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"ball is in your corner" usage vs. "ball is in your court"
Can you help me figure out what is the difference between
"ball is in your corner" usage vs. "ball is in your court"
and what are the subtleties of usage (rudeness, coll., slang, etc.)?
Thanks.
Kris
"ball is in your corner" usage vs. "ball is in your court"
and what are the subtleties of usage (rudeness, coll., slang, etc.)?
Thanks.
Kris
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[nq:1]Can you help me figure out what is the difference between "ball is in your corner" usage vs. "ball is in your court"[/nq] Case 2 is appropriate to tennis, thus makes sense as a metaphor. Case 1 appears to make no sense and is not in general use.
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[nq:1]Can you help me figure out what is the difference between "ball is in your corner" usage vs. "ball is in your court"[/nq]
Case 2 is appropriate to tennis, thus makes sense
as a metaphor. Case 1 appears to make no sense
and is not in general use. You may have misheard iit.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
Case 2 is appropriate to tennis, thus makes sense
as a metaphor. Case 1 appears to make no sense
and is not in general use. You may have misheard iit.
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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[nq:1]Can you help me figure out what is the difference between "ball is in your corner" usage vs. "ball is in your court" and what are the subtleties of usage (rudeness, coll., slang, etc.)?[/nq]
I've never heard "the ball is in your corner". When someone says "the ball is in your court", they mean it is up to you to make the next move. It's not particularly rude, but it is direct. They are n
I've never heard "the ball is in your corner". When someone says "the ball is in your court", they mean it is up to you to make the next move. It's not particularly rude, but it is direct. They are n
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[nq:1]Thanks a lot[/nq]
"He's in your corner" means that someone supports you. It's a fighting reference, and refers to the corner men, the guys who put out the stool, and give the fighter something to drink and a towel, take their mouthpiece and return it, and use styptic on their cuts between rounds.
It's hard to get a ball to do all that.
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"He's in your corner" means that someone supports you. It's a fighting reference, and refers to the corner men, the guys who put out the stool, and give the fighter something to drink and a towel, take their mouthpiece and return it, and use styptic on their cuts between rounds.
It's hard to get a ball to do all that.
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