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Many American English idioms come from popular U.S. sports,like baseball, basketball and football. 许多美式英语习语来自美国流行的体育运动，如棒球、篮球和足球。
Drop the ball. 丢球。
Anna, what’s wrong? You look upset. 安娜，怎么了？你看上去难过。
I really dropped the ball. I forgot my great-aunt was coming totown, and I was supposed to pick her up at the airport. 我真地搞砸了。我忘了我的大姨妈来城里了，我本来是要去机场接她的。
And you didn’t. What happened? 你没去?发 生了什么事了？
She took a taxi. But she is never going to let me forget this. 她坐了出租车，但她永远不会让我忘记这件事的。
In a sport like baseball,dropping the ball instead of catching it can lead to poor results. As an idiom,to “drop the ball” means to fail to do something that was your responsibility. It can also mean to make a mistake at an important moment. 在像棒球这样的运动中，丢球而不是接住球会导致不良的结果。作为一个成语，“丢球”意味着你做不了你该做的事. 也意味着在重要时刻犯错误。
【Drop the ball】: 犯错误；搞砸了，尤其是在关键时候；关键时刻掉链子。
Every time I've ever asked you to do something, you drop the ball. 每次我要求你做点事情，你总是掉链子。
He'll drop the ball, if he turns down their offer. 如果他拒绝他们的提议, 他会犯错的。
Everything was going fine in the election until my campaign manager dropped the ball. 在我的竞选经理掉链子之前, 选举一切顺利。
The only thing I'm worried about is that we're dropping the ball on the economy and homeland security. 我唯一担心的是我们正在经济和国土安全上犯错。
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