Domino Effect

Domino Effect

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Dominoes is an old game.

Domino Effect

So, is this what happens after you play dominoes for too long?

So, I’m going to China next month.

How was your trip there?

Difficult. I missed my flight in Los Angeles which made me miss my connecting flight in Hong Kong which made me miss my train in Shanghai.

Wow! That is quite the domino effect.

It was an international domino effect.

Dominoes is a game.

But people also use  the titles in this way.

They knock the first title over, which knocks over the second, then the third, and so on.

So, a “domino effect” is when one event causes a series of other things to happen.

And that’s English in a Minute!