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 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.
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