to make a splash

Module 7 – Sports and 

 throw someone a lifeline
Fitness (vocabulary)  test the waters
 sink or swim
Unit 41: Sports Idioms
 drive straight into
 bellow the belt
 tread water
 pull your punches
 in at the deep end
 on the ropes
 keeping our heands above
 saved by the bell
water
 throw in towel
 throw someone a lifeline
 keep moving the goalposts
 sink or swim
 a level playing field
 swimming against the tide
 back the wrong horse
 in deep water
 par for the course
 out of my depth
 horses for courses
 drown your sorrows
 touch base
 make a splash
 neck and neck
 on the crest of a wave
 a major player
 keep (people) onside
Sports idioms – notebook
 heavyweight
 the ball is in your court/ it’s
 drop the ball
up to you
 on the ball
 to get off the hook/ to escape
 play ball
punishment
 we’re in the whole new ball
 go to bat for someone/to help
game
someone
 the ball’s in your court
 (to) give your best shoot/ try
 run with the ball
your best; to do something for
Unit 42: Swimming Idioms someone on your own
 the home stretch/ the end of
 sank after
something
 the tide comes in and goes out
 (not) up to par/ not to be good
 top of a wave/ creast of a
enough for something
wave
 throw in the towel/ to give up
 to tread the water
 don’t throw in the towel/ keep
 drown
going
 thrown in at the deep end
 blind sided by / did not see
 swimming against the tide
something coming
 keep our heads above water
 slum dunk/ it’s a sure thing
 going under
 call the shots/to make the
 out of my depth
decisions
 in deep water
 hit bellow the belt/ to do or
 on the crest of a wave
say something unfair
 drowned our sorrows