东京奥运闭幕了，看看这20个英文体育俚语表达你会几个？
1. go overboard
来自于帆船运动，意思是：说更多的话或做更多的事，超过需要的尺度
例:
You can't believe everything Janice says about Rick. She tends to go overboard when she's complaining about him.
贾尼斯说的关于里克的话不能全信。她总是抱怨过头。
2. go to bat for someone
来自于棒球领域，意思是：为某人辩护或支持某人
例：
Andy is asking for a salary increase, and I'm going to go to bat for him if the boss says no.
安迪要求涨工资，但如果老总不同意，我会帮他说说话的。
3. hit a snag
来自划船运动，意思是：遇到障碍
例：
The renovations were going along great until we hit a snag with the carpet installation.
改造一直进行的很顺利，直到铺地毯时才遇到了障碍。
4. the home stretch
出自赛马运动领域，意思是：快结束了
例：
I think Alice's pregnancy is in the home stretch.
我想爱丽丝快生了。
5. keep one's head above water
来自于游泳领域，意思是:勉强维持生活，不靠借贷过日子；免于破产;
例:
We are so busy during the tourist season I can barely keep my head above water.
我在旅游旺季特别忙，都快忙不过来了。
6. home field advantage
主场优势，指一个球队在自己的地盘上比赛的有利条件
例:
“Rather than try to keep the competition away from our new office, we decided to invite their leadership team for a tour of our new building. We also knew we had the home field advantage in case we wanted to talk about possible cooperation.”
“与其让我们的新公司避免竞争，不如邀请他们的领导团队来参观我们的新大楼。万一要谈一下合作可行性，我们也有主场优势嘛。”
7. carry the ball
负起责任，担任起领导责任；项目带头人；
例:
“The boss expected her new Sales Director to carry the ball through Q3. By Q4, the Sales Director had surpassed her boss's expectations, not dropping the ball once.”
负起责任，担任起领导责任；项目带头人；
“老板之前指望新来的销售总监能够挑起第三季度的大梁，结果到了第四季度，销售总监超额完成了老板的预期，没掉链子”
8. on the one yard line
非常接近成功
例:
“The pressure is on the IT team to get the servers ready for our new product launch. We are on the one yard line, and there's no time to lose.”
“现在压力都在IT头上了，他们得把服务器准备好用以应对新产品的上线。我们离成功就差一点点了，没时间可浪费。”
9. move the goalposts
通过欺骗取得成功
例:
“No one was fooled by the sales manager's presentation of Q1 success. He had moved the goal posts to show a solid lead, when in fact he was behind the goals set the previous quarter.”
“没人会被销售经理所提报的第一季度的成功所戏弄，他偷梁换柱让自己的业绩看上去一直在领先地位，其实呢，上个季度的销售额他就落后了。”
10. touchdown
触地得分，获胜
例:
“The outdoor launch event of our new product was an amazing touchdown for our marketing team. The weather was perfect, a larger crowed attended than expected, social media revealed over 2 million impressions, and the new product sold out.”
“这次新产品的户外上市发布会真是太棒了，我们市场部团队大获全胜！天气很完美，来的人也比预计的要多，社交媒体显示我们获得了2百万的曝光，新品也随之销售一空。”
11. play quarterback
指挥反攻的四分卫；团队里的领军人物
例:
“It's always a risk to have a new employee play quarterback for the team, especially if he doesn't know the company's procedures. However, taking a risk can also be quite successful as new employees can bring new methods of doing things.”
“让新员工来代领团队总是有风险的，尤其是如果他还不怎么知道公司流程的话。不过，成熟风险也可能换来特别成功的结果，因为新员工可以带来新的解决方案。”
12. a flag on the field
举旗喊停，因违反规则比赛暂停
例:
“We had to stop the new sales material from going to press because the boss threw a flag on the field. He said that no one had approved the expenses for the project, so we have to meet before any decisions are made.”
“由于老板喊停，我们必须暂停那些即将发布的市场物料，他说没人批了这个项目的预算，以后在做任何决定前都要碰头沟通。”
13. to bench someone
让某人坐冷板凳
例:
“Our boss benched the new sales manager for not getting his plan approved before sending the sales materials to press. It's a good thing, because we discovered several mistakes that need correcting first. He'll be back on the team next week.”
“我们老板因为没批新销售经理项目的事儿让他回去坐冷板凳了，这是好事儿，因为我们发现了几个错误需要修改。他下周就能回来了。”
14. a Hail Mary pass
最后一分钟的努力但结果往往还是失败
例:
“I have to decide to find more funding for the new product or to cancel it from production. This week we will try a Hail Mary pass by auctioning the rest of the inventory in a WeChat group. If the products don't sell, then we will discontinue it. If we sell them all quickly, then maybe we can find more funding and ask R&D to improve the product's quality.”
“对于新产品，我得决定是给它多找些投资呢还是从生产线上剔除。这周我们会通过一个微信群把目录上剩下的都拍卖了。如果产品卖不出去，我们就终止；如果它们很快就卖出去了，那我们就去多找点融资然后让产品研发部改善产品质量。”
15. Fourth down
一个最后得分的机会
例:
another agency to win the new client. It's the fourth down today, and the company will make their decision. It's our last chance to show our creativity and ideas to help them succeed.”
“为了赢得新客户，我们广告公司正在和另一家公司比稿。今天是最后一战了，公司会作出决定。这是我们最后一次展示我们创意的机会了”
16. Right off the bat:
首先，一开始(这个bat指的是棒球的球棒，baseball bat)
例:
They hit it off right off the bat; it’s love at first sight.
他们一见面就看对眼了，简直是一见钟情。
17. To hit a home run
本垒打，也就是指表现优秀、干得好
例:
You were going to meet with a big client and you were really worried about it. In the end, you hit home run/ you knocked it off the park.
你要和一个大客户会晤，你非常担心，但是最后你表现相当出色。
18. Armchair quarterback
坐摇椅的四分卫(四分卫（Quarterback）是得分手，负责得分的哟，球队的灵魂人物）即指站着说话不腰疼的人。
例:
My father is a hopeless armchair quarterback.
我爸爸是一个没救了的纸上谈兵的人。
19. To go the whole nine yards
竭尽全力，一个类似的表达是to give it your all.（橄榄球、棒球比赛球场用“码”做长度单位, 英制中丈量长度单位，1码=3英尺）
(1) 表决心、表态度
I'm going the whole nine yards on this project. 这个项目，我一定尽我所能！
(2)称赞、夸奖别人：
Wow,you really went the whole nine yards with that one. 你这次真是拼尽全力啦。
20. To come out of left field
表现出人意料、黑马姿态
例:
It came out of left field and snatched the victory.
这支球队爆冷获得胜利
21. A hole in one
一杆进洞。(源自高尔夫，一次就成功的意思)
例:
Bob sold the car to the lady on their first meeting; it’s a hole in one.
鲍勃第一次见客人就把车卖出去了，真是一杆进洞。
22. A knockout
颜值爆表，含义就是一个迷倒众生的大美女。（这个说法源自拳击，就是大家可能都听过的KO, 被击倒的意思;。注意，这个词通常只用于形容女性）
例:
His girlfriend is a knockout.
他女朋友颜值爆表
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