Meaning of ON THE BALL - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

So in English when we say someone is "on the ball" it means they're very organized or that

Entonces, en inglés, cuando decimos que alguien está "al día" significa que está muy organizado o

they really know what they are doing.

que realmente sabe lo que está haciendo.

So let's, let's imagine you're planning a party and you're planning the party with your

Entonces, imaginemos que estás planeando una fiesta y estás planeando la fiesta con tu

brother.

hermano.

And you say to your brother, "Someone needs to order the balloons for the party and someone

Y le dices a tu hermano: "Alguien necesita ordenar los globos para la fiesta y alguien

needs to order cake for the party."

necesita ordenar el pastel para la fiesta".

And if your brother replies and says, "Oh I already did that.

Y si tu hermano responde y dice: "Oh , ya hice eso.

I already ordered some balloons and I already ordered some cake."

Ya pedí algunos globos y ya pedí un poco de pastel".

You could say that your brother is really on the ball which means he really has things

Podrías decir que tu hermano está realmente concentrado, lo que significa que realmente tiene las cosas

organized and he's really ahead of the game would be another way to put it.

organizadas y que está realmente adelantado en el juego , sería otra forma de decirlo.

So hopefully you get to organize things with someone like your brother more often who is

Así que espero que puedas organizar las cosas con alguien como tu hermano más a menudo, que

always on the ball.

siempre está atento.