Tag: close to home
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Close to home
Phrase: Close to home In the West, we perceive many world happenings as occurring over there. ‘There’ being anywhere that is not the West. Events are starting to hit close to home. When something affects you personally or deeply, it hits close to home. We have either denied or ignored climate change for a long…
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Be on your guard
Phrase: Be on your guard Try not to let yourself be fooled by what seems innocent. Be on your guard because you never know when you’re going to find yourself in a dangerous situation or on the verge of being tricked. I always tell my wife to lock her car door when driving. She used…
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Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
Phrase: Damned if you do, damned if you don’t Have you ever felt trapped in a situation in which you had to do something but were damned if you do, damned if you don’t do it? There are times when we have to choose between two undesirable options, and there is no neutral third option available. The difficulty…
