![]() ![]() You know how once in a while, that steak looks so good and so tasty that you take a much bigger bite than you can actually chew? Well, you can also bite off more than you can chew when it comes to work. I really don’t want to go back to the drawing board with this idea, but I might have to. ![]() My boss realized that our new project wouldn’t work, so we have to go back to the drawing board and start again.“ ‘ Back to the drawing board.’ Isn’t the drawing board the place where all the best work happens? It’s not a bad thing to go back there. You may or may not have a literal drawing board handy(around), but sometimes starting from the ground up (starting again) a second (or third!) time can reveal(show) something you hadn’t seen before! This means you need to start planning all over again. Sometimes if a project looks like it might not work, you may need to go back to the drawing board. “Hey Jack, are you listening?” “Yes, I’m all ears! Sorry, I was thinking about something else for a moment.”.I was all ears during the meeting, because it was important and I wanted to know what was going on.Or maybe they were daydreaming(thinking about something else) in the meeting for a moment, but want to tell you that now you have all of their attention.Įither way, the next time you want to impress someone with your knowledge of English idioms you should know (and show how much you were paying attention), whip out the good old, “ I’m all ears!” If someone says that they’re all ears, they really don’t mean it literally - they’re just listening very closely. It was a great way to get started in my first home! When I moved into my first apartment, I would go to a flea market and find things I needed for a dime a dozen.If you’re on a budget(don’t have much money) for your next project, finding something for a dime a dozen could be a great help! You’ll usually hear it in the context of, “Plates from IKEA are a dime a dozen.” A dime a dozen refers to anything you can get a lot of cheaply(not expensive). Now that I’m an adult, I like that I don’t have to do anything I don’t want to do!ĭo you know the tongue twister “She sells seashells by the seashore”? Well, she might be selling those shells for a dime a dozen. ![]() My dad always told me to bite the bullet if I didn’t want to go somewhere. ![]()
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