Example
“The community garden struggled to get off the ground until volunteers joined.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
a piece of cake
CEFR A2Something that is very easy to do.
Informal
so far so good
CEFR A2used to say that things have gone well up to now
Informal
alive and kicking
CEFR B1still healthy, active, or functioning despite age or difficulty
Neutral
back to basics
CEFR B1returning to the simple, fundamental principles of an activity
Neutral
do the trick
CEFR B1to achieve the desired result or solve a problem
Informal
from scratch
CEFR B1from the very beginning, without using anything prepared earlier
Informal
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