formalityidioms
I would like to know the answer, preferably formal, for this question:
What is the idiom clearly implying:
sacrifice short term, trifling objectives for long term goals!
I would like to use it in TOEFL.
Further, what is the idiom that explicitly means:
it should be accepted without compromise, or indisputably
For instance, the idea for building a hospital in a particular zone should be agreed without any hesitation, it is preposterous to disagree with such beneficial, impeccable project.
As far as idioms or colloquial expressions go, here are some to consider:
Close, but no cigar. Described in Phrase Finder as to fall just short of a successful outcome and receiving nothing for your efforts.
Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. This expression, which should be self-explanatory, is used in response to someone who claims credit for their effort in almost attaining a goal, but falling short and missing.
Second place is the first loser. (Or second place is first place for losers.) This seems to have come into use more recently, and is associated with Tiger Moms who insist that their children must win any competition and they actually will browbeat their children for anything less.
I think there is no universal name for these phrases but there is a name that I have found (which might be too general also):
Also we can call the latter part of the phrase a rhyme-tag:
a word or phrase used primarily to produce a rhyme. Rhyme-tags are used to comic effect in much light verse, as in W.S. Gilbert’s “The Modern Major-Gineral,” which reads in part
Furthermore, The Book "Slang: The People's Poetry By Michael Adams" mentions these phrases in a variety of ways, as in rhyming {something}. Also talks about the differences between rhyming slang and these phrases.
Additionally, the author thinks that they are a kind of verse and calls them rhyming couplets.
Best Answer
I believe you are referring to the concept of vision.
To illuminate:
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Martin Luther King Jr.
References:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/vision http://biography.yourdictionary.com/articles/martin-luther-kings-vision-change-world.html