{"id":51,"date":"2007-07-23T17:40:21","date_gmt":"2007-07-23T09:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/2007\/07\/23\/bep-57-58-water-cooler-chitchat-sports-idioms\/"},"modified":"2007-08-21T21:22:50","modified_gmt":"2007-08-21T13:22:50","slug":"bep-57-58-water-cooler-chitchat-sports-idioms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/learningcenter2\/2007\/07\/23\/bep-57-58-water-cooler-chitchat-sports-idioms\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 57 & 58 (Transcript & Activities) – Water Cooler Chitchat: Sports Idioms"},"content":{"rendered":"
The idiomatic expressions we feature in Sports Idioms 1 & 2 relate to popular sports in the USA, particularly baseball and American football. In business, competition is often understood in terms of athletic competition. That’s why there are so many sports idioms in business English.<\/p>\n
You can also check out the new practice pod on sports idioms (BEP 61) to hear these idioms being used in a different context – a business meeting. <\/a><\/B><\/p>\n