Tommy Tran
2022-04-10 03:04
Take (one's) ball and go home idiom verb phrase
Used to refer to someone who stops taking part in an activity when it didn't turn out the way they wanted. In doing so, they also prevent others from continuing the activity.
Johnny is just a smart ass who likes to control people. If things don't work as he expected, he will take his ball and go home.
You have to be clever when dealing with clients. You don't want them to take their balls and go home, do you?
If you describe someone as a cheap skate, you mean he or she is a stingy person.
Used to say that someone is unwilling to spend money; stingy and miserly.
Mean words that hurt others' feelings.
A very nasty, dangerous or vicious individual.
The verb "take" should be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase comes from the image of a group of children playing together, then the one who owns the ball doesn't want to play anymore and takes the ball home, therefore preventing others from continuing playing.
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