Work & careers
keep someone on their toes
keep someone alert
To keep someone alert and ready to deal with changes or problems.
Hear it in real life
Is the new manager difficult?
Not really, but she keeps us on our toes.
Working with different clients keeps me on my toes because every day is different.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The changing schedule keeps me on my toe.
Say: The changing schedule keeps me on my toes.
The idiom uses the plural toes, even when it refers to one person.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
keep someone on their toes; it keeps me on my toes
Your turn: say it out loud
Working with different clients keeps me on my toes because every day is different.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
keep someone on their toes
keep someone alert
“Working with different clients keeps me on my toes because every day is different.”
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