Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “(back) on the rails“ and it is a phrase meaning “to start working or functioning normally again after dealing with a difficult (stalled & disturbed) situation”.
Example Sentence: I agree that it will be difficult to get back on the rails because Israeli society itself has become radicalised over the years and there’s no true democracy in Israel. Society has normalised extreme words, as we have alarmingly seen in the past few months. There is increasing intolerance of dissent in Israel, despite pressure from civil society. Lessons can be learnt from South Africa and its Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the post-apartheid era. Every Palestinian must be given the right to return, and this is under UN laws too.
This phrase is present in ‘Two-state theory is fiction,’ says author Antony Loewenstein and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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