Comes your way In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "comes your way", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jimmy Hung calendar 2022-06-07 06:06

Meaning of Comes your way (redirected from come (one's) way )

Come (one's) way phrase

To occur to or become available to someone; to be acquired by someone.

 

I was jobless at that time, so I took any job that came my way, not caring whether it was suitable for me or not.

Misfortune came John's way today. He got hit by a car when walking home from work.

When his dad passes away, quite a large amount of money will be coming his way.

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Don't make plans that depend on something hoped before it has actually happened.
Don't make sure that the result will be good until it actually happens.

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This is the usual result of a certain situation. This happens a lot. It's a common scenario or situation. Used to tell somebody not to worry about something they have done
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Not at this moment; probably soon
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Used to demonstrate things which never or unlikely happen.

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1. To arrive at a location while something is happening there
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Grammar and Usage of Come (one's) way

Verb Forms

  • coming (one's) way
  • came (one's) way

The verb "come" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Come (one's) way

This phrase dates from the first half of 1900s.

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make a pig's ear (out) of something

to do something very badly, impropperly. 

Example:

He make a pig's ear of miscalculating in Math so he got zero for this section.

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