to put something in perspective

Guest   Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:51 pm GMT
What's it mean
Guest   Sat Aug 09, 2008 12:08 am GMT
It means to show you the true value/meaning of something.

It's usually used in sentences like this.

"Learning about the starving children in Africa really put my minor money troubles into perspective."
Uriel   Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:31 am GMT
Yes. "To put something in perspective" is to have an experience that then causes you to re-evaluate the relative importance of that matter against others.