drop the ball

/ˌdrɒp ðə ˈbɔːl/INFORMAL · C1
SA FILIPINOMALAPIT NA KATUMBAS
pumalpak
Literal na kahulugan: «mabitawan ang bola»

Kahulugan

to make a mistake by failing to deal with something

Magkamali dahil hindi naasikaso ang isang bagay.

Mga halimbawa

  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?

Grammar

Tanging ang drop ang nagbabago, at dinodoble ang p nito: dropped, dropping. Ang napabayaan ay kadalasang inilalagay pagkatapos ng on o with.

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