Sentence examples for off the thigh from inspiring English sources

Again it's that leg-side strangle attempt, but this time the ball has flicked off the thigh pad.

4th over: England 19-1 (target: 146 from 32 overs; Cook 8, Trott 6) A lovely stroke from Trott off Hilfenhaus is half stopped by Warner a backward point, a brilliant effort that saves two runs, but he flicks the next ball off the thigh to get his first boundary.

Clarke opts not to review, and replays suggest the ball simply flicked off the thigh pad.

"It's come off the thigh, slightly higher," says David Gower on Sky.

Al Secord's passout from the corner appeared to go in off the thigh of teammate Dave Donnelly, who was credited with the goal.

Bairstow times three more off the thigh through midwicket; on Sky, Nasser Hussain tells us he has made 30 from his last 23 balls.

Cut off the thighs, basically using knee highs.

In the quarter-final against Belgium, he helped set up what turned out to be the winning goal, only to limp off with the thigh problem that would end his tournament.

Then, the big reveal: Bob's leg has been cut off to the thigh, roasted over a fire and fed to the cannibals.

Remaining on deck, he called to his crew "Ce n'est rien, mes amis, continuons notre besogne" ("It is nothing, my friends, continue with your work") and gave orders for the ship to be turned, when a cannonball from the second broadside from Success tore his right leg off at the thigh.

Take a pair of clean pantyhose and cut them off at the thigh, or simply use an entire thigh high stocking.