I'm adam in today's video.

I want to talk to you about some everyday expressions that are used or that come from the world of sports.

Okay, now these are especially common in the States if you're learning american english, this is very important for you to understand In America sports are a very big part of everyday life and a lot of the words from sports make their way into everyday conversations.

So I'm going to show you 10 expressions and words from sports and what they actually mean and how they are actually used in everyday conversation.

Okay.

And they could be in all types of situations as well.

So I'm going to say we're going to start with to knock it out of the park or to hit it out of the park.

This comes from baseball.

Okay.

And baseball is a very popular sports in America.

It's called America's favorite pastime.

America's favorite pastime is baseball.

So to knock it out of the park again, when we talk about park, we're talking about the baseball field, we call it the ballpark.

This is where they play baseball.

So to knock it out means to get a home run home run means you can go all around the bases and score and all the players on the basis in front of you can also score.

So to knock it out, the park needs to be very successful.

Okay, so my friend went for an audition.

She's a singer and she was trying to join a broadway performance as a singer.

So she went for an audition.

Okay, so she went to try out and then after the audition, I met her and I go, okay, how was your audition?

How did you do?

I I think I knocked it out of the park.

They're going to call me back for a 2nd.

2nd audition.

So I hit it out of the park means I did it very, very well, very successful, very good performance.

Okay, from baseball, To strike out Also from baseball, Okay.

And to strike out is the opposite, it means to fail.

So when you think about a baseball player, he's at the plate and here comes the pitch, swing, miss swing, miss, swing, miss, three strikes.

And he's out.

He goes back to sit down.

The next player comes up.

So he failed.

So to strike out, I guess I should put to because these are verbs, you know, Yeah, I'll choose.

So to strike out means to fail.

So now you think I'm at a bar with my friend?

Okay.

A lot of examples are in bars, I'm at a bar with my friend and he sees a girl on the other side of the bar that he really is attracted to.

So I said, you know, go out, go ask her for a drink or if she wants a drink.

So he goes over and a minute later he comes back and I see them, you struck out.

Uh he goes, yeah, or how did you do?

I struck out.

So the past tense.

Yeah, yeah, struck out means failed.

Didn't succeed in what he was going to do also from baseball.

But again used in everyday conversations to take a rain check.

Again, I have a lot of baseball ones here today to take a rain check.

So now if you buy a ticket to a baseball game and you go to a ball park that doesn't have a roof, it's not coverage, it's not a dome.

So if you go to the baseball game and it starts to rain, if it rains heavily enough and long enough they cancel the game.

But does that mean that you lose your ticket?

No.

What you do get is a rain check.

Okay, they will play this game at a future date and you can use this rain check to get into that game or to get into another game because you paid for it.

You paid for a full game.

You will get a full game if you couldn't watch the game because of the rain, you will get a rain check, you will use it another time.

So my friend asked me to go out for dinner and I said no, I can't.

I'm really busy tonight but I really want to go out with you.

Can I take a rain check means can we do it another time?

Yes, I want to go out with you.

I can't today.

I will take that invitation and use it another time.

Just like I could go watch the baseball game another time.

Okay to cover all the bases still working on baseball here.

So again you have a diamond, you have home plate, first base, second base, third base.

So if there is late in the game the score is very close or tied.

The players, the defending players will come closer and they will cover all the bases to make sure that the other team can't score.

So if you're covering all the bases means you're looking at every possible angle and you're making sure that nothing can go wrong.

Okay I have a company and I'm trying I'm entertaining a possible client and I want this meeting or this visit to be perfect.

So I make sure that my stuff, my staff covers all the bases.

They know where to take the client to eat, where to take the client's sight, seeing what the client likes, what the client doesn't like to make sure that the visit is perfect.

So I make sure that we covered all the bases.

So nothing can go wrong if you covered all the bases nothing should go wrong.

Okay to make a pit stop.

This comes from auto racing.

So you have a track okay and the cars just go around and round and round and round.

But these are very big machines.

They're using a lot of energy and a lot of power and they have tires that eventually wear out.

So after a few laps of the track, they have to come in, so you have, here's your track and then you have a little spot where they come in, they get gas, they get new tires, they take a drink and they keep going.

So this area is called the pit stop.

So whenever you need to take a little break from something, especially if you need to go to the washroom, you need to make a pit stop.

