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    dropping the ball

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    A1
    idiomIdiomTo make a mistake or error, especially one that causes problems for others.
    She's dropping the ball if she doesn't follow up with the client.

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    How To Follow-Through

    05:21How To Follow-Through
    • are you dropping the ball in all kinds of little ways? Here's the deal, Andes; if you

      are you dropping the ball in all kinds of little ways? Here's the deal, Andes; if you

    • In other words, are you dropping the ball in all kinds of little ways?

      In other words, are you dropping the ball in all kinds of little ways?

    A2

    Funny Baseball Bloopers of 2015, Volume One

    12:47Funny Baseball Bloopers of 2015, Volume One
    • Note the Second Baseman dropping the ball, and the Shortstop recovering for the "Double Play".

      Note the Second Baseman dropping the ball, and the Shortstop recovering for the "Double Play".

    B1

    Kristen Stewart Breaks Down Her Career, from Panic Room to Twilight | Vanity Fair

    16:00Kristen Stewart Breaks Down Her Career, from Panic Room to Twilight | Vanity Fair
    • We'd spent all this time together, and all of a sudden I was like dropping the ball or something.

      We'd spent all this time together, and all of a sudden I was like dropping the ball or something.

    • and all of a sudden, I was, like, dropping the ball or something.

      and all of a sudden, I was, like, dropping the ball or something.

    A2

    Stop Self-Sabotage With This One Vital Step

    05:33Stop Self-Sabotage With This One Vital Step
    • dropping the ball at work. Why? Well, the theory goes like this: when you hit your upper

      dropping the ball at work. Why? Well, the theory goes like this: when you hit your upper

    • Some people get themselves in accidents, or they pick a fight, or they start dropping the ball at work.

      Some people get themselves in accidents, or they pick a fight, or they start dropping the ball at work.

    B1

    Through the Looking-Glass Audiobook by Lewis Carroll

    04:42Through the Looking-Glass Audiobook by Lewis Carroll
    • and perhaps it says, 'Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.' And when they wake up in the summer, Kitty, they dress themselves all in green and dance about, whenever the wind blows: 'Oh that's very pretty!' cried Alice, dropping the ball of worsted to clap her hands.

      and perhaps it says, 'Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.' And when they wake up in the summer, Kitty, they dress themselves all in green and dance about, whenever the wind blows: 'Oh that's very pretty!' cried Alice, dropping the ball of worsted to clap her hands.

    B1

    在台灣的外國黑人如何看待譚德塞的發言?!台灣有種族歧視嗎?外國人又覺得台灣對疫情措施做得如何?

    03:14在台灣的外國黑人如何看待譚德塞的發言?!台灣有種族歧視嗎?外國人又覺得台灣對疫情措施做得如何?
    • Admit that you're dropping the ball right now.

      Admit that you're dropping the ball right now.

    A2

    Too Ambitious

    04:58Too Ambitious
    • always dropping the ball people will tell you to slow down because you’re inviting

      always dropping the ball people will tell you to slow down because you’re inviting

    A2