Exercise – 12

🔹 Fall flat
🔸 Meaning: Fail completely

✅ His plan fell flat in front of everyone.
✅ The joke was so bad that it fell flat.

🔹 Back to the drawing board
🔸 Meaning: Start over after a failure

✅ The project failed, now we have to go back to the drawing board.
✅ He said we need to go back to the drawing board to fix the plan.

🔹 Learn the hard way
🔸 Meaning: Learn from experience or mistakes

✅ He learned the value of hard work the hard way.
✅ I always learn things the hard way.

🔹 Pick yourself up
🔸 Meaning: Recover after a setback

✅ After failure, he picked himself up and moved forward.
✅ Picking yourself up after falling is the real victory.

🔹 Hit rock bottom
🔸 Meaning: Reach the lowest point

✅ When he hit rock bottom in life, the change began.
✅ Sometimes, you have to hit rock bottom to rise again.

🔹 Bounce back
🔸 Meaning: Recover / make a comeback

✅ He bounced back strongly after the failure.
✅ A true winner is one who bounces back after falling.

🔹 Trial and error
🔸 Meaning: Learn by experimenting / through mistakes

✅ We found the right method through trial and error.
✅ Behind success lies a lot of trial and error.

🔹 Throw in the towel
🔸 Meaning: Give up

✅ After trying hard, he finally threw in the towel.
✅ I don’t throw in the towel that easily.

🔹 Rise from the ashes
🔸 Meaning: Succeed again after failure

✅ He rose from the ashes and made a name again.
✅ True strength is shown when someone rises from the ashes.

🔹 Cut your losses
🔸 Meaning: Stop to avoid further loss

✅ When the business failed, he cut his losses in time.
✅ Sometimes, wisdom is in cutting your losses at the right time.