Here is a pro tip: always save your work often.
pro tip
idiomA useful piece of advice.
Origin
first recorded 20th c.Originally merely a sum of parts collocation (= professional tips), as for example in pro tips for solid joints [in woodworking] (Popular Science, March 1959), pro tips for hunting with a camera (Field & Stream, September 1978), and pro tips on the course or court from golf pros and tennis pros. In the era of videogaming, the camel case solidification as ProTip, a name for small pieces of gameplay advice used as screenshot captions in GamePro magazine, added a lexicalized dimension to yield a true compound. The advice in a hoax version of a ProTip for id Software's Doom ("To defeat the Cyberdemon, shoot at it until it dies") was so comically obvious that it later became an Internet catchphrase.
If you want to cook the perfect steak, my pro tip is to let the meat rest before cutting it.
The seasoned traveler offered a valuable pro tip, suggesting that one should always pack a spare change of clothes in a carry-on bag to avoid disaster if luggage goes missing.
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arse over tip
Tumbling or falling; upside-down.
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tip of the hat
A gesture of acknowledgement; often, an expression of gratitude; originally by doffing one's hat.
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tip of the ice cube
The first aspect of an insignificant or exaggerated problem or situation.
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tip of the iceberg
A small indication of a larger possibility; the first part encountered of a problem that is much bigger than it seems.
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tip one's hat
To acknowledge or show respect; to honor.
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tip the scale
To change the fortunes, either positively or negatively.
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tip the scales
To turn to one side of a balanced situation.
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tip the wink
To give (somebody) a hint or suggestion, as if by a wink; to ask or tell surreptitiously.