Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “drink the kool aid“ and its meaning is “used to refer to reckless devotion or blind obedience or cult-like belief; used to refer to a passionate follower or firm believer; it does also refer to followership at its worse (kool-aid is a sweet , fruit-flavoured drink made by adding water to a powder. It remains a popular drink in the U.S., Canada and many other countries)”.
Example Sentence: I hate it when I have to do this but here goes: I was wrong. I was very, very wrong. Back in October, when Elon Musk’s $44bn (£36bn) acquisition of Twitter was finalized, I predicted that the social network would become a lot nastier but ultimately keep chugging along. I assumed Musk had a couple of brain cells and a little self-restraint; I assumed he wasn’t going to drive away Twitter’s advertisers by making erratic business decisions; I assumed he was going to be at least somewhat sensible. After all, he did have $44bn on the line.
This phrase is present in Is Elon Musk going to turn into the same sort of joke that Trump has become? and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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