🗓️ Idiom: Read the Room (v)
💬 Meaning
- To understand the mood, feelings, or atmosphere of a group of people.
- To adjust your behavior or message based on how others are reacting.
🧠 Example Sentences
- Before making that joke, you should have read the room. It clearly didn’t land well.
- She’s excellent at reading the room during meetings and tailoring her message accordingly.
- If you want to persuade the board, you’ll need to read the room and speak their language.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
He told a joke during the serious discussion, clearly failing to __________.
Answer
read the room
2. Choose the correct meaning of “read the room”:
A) To prepare the agenda
B) To interpret the group’s mood and adjust your behavior
C) To take notes during a meeting
Answer
B) To interpret the group’s mood and adjust your behavior
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“She understood the serious tone of the meeting and decided not to present her idea yet.” → Change the sentence using: read the room
Answer
She read the room and decided not to present her idea yet.
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