3-Word Phrases
Our low-stakes relationship is strictly NSA, this
No strings attached
The deuce, the hook & Uncle Charlie are baseball slang for this type of breaking pitch
Curveball
A symbol of Turkey since Ottoman times, this flower has inspired decorative motifs on carpets, clothing & ceramics
Tulip
Im a Gemini! This "scientific" discipline seeks to divine one's future by analyzing the constellations they were born under
Astrology
A recession is a prolonged one of these, a reduction in economic activity
Downturn
The Atlantic gets a lot smaller in this phrase meaning over in America to a Brit, or vice versa
Across the Pond
Any castaway knows this brand makes the NCAA official beach championship game volleyball
Wilson
Yagli gures, one of the most popular sports in Turkey, is a variety of this one, but with the grapplers covered in oil
Wrestling
The first 3 letters are an abbreviation some have discarded, but this is still the study of flying saucers & the like
UFOlogy
Drop-arm, swing gate & tripod are types of these barriers often seen at subway or fair entrances
Turnstile
An uneasy accord has been reached when you do this rhyming phrase, politely let go of a dispute without resolution (you're still wrong)
Agree to Disagree
Muhammad Ali KOed George Foreman in the 1974 fight called "The Rumble in" this
the Jungle
Producing more than 70% of the world's supply, Turkey is the world's largest grower of these nuts, aka filberts
Hazelnuts
The study of folklore or stories shared by a specific group of people is called this
Mythology
As in the song "Closing Time", it's what bars do "over every boy and every girl" around last call
Turn the lights on
To pine for someone, or more literally, to participate in a pre-Olympics ceremony
Carry a Torch
In cricket, the only defensive player who wears gloves is the guy in charge of keeping this vital thing
the Wicket
A talisman of concentric circles made with molten glass, a nazar boncuğu is a Turkish amulet used for protection against this negative force
Evil Eye
Robert L. Kelly is co-author of a standard text on this subject, though he is still less famous than his fictional contemporary, professor Indiana Jones
Archaeology
Usually for piano, it's a short, dreamy composition suggestive of the evening
Nocturne
It means doing everything right, or getting a hit every time up, though the math doesn't strictly work on that last one
Batting a thousand / Batting one thousand
In 2014, 260 years after its founding, this legendary golf club finally agreed to accept female members
St. Andrews
Before Turkey's largest city was renamed Istanbul, it was Constantinople & just before that, known as this
Byzantium
King James I of England published a guide to witchcraft & devilry titled this "-ology"
Demonology
This adjective for one of few words is from Latin for "silence"
Taciturn