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Wytrwałość - Brak Wysiłku

Opanuj angielskie idiomy związane z brakiem wysiłku, takie jak "stracić parę" i "zająć tylne siedzenie".

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English idioms related to Perseverance
to [fall|drop] by the wayside

to fail to keep on doing something

Ex: As the semester got harder, his reading habit fell by the wayside.
to [give] {sth} a miss

to decide against doing something

Ex: I'd give that shortcut a miss; it looks dangerous.
to [give] up the ghost

to put an stop to an activity one knows has very little or no chance of achieving success

Ex: They refused to give up the ghost until every possible option had been tried.
to [lift|raise] a finger

to make a minimal effort to do something, particularly in order to help someone

Ex: He complains about the mess but never raises a finger to clean it.
to [pull] {one's} socks up

to try one's best to improve something that is not good or satisfactory enough

Ex: The team pulled its socks up after the first bad review.
to [run] out of steam

to lose one's enthusiasm or motivation, making one incapable of finishing a job or task

Ex: The campaign ran out of steam when the volunteers stopped showing up.
to [take] a back seat

to accept a less important, less visible, or secondary role compared to someone else

Ex: As his children grew older, his own ambitions took a back seat.
on a (silver|) platter

achieved or delivered to one easily or without making any effort

Ex: Don't expect me to serve the solution to you on a silver platter.
to throw {one's} hand in

to give up doing something or stop being a part of something, particularly due to seeing no way of success

Ex: When the investors backed out, the founders had no choice but to throw their hand in.
to [fiddle] while Rome [burn]

to neglect important issues and handle less important ones instead

Ex: While the website kept crashing, the team fiddled while Rome burned by debating button colors.
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