Sports Idioms

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• It was clear that she was the boss and calling the shots .
• That boy was skating on thin ice when he cursed at me.
• The student was intelligent and really on the ball .
• When you first start working you have to learn the ropes and get to know the rules about how things function at your workplace.
• He is old now and should hang up his boots and retire.
• I got a second wind and found the energy to finish.
• The effort was good, but the final result was not up to par , it simply was not good enough.
• She got up early to get a head start on the day.
• The test was so easy that I sailed through the questions.
• The conman took me for millions, he took me for a ride .
• With the deadline approaching, only half of the project was finished and we knew that it would come down to the wire .
• Don't jump the gun and start before you have read the instructions.
• Can you give a rough idea of the cost? A ballpark figure ?
• It was really nice to touch base a discuss the plans.
• Some times you need to get tough and play hardball with people who don't want to cooperate.
• We started the lesson and right off the bat the student had a question.

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