SPORTS/TEAM EXPRESSIONS (TO BE A GOOD SPORT)

Hello, everyone! Welcome back to the Daily Vitamin. I hope your weekend was very enjoyable. 

This month, the world comes together for the Olympics. Are you excited? We are! To celebrate the 2018 Winter Olympics, we will spend two weeks on sports-related themes.

This week we will learn Idioms Related to Sports/Teams. Today we are looking at the expression TO BE A GOOD SPORT. 

Definition 1: To play fairly and have a good attitude, whether you win or lose. 

Example 1: I played chess with my friend, who is really good. I lost really badly, but I was a good sport about it. 

Example 2: Our baseball team is in last place; we played the #1 team and they beat us 10-1! However, we were good sports and we had fun. 

Definition 2: To be kind and generous. 

Example 3: When I was a kid, my brother would always be a good sport and play dolls with me. 

Example 4: Thanks for helping our department with this presentation. You are such a good sport. 

Example 5: My French is terrible, but my roommate still practices speaking it with me. She's a good sport. 

That's all for today. Tomorrow we will look at another sport-related idiom. Have a great day!