英语词汇drop the ball的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	drop the ball
词源	drop the ball. To fail to take advantage of a situation that should have been easy to handle. The phrase could derive from a receiver in football dropping a pass or from a number of situ- ations in baseball, including a dropped third strike or a ball dropped by a fielder. “The president clearly dropped the ball on that one.”
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