Today’s English
February 5th, 2017
If somebody asks you, “How is my performance?”, you can say that “it is Out of this world.” to mean that it is amazing, not normal one. It doesn’t mean something in a negative way.
1.I have never seen you sing like this. You are really out of this world.
2.Nobody has danced with this much energy and expressions. I’m sure. He’s out of this world now.
If somebody does not perform well, we can use the expression – “your cake is not worth the candle” but not in a way that will demotivate him.
1.You tried at your best. But something is missing. Your cake is not worth the candle today.
2.He burnt his midnight oil to solve the technical issue in the software. But the result was very poor. He realised, the cake was not worth the candle.
One’s performance will always be good if he remembers what Tennyson unfolds in “Ulysses”:
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will,
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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