the noble art (of self-defense)
the noble art (of self-defense)
The sport of boxing. Any two yahoos can get into a fistfight, but it takes real skill, dedication, and training to learn the noble art of self-defense. He spent most of his career training in the noble art before joining the world of mixed martial arts last year.
See also: art, noble
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
the noble art
boxing. chiefly archaicA fuller version of this phrase is the noble art (or science ) of self-defence .
See also: art, noble
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- noble
- the noble art
- box it out
- (do) you want a piece of me?
- want a piece of me?
- You want a piece of me?
- throwdown gun
- fight back at (someone or something)
- (you) wanna piece of me?
- slugfest