Society
put the world to rights
discuss how to improve the world
To put the world to rights means to talk about the world's problems and how they should be solved.
Hear it in real life
What did you and your dad talk about all evening?
We were putting the world to rights, as usual.
We stayed up late putting the world to rights over a few cups of tea.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We put the world to right about the problems over coffee.
Say: We put the world to rights over coffee.
The idiom takes the plural “rights” in this expression.
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How it fits in a sentence.
put the world to rights; sit putting the world to rights
Your turn: say it out loud
We stayed up late putting the world to rights over a few cups of tea.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
put the world to rights
discuss how to improve the world
“We stayed up late putting the world to rights over a few cups of tea.”
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