Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is let (someone) off the hook and it is a phrase meaning “to allow someone to escape from a difficult situation; to help someone to get out of a punishment for the wrong or illegal thing he/she has done; to free someone from an obligation; out of trouble, free, under no obligation”.
Example Sentence: Humankind has been freed from the threat of disease by some wonderful, transformative inventions, from smallpox injections to the Covid vaccinations. With all due respect, I don’t think the so-called skinny jab is one of them… A ‘skinny jab’ is no quick fix for obesity – and no excuse to let junk food companies off the hook… The jabs will not curb obesity. Preventing it in the first place is the only way.
This phrase is present in A ‘skinny jab’ is no quick fix for obesity – and no excuse to let junk food companies off the hook and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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