Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “an end in itself“ and its meaning is “if you consider something to be an end in itself, you do it because it looks desirable or you do it for (your) own pleasure rather than for some other purpose of achieving/attaining something”. […….]
Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “queer the pitch“ and its meaning is “to spoil something that someone had planned to do (in order to achieve something)”. […….]
Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “have no dog in the fight” and its meaning is “have no vested/personal interest in the outcome of a particular situation; have no personal stake in the matter/issue”. […….]
Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “pour/throw cold water on” and its meaning is “reduce someone’s enthusiasm/interest in doing something; to decrease someone’s courage/confidence in; discourage, demoralize, unnerve, dispirit, dishearten, unenthuse, scare, frighten, intimidate, dismay, deter”. […….]
Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “bring someone to their senses” and its meaning is “to make someone to think and be reasonable or sensible after being foolish or irrational”. […….]
Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “on the rise” and its meaning is “increasing, becoming higher/greater (in number, amount, value, etc.)”. […….]
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