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Sports and idioms

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1. We will go back to square onejump for joydrop the ballI don't know if we win the trophy.

2. I know you're shy about speaking in public. Justgive it your best shotdrop the balljump for joyI don't know. You'll be fine once you've started.

3. He is very ill. He might go back to square onejump to conclusionskick the bucketI don't know while the surgeon is operating on him.

4. She's bad at languages and she hasn't studied.It's quick on the drawpar for the coursea long shotI don't know that she 'll get good marks in her test.

5. To put that ugly photo of him on Facebook is to give it your best shothit below the beltjump for joyI don't know.You know he's sensitive about his image.

6. The stage director said, break a legkick the bucketgo back to square oneI don't know as the actor was going on stage.

7. I've spent hours trying to book a flight online. It's pointless. I've decided to drop the ballhave the upperhandthrow in the towelI don't know.

8. He's got by far the best car of all the participants. And he's very experienced. He will drop the ballthrow in the towelhave the upperhandI don't know in this race.

9. You are doing this maths problem wrongly. You'd better throw in the toweljump to conclusions.go back to square oneI don't know if you want to find the solution.

10. You've forgotten her birthday again.If you want to be forgiven you should do something about it, be right on targetthe ball is in your courtgo back to square oneI don't know.

11. We have to finish the job on time.We have to jump to conclusionsbe right on targetdrop the ballI don't know.

12. Oh dear ! I didn't mean to have the upperhanddrop the ballbe right on targetI don't know by telling him I saw his ex with a new boyfriend.

13. I was dumbstruck when he insulted me, but my husband was quick on the drawpar for the coursea long shotI don't know and I immediately asked him to apologise.

14. What on earth gives you the impression I'm angry with you? I'm not. You always go back to square onejump to conclusionsthrow in the towelI don't know.

15. He's by far the best salesman. It was a long shotbelow the beltpar for the courseI don't know that he got an end-of-year bonus.