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Usage of 'on the brink of'
(Talking about a chimp): "In human age, he would have been on the brink of puberty."
I was told that this sentence is odd because 'be on the brink of' is usually used for something negative: ...
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Contradictory Idioms [closed]
I stumbled across some contradictory idioms, and it made me wonder how many idioms can be contradicted with other idioms! Some that I've collected so far:
The pen is mightier than the sword
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Idiom request: Putting too much effort, but the return is so low that it was not worth the effort
I am looking for an idiom.
You put too much effort, but there is so little gain that it would not be worth the effort.
Update: More specifically, some guy wants to save money and gas, thus he skips ...
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“You get what you deserve nothing more nothing less”
In this world we reside, what we acquire depends on what we can acquire. In other words, if we have the money to, we can buy a house; if we have the necessary educational qualifications to, we can get ...
