“Get a foot in the door”
定義
To get a small opportunity that may lead to bigger opportunities.
例句
Examples
“The internship helped her get a foot in the door.”
Use this idiom in context
Restore the missing expression using the meaning above. Keep the rest of the sentence unchanged.
The internship helped her _____.Compare with the original example
The internship helped her get a foot in the door.
Write a two-line conversation using “Get a foot in the door”. 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?
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- What does "Get a foot in the door" mean?
- "Get a foot in the door" means to get a small opportunity that may lead to bigger opportunities.
- How do you use "Get a foot in the door" in a sentence?
- Example: "The internship helped her get a foot in the door."
- Should I interpret "Get a foot in the door" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.