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do someone a world of good

be extremely beneficial

If something does you a world of good, it helps you feel much healthier, happier, or more relaxed.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

I'm exhausted but I keep working.

Take the weekend off. It would do you a world of good.

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A proper night's sleep would do you a world of good.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: A holiday would make me a world of good.

Say: A holiday would do me a world of good.

Use the verb "do," not "make," in this fixed expression.

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How it fits in a sentence.

do someone a world of good; would do someone a world of good

Your turn: say it out loud

A proper night's sleep would do you a world of good.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

do someone a world of good

be extremely beneficial

“A proper night's sleep would do you a world of good.”

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