介绍:
1) Mental gymnastics
-When Richard's sons discovered that he threw away their plane tickets, Richard used mental gymnastics to convince his sons they were wrong to let him hold the tickets in the first place.
-The historian used mental gymnastics to convince people he found Noah's Ark in the mountains
-Aunt Evelyn used mental gymnastics to convince everyone that only she deserved the family jewelry
Definition:
Inventive, complex arguments used to justify unjustifiable decisions, or situations. Or more specifically, when you are wrong, to convince the blame is on others.
Etymology: literal
2)Two way street
-When David complained that he was never invited out by his old friends, his friends said that friendship is a two way street
-When an employee earns brownie points from his boss, he expects favours since it is a two way street.
-After Portugal allowed the UK to use her airbases, Portugal expected aid during a natural disaster, because alliances are two way streets.
Definition: an situation that required both sides to carry out obligations
Etymology: First use was in 1948, means that traffic can flow in both directions
3)Bore Fruit
-Alfred's many experiments bore fruit when he finally invented dynamite
-Scott's tenacity in basketball bore fruit when she scored a goal
-Grace's hard work on studying bore fruit when she got accepted into her reach school
Definition: To succeed in some task
Etymology: Derived from tree or plant bearing fruit; figuratively in relation to any attempted task.
