Idioms Ch: 6 Positivity Skills 1. Best thing since sliced bread: Refers to something excellent or innovative. 2. Burn the midnight oil: To work late into the night. 3. Cross that bridge when you come to it: Deal with a problem if and when it becomes necessary, not before. 4. Cry over spilled milk: Complain incessantly about a loss from the past. 5. Don't put all your eggs in one basket: Not put all your resources in one possibility. 6. Give the benefit of the doubt: Believe someone's statement, without proof, even if you don't entirely agree with it. 7. Jump on the bandwagon: Join a popular trend or activity. 8. Steal someone's thunder: To take the credit for something someone else did. 9. Horse trading: Clever bargaining. 10. Pull yourself together: Calm down and behave normally. Sentence: 1. Best thing since sliced bread: This new phone is the best thing since sliced bread. 2. Burn the midnight oil: She had to burn the midnight oil to finish her proje...
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