Time
Explain what you think are the meanings of each of the following expressions.
1. Time is money.
I think this is same meaning in Japanese, '時は金なり'. time is important, so you should spend time more usefully. but I think time is more important than money, because we cannot buy time by money.
2. A stitch in time saves nine.
If you have a small snag then you leave the snag, the snag will get bigger. you should keep little by little each time, then you finsh work. It is important to keep little by little. I think this expression is interesting, isn't it? In Japanese, we say '転ばぬ先の杖'.
3. There's no time like the present.
You have a chance to do something and you should do now, because you don't know you have a nice time again.
4. Fashionable late.
I have no idea of this expression, but I tried to find out of meaning from Internet.
if you participate in a party, you'll go to be late on purpose, becasue you can distinguish in the party. this expression comes from fashionable worlds(社交界). I think it is not good habit for me. everybody should go just in time.
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Hi,
I guess "There's no time like the present" is 現在にまさる好機はない or 今こそ好機だ in Japanese. :o)
Hi, nyaa. I think so too. which proverb do you like? and what do you think #4 means?
Number 4 is right. Try to think of being a little late as letting the hostess fix any last minute details. It is thought of as a curtousy. In America we do not have 'opening remarks' at a party like the Japanese do.
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