Quality Idioms
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Meaning: Something extremely good, useful, or innovative.
Example: Everyone in tech says the new AI tool is like sliced bread because it saves so much time. Read more ➺
Meaning: At an acceptable or expected standard.
Example: The restaurant was clean, but the food quality was not up to par. Read more ➺
Meaning: Weak, lacking strength, force, or effectiveness.
Example: The proposal sounded milk-and-water, offering no real solution. Read more ➺
Meaning: The true value or quality of something can only be judged by actual results or experience.
Example: The team liked the proposal, but the proof is in the pudding once the product reaches customers. Read more ➺
Meaning: A cheap, low-quality, or worthless person or thing.
Example: The two-bit crooks thought they could fool everyone, but the police caught them within minutes. Read more ➺
Meaning: Something small-time or insignificant.
Example: The investors dismissed the proposal as a rinky-dink idea that wasn't worth funding. Read more ➺
Meaning: To decline, deteriorate, or lose quality over time.
Example: After the store closed, the whole block started to go to seed, with peeling paint and empty windows. Read more ➺
Meaning: To reach the point where something, usually a TV show or project, starts to decline in quality or popularity.
Example: Many fans felt the series began to jump the shark when they introduced a random alien character. Read more ➺
Meaning: Something of the highest quality or excellence.
Example: Her honesty is of the first water, admired by everyone around her. Read more ➺
Meaning: A term for struggling writers or low-quality journalists producing cheap, commercial work.
Example: Many aspiring authors in the 18th century lived on Grub Street, churning out pamphlets for a few pennies. Read more ➺
