Blessing meaning in English

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Definition

a blessing: an extremely lucky or joyous event or occurrence; a benediction, a spiritual giving of approval noun

to bless: to give approval or good wishes to; to give a benediction, to sanctify, to make holy verb

Examples

"My life is a blessing"
"It's a double blessing!"

Exercise 1

The author writes that a common way to be a manager is to be given a promotion at the expense of your colleagues.

What does he mean by this?

Your colleagues will thank you for getting a promotion.

You will get a promotion for working harder than your colleagues.

You will get a promotion with the blessing of your colleagues.

You will get a promotion in place of your colleagues.

I don't know

The author writes that a common way to be a manager is to be given a promotion at the expense of your colleagues.

What does he mean by this?

Your colleagues will thank you for getting a promotion.

This is incorrect. This does not mean that your colleagues will thank you, on the contrary they will probably resent you for getting the promotion.

You will get a promotion for working harder than your colleagues.

This is incorrect. "At the expense of" does not imply any sense of hard work.

You will get a promotion with the blessing of your colleagues.

This does not mean that your colleagues will give you their blessing, on the contrary they will probably resent you for getting the promotion. A "blessing" is an act of approval.

You will get a promotion in place of your colleagues.

This is the correct answer. "At the expense of" means to the detriment or harm of. This sentence means that you will get a promotion in place of your colleagues (who will be hurt or harmed in some way as a result). Another example: Oil companies are getting rich at the expense of the environment.

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