If your students don't seem very energetic and excited about English.
Maybe it's time to introduce them to Sports Idioms.
While most sports idioms can still be used when discussing sports, they are even more common in other areas of life, especially the business world.
Examples:
| Idiom sport of origin | Meaning | Example Sentence | |
| across the board cards | equal for everyone | Ten percent raises were given across the board. | |
| at this stage in the game any sport | at this time | Nobody knows who is going to win the election at this stage in the game. | |
| the ball is in your court tennis | it's your decision or responsibility to do something now | "Do you think I should accept the job offer?" "Don't ask me. The ball is in your courtnow". | |
| bark up the wrong tree hunting | you've got the wrong person or idea | I think you're barking up the wrong tree by blaming Matt for the missing money. | |
| blind-sided any sport | to not see something coming | George blind-sided Eric with his fist at the bar. | |
| blow the competition away any sport | win easily | If you wear that dress to the beauty pageant you are going to blow the competition away. | |
| call the shots billiards | make the decisions | While our boss is on vacation, Bob will call the shots. | |
| chip in gambling | help by donating money or time | The staff members chipped in 5 dollars each to buy Jody a birthday gift. | |
| down to the wire horse racing | right at the end | It's coming down to the wire to get these done on time. | |
| front runner track | one of the people who is expected to win | Angela is a front runner for the new supervisor position. | |
| get a head start horse racing | start before all others | They gave the walkers a head start in the run for cancer. | |
| get into the full swing tennis | be comfortable doing something after some time | It will probably take a month of working at my new job before I get into the full swing of things. | |
| get off the hook fishing | escape, have responsibility removed | The child got off the hook for stealing because the security camera was broken. | |
| give something or someone a fair shake gambling | try for a while before giving up | You should give Nadine a fair shakebefore you decide she isn't good enough for the job. | |
Check out this website: https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/idioms-sports.htm
It contains a list of sports idioms and a test on all of the most common used sports idioms.
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