Clear
Zesty Y
2021-11-11 10:11
Be blown off course phrase
(Of a plan) Be stopped from happening; take place in a way that is different from expectation.
My plan for summer vacation was blown off course when the city I intended to visit recorded a few cases of Covid.
His goal to become valedictorian has been blown off course recently due to a low mark he got on the final test.
The verb "be" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase is a nautical metaphor: contrary winds turn a sailing ship away from its intended course.
Do you see anything wrong?
Men are normally responsible for building the house, while women decorate that house to make it become a home.
A: I built this house; meanwhile, my wife was in charge of designing its interior and exterior.
B: It is true that men make houses, women make homes.
