Tag: knock-on effect
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On edge
Word of the Day: On edge Sorry to have not asked you for a while, but how are you doing? Have you been feeling OK, or have you been on edge? If you have, join the club. If you are on edge, you are feeling nervous, worried or anxious about something. When you are on…
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Up in the air
Idiom: Up in the air Decisions, decisions, decisions we all have to make; some are harder than others, and most of them are up in the air. What can we do about it? Making decisions is like death and taxes: inevitable. One of the main challenges with making decisions is the knock-on effect. Our decision affects all…
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Knock-on effect
Word of the Day: Knock-on effect We’ve all experienced the negative results of the knock-on-effect which is when one event is indirectly caused by another. One day there could be an accident on the highway which causes a traffic jam. Due to this traffic jam, you are late to the office in the morning. Because you…
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SNAFU
Acronym of the Day: SNAFU It has been a long time since I wrote an abbreviation of the day. Snafu is extremely common and was first used during the Second World War. The letters that make up snafu stand for Situation Normal, All F***ed Up. It’s a situation in which nothing is working as planned and there…
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Rubbernecking
Word of the Day: Rubbernecking Rubbernecking is a significant problem during the morning or evening commute. Anyone who commutes to work by car will know that accidents on the highway are all too common. Accidents are bad enough, and they cause traffic jams, but rubbernecking after an accident is sometimes an even greater cause of traffic…
