| English | Russian |
| drop the ball | дать маху (As far as our foreign policy is concerned, we've dropped the ball ART Vancouver) |
| drop the ball | подвести (кого-л. -- to make a mistake, especially by not taking action or dealing with something that should have been planned for (Cambridge Dictionary) ART Vancouver) |
| drop the ball | подкачать (to make a mistake, especially by not taking action or dealing with something that should have been planned for (Cambridge Dictionary): The entire time I was there, not once was anything cleaned — not by janitorial staff or by nursing staff. Given that this is Fraser Health, I can’t say I’m surprised by these conditions in the slightest, but someone is clearly dropping the ball when it comes to our emergency rooms. (Burnaby Now)
ART Vancouver) |
| drop the ball | оплошать (I think we dropped the ball on this. ART Vancouver) |
