In a difficult situation or tight spot. Etymology: Thought to derive from the game of Kelly pool, in which players assigned balls numerically higher than 8that is, balls that are behind the 8 ball in orderhave little possibility of winning, or more generally, from the fact that the 8 ball is considered harder to aim out because of its color.There are various opinions as to where the term "behind the eight ball" precisely comes from, but the generally accepted train of thought is that it refers to the difficult position of having the cue ball trapped behind the eight ball in a game of pool.
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So the game went when he was shooting for money, he was behind the eight ball.Illustration for Behind The Eight Ball— Daily News (New York City, N.Y.)—4 th December 1929:When he was shooting for money, he was behind the eight ball. He was behind the eight ball, and on the bank shot, he missed, Tommy sinking the five.Ironically enough, when he was shooting at Tommy’s ball, again the eight ball was in the way, a sort of pool stymie.James cursed and missed a bank shot. But when he set his cue between his thumb and fingers and took aim he saw a black ball between the cue ball and the five. If he sank this one, which stopped near a pocket, James was to win 50 cents.
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