to keep the ball up: to keep a conversation or an undertaking from flagging. Obsolete.
单词 | θ85667 |
释义 | the world > action or operation > continuing > continue doing or keep going in a course of action [verb (intransitive)] > keep anything going (3) to keep the ball up1693 to keep the ball up: to keep a conversation or an undertaking from flagging. Obsolete. to keep the ball rolling1770 to keep the ball rolling: to maintain the pace or dynamism of an idea, undertaking, etc.; (also) to set (or start) the ball rolling: to initiate… to keep the pot boiling1808 Phrases. to boil the pot: to supply one's livelihood. So to keep the pot boiling: also = to keep anything going. Cf. pot, n.1 |
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