If someone says that something or someone else is "a ball of fire," it means that they are really talented and quickly rising in their field.
"Get on the ball and finish" is an idiom of "try harder" and "make an effort". Example: Sam really needs to get on the ball and finish his homework!
This is not an idiom. An idiom is an expression whose meaning cannot be deduced from its elements. To go through fire and water for someone is easily understood to mean to make a special effort and to undergo difficulties for that person's sake.
This idiom means: you are ready to fight with energy and determination for what you believe in.
It's a sports reference. If you drop the ball, you have made a mistake and not done what you were supposed to do on your turn, or when the project was in your hands.
Does it make sense? Yes, so it's not an idiom. It's a proverb.
It's a sports idiom. When the ball comes into play, it is on the field and in the hands of an athlete. When something comes into play, it is in action in whatever situation is being discussed.
The correct idiom is "add fuel to the fire," which means to worsen a situation or make a conflict stronger by adding more tension or hostility. It is used to describe actions that exacerbate an already difficult or delicate situation.
"Blow it" IS an idiom. Other idioms with similar meaning include "drop the ball" and "miss the boat."
Nothing. The phrase would be "out of the frying pan and into the fire," as in you have jumped out of one bad situation into an even worse one.
This is a sports idiom -- it comes from basketball, where the "court" is the playing field. If the ball is in your court, you have control of it and it is your turn to play. This idiom means that whatever happens next is up to you.It pretty much means it is up to you to make the next move.It means, like, what happens next is up to you, you have to make the decisionThis is a sports idiom. The court is the basketball court. If the ball is on your side, or in your court, then it is your turn to move.
"On the ball" is a sports reference. It means that you are in control of the ball, so the idiom means to have things well in hand, to have anticipated all obstacles and be in control and a little ahead of things.
The puppy is very hyper/excited.