drop the ball

含义

to make a mistake by failing to deal with something

没处理好该办的事而出错.

例句

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?

语法

只有 drop 变化形式，并双写 p：dropped、dropping。被疏忽的事常跟在 on 或 with 之后。