TODAY'S IDIOM: A BALLPARK FIGURE

"A BALLPARK FIGURE"

If you give a ballpark figure or a ballpark estimate, you give a number which you think is fairly close to the actual one.

Example: I know you can't tell me exactly when it'll be finished, but can you give me a ballpark estimate?

Una cifra aproximada

Example sentences:

• We don't know the exact cost, but a ballpark figure would be around six million dollars / No sabemos cuanto es el costo exacto, pero una cifra aproximada sería alrededor de seis millones de dólares.

• She gave us a ballpark figure for the cost because she didn't know the exact amount / Ella nos dió una cifra aproximada de los costos porque no sabía la cantidad exacta.

Additional examples:

• I don't need an exact number. A ballpark figure will do.

• We're expecting sales of the book to generate around $10,000 dollars, although obviously that's just a ballpark figure.

• I'd say two hundred dollars, but that's a ballpark figure. 

• I’m not sure how much a flight to Bali would cost, but the website should give you a ball park figure.   

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