"la pelota está en el tejado de alguien" meaning in Spanish

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Phrase

Etymology: Literally, “the ball is on someone's roof”, from a conflation of the earlier phrase la pelota está en el tejado (literally “the ball is on the roof”) with English the ball is in someone's court. Etymology templates: {{m-g|the ball is on someone's roof}} “the ball is on someone's roof”, {{lit|the ball is on someone's roof}} Literally, “the ball is on someone's roof”, {{der|es|en|the ball is in someone's court}} English the ball is in someone's court Head templates: {{head|es|phrase}} la pelota está en el tejado de alguien
  1. (idiomatic) the ball is in someone's court Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-la_pelota_está_en_el_tejado_de_alguien-es-phrase-S94KW9La Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header
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