Posted by englishlessons on June 29, 2015
to help someone/some entity out of bad situation
Examples:
I was having financial trouble last year, but my uncle bailed me out, so I am paying him back now.
The government bailed out some companies during the financial downturn.
Note: This idiom can also mean to escape from a bad situation.
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Posted by englishlessons on June 23, 2015
Definition:
ready to step in and take over or take action
Examples:
That company is the market leader now, but their competitors are waiting in the wings for an opportunity to replace them.
The CEO fired the vice-president quickly; her successor must have been waiting in the wings.
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Posted by englishlessons on June 8, 2015
Definition:
a temporary fix to a problem
Examples:
We created a workaround for this issue, but we will have to go back later and take the time to create a long-term solution.
We don’t have time to analyze the issues, so we came up with a workaround for now.
(Note: the stress is on the first syllable of this compound word.)
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Posted by englishlessons on June 1, 2015
Definition:
in a dangerous or risky situation
Examples:
I think we are on thin ice with this plan; we need to devise a better one.
The defense is on thin ice as their argument is weak.
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