Don't drop the ball on this one, okay? Break a leg! Hello my dear friends and welcome to English mania!
Today we'll focus on yet another amazing English idiom - to drop the ball. Hmm...
To drop the ball, the expression comes from sports where a player fails to catch
a ball and is charged with an error. So you fail to catch the ball, you drop the ball
and it's a problem. So what does it mean, to drop the ball, figuratively? It means to make a mistake
especially by doing something in a stupid or careless way. So you are being stupid or careless
and you drop the ball, you make a mistake. You come this close to the prize and drop the ball
every time. So you make a mistake, you fail to get the prize, you drop the ball
every time, you have to do something about it. Don't behave in a careless and stupid way
and get this prize already. You come this close to the prize and drop the ball every time!
Gone are the days when we would let things slide or drop the ball or you know not finish.
So we can't do it now, we can't behave in a stupid or careless way so that
we would make a mistake and fail somehow. So we don't drop the ball, we don't let
things slide, we don't behave carelessly and fail, we don't, we just can't. Why can't we?
Gone are the days when we would let things slide or drop the ball or you know not finish.
Well, what about your Juilliard audition? You know don't drop the ball on that,
please. So you can't fail, don't do anything stupid or careless, don't make any mistakes,
don't drop the ball, do your best, perform with flying colors!
Well, what about your Juilliard audition? You know, don't drop the ball on that, please.
It's some kind of an art school, the Juilliard school. An example from the
TV show Grey's anatomy. The board is planning a coup, they are saying that you dropped the ball,
that our ranking isn't coming up. It was said to Dr Webber, the chief. So he dropped the ball,
the ranking isn't coming up, so the hospital is in trouble. Dr Weber dropped the ball,
he has to do something about it. The board is planning a coup, they are saying you
dropped the ball, that our ranking isn't coming up. Another example from the TV show Scrubs
you have to let something go, just don't drop the ball with your son. It's important, you can't
drop the ball here, drop it somewhere else, don't make any mistakes with your son, raising your son.
You can say to drop the ball on something, to drop the ball on an opportunity,
to drop the ball on this, to drop the ball on that. Or you can say to drop the ball
with somebody, don't drop the ball with your son, don't drop the ball with your wife,
don't drop the ball with your boss. Okay that's it I hope that you enjoyed learning this amazing
English idiom which is extremely popular by the way. Make sure to create your own examples and
write them down, write a comment, I will enjoy reading it. So practise! Practice makes perfect.
I'll see you in my next video! Happy English and Russian practice! Bye!