Okay.

These days it's most commonly used to mean I need to go to the washroom, I need to make a pit stop.

I need to go use the washroom and then we'll continue with our thing or I just need to make a, take a short break and go somewhere and do something and I'll be right back and we'll continue.

Okay, So here are five.

Let's look at five more.

Okay, we're gonna keep going different sports, different words.

One more baseball one.

Anyway, so quarterback, I'm sure a lot of you have heard this word.

This could be a noun or a verb.

Now a quarterback is from american football.

The quarterback is the one who takes the ball and throws it or runs with it or hands it off to somebody.

So in essence, this is the person who is controlling the play for the offense, for the team that has the ball, two quarterback means to take charge to lead to control.

So basically leader as a noun to lead as a verb.

Right?

So I have a very important meeting with a client next week and I know that I need the best person in charge of the meeting to make sure that we get the contract.

So I choose my top salesperson to quarterback.

The meeting, okay to be in charge, make sure everybody knows what they have to do.

Do all the talking, take control, get the sale again.

Very common word.

Very common situation in the states.

Full court press This comes from basketball.

Well, yeah, so full court press is one of the defensive styles in basketball where you just scored your basket, the other team gets it on their end line.

And all the team, all the defensive team covers the entire court and covers every player to make it very difficult for them to move.

Okay, So basically press basically means pressure.

So full court press or to apply for a full court press means to apply a lot of pressure.

Okay to make the other side or the other team make a mistake or give up the ball.

And again, you can use this in any situation.

Military, political business social.

So when you are in a campaign for an election, you want to become president, you want to attack your opponent by applying a full court press, making sure that you cover everything they say everywhere they go.

You have cameras to basically force them into making a mistake.

Okay, so one candidate is applying a full court press against the other candidates.

Okay, to throw someone a curve ball.

So we're back to baseball.

So a curve ball is a type of pitch.

So you have the picture and there's the hitter with the bat.

So the pitcher throws the ball.

Now a curve ball basically goes travels this way and like let's say here's the batter and no, I'm not a good artist, but that's not what we're here for.

So let me make a bit higher than the ball comes like this and then drops or a breaking ball.

But mostly it's a curve ball, it curves down so the batter, he thinks he's about to hit it and then the ball drops and he's all confused.

He doesn't know what to do.

So if you throw someone a curve ball, you give them a situation that is very difficult to handle.

Or you put them in a situation where they weren't expecting what was happening and then they make a mistake or they get into trouble.

Now you can say this even about a friend or a business associate associate, I was gonna go, uh I was gonna meet my client, I was going to get the sale, but then my competitor threw me a curveball by giving them a cheaper price and I couldn't compete and we lost the contract, whatever.

Okay, a curve ball could be any situation that you weren't expecting that created problems for you that was difficult to handle step up or in the full expression to step up to the plate again from baseball.

So here's the plate.

So where the person is standing, this is the plate.

Okay.

When you step up, you take responsibility.

Okay?

Or you face the difficult situation, you don't run away.

It's the opposite.

So you step up to the plate means you take your turn or you take your responsibility.

And again, any situation.

So there's gonna be a debate in the school and everybody is a little bit afraid of the other team because they're much better.

But Bill decided he's going to step up to the plate and he's gonna go do what needs to be done and on the sidelines.

So now we're back to american football.

I forgot to mention that before American football.

Now, this is the field.

Okay, Here's your end zones and here's your center on the side.

These are the sidelines.

One team stands here, the other team stands here.

That's the sidelines.

If you're on the sidelines means you're not involved in the action.

If you've been relegated to the sidelines means you've been made unimportant, you've been made redundant.

Okay, So the leader of the negotiating team has been relegated to the sidelines because he wasn't doing a good job.

Management sent somebody else to take over and hopefully do a better job.

So relegated to the sidelines.

I mean, you can sit and watch, you can't participate now it's a lot of information to take in.

I understand but keep in mind if you want to learn real english, you have to learn the culture, language and culture are very much tied together.

Even if you heard correctly what people are saying.

If you don't know what these expressions mean, because you don't really know much about american sports, you're going to have a hard time understanding things, the context or the sub the substance of the conversation, learn sports.

If you go in America take the expressions, learn what they mean.

They're going to be used in a lot of different situations.

Okay.

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