ball up

In addition to the idioms beginning with ball

• ball and chain
• ball of fire
• ball up

also see:

• behind the eight ball
• break one’s balls
• by the balls
• carry the ball
• crystal ball
• drop the ball
• eyeball to eyeball
• get the ball rolling
• have a ball
• have one’s eye on the ball
• have someone by the balls
• on the ball
• play ball
• put in mothballs
• snowball’s chance in hell
• that’s how the ball bounces
• whole ball of wax