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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Idioms 240. The idiom today is to get a foot in

  • the door. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. If someone gets a foot in the

  • door, he or she has an opportunity to do something that could lead to further

  • opportunities ... to future opportunities. That's the point. You know, you just want

  • to get in there and then from there you could work your way up. So you want to

  • get your foot in the door. It's almost like somebody slamming a door on you and

  • you actually put your foot in so that they can't slam it. That's where the idea

  • comes from to get your foot in the door. Okay. So you're trying to force your way

  • in. So at least once you're in, then from there you can improve or advance. All right.

  • So let's look at example number one. I really wanted to work in that company,

  • but I was unable to get the position I wanted. I decided to apply for and accept

  • a lower position just to get my foot in the door. In this sense, maybe they'll

  • take the lower position and hopefully they'll be able to work their way up

  • later. But at least they got in the company, they could get notice. They can

  • you know, prove that they're a hard worker. It might be easier to rise from

  • within the company than trying to get in at a higher position. So that's one way

  • that we might say that somebody they just want to ...they accepted

  • that position or that job just to get their foot in the door. Okay. Let's look

  • at the second example. That company really wanted to break into the Japanese

  • market. Well whatever it is they're selling, they probably didn't sell in

  • Japan's market yet. So they competitively lowered their

  • profit margin just to get a foot in the door. They just want to get in there. So

  • that you know they can be competitive enough that they can start taking some

  • of the share of the market. So they just want to get their foot in the door and

  • once they get their foot in the door hopefully they can build their way up.

  • Okay. Great. I hope you got it. I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time.

  • Bye-bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Idioms 240. The idiom today is to get a foot in

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