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Pick that one out of the Onion Bag

English translation: get the ball out of the goal net


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English term or phrase:Pick that one out of the Onion Bag
English translation:get the ball out of the goal net
Entered by: Mihailolja
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18:38 Oct 7, 2009
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Football/Soccer
English term or phrase: Pick that one out of the Onion Bag
Does anyone know the meaning of this phrase? Used within the context of football/soccer? Unfortunately I have no context and don't even know who coined the phrase originally.

Thanks in advance!
Mihailolja
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:04
get the ball out of the goal net
Explanation:
It seems to refer to the goal net, which is made of netting, looking like the bag that onions are sold in. So I suppose it is something you'd say when you are kicking the ball into the goal net.
See this reference: The Onion Bag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Onion Bag is a website of parody and satire about football (soccer), published weekly, usually every Monday morning. It began publishing in May 2003 and ...Influences - Regular Characters - "Must stay at least 100 yards ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion_Bag - Cached - Similar -
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Anne Estrada
Canada
Local time: 19:04
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +11get the ball out of the goal net
Anne Estrada
5 -1The bag which you carry the balls in
Gary D


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +11
pick that one out of the onion bag
get the ball out of the goal net


Explanation:
It seems to refer to the goal net, which is made of netting, looking like the bag that onions are sold in. So I suppose it is something you'd say when you are kicking the ball into the goal net.
See this reference: The Onion Bag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Onion Bag is a website of parody and satire about football (soccer), published weekly, usually every Monday morning. It began publishing in May 2003 and ...Influences - Regular Characters - "Must stay at least 100 yards ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion_Bag - Cached - Similar -

Anne Estrada
Canada
Local time: 19:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Veronika McLaren
28 mins
  -> Hi, thanks !
agree  Jack Doughty
45 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Robert Kleemaier: in all my years in footie, I've never heard of it, but it does make sense
1 hr
  -> Thanks!
neutral  Gary D: It is the ball carry bag.. http://www.sporting-chance.com.au/images/Bag36.JPG
2 hrs
agree  kmtext: It's not one I've heard before, but I can imagine a commentator saying that after someone's just scored a spectacular goal.
12 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  xxxVanda Wilcox: a somewhat old fashioned phrase now but still used in the UK. 'pick that one out' suggests that someone has just scored a great goal
13 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Alison MacG: Good picture here of goalkeeper looking at ball in the back of the net, caption reads: Pick that one out of the onion bag, Barnsley boy! http://www.urban75.org/cardiff/cardiff-barnsley-photos.html
15 hrs
  -> Thanks Alison!
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1213763
22 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Goldcoaster
1 day23 hrs
agree  Phong Le
3 days7 hrs
agree  Andycarruk: Pick that one out of the back of the net... I heard the phrase used in childhood on those rather comical commentaries on Grandstand.
4 days
agree  Liam Hamilton
5 days
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
pick that one out of the onion bag
The bag which you carry the balls in


Explanation:
The bag you carry the balls in when you go to training is called the onion bag.
It looks like an onion bag.
See image.

http://www.exosports.net/catalog/Football-Equipment.220/Foot...

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http://www.sporting-chance.com.au/images/Bag36.JPG

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-10-07 21:05:56 GMT)
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I have 4 of them and I use them for carrying everything, markers, balls, medical kit, and Tag Footie kits.. I am always telling the players to stay out of my onion bags. I usually loose about 4 balls a year.... they have legs I am sure..

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Note added at 14 hrs (2009-10-08 09:04:05 GMT)
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http://www.golfsmith.com/products/9804R/?lcode=CI&tcode=sh&c...
Professional Golf Onion Bag/Approx 96 Balls

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Note added at 14 hrs (2009-10-08 09:07:05 GMT)
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I see in Soccer Satire they do call the goal net a onion bag.

If there is more text we will know which one it is.

Gary D
Local time: 13:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
5 hrs
  -> Thank you... after 18 years of coaching, it is my best friend :-)
neutral  xxxVanda Wilcox: perhaps outside this usage is made outside the UK?
10 hrs
  -> I have always called it a Onion bag as it is the same size and in the begining I used to use one. It is so you can see what is in the bag, as opposed to a closed bag.
disagree  Cilian O'Tuama: unlikely IMO, and CL5 is way OTT
1 day5 hrs
  ->  http://www.golfsmith.com/products/9804R/?lcode=CI&tcode=sh&c...
disagree  Andycarruk: It does come across as a bit arrogant to use CL5 then post a 'disagree' on the only rival, especially when the other has more references than a few pictures of netting sports bags...
3 days22 hrs
  -> I have been coaching Football in Au for 18years, and I call my ball bag a onion bag. An onion bag is 15kg and the ball bag is the same size.. so I call it what it is. If it is different in another part of the world ..so be it
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