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Zesty Y
2021-12-15 10:12
A for effort phrase
Điểm chữ cái với “A” là cấp độ cao nhất có thể đạt được lần đầu tiên được sử dụng ở Hoa Kỳ vào cuối thế kỷ 19.
If you give someone an A for effort (for doing something), you accept that they have tried, even though such an attempt didn't produce a successful outcome. If you got an A for effort (for doing something), other people accepted that you had tried, even though such an attempt didn't produce a successful or desired outcome.
Though you didn't have the highest score in the class, I still give you an A for effort since you have made considerable progress.
Our team didn't win the match, but many spectators gave us an A for effort.
This phrase dates from 1940s.
Do you see anything wrong?
in any way at all
I will not accept it in any way, shape or form.
