How Overconfidence and Paranoia Become Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

In the article, it examined various experiments that set out to discover why overconfident people – regardless of their abilities – seem to rise to the top (which may explain why sometimes seemingly ineffective people get promoted!) and whether we can in fact manifest our fears to actually occur.
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How Overconfidence and Paranoia Become Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

In the article, it examined various experiments that set out to discover why overconfident people – regardless of their abilities – seem to rise to the top (which may explain why sometimes seemingly ineffective people get promoted!) and whether we can in fact manifest our fears to actually occur.
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Sweet Idioms

Sweet Idioms

 a piece of cake- very easy. It's a piece of cake. 
as easy as pie- very easy. It was as easy as pie. 
like giving candy to a baby- very easy, especially when you do something wrong. It was like giving candy to a baby. (Of course the baby will accept it.) 
a fruitcake- really strange crazy, a kind of serious word. She's a fruitcake. 
going bananas- becoming crazy, especially with too much to do. I'm going bananas. 
nut/ nutty- funny kind of crazy, usually makes you laugh. He's a nut. or He's nutty. 
a tough cookie- a tough or strong person, or doesn't show his emotions easily. That man is a tough cookie. 
sugar and spice- very sweet, nice, or kind, feminine, (used for girls.) Her daughter is sugar and spice. 

Questions and AnswersFind the correct answer on the right. Write the letter in the box.

a. nutty  b. fruitcake c. bananas d. cake e. candy  f. cookie g. pie h. sugar

1. That test wasn't difficult at all. It was as easy as .

2. The soldier didn't cry when his friend died. He's a tough .

3. My uncle Joe is so funny when he visits. He's really .

4. I have so much work to do today, I think I'm going .

5. That sweet little girl Teresa is full of  and spice.

6. That old lady really thinks a mouse is her son. She's a .

7. Lying to the teacher was like giving  to a baby. He accepted my lie easily.

8. My interview was great and so easy. It was a piece of .

Sweet Idioms

Sweet Idioms

 a piece of cake- very easy. It's a piece of cake. 
as easy as pie- very easy. It was as easy as pie. 
like giving candy to a baby- very easy, especially when you do something wrong. It was like giving candy to a baby. (Of course the baby will accept it.) 
a fruitcake- really strange crazy, a kind of serious word. She's a fruitcake. 
going bananas- becoming crazy, especially with too much to do. I'm going bananas. 
nut/ nutty- funny kind of crazy, usually makes you laugh. He's a nut. or He's nutty. 
a tough cookie- a tough or strong person, or doesn't show his emotions easily. That man is a tough cookie. 
sugar and spice- very sweet, nice, or kind, feminine, (used for girls.) Her daughter is sugar and spice. 

Questions and AnswersFind the correct answer on the right. Write the letter in the box.

a. nutty  b. fruitcake c. bananas d. cake e. candy  f. cookie g. pie h. sugar

1. That test wasn't difficult at all. It was as easy as .

2. The soldier didn't cry when his friend died. He's a tough .

3. My uncle Joe is so funny when he visits. He's really .

4. I have so much work to do today, I think I'm going .

5. That sweet little girl Teresa is full of  and spice.

6. That old lady really thinks a mouse is her son. She's a .

7. Lying to the teacher was like giving  to a baby. He accepted my lie easily.

8. My interview was great and so easy. It was a piece of .

Sweet Idioms. Answers

1g, 2f, 3a, 4c, 5h, 6b, 7e, 8d

Sweet Idioms. Answers

1g, 2f, 3a, 4c, 5h, 6b, 7e, 8d

Idiom of the week

When pigs fly: something that will never ever happen
ex. I will marry him when pigs fly.