drop the ball
Without the Bard of Basel, Bell,
You’ve clearly dropped the ball. – A Response to “Bell’s Conjecture”, by Charlie Marion and William Dunham
I’ll freely admit to dropping the ball on this occasion but I’ll fix it.
I’m so sorry I dropped the ball and forgot to buy the wine for the dinner party.
see off
She saw her son off at the train station.
around the corner
There’s a great restaurant just around the corner.
There’s a deli around the corner.
It’s still cold today, but spring is just around the corner.
cross your fingers
We’re keeping our fingers crossed that the weather stays nice.
from scratch
The new website has also been started from scratch.
make someone’s jaw drop
1,339 Quite Interesting Facts to Make Your Jaw Drop: Charles Darwin’s tortoise Harriet died in 2006 at the age of 176. etc..