Idiom
best of both worlds
Meaning
A combination of two seemingly contradictory benefits.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Working from home gives me the best of both worlds.”
“Living in the city but near the park offers the best of both worlds for my family.”
“By choosing a hybrid career, she enjoys the best of both worlds: the stability of a salary and the freedom of being her own boss.”
Examples
simple
“Working from home gives me the best of both worlds.”
contextual
“Living in the city but near the park offers the best of both worlds for my family.”
complex
“By choosing a hybrid career, she enjoys the best of both worlds: the stability of a salary and the freedom of being her own boss.”
Origin
Echoes the philosophical idea of 'the best of all possible worlds' (Leibniz, satirised in Voltaire's Candide, 1759); here meaning the joys of two different worlds at once.
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- Level
- A2 · Elementary
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