to ask, then you obviously do not ... «Droid Life, Jul 15»
7
Tommy Tuberville Net Worth: Cincinatti Head Coach lists former …
... the football coach as BustedCoverage.com commented that "Lake Martin is where [you] buy a house when you've got the world by the balls. «Realty Today, Jul 15»
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Andy Murray rules out letting Kim Sears coach him as he gets set to …
... malfunction after he wore the wrong shorts en route to the title at Queen's earlier this month – and ended up with a rash caused by the balls in ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jun 15»
9
Montclair State » University News » Peak Performances Announces …
Graney's women are fierce and feral, inspired by the balls-out feminist artists of the seventies. On a performance space layered with dirt, ... «Montclaire News, Jun 15»
10
No, GOP, Biblical Marriage Was Not Between One Man and One …
Say she reaches down and gets him by the balls. So the Bible would reward her for loyalty and bravery and fast thinking, right? Nope. Now you ... «Truthdig, Jun 15»

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