Tag: throw a monkey in the works
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Expect the unexpected
Phrase: Expect the unexpected If life has taught me anything, it has taught me that it is filled with surprises and we should always expect the unexpected. Very rarely do things go according to plan. Expecting the unexpected implies that we should not be caught off guard when things don’t work out the way we…
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Throw a monkey in the works
Phrase: Throw a monkey in the works Before getting into today’s post, let me clarify that I did not throw a monkey in the works or anything else while writing this post. To throw a monkey in the works is an idiom that, by definition, means the words do not help you understand its meaning.…
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Make sense of
Phrase: Make sense of (something) It often seems like an impossible task, but we are all trying to make sense of the world right now. For Western countries, things had been going along smoothly for quite some time. Sure, once in a while, something throws a spanner into the works, such as the Vietnam War,…
