Baseball Idioms

Hit a home run

• To be successful

• To fail

• To run

• To do something unexpected

On the ball

• Maintaining a perfect record

• Be aware, responsible

• To be focused

• Straight to the point

Batting a thousand

• Use extreme measures to ensure success

• To communicate briefly

• Maintaining a perfect record

• To have the odds against you

Go to bat for someone

• To aid or support somebody

• To be there for someone

• an estimate

• to be very successful

A ball park figure

• To fail

• An estimate

• To do something unexpected

• To think about something

She ____ very intelligent and her brother too.

• Am

• Are

• Is

He ___ a baseball player.

• Is

• Are

• Am

They ___ batting a thousand this season.

• Are

• Am

• Is

Jhon ___ playing hardball and his couch ___ always encouraging him.

• Are/ Is

• Is / Is

• Am/ Are

A: ___ you practicing?

B: Yes, I __

• Are / Am

• Am / Are

• Is / Am