The best of both worlds means you don't have to choose: you get the advantages of two options at once. A folding desk gives you a workspace by day and free floor space at night: the best of both worlds. People often add a colon and name both advantages.
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get / have / enjoy the best of both worlds; give someone the best of both worlds
- The folding desk gives me the best of both worlds: a work surface by day and clear floor space at night.
- The campsite offers the best of both worlds, with quiet pitches and a café a short walk away.
- By keeping the paper map and downloading an offline copy, we had the best of both worlds.
What changed
First versionThe flexible timetable gives us the best from both worlds: focused mornings and free afternoons.
RevisionThe flexible timetable gives us the best of both worlds: focused mornings and free afternoons.
Taking the best from two options sounds logical, so from seems to fit. But the idiom uses of, as in the best of the year: the best of both worlds. From was replaced with of.
A happy medium is a compromise where both sides give something up. The best of both worlds means no sacrifice: you get all the benefits. Have your cake and eat it means wanting the impossible, usually as a criticism: You can't have your cake and eat it.
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You can enjoy the advantages of both arrangements: you get the best of both ___.
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worlds — After both you need a plural: both worlds. World in the singular breaks the idiom.
Write about a decision that gave you the advantages of two options at once: work, housing or study.
The shared studio gives us the best of both worlds: private desks for focused work and a common room for exchanging ideas.
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