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Hard hat

Here's a non-basketball term picked up from a basketball story.

In the run-up to the ongoing NBA Finals between San Antonio Spurs and Cleveland Cavaliers, Spurs top defender Bruce Bowen talked about the task he has on hand to stop Cavs young star LeBron James.

While Bowen, one of the best defenders in the NBA for the past decade, acknowledges the great show James put on during their Eastern Conference Finals against the Detroit Pistons, he was unfazed by the prospect of guarding King James.

He said (Bowen Not Daunted By Task of Guarding James, AP, June 5 2007): "I think it was impressive what he (James) did and going through my mind, it's nothing, because I'm not there, I'm not a Detroit Piston, I'm just watching the game as an avid fan.… and it's important for us to come with our hard hats and be ready to play."

Hard hats?

Yes, that's the question I have for you. What does "hard hats" refer to? And what does "come with our hard hats and be ready to play" mean?

Well, the hard hats refer to the helmets construction workers wear at work. Look out your office window, if you're in Beijing, Shanghai or virtually any other big city in China, you'll probably spot some of them wearing those colored hats toiling around - Where I live, hard hats are commonplace what with building for the upcoming Olympics and so forth.