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Inglês (EUA)
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Suppose I am bored with my current job, so I intentionally postpone doing my tasks and finally get fired. However two months before getting fired I have had a job interview at another company and I was told that my chance of being hired there would be high.
When I go to the interviewing company, I'm told that they have hired somobody just the day before.
Now, I feel that I'm stuck in a situation that neither capable of going back to my previous job, nor finding a new job that soon.
Can I say :
" I have painted myself into the corner by leaving my job"?
I want to say : At present I feel my options are nearly zero and this makes me hopeless. Does "paint oneself into corner" convey this meaning?
When I go to the interviewing company, I'm told that they have hired somobody just the day before.
Now, I feel that I'm stuck in a situation that neither capable of going back to my previous job, nor finding a new job that soon.
Can I say :
" I have painted myself into the corner by leaving my job"?
I want to say : At present I feel my options are nearly zero and this makes me hopeless. Does "paint oneself into corner" convey this meaning?
- Inglês (EUA)
- Chinês Simples (China) Quase Fluente
Yes, it does. To paint yourself into a corner means to trap yourself in a situation you can't get out of. :)
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- Inglês (EUA)
- Chinês Simples (China) Quase Fluente
However, do note that it is: "paint myself into a corner" not "paint myself into the corner".
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- Inglês (EUA)
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