all the marbles

All possible prizes or rewards. Typically used in the phrase "for all the marbles," which is said when one is on the verge of victory. He is currently in first place, so his final putt is for all the marbles!

*all the marbles

Fig. all the winnings, spoils, or rewards. (*Typically: end up with ~; get ~; win ~; give someone ~.) Somehow Fred always seems to end up with all the marbles. I don't think he plays fair.

See also: all, marble

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

(one's) best foot forward
best foot forward
(as) sure as eggs (is eggs)
but for the grace of God
a penny for them
57
and the rest
and how
and how!
close but no cigar, (it was)

References in classic literature

If you buried a marble with certain necessary incantations, and left it alone a fortnight, and then opened the place with the incantation he had just used, you would find that all the marbles you had ever lost had gathered themselves together there, meantime, no matter how widely they had been separated.

Tom Sawyer

While video games may have replaced marbles as the sport of choice, there's still a strong community of mibsters (marble players addicted to playing and collecting) playing for all the marbles. Fox says, "Certain areas of the country have particularly strong marbles communities that boast high levels of commitment, including Cumberland and Perry Hall, Maryland; Reading and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and all over Colorado.

Turning trash to toys: longtime factory makes marbles from recycled glass for games and industries

At that moment, Kelsi arrives and wants to play as well, so the children gather up all the marbles and redistribute them evenly among the five players.

Marble Mayhem. (Problem Solvers)

The two proposed interpretation rules cannot be used together, as the first entails that all the marbles are in the box and the second entails that it is not the case that all the marbles are in the box.

Quantum mechanics, orthogonality, and counting

词组	all the marbles
释义	all the marbles all the marbles All possible prizes or rewards. Typically used in the phrase "for all the marbles," which is said when one is on the verge of victory. He is currently in first place, so his final putt is for all the marbles! See also: all, marble Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. all the marbles Fig.* all the winnings, spoils, or rewards. (Typically: end up with ~; get ~; win ~; give* someone ~.) Somehow Fred always seems to end up with all the marbles. I don't think he plays fair. See also: all, marble McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: (one's) best foot forward best foot forward (as) sure as eggs (is eggs) but for the grace of God a penny for them 57 and the rest and how and how! close but no cigar, (it was) References in classic literature If you buried a marble with certain necessary incantations, and left it alone a fortnight, and then opened the place with the incantation he had just used, you would find that all the marbles you had ever lost had gathered themselves together there, meantime, no matter how widely they had been separated. Tom Sawyer While video games may have replaced marbles as the sport of choice, there's still a strong community of mibsters (marble players addicted to playing and collecting) playing for all the marbles. Fox says, "Certain areas of the country have particularly strong marbles communities that boast high levels of commitment, including Cumberland and Perry Hall, Maryland; Reading and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and all over Colorado. Turning trash to toys: longtime factory makes marbles from recycled glass for games and industries At that moment, Kelsi arrives and wants to play as well, so the children gather up all the marbles and redistribute them evenly among the five players. Marble Mayhem. (Problem Solvers) The two proposed interpretation rules cannot be used together, as the first entails that all the marbles are in the box and the second entails that it is not the case that all the marbles are in the box. Quantum mechanics, orthogonality, and counting
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