Tag: on the cusp
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Up in arms
Phrase: Up in arms At the moment, women and men around Japan and perhaps even the world are up in arms about the uneducated and discriminatory remarks about women made by Yoshiro Mori. OK, sure, there seems to be no direct intent to disparage women. However, men in powerful positions make discriminatory remarks and take…
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On the cusp
Phrase: On the cusp You, me, we, I, the world, are always on the cusp of something. What does that mean exactly? Well, the cusp is the line between two different things. Now, you can’t see the line, and often you don’t know when that line was crossed until you look back and analyze what…
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Pale in comparison
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…
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Hand-to-mouth
WotD: Hand-to-mouth A common theme of my posts seems to be money. Today is no different because a hand-to-mouth existence is a tough way to live. Some of us are lucky enough to have managed to put away a little rainy day fund for unexpected emergencies. Refrigerators don’t break down very often, but when they do, we cannot delay…
