Hello and thank you for joining me for this new episode of the Authentic French podcast. And today, we are going to look at a new idiomatic expression together, "the ball is in his camp". We can also say "the ball is in your camp" or "the ball is in my camp". We will see exactly in what context we use this expression, so stay tuned.
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And I could have said that the ball was in your court for these lessons and we will see what this expression means. Let's first look at the two main words that form this expression, the word "ball" and the word "camp".
The ball is a kind of small sphere that bounces. So we use it in certain games. For example, in tennis, we use a ball. It's yellow in this case. It's a ball. In ping-pong, we have a smaller ball. It's white, that one. So you see, they are small spheres, small balls, that bounce and that we use in certain games. Dogs love balls, for example. We throw the ball and they go looking for it.
The word "camp", it can or at least it has several meanings, there are several uses, but it can be designated or used to designate a place where military troops are established. We also speak of a camp. It is a piece of land that is set up for a military troop. Or in some games, we say: "this place, over there, is your camp". We also speak of a base. So a camp, remember that it is the place that is set up, that is secure for an army or sometimes in a game.