Meaning of only game in town | Babel Free

Definitions

The only opportunity, activity, or resource available.

idiomatic

Examples

“It was the first elected position he had ever held, his single incumbency and, he had to admit, his best prospect, the only game in town.”

“Java won't long be the only game in town. Microsoft already plans to publish a rival software, code-named Blackbird.”

“If you surf the Web, chances are you're using some version of either Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. […] But contrary to popular belief, they aren't the only games in town. While the two combatants offer great interfaces and features, there is something to be said for taking the road less traveled.”

“When exports are the only game in town, currency gyrations can be a killer.”

“Once myth and error are dissipated, these are the only games in town. The empirical approach is the only valid way of acquiring knowledge, and this becomes evident as soon as we free ourselves from the thraldom of a false metaphysics.”

“[…]the underlying message for Britons is relentless: raw capitalism is the only game in town, and you need to start working much harder.”

“Political power, after all, is the only game in town that ensures unfettered access to the nation's oil riches.”

“He said that the increasingly fractious tone of interventions from the campaign teams over the weekend had begun to appear like “a race over who can sound more rightwing, as if that’s the only game in town”.”

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