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Zack Phuc
2021-07-10 09:07
Nugget of wisdom idiom
Used to describe a certain thing that someone says or writes down that is insightful or filled with wisdom. However, this idiom can also be used to mean the opposite.
My mother always told me that knowledge was one's most precious treasure. Her nugget of wisdom will keep me company for the rest of my life.
So you told me that I should exercise more to lose weight. What a wonderful nugget of wisdom you have there!
Don't ever underestimate Uncle Sam's nuggets of wisdom. They may sound banal to you but he would't have survived the war without them.
If you “play your cards right”, you behave wisely to achieve desired results.
Do you see anything wrong?
1. An unlucky situation
2. An interjection used to express sympathy for someone's bad luck
1. I have had some tough beans recently. I got low marks and lost my bike just two days later.
2. A: I've got a low mark.
B: Tough bean, bro.
