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.
People tend to like forbidden or illegal things just because they are forbidden or illegal.
He must have believed that stolen fruit is the sweetest, and he, therefore, cheated on his partner.