not cricket — (UK) If something is not cricket, it is unfair … The small dictionary of idiomes
not cricket — ► not cricket Brit. informal not fair or honourable. Main Entry: ↑cricket … English terms dictionary
not cricket — mod. unfair; illegitimate; unorthodox. (See affirmative examples at cricket.) □ You can’t do that! It’s not cricket! □ What do you mean it’s not cricket? You do it … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
not cricket — • an old English saying. If something is not cricket it is not correct protocol as understood by decent people and certain lines have been crossed. Only really used in a tongue in cheek manner nowadays … Londonisms dictionary
not cricket — Phrs. Unacceptable or unfair behaviour. E.g. I mean, it s just not cricket is it? Knowing that a meal contained beef fat and not telling a vegetarian until after they d eaten it. Informal … English slang and colloquialisms
not cricket — (UK) If something is not cricket, it is unfair. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Not cricket — (UK) If something is not cricket, it is unfair … Dictionary of English idioms
not cricket Brit. — not cricket Brit. informal contrary to traditional standards of fairness or rectitude. → cricket … English new terms dictionary
not cricket — Not fair … A concise dictionary of English slang
not cricket — Synonyms and related words: Bohemian, beat, below the belt, breakaway, far out, foul, free and easy, fringy, heretical, heterodox, hippie, informal, kinky, maverick, not done, not fair, not kosher, offbeat, original, unconventional, unfair,… … Moby Thesaurus
