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🔥 Actions & Effort

Idioms about work, effort, and taking action.

408 idioms in this category

Bend over backwards

To make a great effort or go to extreme lengths to help or accommodate someone.

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Bite the bullet

To endure a painful or difficult situation with courage.

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Burn bridges

To destroy relationships or opportunities, making it impossible to go back.

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Get the ball rolling

To start an activity or process.

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Hand something to someone on a silver platter

to provide something easily and without effort to someone

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Hit the ground running

To begin a task or project with energy and enthusiasm from the very start.

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Jump on the bandwagon

To join or support something that is already popular or successful.

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Leave no stone unturned

To make every possible effort; to search thoroughly.

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Move the goalposts

To change the rules or requirements after someone has already started trying to meet them.

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Throw in the towel

To give up or admit defeat.

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a bad workman always blames his tools

an incompetent person will always find excuses for their failures

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a bunch of fives

a strong punch or hit

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