Daily life
save yourself the trouble
avoid unnecessary effort
To save yourself the trouble means to avoid effort or difficulty that you would otherwise have later.
Hear it in real life
Do I need to go back to the shop for a receipt?
No, email them now and save yourself the trouble.
Order the tickets online and save yourself the trouble of queuing.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I saved myself the effort to print the form twice.
Say: I saved myself the trouble of printing the form twice.
After “save yourself the trouble,” use “of” with an -ing verb to name the task you avoid.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
save yourself the trouble; saved myself the trouble of doing something
Your turn: say it out loud
Order the tickets online and save yourself the trouble of queuing.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
save yourself the trouble
avoid unnecessary effort
“Order the tickets online and save yourself the trouble of queuing.”
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