10 Common English Expressions from Sports

In North America, sports are a very important part of culture and life. It doesn’t matter if you care about sports or not – you need to know a little bit about them in order to understand many common expressions used in everyday English. For example, ‘quarterback’, ‘rain check’, and ‘make a pit stop’ come from football, baseball, and racing. Watch this English class to learn these and many other expressions that come from sports. Then, take the quiz here: More of my lessons on English expressions: Learn POLITE expressions in English 10 English Expressions from POLITICS