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Gray olive 661 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Sentence Correction
Hi,
Please explain the sentence below.
" Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid out a triumphant road map for the country's exit from lockdown, off the back of its successful Covid-19 vaccination drive."
What does it mean "off the back".
Top answer
That is some bad writing. A road map can't be triumphant, for one thing. She botched the idiom with "off the back of".
- That is some bad writing.
- A road map can't be triumphant, for one thing.
- She botched the idiom with "off the back of".
- She meant "on the back of", meaning as a consequence of a success.
- This is what you get when reporters try to be editors.
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That is some bad writing. A road map can't be triumphant, for one thing. She botched the idiom with "off the back of". She meant "on the back of", meaning as a consequence of a success. This is what you get when reporters try to be editors.
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