My sister has an english assignment please help ASAP.
2007-05-03 01:18:39 · 4 answers · asked by destiny18_au 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A cliche.
2007-05-03 01:21:25 · answer #1 · answered by sandfly1234 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the ball is in one's (or another's) court – Tennis: Responsibility now belongs to the person named; often in the sentence "The ball is in your court", i.e. it is now up to you. The term originates in tennis, where it means it is the other player's turn to serve the ball.
metaphor
a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
2007-05-03 08:29:18 · answer #2 · answered by DarkChoco 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The meaning is that you have the problem you have to solve it.~~
2007-05-03 08:27:07 · answer #3 · answered by burning brightly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a metaphore
2007-05-06 17:37:18 · answer #4 · answered by drstella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