Work & careers
open doors
create opportunities
If something opens doors, it creates new opportunities or makes it possible to do things that were difficult before.
Hear it in real life
Why are you learning another language?
It could open doors when I apply for jobs abroad.
A degree in engineering can open doors in several different industries.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Learning English can open doors of opportunities for my career.
Say: Learning English can open doors for my career.
Do not add “of opportunities” after “open doors”; the phrase already expresses the idea of creating opportunities.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
open doors for somebody; open doors inarea
Your turn: say it out loud
A degree in engineering can open doors in several different industries.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
open doors
create opportunities
“A degree in engineering can open doors in several different industries.”
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