Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “put one’s finger in the dyke” and it’s meaning is “to make a timely effort to prevent an undesirable occurrence”.
Example Sentence: Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja, popularly known as Shailaja Teacher, put her finger in the dyke, metaphorically speaking, knowing that if the dyke broke a far greater disaster would ensue. For that, Vogue India named her its leader of the year last month, an honour she says she shares with her predominantly female workforce. She is still waiting for reinforcements in the form of a vaccine, stocks of which the richer countries are busy snaffling. But that’s another story.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article How KK Shailaja and her ‘Covid brigade’ won a victory against the virus and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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