Let's focus on something pleasurable today - SUCCESS:)
In English you can describe success in many different ways, it can be:
remarkable, outstanding, enormous, remendous, overnight, marvelous, howling,
roaring, resounding
or
limited, qualified and modest.
There are of course countless idioms expressing success or failure:
alive and kicking
(also be alive
and well) to continue to be well, healthy or successful.
1. Don't worry
about your grandfather; he is alive and kicking. 2. Classical music is still
alive and kicking among youngsters
back the wrong horse
to support
someone or something that later cannot be successful.
Don't back the
wrong horse! You know he cannot win the elections.
count one's chickens before they hatch
To assume
success too early, before it is certain.
It's too soon
to cry victory. Don't count your chicken before they hatch!
dead loss
something
described as a dead loss is absolutely unsuccessful or useless (a complete
failure)
When it comes
to math, my sisiter is a dead loss.
dog-eat-dog
said about a
world where people do anything to be successful.
It's
disheartening to know that we are living in a dog-eat-dog world.
every dog has its day
everyone has a
time of success and satisfaction.
You may become
successful in your business someday. Every dog has his day.
green-eyed monster
envy, jealousy,
covetousness
1. "O,
beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The
meat it feeds on." William Shakespeare 2. His success aroused the
green-eyed monster in his friend.
hit a home run
to be
successful.
They hit a home
run with their excellent performance in the new play.
home free
to be certain
of being successful because you have finished the most difficult part.
Once you hand
in the last part of your dissertation, you're home free.
I'll eat my hat
said to suggest
that you will be surprised if something happens.
If his business
becomes successful, I'll eat my hat.
in the bag
Certain or
extremely likely to occur; assured about the success of something.
Don't worry
about the final exam. It's in the bag.
put one's shoulder to the wheel
to start hard
work; to begin to toil.
Just put your
shoulder to the wheel. If you keep working hard, you’ll be successful one day!
the mother of all
an extreme
example which is the biggest, most impressive, or most important of its kind.
Failure is the
mother of all success.
There are also numerous synonyms for 'successful':
prosperous
thriving
flourishing
lucky
fortunate
triumphant
victorious
famous
wealthy
profitable
rewarding
lucrative
favourable
When you want to ask about the key of someone's success, you can say:
'What's your passport/pass/ticket/ to success?
And now, why Steve Jobs? Well, if the mother of success is failure, the father will be...? ;)
Apart from my innocent infatuation to him ;), I've found some of his rules of success really inspiring and universal. Just have a look:
1. Do what you love to do. (like: learn English!)
2. Be different. (Well...only if you want;)
3. Do your best. (Obviously!)
4. Start small, think big. ( The bigger the better.)
5. Ask for feedback. (To ask is no sin.)
6. Learn from failures. (What else can you do, right?)
7. Learn continually. (Yeah, we know.)
“Your time is limited. Don’t waste it living
someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of
other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drowned your
own inner voice. And, most important, have the courage to follow your heart and
intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.” Steve Jobs
Stay successful and...tuned ;)
source: google images;www.myenglishpages.com.
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