🗓️ Idiom: Have Many Balls in the Air (v)
💬 Meaning
- To manage several tasks or projects at the same time.
- To be involved in many different activities or responsibilities simultaneously.
🧠 Example Sentences
- As department head, she always has many balls in the air and juggles them efficiently.
- I’m managing two teams, launching a new product, and finalizing budgets. It’s definitely a case of having many balls in the air!
- When you’re running your own business, having many balls in the air becomes the norm.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
He’s got so many responsibilities right now; it feels like he has __________.
Answer
many balls in the air
2. Choose the correct meaning of “have many balls in the air”:
A) To take a break from work
B) To focus on one important task
C) To handle several things at once
Answer
C) To handle several things at once
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“She’s handling several major projects at the same time.” → Change the sentence using: have many balls in the air
Answer
She has many balls in the air right now.
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