Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is claw one’s way and its meaning is “to make progress with a lot of effort in spite of very difficult situation”.
Example Sentence: A periodic assessment of health and social development indicators is crucial for any country that is still clawing its way towards achieving ideal standards in the Human Development Index. While the results of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) are usually mixed, and improvements in certain sectors ride along with stagnation and deterioration in other sectors, this year, there have been radical improvements in maternal and child health, sex ratio and population control.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Measuring progress: On the lessons of National Family Health Survey-5 and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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