Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “beat a path to someone’s door“ and it is a phrase meaning “if a large number of people beat a path to someone’s door, they are interested/inspired in something that person has/does (power, popularity, talent, quality product/service & etc.) and so people are so eager to buy (product/service) or get something (benefit/advantage) from him/her”.
Example Sentence: When the long race for the White House ends, another begins: the sprint (race) to be the first European leader to be granted an audience (meeting) by the new US president. In 2016, Theresa May was distraught (upset) to have got a wooden spoon (imaginary prize/award given to the person who has come last in the race) in the competition to put in an early congratulatory telephone call to Trump Tower. That made her even more neuralgic (hypertensive, causing pain/difficulty) about beating a path to Washington ahead of her European rivals.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article The final Biden-Trump presidential debate: our panelists’ verdict and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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