early bath

noun

early bath

noun

Etymology From the belief that players bathe together after a match, so if a player gets sent off, he or she can get into the bath before the other players.

Euphemistic, Idiomatic The condition of being shown a red card in soccer.

That was a horrible tackle: he can expect an early bath for that.

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