🗓️ Idiom: All Hands on Deck (exp)
💬 Meaning
- Everyone must help with a task
- A situation where full team effort is needed
🧠 Example Sentences
- When the client moved the deadline up, it was all hands on deck to finish the project.
- During the product launch, it’s all hands on deck at the office.
- We’re preparing for an important investor meeting, so it’s all hands on deck this week.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom comes from sailing. When a ship faced danger or needed extra effort, the captain would call “all hands on deck,” meaning every sailor must come upstairs to the outside and help.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
The company is facing a major challenge, so it’s __________ to meet the deadline.
Answer
all hands on deck
2. Choose the correct meaning of “all hands on deck”:
A) Only senior staff need to help
B) Everyone must help with a task
C) People should leave work early
Answer
B) Everyone must help with a task
3. Change the sentence using “all hands on deck”:
“Everyone in the team had to work together to finish the job on time.”
Answer
It was all hands on deck to finish the job on time.
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