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Evelyn Nguyen
2021-01-11 12:01
A Checkered Career noun phrase
An employment history that includes many changes or many alternating periods of success and failure
Tony had a checkered career after university.
This singer has a checkered career after changing her style.
Learning from his experience, I realize that he might have a checkered career.
I had a checkered career, doing any kind of work to earn money.
An easy job that is well-paid and stress-free
Get a job
to show or teach somebody how to do something
The entertainment industry and those who work in it is more exciting and dazzling when compared to any other
This idiom dates from the 1800s. It relates to a checkerboard: the way that the black and white squares alter.
Do you see anything wrong?
