🗓️ Idiom: Turn the Corner (v)
💬 Meaning
- To begin to improve after a difficult period.
- It means things are starting to get better after problems or delays.
🧠 Example Sentences
- After months of slow progress, the project finally turned the corner.
- Our team has turned the corner and deadlines are now being met.
- Sales were low for weeks, but we’re turning the corner now.
🏛️ Origin
The idiom comes from the idea of walking or driving around a corner — you can’t see what’s ahead until you turn it. In business, it means leaving behind a difficult phase and starting to make progress.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
After weeks of missed targets, the company is finally __________.
Answer
turning the corner
2. Choose the correct meaning of “turn the corner”:
A) To stop making decisions
B) To move offices
C) To begin improving after problems
D) To cancel a plan
Answer
C) To begin improving after problems
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“The team started to improve after many problems.” → Change the sentence using: turn the corner
Answer
The team turned the corner after many problems.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.
