EXERCISE Choose the Correct Sentence Using «Learn the Ropes» Read each prompt and choose the sentence that correctly uses the idiom «learn the ropes.» ANSWERS:

EXAMPLES A teacher who stays late to help students with homework is going the extra mile. A friend who makes a handmade gift instead of

The origin of the idiom on the same page is sometimes attributed to choral singing where all singers needed to be on the same page. It’s actually much more likely that this term can be attributed to classes and business meetings when copies of a single item are used by all members and that all need to be reading from the same page in order to understand what is being discussed. 

It happens a lot in business. There may be something very big and very important that needs to be discussed, but it hurts to talk about. Or it might cause problems, so we refer to this as the elephant in the room.