介绍:
1) Curry favour
-Obama promised to legalize gay marriage, to curry favour with the liberals.
-The minor lord punished tax evaders, to curry favour with the king.
-Jayma forfeited her annual leave to curry favour with her boss.
Definition: seek favour by fawning or flattery
Etymology: "Curry" has nothing to do with the spice. It means to groom, as in the horse-keeping currycomb tool. One of the definitions of "stroke" is "suck up to," and the image is similar: to get on a person's good side, whether or not flattery is warranted. "Favor" was originally "Fauvel," the donkey who was the rogue hero of a 14th-century French romance. The image of grooming the beast to get on its good side or to win its favor is now the modern use of the word in the phrase.
2) Inside track
-Since I've got the inside track after curry favor with the boss. I'll probably be the new office manager.
-If I can get in the inside track, I flip this house.
-Simon is on the inside track with the President since they were high school classmates.
Definition:an advantage (over someone) gained through special connections, special knowledge, or favoritism.
Etymology: The illusion that on running tracks, Lane 1 appears shortest. when in actual fact, the best lane is lane 2, followed by 3,4,5,6,7,1,8.
3) Confirmation bias
-The victim still believed that the exonerated criminal was the villain due to confirmation bias.
-The pilot made no attempt to course because he suffered from confirmation bias.
-The stock trader kept buying because confirmation bias prevented him from seeing that the market was going to crash.
Definition: is the tendency to interpret information infromation in a way that confirms one's beliefs as opposed to looking at hard facts
