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throw yourself in at the deep end
start something difficult without preparation
To begin a difficult activity without first getting much practice or preparation.
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Did you get any training before teaching the class?
Not much; I was thrown in at the deep end.
I threw myself in at the deep end and started speaking English with customers on my first day.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: throw yourself into the deep end
Say: throw yourself in at the deep end
The idiom uses "in at," not "into," before "the deep end."
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How it fits in a sentence.
throw yourself in at the deep end; be thrown in at the deep end
Your turn: say it out loud
I threw myself in at the deep end and started speaking English with customers on my first day.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
throw yourself in at the deep end
start something difficult without preparation
“I threw myself in at the deep end and started speaking English with customers on my first day.”
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