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Phrase of the Day (fire on all cylinders)-10JAN21

Phrase of the Day (fire on all cylinders)-10JAN21

Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is fire on all cylinders and it is a phrase meaning “to work/perform at the maximum possible level of efficiency/productivity; energetic, lively, active.

Example Sentence: Everyone has a different body clock timetable (chronotype) that controls when they naturally wake, eat, work, play and sleep. A small proportion of us (14%) are primed to fire on all cylinders as soon as the sun rises (“morning larks”). Nearly a quarter of us are energised around sundown (“night owls”). The rest fly somewhere down the middle.

This phrase is present in The Guardian article Don’t hit snooze – and other secrets of a happy daily routine, and click here to read it.

Courtesy: The Guardian

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