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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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accedere, se conferre ad rem publicamto devote oneself to politics, a political career.Rate it:

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ad scribendum or ad scribendi studium se conferreto become a writer, embrace a literary career.Rate it:

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all work and no play makes jack a dull boyToo much focus on one's career is often viewed unfavorably.Too much hard work and not enough leisure time can be unhealthy.Rate it:

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animum ad scribendum appellere, applicareto become a writer, embrace a literary career.Rate it:

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bring home the baconTo have a job and earn money or to lead a successful career.Rate it:

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carve outTo create (a reputation, chance, role, rank, career, victory) by hard work, or as if by cutting.Rate it:

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fall in lineC. 2004, Career Soldiers, "Won't Waste My Life".Rate it:

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genus vitae (vivendi) or aetatis degendae deligereto choose a career, profession.Rate it:

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growth pathCareer path, the growth of an employee in organisation.Rate it:

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hang up one's hatTo end one's career.Rate it:

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happy landingsAn expression of good-luck, safe travel in any conveyance, Have success in your career or business venture.Rate it:

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have seen one's dayTo be at the point in a life cycle or career of no longer being useful or effective; to be worn-out.Rate it:

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in luxuriam effundito plunge into excesses, a career of excess.Rate it:

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last hurrahA final act or performance that marks the end of a career.Rate it:

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let's go brandonMade famous during the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Race at the Talladega Speedway in Alabama, after Brandon Brown lands his first career win.Rate it:

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live the dreamTo experience the achievement of every success that one has aspired to achieve, especially from a career.Rate it:

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pi%c3%a8ce de r%c3%a9sistanceA masterpiece; the most memorable accomplishment of one’s career or lifetime..Rate it:

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pièce de résistanceA masterpiece; the most memorable accomplishment of one’s career or lifetime.Rate it:

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pièce de résistanceA masterpiece; the most memorable accomplishment of one's career or lifetime.Rate it:

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play to winTo make a special, determined effort to achieve general success or a particular goal, in life, in one's career, in negotiation, etc.Rate it:

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rem publicam capessere (Off. 1. 21. 71)to devote oneself to politics, a political career.Rate it:

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star vehicleA movie, play, TV series, or other production that enhances an actor's career.Rate it:

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the one who always envies someone in society, will never live in gaietyThis idiom means that if a person spends time complaining, criticizing and whining about what everyone else does, owns, or how successful other people are about their financial situation, job career, or results they get, instead of focusing and trying their best to improve one's situation, the only consequence is that this behavior will keep them in the guts, that is, at a lower life level than the one they wish to be.Rate it:

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to be a queen beeOne whom has a personality and a history of integrity, coupled with a natural diplomatic aura is bound for a successful and rewarding public career.Rate it:

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top outTo quit one's career during a period of success.Rate it:

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varia fortuna utito experience the vicissitudes of fortune; to have a chequered career.Rate it:

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viam vitae ingredi (Flacc. 42. 105)to enter upon a career.Rate it:

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vitae cursum or curriculum conficereto finish one's career.Rate it:

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walk in the snowAn occasion when a momentous career decision is made, especially a decision to resign or retire.Rate it:

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