A: How is the negotiation going? Has Daniel and Harry signed the agreement on the house purchase?

    B: Not yet. Daniel made the last offer. The ball is in Harry’s court now.

    A: It’s hard to predict the direction of the real estate market at this point of the time.

    Note: This saying means “It is your decision this time.” While it is obvious the idiom comes from the world of sports, scholars differ on whether it comes from the tennis field or from basketball. Whichever sport it comes from, it is a relatively new idiom and was probably used for the first time in the 20th century.