The Big Book of American Idioms by Jackie Bolen

Author:Jackie Bolen
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: english idioms, idioms in english, common english idioms, english idioms book, english language idioms, common idioms in english, american english idioms, american english, learning english idioms, english idioms and expressions, english expressions and phrases
Publisher: Jackie Bolen
Published: 2020-12-14T00:00:00+00:00

Go the extra mile

Meaning: Work very hard to do a good job. Doing something extra than is expected.

Origin: From Matthew 5:41 in the Bible. Under Roman law, a soldier could order a Jew to carry his pack for a mile. Matthew said to carry it even further than that without complaint.

Thanks so much for going the extra mile helping that customer out. They appreciated it and so do I.

I love to go the extra mile to help people out.

Got a taste of his own medicine

Meaning: Being treated in the same bad way he/she has treated other people.

Origin: Comes from Aesop's famous story when a swindler sells fake medicine to lots of people, claiming it could help them. When he gets sick, people give him his own medicine which of course, doesn't work.

I don't feel sorry for him. He got a taste of his own medicine.

She got a taste of her own medicine at work the other day. I was so happy!

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