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Phrase: Pale in comparison
We’re often told not to compare things and instead take each thing at face value and accept it for what it is.
This is extremely hard to do, especially when one thing pales in comparison to something else.
What I mean is one thing seems less when it’s compared to something else. It’s not as good, big, fast, or fashionable as the other thing.
It’s just less.
For example, I recently created a lesson titled Going Electric about how the world is switching from petroleum-powered vehicles to electric-powered ones.
The Tesla Model S in Ludicrous Mode will go from 0 – 60 miles per hour (mph) in 2.5 seconds.
That’s fast.
Ram trucks in the US just released its fastest pickup truck, the TRX, with a 6.2-litre engine that gets roughly 12 miles per gallon.
That’s bad.
The TRX goes 0 – 60 in 4.1 seconds.
Although it is a fast truck, it pales in comparison with the Model S.
See what I mean?
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Your gasoline-powered vehicles pale in comparison to electric ones.
We are on the cusp of a significant technological shift, and when we look back from the future, the cars we have now will pale in comparison to what we’ll be driving then.
OK, I get it, you’re not into cars or trucks, and you don’t care about vehicles in general.
How about this, then?
People have slowly begun to realize that waking up early, commuting to work, working until late each day and then enduring another commute home again pales in comparison to working remotely.
Working from home provides people with more free time and independence.
Traditional working styles pale in comparison to the nascent style of working from home.
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