Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “raise the bar” and it is a phrase meaning “set the standards (higher) that others to meet or match up to qualify for something”.
Example Sentence: In their efforts to push students to maintain their reputation, parents feel pressured and compelled to raise the bar too high for their students to match up to the standards set by these education institutions. What do the parents want? I have a feeling that parents these days are just worried about how the world would perceive their students. And that causes the crisis. This is a crisis of performing nothing but the best, rushing to win a seemingly endless race.
This phrase is present in Indian students must be taught that doing is the new learning and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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