If you made a huge mistake at work, would you admit it or pretend it had nothing to do with you?
PODCAST | An Idiom a Day
Episode 213-Transcript and Idiom Notes
Friday, 13 September 2019
see the error of your ways
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An object used to correct mistakes made while writing is called an eraser in Canada and the United States, but in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, India, and the UK an eraser is called a rubber.
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In 1770, Joseph Priestley, who discovered oxygen and soda water, was credited with naming the eraser when he described a substance that wiped or rubbed off black lead pencil marks from paper….OOPS, I DID IT AGAIN.
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Hello and welcome to episode 213 …of… An Idiom a Day
I’m Gina Johnson and the idiom of the day …is… see the error of your ways
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Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. ~Albert Einstein
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see the error of your ways…
to realize or admit that you have behaved badly or made a mistake
to understand that your behavior was wrong and you start to behave differently
to see, recognize, acknowledge the error of your ways is to admit to your wrongdoing or misbehavior with intentions to stop doing something or to improve your behavior
A few criminals admit to their mistakes while sitting in a jail cell.
Here is the same sentence using the idiom… see the error of your ways
A few criminals see the error of their ways while sitting in a jail cell.
Here are a few more sentences using the idiom … see the error of your ways
Be patient. It takes a while for teenagers to see the error of their ways.
The government forced the tobacco industry to see the error of its ways. Now all cigarettes are sold with a warning label.
I now see the error of my ways. My bad decisions jeopardized our company. I ‘m sorry.
A few years after the divorce, our father acknowledged the error of his ways. He wrote our mother a letter and asked for forgiveness.
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QUESTION
If you made a huge mistake at work, would you admit it or pretend it had nothing to do with you?
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IDIOM NOTES
ALTERNATIVES
realize the error of your ways
point out the error of your ways
show someone the error of their ways
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