🗒️ Idiom: Juggle Multiple Balls (phrase)
💬 Meaning
- To manage several tasks or responsibilities at the same time.
- To keep many different projects, roles or obligations under control.
🧠 Example Sentences
- She juggles multiple balls by working full time and also volunteering for community projects.
- In her role, the manager often has to juggle multiple balls — client demands, staff issues, and deadlines.
- To balance work and family life, many professionals juggle multiple balls every day.
🏛️ Origin
This phrase comes from the circus act of juggling, where a performer keeps several balls in the air at once. It was later used in everyday English to describe people who manage many tasks or roles simultaneously.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
As a team lead, she often has to __________ multiple balls at the same time.
Answer
juggle
2. Choose the correct meaning:
What does “juggle multiple balls” mean?
a) To play a game with many balls
b) To manage several tasks or roles simultaneously
c) To drop all responsibilities
Answer
b) To manage several tasks or roles simultaneously
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“She balances her job, her studies, and her family duties.”
Answer
She juggles multiple balls; her job, her studies, and her family duties.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.
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