Zusammenfassung der Ressource
How effective is...?
- to have / produce (an) effect
- a considerable / significant / powerful effect
- little / much effect
- no effect whatsoever
- to have their effect
- to be / prove (in)effective
- Syn.: fruitful / fruitless
- highly / particularly effective
- equally effective
- largely / relatively ineffective
- nowhere near as effective as
- Idioms for ineffective
- a mug' s game
- Ex. Forecasting a wannabe PM's likely legacy is a mug's game.
- a fool's errand
- Ex. Trying to attract attention in this way is a fool's errand
- go adrift
- Ex. Something seems to have gone adrift in our calculations.
- Idioms for effective
- to work wonders
- Ex. A good night’s sleep can work wonders for mind and body
- to work like a charm
- Ex, The new sales approach worked like a charm
- to work a treat
- Ex. The new tactic worked a treat
- to do the trick
- Sometimes it can do the trick
- I'd give it a go / It's worth a go
- I'd go for that