drop the ball

المعنى

to make a mistake by failing to deal with something

ارتكاب خطأ بسبب التقصير في معالجة أمر.

أمثلة

1. 1Someone dropped the ball, and nobody booked the coach for the school trip.
2. 2I'm sorry I dropped the ball on your birthday — I completely forgot to order the cake.
3. 3The agency dropped the ball with our visas, so we missed the first week of the holiday.
4. 4If the IT team drops the ball on the new system again, everyone's pay will be late.
5. 5Who dropped the ball and forgot to tell the caterers there were fifty guests?

القواعد

يتغير drop وحده مع مضاعفة p: dropped، dropping. وكثيرا ما يذكر الأمر المهمل بعد on أو with.