Tag: get ahead
Get ahead
WotD: Get ahead Hey, what’s up? How goes the battle? Are you winning or losing? Where I come from, when people meet, they often ask each other many questions in quick succession. So quick you never get a chance to answer most of them. I covered the question of how goes the battle back in…
Dog eat dog
Phrase: Dog eat dog They say the road to success is always under construction. What they don’t tell you is that it is dog-eat-dog out there, and the road to success is the same one that leads to ruin. The phrase dog eat dog refers to the ruthless competition among people in which they are…
Slippery slope
WotD: Slippery slope Have you ever played the board game Snakes and Ladders? If you have, then you can understand the meaning of slippery slope well enough. You roll the dice, and if you land on the bottom of a ladder, you can climb up and get ahead. Landing on the head of a snake,…
