The Ball Is in Your Court——輪到你行動了

** it’s your responsibility now（現在是你的責任了）// it’s up to you now（現在取決於你）// it’s your problem now（現在是你的問題了）// it’s your turn （輪到你）// often used in business to mean that you need to make the next offer（在商業中經常用來表示你需要做下一個報價）

~~輪到你行動了；輪到你決定的時間了；該是你採取行動的時候了；現在要看你的了；就看你的了；下一步就看你的了；決定權在你；決定權在你手裡

~~ it’s your ball // it's your turn // it's your move // your move // it's your play now // you're on // it's up to you // you decide

!! This 1950s cliché comes from tennis, where it means it is the opponent’s turn to serve or return the ball. It has been transferred to other usages, a non-confrontational and humorous way of saying "it's your turn."

（這句50年代的陳詞濫調來自網球，意味着輪到對手發球或回球。它已轉移到其他用法，一種非對抗性和幽默的方式說“輪到你了”。）

>> The management has made the best, final and last offer; the ball is in the court of the buyer now.

（管理層已做出最佳、最終和最後的報價，現在該買方行動了。）

>> Now that Bill has done his part of the concessions giving Jean the house and all the furniture in their divorce agreement, he said to Jean, "it's your ball."

（因為比爾對吉恩作出了讓步，他們的離婚協議中將房子和所有家具讓給吉恩，他對吉恩說：“輪到你決定的時間了”。）

學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師

李啟文　　教授