Jumping after Wirkola
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Jumping after Wirkola
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Jumping after Wirkola, an idiom of Norwegian origin, describes the prospect of and the difficulties associated with embarking on a task where one's immediate predecessor has accomplished an unusually good job. English equivalent idioms are a hard act to follow and big shoes to fill. The difficulties alluded to may be both practical and psychological in nature, and are sometimes related to the aspect of the situation that no one really cares how you are doing, as the audience might have spent all
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Norwegian idiom derived from ski jumping
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2023-10-18T21:18:31Z
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