bulletproof plan
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- noun
- Informal
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plan a prueba de fallos
- The team presented a bulletproof plan to ensure the project's success and minimize risks.
Examples
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I got a bulletproof plan.
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After much consideration, they agreed on a bulletproof plan that would protect their investments.
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Her bulletproof plan included contingency strategies for every possible obstacle they might face.
Synonyms
A plan that has worked well in difficult real situations
Antonyms
How Secure
- Informal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'bulletproof' conveys the clear idea of being resistant or immune, and when combined with 'plan' it straightforwardly yields a plan that is highly protected against failure or attack. This is a transparent, compositional metaphor (common cross-linguistically, e.g. 'a prueba de balas') that a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily interpret.
Etymology
Bulletproof plan comes from the image of a bulletproof vest that stops bullets, so a plan called this is imagined as protected from problems. That's why it means 'extremely secure' and 'unlikely to fail'.