English of the Day

Idiom of the Day

🇺🇸zero tolerance

✍🏾Meaning:

If something is given zero tolerance, it won't be accepted even once.

❕For example:

▪️Because of the school's zero-tolerance policy, our boy was expelled for smoking just one cigarette.

▪️How can a society based on Christian morals and forgiveness of sin have a zero-tolerance approach to petty crime? ℹ️Variety: This idiom is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

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