VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

A Little from Column A a Little from Column B

Meaning:

A course of action drawing on several different ideas or possibilities

Examples:

  • You don’t need to choose a single management philosophy. Some of the best managers take a little from column A, a little from column B.
  • Neither of our experiments has been successful thus far. For the next one, maybe we should take a little from column A, a little from column B?