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drop the ball
双语文本
welcome to english in a minute!
等待来到《一分钟英语》节目！
many american english idioms come from popular u.s. sports, like baseball, basketball and football.
美国英语中许多习语都来自盛行的体育运动，比方棒球、篮球和橄榄球。
drop the ball
犯差错
anna, what’s wrong? you look upset.
安娜，怎么了？你看起来很心烦。
i really dropped the ball. i forgot my great-aunt was coming to town, and i was supposed to pick her up at the airport.
我犯了一个很大的差错。我忘掉了我姑姥姥今日来，我本大约到机场 去接她的。
and you didn’t. what happened?
可是你并没有去。然后呢？
she took a taxi. but she is never going to let me forget this.
她打车回来的。可是她会一向牵挂我这件事的。
in a sport like baseball, dropping the ball instead of catching it can lead to poor results.
在棒球运动中，没有接住球，球掉在了地上成果很严峻。
as an idiom, to “drop the ball” means to fail to do something that wa
s your responsibility.
在习语中，“球掉在地上”意思是没能做成一件事，而且这件事是你担任的。
it can also mean to make a mistake at an important moment.
相同这个习语也可以标明在要害时刻犯了差错。
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