“Go through the motions”
Workتعریف
حقیقی دلچسپی یا کوشش کے بغیر میکانکی طور پر کچھ کرنا۔
English: To do something mechanically without real interest or effort.
مثالیں
مثالیں
1 / 2“He was going through the motions at work after losing interest in the project.”
پروجیکٹ میں دلچسپی کھونے کے بعد وہ بغیر کسی محنت کے اپنا کام میکانکی طریقے سے کر رہا تھا۔
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
He was going through the motions at work after losing interest in the project.Compare with the original example
He was going through the motions at work after losing interest in the project.
پروجیکٹ میں دلچسپی کھونے کے بعد وہ بغیر کسی محنت کے اپنا کام میکانکی طریقے سے کر رہا تھا۔
Write a two-line conversation using “Go through the motions”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryاکثر پوچھے جانے والے سوالات
- What does "Go through the motions" mean?
- "Go through the motions" means حقیقی دلچسپی یا کوشش کے بغیر میکانکی طور پر کچھ کرنا۔.
- How do you use "Go through the motions" in a sentence?
- Example: "He was going through the motions at work after losing interest in the project."
- Should I interpret "Go through the motions" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.