🗓️ Idiom: Reap the Rewards (verb)
💬 Meaning
- To receive benefits or advantages as a result of hard work.
- To enjoy success after effort or investment.
🧠 Example Sentences
- After months of hard work on the project, the team finally reaped the rewards.
- Employees who invest in learning new skills often reap the rewards in promotions.
- She stayed late every day to finish the report and reaped the rewards when her manager praised her work.
🏛️ Origin
The idiom comes from agriculture. “Reap” refers to harvesting crops once they are fully grown. By the 16th century, it was used metaphorically in English to mean enjoying the results of one’s labor or efforts — in business, work, or life in general.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
After months of preparation for the conference, the team finally _______.
Answer
reaped the rewards
2. Multiple choice:
What does “reap the rewards” mean?
a) To plant seeds
b) To receive benefits from hard work
c) To start a new project
Answer
b) To receive benefits from hard work
3. Change the sentence using “reap the rewards”:
“After finishing the training program, he got a well-deserved promotion.”
Answer
After finishing the training program, he reaped the rewards with a well-deserved promotion.
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