American English Idioms: On the ball | Speak English Fluently #Short

Being "on the ball" actually doesn't include a ball. On the ball means "aware of any changes or developments and quick to react to them" or "very well organized" For example: "I was really on the ball with my homework" ------- • Check out this blog post for more details about American English Idioms: https://www.eslactivity.org/american-english-idioms/ • Want another video about idioms? Watch @linguamarina video here: https://youtu.be/T2IeJwURA74 • Want another video about idioms? Watch my Top ten American English Idioms and Phrases here: https://youtu.be/IwHtZWD-NKc ------ Check out my book 365 American English Idioms here: https://amzn.to/3TyBAxV https://www.facebook.com/eslspeaking https://www.pinterest.ca/eslspeaking/ https://www.instagram.com/jackie.bolen/ https://www.tiktok.com/@englishwithjackie?lang=en #teachingenglishwithjackie #englishidioms #englishidiomsandphrases ------ Transcript: Hi it's Jackie from eslspeaking.org. Today's idiom of the day is "on the ball", it means to be organized, competent, capable ,something like that. So here are a couple examples; "I was on the ball with my homework" that means I finished it very early and it was well done. You could also say "my boss was on the ball with organizing vacations", so maybe your boss got you all to sign up for vacations months ahead of time. So if you like this idiom of the day please be sure to check out my book 365 American English Idioms. Please hit like, subscribe and catch you next time. Tags: on the ball, on the ball meaning, american idioms esl, common english phrases, American English Idioms, American English Idioms and phrases, American English phrases, how to speak english, idioms, phrases, english idioms, english phrases, american english, canadian english, learning american english, learning english quick, common phrases, common english phrases, common english idioms, idioms shorts, shorts for english, learn english quick, learn english naturally,