Doing difficult chores helps you build character.
build character
idiomTo improve a person's character by developing personality traits such as resilience or responsibility.
My father always said that working a summer job in the heat would build character.
Although the grueling training program was exhausting, the coach insisted that the struggle would ultimately build character in his young athletes.
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build a better mousetrap
To create a new product, method, or idea that is better than an existing version of something already common or widely used.
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build a case
to compile evidence that supports a charge against someone.
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build bridges
Often followed by between or to: to establish friendly relations or links.
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build castles in the air
To have any desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to be realized; to imagine visionary projects or schemes; to have an idle fancy or a pipe dream; to daydream.
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build on sand
To put something in an unstable position by failing to give it a secure foundation.
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build the plane while flying it
To develop one's approach or strategy to a project while carrying out that project, and not beforehand.
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build up
To accumulate: to increase incrementally or continually.
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character assassination
A malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.