Tag: lend a helping hand
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Put your back out
English Phrase: Put your back out It’s a very painful situation if you put your back out. You can’t sleep properly, walking is a challenge and going up and down stairs is torture. When you put your back out, you strain your back or otherwise hurt it. If you’re lucky, it’s only a strained muscle.…
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Leg up
Word of the Day: Leg up Leg up refers to an advantage that a person has over someone else. It usually comes in the form of help that they receive. You can think about it as lending a helping hand. If you ask someone for a reference letter when you are looking for a job or…
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Lend a helping hand
Idiom: Lend a helping hand Now and then, it is nice to lend a helping hand to a friend or stranger in need. It’s neighbourly and good community spirit to help someone when help is needed. We should all be willing to lend a helping hand. No, we don’t necessarily have to use our hands, but in…
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Pay it forward
Phrase: Pay it forward It’s the holiday season, and what better time of year than this one to pay it forward? This means that after we receive an act of kindness from someone, we should then be kind to someone else. We’ve all benefited from the kindness of someone else at one point in our lives.…
