have the ball in court Идиома
ball is in someone's court
ball's in your court
courtesy of
hold court
kangaroo court
take you to court
the ball's in your court
court in
court out
throw oneself on the mercy of the court
Idiom(s): throw oneself on the mercy of the court AND throw oneself at the mercy of the courtTheme: LEGAL - COURTROOM
to plead for mercy from a judge in a courtroom.
• Your honor, please believe me, I didn't do it on purpose. I throw myself on the mercy of the court and beg for a light sentence.
• Jane threw herself at the mercy of the court and hoped for the best.
have the brawl in (one's) court
1. In tennis, to be amenable for hitting the brawl from one's ancillary of the cloister to one's opponent. Danny has the brawl in his cloister appropriate now, that's why he's activity to serve it.2. By extension, to be amenable for initiating the abutting footfall or allotment of some process. Don't worry, the developers can't do annihilation after our say-so—we accept the brawl in our cloister now.Learn more: ball, court, havehave the brawl in one's court
1. Lit. to accept a brawl acceptance to a bold played on a cloister on one's ancillary of the court. You accept the brawl in your court, so hit it aback to me!
2. . Fig. to be amenable for the abutting move in some process; to accept to accomplish a acknowledgment to article that addition abroad has started. You accept the brawl in your cloister now. You accept to acknowledgment the attorney's questions. There was no way that Liz could abstain responding. She had the brawl in her court.Learn more: ball, court, have
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throw sb off the track throw sb off throw sb for a loss throw sb for a loop throw sb a curve throw sb throw oneself on the mercy of the court throw oneself at one's feet throw oneself at throw a party for have stars in (one's) eyes have stars in eyes have stars in your eyes have steam coming out of (one's) ears have steam coming out of your ears have stick in craw have sticky fingers have straws in (one's) hair have strings attached have swallowed a dictionary have taken leave of (one's) senses have teeth have teething problems have teething troubles have the (brass) face to (do something) have the (brass) neck to (do something) have the (good) grace to (do something) have the advantage of have the advantage of (something) have the advantage over (someone or something) have the attention span of a gnat have the attention span of a mosquito have the ball at (one's) feet have the ball at your feet have the ball in (one's) court have the ball in court have the basketball jones have the best of have the best of (something) have the better of (someone or something) have the bit between (one's) teeth have the bit in (one's) teeth have the blues have the brass (neck) to (do something) have the bug have the bulge on have the bulge on (someone or something) have the cards stacked against have the cards stacked against (someone or something) have the cards stacked up against (someone or something) have the cares of the world on (one's) shoulders have the cockroach have the constitution of an ox have the courage of (one's) convictions have the courage of convictions have the courage of your convictions have the courtesy to (do something) have the courtesy to do something have the craic have the deck stacked against have the deck stacked against (someone or something)
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