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Word of the Day: Get-out-of-jail-free card
Regarding their children, mothers and fathers are not supposed to have favourites.
They are expected to treat their children equally and love them equally.
In reality, however, everyone has a favourite child, and this child has a get-out-of-jail-free card.
The idea of a get-out-of-jail-free card is used in daily English to mean that you have an easy way of getting out of a bad situation.
It’s tough for a father to say no to his little princess.
When she does something bad, such as stealing cookies from the cookie jar, she can get away with it due to her get-out-of-jail-free card.
The idea of a get-out-of-jail-free card comes from the game Monopoly.
If you have one of these cards and get sent to jail (in the game, of course), you can use the card to get out of jail without paying the penalty.
The card has come to be used in daily English to mean that you have a way of getting out of a bad situation.
Daddy’s little princess can use his soft heart as a get-out-of-jail-free card.
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