IDIOMS AND TELEPHONE CONVERSATION :))

* BASEBALL *

IDIOM : OUT IN LEFT FIELD

MEANING : to be away from the action, from what's happening.

SENTENCE : He's out in left field. He won't be used on this mediation team.

IDIOM: TWO STRIKES AGAINST YOU  

MEANING : to have one more chance

SENTENCE : He had two strikes against him when he interviewed for the job. He had been in prison and had never had a job.

IDIOM : KEEP YOUR ONE EYE ON THE BALL

MEANING : to watch or follow the ball carefully, especially when one is playing a ball game; to follow the details of a ball game very carefully.

SENTENCE : if you can't keep your eye on the ball, I'll have to take you out of the game

IDIOM : keep your eye on the ball        

MEANING : to give your attention to what you are doing all the time

SENTENCE : You have to keep your eye on the ball in business.

IDIOM : pinch hitter                              

MEANING : to substitute for someone

SENTENCE : The best batter on the team was asked to pinch-hit for the injured player.

IDIOM : go to bath for someone           

MEANING : support or help someone

SENTENCE : Can you go to bat for me and talk to the boss ?

IDIOM : get to first base                               

MEANING : Succeed in the initial phase of something; meet with preliminary approval.

SENTENCE : They were delighted that they'd gotten to first base in the negotiations. 

* SWIMMING *

IDIOM : : swim against the tide

MEANING : to do something difficult, to do the opposite of everyone else 

SENTENCE I'm having trouble keeping up with my schoolwork. I'm swimming against the tide.

IDIOM : make a splash       

 MEANING : to get a lot of public attention

SENTENCE : His latest novel was making a splash in literary circles and is on the best-seller list.

IDIOM : GO OFF THE DEEP END   

MEANING : to suddenly become very angry or upset and start shouting at someone

SENTENCE : One minute we were having a perfectly reasonable discussion and the next minute you just went off the deep end!

IDIOM : GO UP THE DEEP END

MEANING : asking to move away 

SENTENCE : Anna go up the deep end for her safety .

* BOXING *

IDIOM : pull one's punches     

MEANING : to strike with light blows to enable the other boxer to win

SENTENCE : Bill has been barred from the boxing ring for pulling his punches. "I never pulled punches in my life!" cried Tom.

IDIOM : pull one's punches      

MEANING : to hold back in one's criticism. 

SENTENCE : The one's can be replaced with any in the negative.) I didn't pull any punches. I told her exactly what I thought of her. The teacher doesn't pull any punches when it comes to discipline.

IDIOM : beat someone to the punch  

MEANING : to do something before someone else does it 

SENTENCE : I was thinking of applying for that job but Carol beat me to the punch.

IDIOM : hit someone below the belt  

MEANING : to strike an opponent below the belt

SENTENCE : he champ hit the contender below the belt and the crowd began to boo like fury. Fred was hit below the belt and suffered considerably.

IDIOM : hit someone below the belt    

MEANING :  to deal someone an unfair blow.

SENTENCE : You told them I was the one who ordered the wrong-size carpet. That's hitting me below the belt. Todd hit below the belt when he said it was all her fault because she had become ill during the trip.

IDIOM :by-blow account     

MEANING : a detailed description (of an event) given as the event takes place

SENTENCE :  want to listen to a blow-by-blow account of the prizefight. The lawyer got the witness to give a blow-by-blow description of the argument.

* BILLIARD *

IDIOM : behind the eight ball      

MEANING :  broke.

SENTENCE : Sorry, I'm really behind the eight ball this month. I can't make a contribution

 * TENNIS *

IDIOM : THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT   

MEANING :  If someone you're negotiating with says "the ball's in your court", they think it's your turn to make a move or make an offer.

SENTENCE : They know our position, so the ball's in their court. If they want to pursue the matter, they'll have to make the next move.

 * UPS AND DOWNS *

  

turn up  -

MEANING : to arrive and attend

SENTENCE : Guess who turned up at my door last night?

TURN DOWN –

MEANING : Reject, fail to accept

SENTENCE : They turned down his proposal, or Joe was turned down at four schools before he was finally accepted.

BREAK UP –

MEANING : to make someone laugh or cry 

SENTENCE : He was the kind of comedian who broke up an audience with perfect accents and extremely funny impressions

BREAK DOWN –

MEANING : to surrender to demands or emotions and cry

SENTENCE : Max finally broke down and confessed. I was afraid I would break down and cry from the sadness I felt.

CRACK DOWN :

MEANING : to take strong action to stop something bad from continuing

SENTENCE : The university is taking steps to crack down on underage drinking on campus. 

CRACK UP : 

MEANING :  to have a wreck. 

SENTENCE :  The plane cracked up and killed two of the passengers. 

WIND UP – MEANING : somehow to end up in some fashion

SENTENCE : I don't want to wind up broke and depressed. You don't want to wind up like Ted, do you?

WIND DOWN :

MEANING : to start running or operating slower

SENTENCE : Things will begin to wind down at the end of the summer.

LIVE IT UP –

MEANING : to enjoy yourself completely without worrying about anything

SENTENCE : hey took a six-week holiday and lived it up in the Caribbean. 

 LIVE IT DOWN :

MEANING : to overcome the shame or embarrassment of something

SENTENCE : You'll live it down someday. 

DRESS UP –

 MEANING : to make something look better or different than it really

SENTENCE : No matter how you dress it up, the fact is that we lost. 

 DRESS DOWN –

MEANING : to wear informal clothes

SENTENCE : I dress down if I know I'm just going to somewhere ..

TEAR UP –

MEANING :  to cause someone much grief / to rip someone or something to pieces

SENTENCE :  . The dog tore up the newspaper.

TEAR DOWN –

MEANING : Demolish, take apart

SENTENCE : They tore down the old tenements, or He loved to tear down old engines.

RUN UP :

MEANING : to run as far as someone or something and stop; to run to the front of someone or something / to cause something to reach a high level or large amount

SENTENCE :Carol ran up a huge phone bill last month, calling the UK and Mexico.

RUN DOWN :

MEANING :  to come down, running or very quickly; to go down, running or very quickly / to lose power and stop working

SENTENCE : I need to talk to you down here. Can you run down? I will run down and talk to you

BACK UP :

MEANING : Support or strengthen

SENTENCE : I'll back up that statement of yours.

BACK DOWN 

MEANING : Retreat or yield

SENTENCE : As the watchdog began to snarl the letter carrier backed off, or You have a good point; now don't back down when you present it to the board.

' TELEPHONE CONVERSATION '


Owner : Good afternoon . Welcome to Mariele's Dream Heart Hotel . I'm Yheng ! what can i do for you ?

Guest : I'm check in at room no.27 but my son will arrived before dinner , so how can i request one towel for him ?

Owner : Sure mam it has no additional charge and I will ask our housekeeper that you need an extra towel at room 27 .

Guest : So i said earlier that my son will come before dinner , so I want to surprise him and to prepare a dinner in our room .

 Owner : That is great but i think mam you need to talk to our party organizer because she has some idea for that .

 Guest : Oh i think so and it's better because I want that dinner makes memorable for him .

 Owner : Mam we also hane wine in our restaurant would you like to drink some wine ?

 Guest : My son wants to drink red wine so please bring to our room the most expensive wine that you have in your restaurant .

 Owner : Sure mam just wait for a minute and you will get it as soon as possible and our party organizer will come to you as soon as possible .

 Guest : Thank You ..

 Owner : Is there any other thing that I can help you ? If there's non thank you for calling at Mariele's Dream Heart Hotel and Have a good day :)