Comments on: Cross a line https://plainenglish.com/expressions/cross-a-line/ Upgrade your English Fri, 24 Jan 2025 17:55:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/cross-a-line/#comment-18026 Fri, 24 Jan 2025 17:55:51 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=21018#comment-18026 In reply to joao.

Great example & I definitely agree. The news about the LA wildfires has a lot of false information that “makes sense” to people who have pre-existing ideas of what happened.

]]> By: joao https://plainenglish.com/expressions/cross-a-line/#comment-17994 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 13:23:45 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=21018#comment-17994 Many politicians cross the line to win more votes, but these days (with social media) it’s harder to establish when they cross the line, because people accept a lot of fake news… especially if that fake news “makes sense to me”. 

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/cross-a-line/#comment-14591 Fri, 23 Feb 2024 13:18:31 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=21018#comment-14591 In reply to Jacky.

Great example – I would make a small edit and say: “Some companies crossed a line when they released chemical waste into the rivers.”

]]> By: Jacky https://plainenglish.com/expressions/cross-a-line/#comment-14589 Fri, 23 Feb 2024 04:24:43 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=21018#comment-14589 Some companies crossed a line to release chemical waste into the rivers that would cause environmental damage. 

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/cross-a-line/#comment-14554 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:40:06 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=21018#comment-14554 In reply to Roberta.

THAT HAPPENS?!?

Yet another hazard of being famous. This is a great time to use the expression, “to make matters worse”:

“Health professionals cross a line when they take pictures of their patients without permission and, to make matters worse, publish those photos on social media to promote themselves.”

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/cross-a-line/#comment-14538 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:00:03 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=21018#comment-14538 In reply to Henriette.

Perfect!

]]> By: Jeff https://plainenglish.com/expressions/cross-a-line/#comment-14530 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:43:51 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=21018#comment-14530 In reply to Jordi.

Perfect example!

]]> By: Roberta https://plainenglish.com/expressions/cross-a-line/#comment-14527 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:52:18 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=21018#comment-14527 Health professionals is crossing a line when they take pictures of their patients without permission and, to be worst, publishe that photo in social media to promote theirselves.

]]> By: Henriette https://plainenglish.com/expressions/cross-a-line/#comment-14507 Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:15:52 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=21018#comment-14507 It is a fundamental right to demonstrate, but as soon as activists or demonstrators use violence, especially against people from emergency services, they are crossing a line.

]]> By: Jordi https://plainenglish.com/expressions/cross-a-line/#comment-14498 Sat, 17 Feb 2024 22:19:43 +0000 https://plainenglish.com/?post_type=expressions&p=21018#comment-14498 He likes to make jokes, but from time to time, he crosses a line and bothers some people.

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