Idiom #45: Cut Corners [Top 100 Famous Idioms]


The idiom “Cut corners” means to do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job; to do something poorly or take shortcuts. In other words, this idiom is used when something is done badly to save money.


For Example:

The guy who built the fence cut corners when sinking the posts, and the fence fell over in the last storm.

This is the Idiom #45 in the List of 100 commonly used Idioms in everyday English (Top 100 famous Idioms). By introducing this list of notable idioms to English learners and ESL students, we believe that your English will sound more like a native and you can easily understand what native speakers are saying.

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