Sally and a very young cowboy were watching a men’s doubles match from Australia as nearly a half a foot of snow descended on Denver.
We are often amused at some of the expressions used by the commentators.
This one was a ‘never heard before’ one.
‘They must have been in a ‘spot of bother’ in their previous match again The Bryan Brothers.
To have a small amount of trouble, difficulty, or unpleasantness with some task, thing, or person. You might have a spot of bother finding a job after college, but you should never give up! Joe had a spot of bother accepting Mary’s newfound success.
Jill double faulted to hand the first set to her opponents.
Dave’s forehand was MIA in the deciding league match yesterday.
Kevin was in a spot of bother with an unreasonable client last week.
Most of our ‘spots of bother’ are pretty insignificant in the larger scheme of things.
It’s tempting to catastrophize them out of proportion…but that is a losing game where there is no victor.
When I think of Kevin, a deal could fall through, a traffic jam could be provoking, and a tennis match might go south…but his new dog will still be thrilled to greet him every evening and life is good.
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