drop the ball (掉球)

Idiom Failure

含义

to make a mistake or fail to do something important

犯错或未做重要的事 (fàn cuò huò wèi zuò zhòng yào de shì)

例句

"I really dropped the ball by forgetting to send that important email."

"我真的 掉了球,忘记了发送那封重要的电子邮件。" (wǒ zhēn de **diào le qiú**, wàng jì le fāsòng nà fēng zhòng yào de diàn zǐ yóu jiàn)