At classic movie The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Tony Richardson, borstal governor has a motto that sounds like mockery:
"You play ball with us and we'll play ball with you"
It seems more hard to caught all the nuances that is apparent. Please could you tell me all the meanings, taking into account that there is a football play between in the plot and an Idiom with "play ball" or the like?
Thank You
