005 - Expression: Cut Corners / University Admissions Scandal
American English Podcast
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Don't Cut Corners
The expression to cut corners means to take on a task in the easiest, fastest or cheapest way using the least amount of time, effort or resources necessary. We'll start by going through the definition of each individual word, and then i'll give you some more examples to help you use it in your english conversations. A corner is a place or an angle where two sides meet. So at the polygot conference, people came from all corners of the world. And we also use corners to express remoteness. The origin of the expression comes from the 18 hundreds,. wis first to express how people could shorten their distance travelled by cutting corners.
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