Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “line in the sand” and it is a phrase meaning “a point beyond which one will not proceed further (or) a limit beyond which things will not be acceptable”.
Example Sentence: It is impossible to know, in December 2021, how we will look back in five or 20 years’ time at the period during which social media companies such as Meta (owner of Facebook) and Google were allowed to become some of the most powerful businesses in the world, with minimal regulation. But the online safety bill now working its way through the UK parliament should be a line in the sand.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article The Guardian view on online safety: holding big tech to account and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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