“The cat’s out of the bag,” a co-worker says
at a staff meeting. “But it’s no use crying over spilled milk. We can
still make a lot of progress today.”
“Ok guys, let’s strike while the iron is hot,” says your boss.
When you ask your boss what he means by that, he laughs.
“Keep up the good work with your English, buddy. Rome wasn’t built in a day.”
Cats? Milk? Hot irons? Rome? What’s going on here? The answer is that your co-workers are using proverbs.
“Ok guys, let’s strike while the iron is hot,” says your boss.
When you ask your boss what he means by that, he laughs.
“Keep up the good work with your English, buddy. Rome wasn’t built in a day.”
Cats? Milk? Hot irons? Rome? What’s going on here? The answer is that your co-workers are using proverbs.