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Idioms : Positivity Skills

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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 project.

3. Cross that bridge when you come to it: Don't worry about the test now; we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

4. Cry over spilled milk: It's no use crying over spilled milk; what's done is done.

5. Don't put all your eggs in one basket: Diversify your investments; don't put all your eggs in one basket.

6. Give the benefit of the doubt: Let's give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he forgot.

7. Jump on the bandwagon: Everyone is jumping on the bandwagon and buying electric cars.

8. Steal someone's thunder: She stole his thunder by announcing the news first.

9. Horse trading: They finally agreed on a price after some horse trading. 

10. Pull yourself together: After the shocking news, he had to pull himself together and continue with the meeting.


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