She’s got staying in the news down to fine art..

Poonam Pandey has got staying in the news without doing anything real, down to an art

If you want to improve English speaking skills, practice using those skills. Do a lot of mock conversations with someone you can trust and who can point out your mistakes. Do it everyday.

The target phrase for this post is – have something down to fine art.

Let’s begin with some examples:

1. He is a career diplomat. He has got negotiation down to a fine art. You can’t hope to outwit him.
2. The politicians have got doing scams down to a fine art.
3. He has got giving presentations down to a fine art. He has given so many of them, he can deliver one in his sleep.
4. He has got scaring children down to a fine art. He has been a school master for 40 years and has given his students sleepless nights all along.

Any guesses as to its meaning?

What is fine art?

Something which is done very delicately, intricately, in a very fine manner.

So, if you do something very well, like an expert, like an artist – it means you have got it down to fine art.

This phrase conveys the idea that someone does something with such expertise as if it were some kind of a fine art and that person, an artist.

Use it to express a situation where someone does something very well because he has been doing it for a very long time (and has now made it a fine art).

Let’s close with some more examples:

1. Digivijay Singh has got making bizzare statements down to fine art. Every second week, he says something more weird than his last statement.
2. These builders have got fooling home buyers down to fine art. With glossy advertisements, they ride on people’s dream of owning a house and end up filling their coffers.
3. You have complaining down to fine art – you are always complaining.