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📔 a bridge too far


📋Meaning
cliché An act or plan whose ambition overreaches its capability, resulting in or potentially leading to difficulty or failure. Taken from the 1974 book A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan, which details the Allies' disastrous attempts to capture German-controlled bridges in the Netherlands during World War II.


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🗣The multi-million-dollar purchase of the small startup proved a bridge too far for the social media company, as the added revenue couldn't make up for the cost in the end.

🗣Look, I'm happy to help you guys out, but I'm not willing be the primary investor in your invention—that's just a bridge too far.Apparently, signing an A-list player is just a bridge too far for this team! They'd rather wallow in their mediocrity, I guess.
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English idiom - “just what the doctor ordered” 👩🏼‍⚕️

This idiom is used to express something that is exactly wanted or needed.

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English idiom - “skeleton in the/someone’s closet” 💀

If someone has a skeleton in their closet, they have an embarrassing or shameful secret they don’t want people to know about.

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English idiom - “old flame” 🔥

An old flame refers to a romantic partner from the past.
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English phrasal verb - “act up”

Act up has 2 meanings.
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Don’t you just hate it when people are blocking your view?

Still not an excuse for pushing someone though… what do you think? 🤔

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English idiom - “hats off to someone” 🎩

This idiom is used to give praise or credit to someone.

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