Idiom
badge of honor
Meaning
An outward sign that signifies some distinction.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She wears her old work boots like a badge of honor.”
“After working through the night to finish the project, he treated his exhaustion like a badge of honor.”
“The veteran viewed the scars he earned during his years of service as a permanent badge of honor.”
Examples
simple
“She wears her old work boots like a badge of honor.”
contextual
“After working through the night to finish the project, he treated his exhaustion like a badge of honor.”
complex
“The veteran viewed the scars he earned during his years of service as a permanent badge of honor.”
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