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So, what could be the origin of this expression? In this expression, the ball, it actually designates the word. It is an image, it is not the object, ball, but it symbolizes, it designates the word that we send to someone when we have just spoken and that we send back to respond. And this image, it is borrowed from the fact that, in many games where we use a ball, well the goal is to send it into the playing area or into the opponent's camp.

In tennis, for example, we hit the ball to send it to the opponent's camp, to his place, to his home, to his playing area, and he has to send it back to us. So what you imagine here with a tennis ball where we send it to each other, , well you can symbolize it with speech. So we send each other speech, we send each other words.

And when we use the expression "the ball is in your court" or "the ball is in his court" today, we are indicating that it is up to the other person to decide, it is no longer our turn to make a decision. We have done everything we could, we have done our part; now it is up to you to respond, it is up to you to decide. The ball is no longer in my court, if we take this image and this object, the tennis ball, it is no longer in my court, it is in yours, so it is up to you to know what you are going to do with it.

So we're going to take three examples to make switzerland whatsapp number data it more concrete and so that you understand exactly how we use this expression in French.

First example: "You've told him everything you had to say. The ball is in his court now." So here, we can imagine a somewhat tense situation between two people. There are two people who are perhaps arguing or disagreeing and one of them has said everything they had to say to the other. So if there was an imaginary ball, if we were in a game, the other person would have the ball and it would therefore be up to them to decide what they are going to do with it. So in this example here, the ball symbolizes the fact that the other person has to decide. The ball is in their court, which means they have to decide what they are going to do, what they are going to say.

Another example: "I know the ball is in my court, but I don't know what answer to give." So you imagine here that someone has asked you to make a decision. For example, do you want to change jobs? Do you want to have more responsibilities? You've been given all the information. You've been told this is what the job will be, this is what the salary will be, this is what the sacrifices will be. Maybe you'll have to travel, etc. So we've been given all the information and the ball is now in our court. That means it's up to us to decide what we're going to do. Are we going to say yes to the job or not? I don't know what answer to give. I know the ball is in my court, that means I know it's up to me to decide.

Yet another example. You see they are all very close, huh, these examples. "They have given us their arguments; now the ball is in our court." So once again, we are talking to people, they have told us what they have to say and it is up to us to decide what we are going to do. And the expression that we use to symbolize that is the ball is in our court. There you go.

And that's what I was telling you just before. I was telling you: "I'm here to present my new course 7 rules for speaking French without getting stuck , the ball is in your court". That is to say, I gave you the information, I created this course with the whole team, we did a lot of work, dozens and dozens of hours of work; now, the ball is in your court, that is to say it's up to you to decide OK I'm going to take this course or not. I can't decide. The ball is no longer in my court, it's in yours.