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Many American English idioms come from popular U.S. sports,like baseball, basketball and football.
美国英语中许多习语 都来自流行的体育运动，比如棒球、篮球和橄榄球。
Drop the ball
犯错误
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.
我犯了一个很大的错误。 我忘记了我姑姥姥今天来，我本应该到机场 去接她的。
And you didn’t. What happened?
但是你并没有去。然后呢？
She took a taxi. But she is never going to let me forget this.
她打车回来的。但是她会一直念叨我这件事的。
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，球掉在了地上后果很严重。
As an idiom, to “drop the ball” means to fail to do something that was your responsibility.
在习语中，“球掉在地上”意思是没能做成一件事，而且这件事是你负责的。
It can also mean to make a mistake at an important moment.
同样这个习语也可以表示在关键时刻犯了错误。
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