cliche': "all in the wrist"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Often used humorously but not in latest OED.  Early, serious ex., from golf, as one might expect:

  1912 James Oppenheim _The Olympian_  (N.Y.: Harper) 231: Take it easy — the easy stroke — it's all in the wrist, the twist.


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